Lightning Keepers: Naval Air Station Lemoore

Embedded within the VFA-125 and VFA-147 squadrons at Naval Air Station Lemoore are Lockheed Martin employees supporting U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps F-35 pilots and maintainers.

[@lenyfreeman3807]

I was stationed at VA-125 NAS Lemoore from Apr 70 to Sep 73. When I got there we were transitioning over from A4 to the A7 A/B. Got assigned trained as a plane captain but when you're E3 or below they can stick you anywhere. I was gonna get stuck mess cookin' but I heard about an assignment to Wheels Watch in Field Support. I went in early to meet the Division Officer bright and early before muster. I said, "Sir Airman Apprentice Freeman here. I'm to be your Wheels Watch. I've been briefed by Kilgore on the importance of the job and I want it." I was 19 years old and I just bowled over a Lt. JG, he signed the transfer and off I went, just in time to see the other guy coming in...but HE was the one assigned mess cookin' not me. What a great gig, one week nights, one week days, 3 day weekend twice a month. I loved it but then I made 3d Class AMH. Fucking VA-125 wanted me back. I worked in both Airframes and Line Troubleshooters. The A4s were gone. Just A7's. Went on deployments to Fallon NV and El Centro CA. Carrier Quals on CVN65, CVN63, Ticonderoga and Lexington (originally commanded by General Washington. :-) ) About once every 18 months I'd get a letter "Notification of Transfer" and I'd appeal on President Nixon's Phase One and Phase Two policies on spending cuts, "extension of duty" another 18 months. I ran down the clock at NAS Lemoore and got an Honorable Discharge in Sept. 1973. Skated thru the war. I salute those who gave more than I. That's the way it was.

[@bethkelley575]

I miss that place! I was stationed there in 1981==jet mechanic. I spent many an hour in those buildings.

[@johnson1980jj1]

I was at vfa125 back when the chilli pepper's were cool. Best time of my life. Go Rough Raiders

[@ghidrah76]

I miss living in Lemoore. Growing up as a Navy brat there from early 1980s until 1986 loved going to Akers Elementary School. Amazing to see the base still survive and kicking.

[@iycephoenixx4249]

2:40 Just a jet casually driving by traffic, no biggie

[@snil3464]

This is america

[@shiprek03]

I was there and assigned to VA-125 1972-1975 as a Plane Capt on the A7 A/B Corsair..............LOVED IT!

[@janlim0916]

*Chinese think tanks taking notes*

[@ade_adeg005]

Chinese think tanks several years behind

[@scarecrow108productions7]

@@ade_adeg005 and they were led by this fatman Winnie The Pooh wannabe, aka Xi Jingping. He can kiss our ass.

[@porfirioErodriguez]

Pausing the vid from time to time to see what's in the background type guys LOL

[@princejadon2770]

@@scarecrow108productions7 chinese doesn't give fuck about your gay ass

[@asdfghjkl92213]

Except they already copied this, even the helmets

[@redcat9436]

It's good to see the mechanics get some spotlight. Thank you Lockheed Martin.

[@lorenzomaximo1818]

I just can't believe it was 50 years ago today I arrived at Nas Lemoore California and assigned to VA 125 plane Captain School . Back then we had A 7B Corsair IIs seems like yesterday. Then got shipped to VA 155 aboard USS Oriskany off the coast of Vietnam. I see by this video that operations area hasn't changed much in 50 years. It still looks the same.

[@doxfire]

Hey Lemoore NAS, I used to service Xray equipment at the bases hospital. I saw the F35's and F18's flying around all the time when I was on base for a service call.

[@Avofan]

Welcome back VFA-125!

[@Dog.soldier1950]

During WW2 this was a AAF base and my teenage mom worked in the PX

[@richardpehtown2412]

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[@EFChartley]

Dream job working for Lockheed Martin with the technology they produce! Agree?

[@prshn.adhdbrain]

That right there is the heaven. 🙌

[@rodericksibelius8472]

I was an AMH-2 as my last rank for 7 years and 9 months and I Loved the dirty job FIXING US Navy Aircraft as a 'metalsmith' as they coined them during my time in the US Navy = 1978 - 1985. The AMS, AMH, and AME ratings were 'DISTINCT ratings' at the time, BUT the AMS and the AMH were lumped into WC 120 so both ratings did EACH OTHERS' SPECIALTY.

[@Foryourinfo369]

See you heros fly over almost every night. Thank you for your service, and God bless America 🇺🇸

[@edwinbz9889]

I was there for the merger of vfa-122 to VFA-125 roughriders!!!

[@justinmills4566]

At 0:10 that is the VFA-151 jet that crashed into Star Wars canyon. That might be some of the last video of that jet ever recorded.

[@ipromotedemocracy6777]

Meanwhile China: Hippity Hoppity this is my property

[@pikminlord343]

So cool!

[@stephtt1984]

I like everything about Lockheed Martin, I hope one day i can visit there to see directly, Warm Regards from Indonesia, Stepanus Tanga Toding (LinkedIn Profil)

[@stephenpersic9474]

Thank you so much for your valuable service to our country For your maintenance Of these complicated aircraft is greatly appreciated and the work you do is so beautifully done , Without you jet mechanics we wouldn't be able to have those planes Without you none of this is possible , Good aircraft mechanics are more important than anyone else in the field , if it doesn't work it can't be used , you are the best if the best and we appreciate all you do to keep these planes flying As for Lemoore California It's just an old cow pasture full of cow shit and some farmland in the middle of nowhere I don't understand why the navy didn't pick a nicer location mabey closer to the Pacific ocean But I do know they wanted something in a remote area where flying would not be near residential or commercial areas so they went to Lemoore California I think it's called Patterson Naval air station Nice video thanks

[@jmiskinis]

Thank You for sharing this. _John_

[@peaceloveforever88]

nice week

[@richyr5876]

I was in VFA-25 2001-2006 good times and bad times lol

[@peaceloveforever88]

Hello AIRCRAFT MECANIC TEAM, good stuff to all and have a nica week

[@nikhilsood252]

Awesome 😊👌👌👌👌

[@ChanahsCreativeEdits]

Beautiful start to finish MC Hammer "You cant touch this Turkey " 😂

[@bbeast1113]

I went there for a airshow and a f35 fleyby

[@LostAnFound]

1:16 - Obama? Is that you?

[@rohit.n.mohite]

Voice over was done by obama

[@nyph933]

@@rohit.n.mohite no

[@LostAnFound]

Rohit Mohite I mean, he’s still gotta make a living. Speaking is speaking

[@anthonyc4138]

@@LostAnFound lol

[@johnbatoes]

@@nyph933 r/woosh

[@neerajarora5330]

Great. Is the HMD same as developed by Rockwell Collins???

[@BoT-cm7pw]

So many amazing people. I love flying the F-35. You can really feel the power, shape, and size of the engine from the cockpit. It truly is wonderful.

[@ricks1314]

Is VA 122 still there? Went though the AT A7E TIT there in 1977. On to the Midway VA56

[@TheGamerdude007]

Yes it is

[@Agui86]

VFA-122 is still there yes. Good ol’ RAG squadron.

[@matthewcornwall4755]

Is an FSE an Lockheed engineer then, or are they purely employed by the navy?

[@MrDdub619]

Depends on the contract. They have to work for a contractor that works with the navy. They could be working for ngc.

[@edloco2613]

Hornet's nest

[@dobermanpac1064]

I’m going to sleep well tonight.

[@concents]

i read it as lightnin creepers

[@jaredyoung5353]

As of right now Lockheed keeps pushed back full rate production. Any more delays Russian SU57 will be produced at the same time.

[@IvanPlayStation4LiFe]

The Russian overkill them 20 years ago

[@bbeast1113]

Vfa 14 tophatters

[@dylanvalenti5545]

The f35 should be flying side by side with the raptor.

[@nafsanchowdhury6702]

Top Gun ?

[@MikeHalk100]

*Top Gun* , or more formally "United States Navy Fighter Weapons School" was at *Naval Air Station (NAS) Miramar* near San Diego, about five hours south of NAS Lemoore . *Top Gun* was moved to *NAS Fallon, Nevada* in 1996.

[@emmanuelponce9151]

STINGER- Rear Missle Firing System The Target Acquisition and Designation Sights, Pilot Night Vision System is the combined sensor and targeting unit fitted to the Boeing AH-64 Apache helicopter. Both systems are independent, but housed together TADS contains stabilized electro-optical sensors, a laser rangefinder and laser target designator. The TADS assembly can rotate +/− 120 degrees in azimuth, +30/−80 degrees in elevation and can move independently of the PNVS. The movements of TADS can be 'slaved' to the head movements of the helicopter crew to point where they are looking. This allows images from TADS to be projected onto the crew helmet-mounted optical sights, overlaid upon their view of the cockpit and battle space. TADS contains a thermographic camera and a monochrome daylight television camera. With the improvements planned with M-TADS in the block III level AH-64D, the monochrome TV-camera is planned to be replaced with a full color camera. It also used to contain direct-view optics (DVO) which the copilot/gunner (CPG) could see through the Optical Relay Tube (ORT). But in recently fielded models of the AH-64D the ORT along with the DVO has been removed as it was rarely used. It has been replaced in the co-pilot's cockpit by a third Multi Purpose Display. Mounted above the TADS, the Pilot Night Vision System (PNVS) contains an infrared camera slaved to the head movements of the pilot. PNVS can rotate +/− 90 degrees in azimuth and +20/− 45 degrees in elevation. PNVS has a high rate of movement (120° per second) so as to accurately match the head movements of the pilot. The AN/AAQ-37 Electro-optical Distributed Aperture System (DAS) is the first of a new generation of sensor systems being fielded on the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter. DAS consists of six high-resolution infrared sensors mounted around the F-35's airframe in such a way as to provide unobstructed spherical (4π steradian) coverage and functions around the aircraft without any pilot input or aiming required.[1] The DAS provides three basic categories of functions in every direction simultaneously:[2] Missile detection and tracking (including launch point detection and countermeasure cueing)[3] Aircraft detection and tracking (situational awareness IRST and air-to-air weapons cueing) Imagery for cockpit displays and pilot night vision (imagery displayed onto the helmet mounted display) MAGNETIC RESISTANT 360 ROTATION SUPER LIGHT WEIGHT RAPID FIRING CANNON- In electromagnetism, the magnetic susceptibility (Latin: susceptibilis, "receptive"; denoted χ) is a measure of how much a material will become magnetized in an applied magnetic field. Mathematically, it is the ratio of magnetization M (magnetic moment per unit volume) to the applied magnetizing field intensity H. This allows a simple classification of most materials' response to an applied magnetic field into two categories: an alignment with the magnetic field, χ>0, called paramagnetism, or an alignment against the field, χ

[@Dnarte_]

Wtf? lol

[@vwbora26]

Anyone with a large suv can creep in and hit a multi milion dollar aircraft

[@lonnlight]

HOOYAH LINESHACK

[@faisalimtiaz329]

Great work love from pakistan

[@tallguy2035]

finnish air force really should buy F-35!!

[@IvanPlayStation4LiFe]

it does not work properly is junk

[@LispyGaming559]

IvanPlayStation4LiFe just ask the Israelis if it’s junk

[@naveenfatwani496]

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[@markjmaxwell9819]

Much prefer to have Aircraft in Hangers for weather protection and equipment protection. But unfortunately that is not always possible 😉 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@bythedog]

A trillion 'dollars' later....

[@ribalderr6052]

mechanics used to be the golden boys in a squad. now theyre treated like sh*t. horribly rushed an brow beaten to cut corners by maint. control. all that tech for scan pilots head for helmet an u go to dental they got the old room sized x ray machine, an give u the old pot metal fillings (prison) dental care. when its cold they cause so much pain.

[@f4cphantom2]

Great video. However I don't think it's a good idea to export our hardware. Eventually the f35 will end up in unfriendly hands. It's all about the money though.

[@green2stayecoswdmarketingn339]

Military industry complex is an enemy if God's kingdom! Daniel 2:44

[@user-ol1qm9ey7g]

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[@auro1986]

showing f18 at start of video because it's better than f35?

[@doraemxn1037]

Don review too much.. China will gether and copycat

[@jessikaruvalcaba156]

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[@cwku8321]

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[@robinhoodrebel7395]

usually i support for 9/5 rule against quiet labeling and "u dont talk" comments n talking over by da portia hughes gang n lemoore, but in relevence this is an interesting video none the less. k im out

[@jonathancooper4914]

How much of all that money spent on weapons could be spent on cancelling student debt?

[@spydude38]

None because students who took out loans knew what they were doing and are responsible for their own debt. Not me or you.

[@snipinmonsta]

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[@emmanuelponce9151]

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If Ones Vocabulary Consists Of A Few A Words Their Understanding Of The Universe,Their Enviroment,Their Body And Their Position In It Will Be Very Primitive,Not A Very Good Advocate For Self Others Or The Enviroment.When A Vocabulary Is Complex,Intricate And Abundant,One Can Naturally Account For The Dynamics Behind Enviromental And Social Processies With More Technicism In Understanding Impact And Influences. *SPHERE- 1. a round solid figure, or its surface, with every point on its surface equidistant from its center. 2. an area of activity, interest, or expertise; a section of society or an aspect of life distinguished and unified by a particular characteristic. SUbject/Medium/Topic/Focal Point etc- DYNAMIC 1. the branch of mechanics concerned with the motion of bodies under the action of forces. 2. the forces or properties which stimulate growth, development, or change within a system or process. 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[@TheBobwatermellon]

F-35....What a joke xD

[@BattleSymphony349]

I can see a lot of woman pilot now

[@IvanPlayStation4LiFe]

F-35 20 years still doean't work properly. Russia makes the best most powerful war jets.

[@factsoverfeelings1776]

False

[@pabloadalbertogarciacabrera49]

Do any of you know Carmen Estrada she cuts hair at the base.she knows me and my address she has been to this house .Dinuba POLICE bullied me arrested me for no reason .They said they could not help me send an amber alert because I was poor and rich cop don't help dirt kidnapped homeless people. I have been dead for 34 years ever since Carmen has known me I have been a living dead.

[@pabloadalbertogarciacabrera49]

I need an amber alert sent out with all my on file pictures on my record thru the California DMV. DL# D3541018. I want all out not my family at this address .