Inside US Air Force Coldest Base Flying Frozen Gigantic Plane

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[@RevMikeBlack]

My dad cleared runways as a Seabee in Korea during the "police action" there in the early 1950s. He says it never stopped being cold. These brave airmen are dealing with even more formidable weather. I salute them!

[@lateefpou2986]

Thank u for ur Dad's service. When I was stationed at Fort Irwin in the desert living in 120 plus heat. Lmfao I learned to love the cold and appreciate the change of seasons. Now if there's any kind of snow storm. I'm outside having a good time like a 10 year old.

[@jakarandatvseries5125]

❤❤your dad was a hero and legend. Bravo greetings from ark orphanage home Uganda

[@paulh7589]

I really hate snow and cold weather. I left northern Michigan when I was 22. That was 40 years ago. I now live on the Gulf Coast. I get mad when the temperature goes below 60 degrees. In Michigan winter absolutely sucks. My Wife thinks snow and cold are pretty and refreshing.....She's from the Gulf Coast. I guarantee she would be damn tired of it after one week. Every damn day waking up to a frozen bluish tint, not seeing the sun for months, and dark at 4pm every day is awful. No green, no pretty colored flowers, just that same bluish tint to everything. The trees are black, the ground is white, and the sky is grey for months on end. I hate Michigan winters. Every dog and deer used to use my yard as a bathroom which stayed frozen all winter, when the spring thaw finally happened I had a couple hundred pounds of feces to clean up. I could go on but I won't. Michigan is a great place to spend a winter if you like waking up an hour early to shovel snow just to get your car out. If you like eating both breakfast and dinner when it is dark out you'll love it. Summers are wonderful, but when the leaves start to turn colors you know "Old Man Winter" is on his way. I think its terrible. I'm glad I left. I remember watching the birds leave in droves before winter set in. Even stupid birds knew to get the hell out of there before winter. I finally followed them.

[@michaelwesterland1853]

Jeez, man, glad I read all the way to the end where you got out, I was gonna give you Dr. Kevorkian's number!

[@wannabetrucker7475]

😂😂😂, when the temperature approaches 70 degrees i get really annoyed and pissed off. I live in ala dam bama so the a/c is my best friend. Grew up in upstate new york where as kids we stayed outside all day during the winter. It's funny how people's internal thermostat gets set. 👍🏼

[@michaelwesterland1853]

@@wannabetrucker7475 That's just how I feel about it too. Back in Ohio at last, and I still do go out in "the cold" with just a light sweater and wool cap. Once it gets to 20 deg. I see people wrapped up like they're on station in Antarctica and might get lost in a snowdrift. A little warm sun is fine in summertime but let it get above 80 deg. and you'll find me home with the AC running. 👍 ⛄

[@generfeld]

I agree totally. It makes everything 10 times more difficult. Humid heat also sucks, but heat with low humidity is the best. I moved to a warm dry climate and cant imagine going back to humidity and then bad winters.

[@nickyleblanc4200]

I was a Fuels NCO in the 80's at Loring AFB in Maine. One night we were servicing KC-135's in -92-degree weather with wind chill. Good ol' SAC

[@starguy2718]

"Peace is our profession; war is just a hobby." -- SAC motto

[@fishhaulergreatlakes8208]

Boring Loring

[@daveblevins3322]

My best friend from high school entered the USAF a few days apart from myself in 1971. He served on the snow and ice detail at Pease AFB in New Hampshire. I went to Thailand 👍🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@ronaldhawkins974]

U-Tapao?

[@frankkie3849]

Lucky you,,take care brother…

[@jimdebarr5616]

I was stationed at Camp Samieson next to U Tapao airbase. April 73 to June 74.

[@anthonyblalock1790]

I entered the Air Force in 1971

[@MrSimonw58]

Did you meet any ladyboys?

[@HappyBonz4109]

1950-1952 my dad was in civil engineering at Elmendorf AFB Alaska. He loved the snow removal.

[@GM8101PHX]

My Dad was stationed there in 1956 in supply as a Staff Sergeant, I was born at Elmendorf AFB in Feb 1957!!

[@JohnSmith-cb6sw]

I have been stationed at both Eielson AFB and Dover AFB. Trust me, Eielson is a lot colder then Dover by a mile.

[@PrimarchX]

I was going to say that I'd put money down on Eielson being the coldest AFB. [Or does Thule still count? Nope, it's called Pituffik Space Base now and belongs to the Space Force!]

[@dennissvitak5475]

I ran the USAF's Alaskan Forecast Unit at Elmendorf. We forecast for all the old DEW line sites, as well as every other military installation in the ANR (Alaska NORAD Region). Eielson is, by FAR, the coldest military installation in the world, for the US. Not even close anywhere else.

[@PrimarchX]

@@dennissvitak5475 Even Thule / Pituffik?

[@dennissvitak5475]

@@PrimarchX - Thule has the benefit of being relatively close to the Gulf Stream. Any southeast or southerly flow is pretty mild for them.

[@PrimarchX]

@@dennissvitak5475 Got it. Whereas Eilson has adiabatic winds from the Brooks Range! Brrrrrrrrrrr! :)

[@jllee9189]

This reminds me of when I was stationed at KI Sawyer AFB (near Marquette MI) flying B-52’s during the winter months (our base averaged over 200” of snow a year with wind chill temperatures of -40). My body is beginning to shiver just thinking about it (lol).

[@Dingosimon]

I hope you were paid well

[@rsbeckwell]

I was a weather observer there from 1969 to 1971. Snow on the alert pads, but nothing on the north end of the runway. Tough duty.

[@dennissvitak5475]

No it didn't. I was a US Air Force meteorologist for decades. K.I. Sawyer didn't average anywhere near 200 inches of snow a year. I just looked. Marquette gets 115 inches per year, and is right next to the lake. Sawyer gets significantly less.

[@rsbeckwell]

BTW: Sawyer averages about 60 inches a year. In 1970 a low meandered to the south and then stalled to the east of Sawyer. We got a lot of lake effect and it shut down our runway for over 24 hours. I was working the ROS and got stuck in Base Ops for two days. The flight kitchen had some leftover sandwiches which it gave to us and the control tower personel. (Det. 33, 26th Weather Squadron, 3rd Weather Wing)

[@dennissvitak5475]

@@rsbeckwell - SAC was the only branch of service with the ROS. I was heavily involved in weather training, and the loss of observers, the combining of the observer and forecaster career fields, AND taking out all weather guys from base weather stations destroyed Air Weather Service.

[@harleyrdr1]

I drove a (25)K loader during the gulf war. I’ve packed and loaded numerous pallets of supplies and loaded most of it on 463L pallets. I never knew that the “L” meant “Liter”. , and I never asked! We learn something new all the time.

[@escargo0133]

This pallet and support system was developed in the late 1950s and officially incorporated by the Air Force in April 1963, hence the designator 463 and "L" for Logistics. 463= April 1963, L = Logistics

[@harleyrdr1]

@@escargo0133 OH! Now Logistics makes more sense. Thanks for the info!

[@mpgofast]

I volunteered to deice the T tail on a C5A in 1970 at Rhein Main AFB, Frankfurt, Germany just to see how high up was on a cold winter night. I was a R4360 engine mechanic on C124's at that time, only did it once. We had a saying, Summer fell on a Tuesday this year, 1967-71

[@MrJdebest]

Those new parachutes have their own story, look into it 😊

[@johnp139]

This video goes all over the place!

[@user-ws1jw9xh3s]

great experience, and great adventure. great life .

[@trob0914]

Looks cold but it's only Dover,DE. I was stationed at Eielson, AK.,where it could and does get very cold!Some of the F-35 footage today was from JBER, also in Alaska!!

[@Chris_at_Home]

I live 20 miles north of JBER. I’ve been up North Pole way many times summer and winter working along the pipeline. We have a good view from our house and watch the C-17s and C-130s do runs on Malamute Drop Zone.

[@stevehildreth1934]

Minot...

[@bountyhuntermk2520]

Bore off little man

[@TheOriginalMinnesotaPrepper]

I was stationed at Eielson from 81 to 83. Definitely got cold…especially at night on the flight line!

[@Chris_at_Home]

@@TheOriginalMinnesotaPrepper I went bow hunting for moose with a friend during Thanksgiving weekend in 1995 in North Pole mostly around the Chena River flood plain. We called the manufacturer of our bows to see if they would be ok at 55 below because it was that cold.

[@karlzimmer683]

I’m a former call sign Snow-1. Thanks for the video.

[@hikerhobby1204]

No way! I was snow control in Minot. I called Snow-1 multiple times a day! 1978-1980.

[@fishhaulergreatlakes8208]

Snow3 here 5010th CES EIELSON.

[@hikerhobby1204]

@@fishhaulergreatlakes8208 Wow!!!!! So cool!!! Happy day!

[@jessevadney9458]

I was stationed at eilson tdy in 67 i can relate to the cold worled on kc 135 during crome dome missions

[@TomokosEnterprize]

I live up here in Norman Wells NWT Canada and love every moment of every day. Sometimes retirement is an ok happening eh.

[@caliado]

I was hoping this was Eielson. I was stationed at Ft. Wainwright and went there frequently.

[@rmeyer52]

Was a gunner on a B52 at Kinchloe in northern Michigan. It was damn cold

[@jvee2901]

Thank God and assignment gods at Randolph AFB. I was lucky. From Guam to the Philippines and Southern conus. During the year on the ROK, I spent the winter in the PI.

[@hlaokaboutfightiganimalstun]

အထူးကျေးဇူးပါ..

[@user-tp3we3oz2i]

Subtitle said the f35 holds all its ordinance internally. But I'm pretty sure it can attach hard points to the wings.

[@starguy2718]

No doubt, but having external stores would defeat the low-RCS (stealth) advantage, of any such aircraft.

[@diwarto1550]

God bless you US military ❤❤❤ from Indonesian,

[@Paulschultz-ny6hz]

The best pilots fly this magnificent plane

[@JohnnychimpO907]

The guys up here at Eilson AFB in North Pole, Alaska are laughing their guts out. This is NOTHING 😂😂😂

[@idkjames]

I was at Wainwright. My favorite duty station

[@fishhaulergreatlakes8208]

1979 snowbarn moose creek, snow3.

[@jave8462]

My goodness!!!! I consider what they are feeling experiencing that cold weather cause I live in Canada, that's a pain in the ass.

[@Robert-rv3zm]

I was stationed at Eielson in the 80s. Worked the flight line on 135s in temps down to 60 below. Snow became ice immediately.

[@mht525]

Great content.. ✌️🤘🇦🇺🇺🇦

[@Diter48]

Is there that much snow somewhere? In Alaska?..

[@FlightEagle]

What happened to the Golden Knights canopy at 15:54? Looks very badly ripped and black with soot. Assuming this is part of the display show - but never heard of such a component of the entertainment from them. I know those guys are cool as cucumbers but if I looked up and saw that, I'd be cutting away quick smart no matter what the altitude was.

[@SethLarry]

Dan this move picture looks so code

[@ScribblyPoppo]

Freezing our assets off

[@Kalg0]

My hat goes off to the USA military❤🤍💙 Salute to all parties involved!! 🫡🫡🫡 I know its not easy jumping / flying or working in them snowy/ extremely cold conditions. Really amazing!!

[@fredericklockard3854]

Cannot imagine what it’s like doing a jump in that weather, that cold.

[@leefury7]

Eielson AFB outside of Fairbanks, AK. '71-'73. -76° real temp. No fun during the winter. But midnight softball during the summer was fun as long as the moose-quitos didn't eat you alive. Best of times. Worst of times. WB-57's

[@fishhaulergreatlakes8208]

I worked crack parties on runway in summer, 5010th CES Snowbarn.

[@wearelosingit5835]

I served 10 years . Started my time at Loring AFB, Limestone, Maine. SAC 40 below wind chills in wintertime.

[@janinsweden8559]

Which chemicals are used for de-icing? Here in Sweden the chemicals used are certified for -33 centigrades but during the last week here with temp down to -45 the chemicals have not been allowed to use, so aircraft are grounded.

[@cuba3433]

Yess I like !. T.y.

[@texasvice1]

Whets up with the enclosed deice manlift? I remembers doing it with 2 guys holing a hose and going at it. Life is much better for the Flight. Line workers I see. Can't get mad perhaps a little jealous. 😄

[@salimdarwish8131]

Amazing 😮

[@LUVUTV]

great video. frozen planes

[@user-cx8ih3ip7c]

مثل هذه الفيديوهات والمقاطع .. ماهي إلا ترويج لأمريكا ولقدراتها وتجهيزاتها العسكرية !!

[@user-qw9tb2dv8j]

ماأراه هوالجنون بعينه كيف تقلع طائرة في مثل هذه الأجواء الخطره وكيف يقفز المظليون منها حقآ أنهم أبطال

[@fkchci681]

Well the first half was on topic. Daily Aviation seems to not be able to produce a full video on topic.

[@jkardez4794]

You need autonomous vehicles to deal with snow removal from th runways .

[@russvoight1167]

Why not Minot?

[@forexed8948]

for a while I thought this was at Elmendorf AFB and I would have reacted with "no shit, it's alaska, it's always cold in Alaska"

[@fishhaulergreatlakes8208]

Top of the world snow removal snow3 5010th CES Snowbarn. I kept chow hall sidewalks clean in winter so we could walk to eat lobster and steak midnite chow!

[@tc1uscg65]

Someone should show this to Nr 46 and ask how his EV agenda is going to work for operations such as this. But the video did take me back to my icebreaker duty.

[@kenhofer8063]

Stupid leadership is hard to teach

[@steveperry1344]

i did a hitch in the air force and glad i never made to some really cold place like that. iget it enough of it at home.

[@aeg100]

We can't fool mother nature. We can and must accommodate and work with her, so she allows us to operate in her chilly weather.

[@galaxies4415]

now good weather and bad fly 😮

[@clydedoris5002]

Used to have deicers to maintain everybody hated those things if one was broken all hell would break loose because they needed to fly soooo badly

[@user-jq5zv5uz1d]

It’s like eating mango during winters! When green culture is cultivated and landing in frozen lands..

[@aufuretamesure5952]

What about chemicals to defrozze planes ?

[@tsaffran]

the maryland state police used to use the dauphin helicopter they're bad ass i thought they were made by aerospatiele

[@vijjynegi1356]

superb

[@AFSHANA]

Free philistine🇵🇸🇵🇸💪🏾

[@rezakicul1960]

hello my from indonesia

[@neilmccomsey9550]

Try Minot or Grand Forks AFB. Dover is not cold.

[@uchungnguyen7686]

Tuyệt Vòi lắm Nghe 🎉🎉❤❤

[@AZNews876]

Seems Having no Sale Orders for F-35.

[@onetruekeeper]

During wartime de-icing is a luxury they won't have time for. Aircraft may have to be placed in gigantic heated hangars.

[@joeyfaithful4497]

I think heated driveways are so underrated. Why don’t more ppl use them even at airports. It will save them so much time and also keep the tires warm.

[@chrisstopher2277]

According to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the estimated cost to heat a 150 x 10,000 foot runway is $53 million to install an electric heated wire and $8,250 for each hour the heating system operates. It's cheaper and easier to just use plows.

[@sunny-sq6ci]

theres also the energy source for it. obviously the military can't do on coal or diesel. and it's hard if the base is located in a environmentally sensitive location

[@joeyfaithful4497]

@@chrisstopher2277 cheaper?? We just “donated” 2+ billion dollars😂 The shit the U.S spend they money on we both know money ain’t no issue 😂

[@joeyfaithful4497]

@@sunny-sq6ci we both know if AMERICA want something they will go and get it. I just think it would be a lot easier to have it heat up and plow if needed. Also they don’t need to have it on all the time just when low on staff or there is an emergency a lot easier for the planes to take off and I think it might be safer

[@chrisstopher2277]

@@joeyfaithful4497 yeah maybe for military bases but I’m guessing if it was beneficial for them they would of done it already or maybe they have.

[@ehaballithawy3711]

💪

[@antonionicolas2394]

En Mexico 🇲🇽 no prendería el avión 😢

[@user-dh1ho2kb7d]

US AIR FORCE!

[@garysteinert8040]

Williams Field Antarctica. uSNavy. 81-85

[@kenmosley2980]

A lot of officers not using gloves

[@roelandhain1605]

I did not enjoy reading subtitles please some narrative voice

[@dannyboysaavedra4853]

Getting real for siberian landing

[@kixigvak]

Khrushchev's son was in Anchorage for a few days and I got to hang out with him. He's an American citizen, lives in New York. He said during the cold war they used to joke that the Americans would invade from Alaska only to find that they nearest road was 10,000 km away. Our National Guard does train on the Russian side and the Russians train on Alaskan ground. We see their cyrillic grafitti on St Lawrence Island.

[@brucesteele5810]

Better thee than me.

[@cevagovago2774]

👍👍👍

[@AnandParkash-xx4xd]

👍

[@terrygonzalez3250]

Why don't they have heated runways by now .

[@denivaldoaugustovilasboas2549]

Com tanta Tecnologia Aeronáutica, os Aviões Militares estão atrasados em Tecnologia, os Aviões não Consegue Flutuar ao Pousar, ainda precisa de Pneus para Aterrizar. Quem sabe no Futuro a Engenharia Aeronáutica, descobre que os Aviões tem Tecnologia para Flutuar ao Pousar!

[@user-mk7lf4kr5v]

لا اله الا الله

[@kenhofer8063]

Allahs death but guess who’s alive JESUS he will have the final decision like it or not that’s up to you to decide

[@user-rt9cg1od6e]

ممدوح

[@yellaboi6257]

This is why I tell my kids who've decided to join the Air Force is to never become a Crew Chief. They're at the bottom of the shit hole within the Air Force and get equally treated like shit as well.....

[@eharris3021]

uhmmm, I'm not sure how to say this with tact so keep this in mind as I try: I.Y.A.M.Y.A.S! I went to the Air Force straight out of high school. My first assignment was Alaska, 3rd wiper on an E model dirty 30. As a crew chief I learned how to manage that airplane and every system on it. I learned how to handle myself in just about any situation you can think of (and some that you can't). I learned how to prep and aircraft for flight that might be carrying anything from explosives to 70 fully equipped combat ready troops. I went damn near everywhere that aircraft went, to places I still can't find on a map and to places filled with tourist, even places where we weren't allowed to wear uniforms. All the while I was being groomed to rise in the ranks, to become the supervisor training his replacement. In the Air Force like every branch of the military you are always expected to be moving up. A good crew chief is the epitome of what the Air Force is all about and without maintenance, a pilot is a person wearing a cool leather jacket, walking down the street. Any aircrew will tell you that, any commander will tell you that. In my 24 year Air Force career, I was a master crew chief, a performance rated flight engineer, a recruiter and a maintenance supervisor. My proudest memories are of the times I signed off on the maintenance records to release an aircraft for flight. The air crew won't take it until the crew chief says, "It's ready". That's what crew chiefs do. There is no higher honor.

[@frankkie3849]

@@eharris3021Well said brother..take care..

[@yellaboi6257]

@@eharris3021 Salute!

[@andreyshmakov6061]

У них наземной подготовки вовсе нет что ли? Падают как мешок.

[@user-ud3on7fg5i]

US Army Best army IN world ❤ 👑 king

[@kenhofer8063]

Why do they lose every war they’re in

[@Mordaens93]

halo ..

[@tuananh12b23]

woa

[@IndraVir01]

🎉

[@giovannyvictoria4208]

Aviones f15 usados donará estados unidos a colombia

[@maxwellcrazycat9204]

Imagine how much fossil fuel is needed to carryout these operations. Shutting down our pipelines is a national security risk.

[@JoshGibson-fb7mf]

Spec ops team - hey can we air support””” Also the Air Force - nah … we’re out fuel baby

[@user-kj4pf7zz1w]

1min

[@user-mk7lf4kr5v]

الله اكبر والعزة لله

[@marcoblanco3915]

Why american soldiers carryimg super heavy,super size backpack like teyre going to a picnic or camping not in combat😏

[@user-nn4mw5os6e]

Ooooo

[@barracuda3143]

Who dare doing like USA.

[@undasea]

The "D-bags" remain attached to the aircraft? First of all, it's not PC to refer to personnel as Dick-bags, but also, how bad do you have to mess up to get a punishment like that?

[@elstevobevo]

If I wanted to read, I wouldn’t be on KZbin.

[@Europa-ua]

+

[@mi.k.2776]

💪👍

[@user-ec5rh7ep1e]

anteset

[@jwsangyun]

유지비가 너무 많이 들어가는것 같다. 또한 그렇게 지키는 땅이 쓸모없는 얼음땅이다... 철수하고 아낀돈의 1프로만 미사일을 사라... 그리고, 적군이 그 얼음땅에 들어오면 그냥 경고하고 미사일을 쏴라... 가장 싼값으로 쓸모없는 얼음땅을 지키는 방법이다... 너무 많은 세금이 투입되는것 같다... ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ 물론 농담이다.

[@vernechappell4105]

HOW did you go from cold base flying ,too f35's too the golden nights .Stay on topic,even if it is 3-4 min long.Donot waste my time,Boobtuber

[@rahmanajar7103]

تلج وجليد يقتل كل. مكوربات. التي لا تراه العيون حاقد؟! @

[@jimbrown4803]

Hate videos with subtitles. if I wanted to read I’d pick up a book.