RAMSTEIN GERMANY | C-130J LANDING - 4K

C-130J Pilot View ILS to runway 26 at Ramstein AB Germany.
Flight Callsign: RCH435 (REACH435)
Airfield ICAO: ETAR - Ramstein AB
In aviation, the instrument landing system (ILS) is a radio navigation system that provides short-range guidance to aircraft to allow them to approach a runway at night or in bad weather.
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[@michaelrice500]

That J-mod looks like a Corvette compared to an H. I worked at the radar sites in Alaska and the 517th (3W) would bring us groceries and sometimes haul us around in C-12s. Then it got too expensive or something and we got civilian operations showing up in DC-4s, DC-6s and C46s - with the odd L-100, if they were feeling special. Nothing nicer to see out there than the ramp dropping with our groceries and parts to keep us going. Gravel runways? Ice? NBD. Thanks people!

[@DogRedful]

Real C-130’s have a flight engineer and they don’t have plastic props. 😂🤣🤣

[@DjTspaRoLEoffIcER]

Thanks for the memories of flying back into ETAR! Go flight! 👍😎

[@NinoMunoz]

Nice to see you landing in Ramstein - I live nearby and often watch you guys approach overhead while I have a drink and a cigar in downtown K-town. Compliments on your extremely interesting videos & professionalism ! Love to watch them. Thank you also for your service ! Spent 2 years with 601st Combat Support Group USAFE at Wiesbaden AB and HQ Proc. Ctr. USAFE at Lindsey AS as a civilian staff 1973 to 1975. Retired as a crew Chief Purser on B-747/A-340 with Lufthansa after 35 yrs and nearly 7000 legs - loved it. Hope to catch up with you guys in K-town and buy you a beer. Cheers !

[@rx2ride259]

Very cool the Air Force allows this channel. Thanks for your service!

[@enricobergmann1567]

What a great Airplane. Yesterday we had 3 C 130 Herkules at the "Gefechtsübungszentrum" to test our Runway. It was wonderfull. Greetings

[@jasonhansen782]

Love watching148th in Minnesota I work around that area and when We See y'all coming in My whole crew Stop to watch . A lot of tonnage AND Skills .. Land Safe .. We were working on house just under the approach .. We heard then landing on our HEAD'S 😅 I told them.,Then the fighters landing . great respect for All of y'all's 🇺🇲

[@TomCro2022]

Superb! Very very very good video and sound ! Great! Greetings from Zagreb / Croatia

[@georgephillips1185]

Thank for sharing this great footage

[@CJP-oz6hr]

Looks like a dry landing. The region Ramstein is in can be extremely wet. Stationed at Hahn AB 79-82. That’s when there was Ramstein and Hahn…..of course Spang is still open but Bitburg, Sembach, Zweibrucken, (all in the same region as Ramstein) and Rhine Main (Frankfurt) have all closed since I left. I just loved the food. It seemed to rain 9 months out of the year when I was there.

[@RollieFingers59]

Love your content - I was a little kid living in Van Nuys CA and would see the 130’s fly over out of van nuys airport all the time. It’s always been the coolest plane to me.

[@ReachAviation]

Thanks! Its a great plane!

[@Hughenn]

I’ve driven to Ramstein many times and never knew it had parallel runways. Interesting to see this landing and thanks for sharing.

[@seanwhite7532]

It's technically not parallel, but it is close. RWY 26-08 used to be a tactical strip that we loaded cargo from before the airfield was expanded. I worked in the ammo dump off to the left as they rolled out.

[@seanwhite7532]

Man Kaiserslautern has never looked so good. Last time I was in the cockpit of a Herk, it was a 37 AS Bluetail Flies H model. As a munitions loggie, I worked with 37 AS to move stuff around USAFE from Ramstein. Best assignment in my career.

[@spawntez]

Awesome,, I've moved a ton of cargo most people wouldn't believe me if I posted it. Imagine a C17 full of turkeys, steaks, and delicious food landing in Baghdad international airport. The troops ate well that Thanksgiving.

[@Duality306]

I live in Indiana 6 miles SW of KBMG... The Kentucky ANG are up here frequently shooting aproaches... Love the sound of the Herc... Great Vidoes 🇺🇲

[@sirtango1]

Thanks guys for letting us ride along in the first class section with you guys! I knew I was in first class when I saw there wasn’t a flip book in use! LOL

[@Dietz18]

As a former loadmaster, that brought back a memory or two. Hope you got to stay there long enough to get to enjoy Germany!

[@Zamboni-ms5iq]

Ok I’m pretty surprised, only 86 subs???? I give it a month or two before these vids start showing up in the feeds of avgeeks everywhere. Then BOOM

[@tb7452]

Love this stuff. Keep it upp

[@tristanholland6445]

I was stationed there as an AGE mechanic my flight supported the AMC transient aircraft so we felt with C-5, C-17, C-141 the Hercs were covered by a separate flight. Anyway I had flight duty down to an art form when I heard ATOC announce that an aircraft was on final I knew I had about 10 minutes to have a power unit ready at their spot when they pulled up. It was enough time to completely fuel up the 100 gallon tank on a -86 if I hustled.

[@spawntez]

What dates where you at Ramstein ? Sounds like you had your hands full. As a former C17 LM, I made friends with a bunch of cats working the flighline. I was out there flying March tails for 15 years, up until I retired in Nov. 2019. THANK YOU SIR, for you hard work and efforts from this Load.

[@georgecothran4760]

We used to go there to get on a c130 to do our jumps in 72/73. We were the 557 QM Core Riggers from Idar Obersein 19 k from Baumholder. Flew to Italy on a C130 for Reforger lV.

[@CJP-oz6hr]

Idar Oberstein is such a beautiful city. I was stationed at Hahn Air Base (79-82) before it closed,

[@danielh2180]

Good thing you clarified which runway to land on short final :-D

[@numnutz50]

I lived in Kaiserslautern eleven years (88-99). My house was under the landing flight path and I got to where I could identify aircraft type by sound.

[@camelion.4791]

I can see my home. This is so strange to see it on such a big youtube channel which is also American.

[@spawntez]

Great landing, and brings back a ton of memories of drinking beer out in Landstuhl and K-town. Will leave it rated G.

[@georgecothran4760]

When were you in k-town? Our company moved there from Idar Oberstein near Baumholder in 73.

[@spawntez]

@@georgecothran4760 - stayed at Ramstein AB, on our days off from flying down range to Iraq and Afghanistan, we'd go hit all the usual spots. Usual mission was two to three weeks and RTB (KRIV)

[@rogermurray9058]

C-130 My Father Work on U.S.AIR FORCE VIETNAM 🇻🇳 C-130 used Transport Cargo But When had USO Show used C-130 Transport Bob Hope ,James Brown,and Other Performers Entertainment Troops

[@goodnightmr5892]

I miss it there! Thanks for sharing! Let me know if you fly in CONUS BDL or Westover AB! Vet 86th/8th SFS Always loved seeing you fly in!

[@CHECK6-963]

I was a tower controller there 90-94 good times!

[@bajamedic]

What a great airplane. Can you do an Atlantic crossing without a fuel stop or air to air?

[@ReachAviation]

Depends on conditions. But generally based on what ive done, we stop for gas just prior to coast out and land for more shortly after coast in. We're slick Herks, AMC decided not to put AAR capes on. Limits us a bit. As a former tanker driver, i feel that was a short sighted failure but thats just me.

[@Tonkotsu2k10]

IT's weird that the left half of the cockpit, the screens arent out of sync with the shutter, but the right ones are.... wierd

[@jwhoward182]

Did you guys buy your Bose or did they finally ditch the crappy DCs?

[@ReachAviation]

Limited supply. They are earned more or less.

[@jwhoward182]

@@ReachAviation glad to see you have them. My father flew a B-24 in combat from Nov ‘44 until V-E day. Have his logs, flew Dakar to Natal at 170 mph on return from hostilities - must have been a heck of a headwind. I know he would be thoroughly impressed with your crm.

[@Chuck59ish]

Kinda odd having the camera at angle like that. I worked on E & H model over 30 years ago in the RCAF and the J is light years ahead of the older models.

[@ReachAviation]

No time in the legacy but love the J. Still experimenting with angles and cameras. Let me know what yall think works.

[@RudyNortz]

What is the ding - ding sound we hear? Didn't have that on the E model. Well, didn't have lots of the toys you guys have now. As a former FE I kept an eye on your engine instruments for you, pitch locks are nasty on final.

[@ReachAviation]

Thats an ACAWS (Advisory, Caution and Warning System) notification. Could be anything from an Autopilot notification to the computer detecting an over-temp of the engine. Miss having the extra eyes and crew but the computer does good till you lose it (which has happened). Appreciate your time and service!

[@brianyee9689]

No system status on the HDDs? Enjoy the content BTW. Keep it up.

[@ReachAviation]

Yeah this jet does a great job at alerting you to any issues. I hate losing a screen to what usually amounts to a static image. PFD is nice for aux seat backup terminal or maybe a wx radar if enroute.

[@uyfugbug766546]

My left ear enjoyed this immensely

[@josesbox9555]

Air Force flying through clouds?? Must have gotten an air medal.

[@SimDeck]

Do you guys really say "cool "every 30-40 seconds right?

[@michaelrice500]

cool!

[@bjs030]

That checks

[@jeffersonsteeflex2364]

What's the small wheel to the left of the yoke?

[@ReachAviation]

Nose wheel steering.

[@jeffersonsteeflex2364]

@@ReachAviation Interesting. Is the 130 one of the only aircraft that doesn't use the rudder pedals to steer on the ground or is that pretty common?

[@ReachAviation]

@@jeffersonsteeflex2364 All prior aircraft i have flown use the rudder pedals as primary. The KC-135, for example, you would lead with the rudder pedals and then follow with the "tiller" if you needed more. The 130 has a "steering wheel" and you have to use it till the rudder gains effectiveness. Took some getting used to and its not my favorite. Not sure how common it is otherwise but I hadn't seen it before.

[@trueffelsucher]

@@jeffersonsteeflex2364 It's absolutely common for heavy aircraft. Basically all airliners (both Boeing and Airbus) use tillers and don't have the nose wheel connected to the rudder panels

[@jerryn5527]

Why do both pilots have hands on the yoke?

[@ReachAviation]

The radio push-to-talk is on the yoke which makes it looks like both of us are on the controls. There is another PTT button on the center console that the KC135 didnt have. Law of primacy hits hard and even after many hours in the Herk, I still tend to use the yoke out of habit.

[@Harry_Ng]

why inHg not Hpa?

[@ReachAviation]

At least for us it seems most of the aviation world has standardized regardless of location. I have been given millibars on occasion but generally its always inHg.

[@Harry_Ng]

@@ReachAviation what I should have asked is why is it given in inHg? In Europe I'm sure it's standardized to hPa

[@avocadoflight]

@@ReachAviation Love the vids! Are you planning on releasing any more soon?

[@ReachAviation]

Ive been stuck in a job that limits my flying. Im scheduled for some soon so maybe in a few weeks.

[@ReachAviation]

The aviation world is pretty standardized around the world. Generally altitude is in feet and altimeter settings are given in inHg. Even in Europe im usually given inHg. On occasion I've been given millibars (hPa) but i can count the times with one hand.

[@stepiage9031]

Loving the channel being an Herk driver myself..! Out of curiosity you guys fly with the PFD on HDD3 as a standard procedure? If so any particular reason for that? Thanks in advance for the answer!

[@ReachAviation]

Not required but a technique that allows the aux seater to back us up.

[@ILSRWY4]

....instrument approach flown VFR.

[@SSaugaCriss]

that’s what i was thinking. G/S is normally captured from below, but still good content here.

[@ILSRWY4]

@@SSaugaCriss Oh definitely... agree

[@michaelrice500]

Visual is best, but use the instruments to check your work. When it's tight, you gotta be right.

[@jagboy69]

I did my time on that ILS... You can keep that shit.

[@evilload]

Two runways at ETAR now? What is this witchcraft...

[@pjotrtje0NL]

Yup, the Southern one is the main now - the Northern only used in exceptional circumstances

[@OregonCrow]

Easy

[@Bolivar2012able]

Dear USAF! Have a look at Just Planes. Their AV kit is ahead of yours on the most recently manufactured Kit. Please learn to use a mixture of Go Pro and Hand Held Digital Camera's. Flying trucks with wings DO NOT have top secret kit on them.

[@adammcveigh]

Just be thankful they're showing you anything... They have no obligation to give you anything...