NORAD - The US Military's Best Kept Secret | Behind The Wings [4K] | Spark

[@simsdroid]

Canada is a good neighbor ! Thanks to all that contribute to NORAD !!!

[@wtc7665]

we are comliante to our guardian we have to be nice we have no military capablities and we depend on the big bulies to the south to protect us we are practically part of the us. all forms and documents say zip code not postal code we obey for our protection afforded by the us.

[@barneyrice8502]

Canada Was A Good Neighbor Then They Went With OUR Dem Communists And Their Country IS Under A Dictator That Matches Our OWN Dem Party Wanting TO Own The Country And Have IT Under Their Total Control 24/7 !! But IF You Listen They Will Tell You the Want A Democracy IN OUR Country But It Will Be A Dem Communist Democracy !!

[@simsdroid]

@@barneyrice8502 Are you a Trump supporter ? Trump openly praises Putin, and Biden does not. Who's the communist supporter here ? God bless America and Canada !

[@projectpitpat]

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[@DavidFerguson-k4u]

My father, USAF communications officer, was assigned to Gander in the late 40’s early 50’s. His job was to send his guys out on the ice to survey potential Dew Line sites. One day his general called him up and asked him if he’d ever even been to Thule. Dad replied in the negative and following a chewing out was ordered to go visit. So he got on the next transport, flew up to Thule (“A most miserable place!”) got off the plane to smoke a cigar while they refueled, then flew straight back to Gander. Landed, called his general to report he’d “been” and got a star in his evaluation for showing “initiative.” I learned all about the DEW line when I was about 5 yrs old. Was born in Newfoundland where my parents adopted me while assigned to Gander!

[@JimPfarr]

I was stationed at Peterson AFB doing software support for NORAD 30 years ago, it was a highly rewarding job at the time. This video is very refreshing and give me a renewed appreciation for these folks keeping our countries safe. Well done.

[@ryp1984]

was at Pete as well, got a tour inside cheyenne mtn, very interesting facility.

[@shawntailor5485]

Couple buddies of mine got chased down and asses reeeaaamed ,riding dirt bikes out behind ft.carson ...

[@markminiard9472]

Salute

[@oaxacaennuevayork9518]

Countries ?

[@shawntailor5485]

@@oaxacaennuevayork9518 america ,canada ,Mexico, you cant believe an attack on one wont affect the others?especially since norad detects ICBM s nuclear type ,,not firecrackers.

[@davidstewart5811]

We are so lucky to have such dedicated faithful individuals standing by to protect us all.

[@derricklanders1921]

It's their job.

[@LLuka68398]

Protect you from what...yourselves

[@sebastien3351]

Thank you for the good video, things have changed over the decades of which I had not paid attention to. I appreciate the update!

[@DamianDeEu]

Love that intro shot of the fighter jet passing by the 172. The fighter jet was going so slow it had to keep the hard angle of attack and yet still went flying past the small cessna!

[@jon9178]

It's not a 172.

[@Chris_at_Home]

Years ago I was flying my Champ and had two A-10s make a close flyby.

[@oceanhome2023]

I get the same feeling when dolphins follow and pass my Zodiac outboard !

[@rolandconnor575]

My Father was stationed at Puntzi Mt. BC on the Pinetree Line from 1959-1962. I was 4-7 years old and revisited the site in 1980 and 1997. Never knew what it was all about until now!

[@williammitchell1864]

My grandpa retired years ago from the Air Force. Last place he worked at was NORAD, and before that, the Pentagon, Assistant Joint Chiefs Of Staff is what he commanded before he was stationed at NORAD.

[@keithmayhew2161]

Thank you for your service Sir..I,hand salute you.

[@julieutley2073]

How cool is that. What a great guy he must have been. What stories he could maybe tell.

[@daffidavit]

A few years ago, my buddy and I were flying his Mooney from N.J. to North Carolina. We were well east of the Washington D.C. restricted area. The Mooney had a Garmin 530 GPS display that was able to show other air traffic using transponders. After a while, you get used to perceiving how fast the other aircraft are going, just through experience. This was before it was required to have ADS-B. We were up somewhere around 7,500 ft. above sea level when suddenly I noticed another aircraft on the Garmin indicating an altitude about 4,000 ft below us and about 10 miles behind us. The thing that really got my attention was the speed the target was traveling. It was much faster than an airliner. I never saw another airplane go that fast on the Garmin. I joked and told my buddy we were being followed by a UFO. Finally, as the target merged with us, I looked down in front of the right-wing and saw an F-16. As he passed us he made a wide clearing left turn out toward the sea. We were doing nothing wrong and we were not in restricted airspace. He never came near us and if it were not for the Garmin, we might not have even known he was there. I guess even NORAD gets bored sometimes and uses general aviation airplanes for practice.

[@Dev-In-Denver123]

Pilots are just people (my dad is a Lt. Col f-16 instructor) and they like flying nearby and seeing other planes too, and see how fast they can pass them. It's probably slightly less boring than just flying along in the big huge sky. So it could've been that as well lol.

[@debraclifton6820]

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[@jacobsparry8525]

I flew a prisoner transport way back in the very early 90’s and we normally flew through VOLK Field air space and we would call them and get permission to pass through. On one of those trips they informed us they wanted to practice interceptions on us. In about 1 minute we had fighters coming at us from different directions. It was my first time for that and it felt like they were going to fly right up our ass. I was very impressed with how quickly they found our small aircraft. They called us “ long time dead “ on the radio as we left their air space and we asked how well it went.

[@LHGII]

@@jacobsparry8525 real life con-air 👍

[@bronsonfiras6608]

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[@kc5287]

Born at Fitszimmons, grew up in Colorado Springs and worked in Norad,Peterson AFB, Airforce Academy, Falcon (now Shriver) Space Command and Ft.Carson, the blast door and buildings on giant springs in Norad were the coolest things I've seen

[@misty5805]

And the Stargate and stuff inside the buildings like real life Thor's, right? You don't have to answer that. We know you had to sign a confidentiality agreement and I wouldn't want any harm to come to you. But maybe to the people that are above the law that do that kind of harm.

[@beaglesguy]

One of the best videos I've seen this year. TY

[@donnapalmeri9573]

AWESOME! THANK YOU ALL!!

[@michaelturner781]

I was with the 24th NORAD at Malmstrom AFB (Huntress Control) from 1979 to 1983. I then was hired by the FAA and spent 33 years at Fort Worth Center. I have several stories about intercepts but it was great to see it from the video's perspective.

[@kenisgone]

what about 9/11?

[@kenisgone]

and what the heck is the homeland? I am not a citizen of any homeland.

[@dougbourdo2589]

Very Cool. Living very near Holloman AFB in New Mex. I get to see & listen to F16's in training flights daily. It Never gets old. Recently, they were doing high altitude flights & the Sonic Booms were truly impressive. AMERICA !!!!

[@colt10mmsecurity68]

I train daily at March ARB. There is a California air nat’l guard detachment of F-16’s there that seem to launch almost every other day, if not every day while we are there in the pattern. It’s quite impressive.

[@Aco747lyte]

Very impressive. I am mighty proud of you NORAD guys, especially since I had the opportunity to visit one of your bases. Love and prayers to you all.

[@mjleger4555]

That guy looks and sounds like he's right out of the '60's!!

[@rngalston]

Growing up on "WarGames", I was left questioning how effective a country's ability to defend itself actually was. But, as a private pilot, I'm glad I was never intercepted for unknowingly doing something stupid.

[@LHGII]

"Would you like to play a game"..same here. I'm 44 I remember going to the movies seeing it..

[@havasubooo8840]

Why didn't NORAD see the Chinese Spy balloon whilst it was over Alaska or Canada?

[@ananthropomorphictalkinggo6641]

I love that B-1 in the background, such a sleek looking aircraft.

[@sharizabel4204]

I worked at NORAD HQ as a civilian after retiring from the Air Force. I had offices both in the mountain and at Peterson. I was the Commander’s representative for force management i.e I made NORAD had the people and equipment NORAD needed.

[@tomp8094]

I worked as a Watch Officer inside the Cheyenne Mountain COC - one of the best assignments I had during my 30 year military career.

[@beaglesguy]

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[@rhondakennedy819]

To all Brothers & Sisters, Thank You for your service. Be safe out there people. Love to all

[@lawnmoose]

nice to see Canadians involved strategically.

[@LysanderLH]

I’m going to go out on a limb here and please do correct me if I’m wrong. The content of this video does not contain any secrets. Now if you’ll excuse me, I must get back to making a replica of table mountain on my kitchen table, with mud from my garden. There are lights in the mountain. Strange, alien lights.

[@kateford3853]

Thanks for the front line heros all ❤️🌎👀

[@jasonfuqua4284]

I like that the retired F-16 pilot still rocks the nomex gloves.

[@country3608]

Thanks for your service keeping us safe!!! Great video!!👍🇺🇸

[@icare7151]

Greetings from Cheyenne Mountain, just off of NORAD road in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Been in the area since 1972. Lots of changes over the decades in technology, multiple new locations, buildings, infrastructure and increased missions in depth and breath. Many ultra top secret.

[@celebralpelosi5031]

Got to go on a tour inside Cheyenne Mountain and to NORAD when I was a kid and it was one of the coolest experiences of my life!

[@cindybogart6062]

I live in Lakewood, Co. I am not sure what kind of aircraft flew over this weekend…. But I have no idea what it was & had never seen anything like it before. Very sleek & low heading down towards Colorado Springs. Those fighter jets always make me nervous. Especially after living in the N/E during the 9/11 incident they flew over daily for months (3-4 times a day).✨

[@andrewweaver2517]

Howdy from Nederland! Come on up and get weird.

[@milescreative4293]

After 911, there are many different locations in the USA, and the central location is not what people think 💬🤔 that it is?!! Office Buildings, Shopping Centers?!.. However, below ground we have command and control!..

[@ronaldblythe7559]

I fell in love with Spark after watching a couple of their space videos, but now I must say... WHY are there advertisements (that go on forever until you click 'skip' )every 5 minutes on an old History Channel documentary?

[@tc1uscg65]

When LT Gen Coates retires, he can always play Bob McKenzie in Strange Brew II . They kind of resemble. Was just waiting for him to look at the camera and say "How about a beer eh?"

[@christiantroy3034]

Totally Cool, glad they are there watching over us! Thank you

[@georgehollingsworth2428]

From the way things are going lately, I'd say that the original purpose of Norad is still valid and relevant.

[@betsymess8532]

I was raised in Colo. my father architect and pilot. I know about NORAD as most do. What is this raising money for unicef. So many better organizations

[@vanveenmatt]

There is also an underground NORAD bunker, that has also moved it's facilities above ground in the 2000s, in my home town of North Bay Ontario. I currently live in the old military housing that housed all the employees of the bunker back in the 60s. Pretty cool history around here!

[@jacobsparry8525]

They have several alternative command and control bunkers. There is Raven Rock and Mount Weather Deep command center and the Pentagon Deep Command center supposedly at over 3000 feet down and able to withstand large hits, and the Canadian Forces North Bay Control Complex which is part of NORAD, and those are just the Command and Control deep bunkers we know about. There are also some communications bunker complexes as the Warrington classified Communication center run by the CIA and the NSA, and the Mount Pony bunker at Culpepper Virginia which is where they have BILLIONS and Billions in US currency stockpiled in case of nuclear war. AND don’t forget the looking glass command and control aircraft always in the air in hardened air liners which can stay in the air, hidden, for many days with air refueling. They can run an entire war from those. And Air Force 1 & 2 which have the same equipment to run a war and air refuel. They are not called looking glass anymore but they are still in the air 24/7. I figure it for every one station we know about there are at least 2 we do not. I know we have logistical bunkers in deep caves all over the US that are full of everything from MREs to tires to computers to blankets. And I am sure they have some bunkers for bulk stationing of combat troops and of course we all know about the Project Greek Island aka The Greenbrier that was a bunker for the Congress until some bunghole of a reporter made it all public.

[@raptexalicious866]

My grandfather was flying f-101 interceptors at north bay around that time!

[@havasubooo8840]

Why didn't NORAD see the Chinese Spy balloon whilst it was over Alaska or Canada? ???

[@avroarchitect1793]

@@havasubooo8840 who says they didn't?

[@sandraswarts1708]

I use to work at HQ NORAD in the J3O at Peterson AFB in the early 1990's. I was a secretary and they would rotate the secretaries to accompany the tours in the Operations Center in Cheyanne Mt.

[@xrrrismickey]

Thank you to these people that keep us safe night and day.

[@chiefdonutmaker7368]

thank u all for keeping me an my family safe every day an night

[@harryjensen9090]

I was stationed at NAS North Island 1961 and 62 With VFAW 3 a Navy squadron of F4D aircraft that was part of NORAD at that time frame . Was an interesting tour. It is interesting to see it NORAD TOday compared to then . Great job nice up dates .

[@debbier8118]

Nice to know these people are getting up every day to make sure we are safe!

[@TheCabledawg1]

Let's not forget that in 1983 Matthew Broderick saved us from WW3 when he defeated the WOPR computer.

[@williampulley]

Watching the F-16 intercept from inside the Cessna was great. Update the video title to call out that intercept. Like some others have commented, 'Best kept secret' is silly.

[@Y3ARxOFx53RP3NT]

I live at the foot of Cheyenne mountain. I see NORAD everyday. I'm pretty sure everyone knows about NORAD lol. It's not much of a secret anymore.

[@andrasbodo]

the content is secret...how they do their job, and what they know...not the location.

[@Y3ARxOFx53RP3NT]

@Ben Chu yea it's a pretty cool place. There's like a little community inside the mountain. there's rumor around my city Colorado springs, saying there's nothing inside anymore, but yea right lol. There's always suspicious lights over the mountain.

[@johnnyquest5942]

That’s a faint but do they know about all of the other top secret facilities….. lol

[@porscheguy09]

Anyone that’s seen War Games from the early 1980’s knows about NORAD and Cheyenne Mountain.

[@Y3ARxOFx53RP3NT]

@@porscheguy09 right .... right.. I've actually drove up to the main gate before.. not a good idea lol.. was greeted by guard with m16 👍 just searched and told me to turn around lol

[@jumpingjeffflash9946]

I visited this museum at the former Lowry AFB in Denver at the 0:14 mark when I was in Denver for vacation in Dec.2021, great museum, worth the visit. I've seen a few videos with, so I inquired of, Mr.Burchette and was told he was no longer there and was now up in Wa. state now working for Boeing. There's also a great burger restaurant just to the left of that hangar/B-52 as well.

[@MarkedMoneyTech]

In case no one has told you lately, thank you for existing!

[@robertahauck6804]

My Mom was a Technical Publications Editor -civilian service - out of McClellan AFB. She worked on NORAD.

[@lisawu124]

That was so awesome. So little that we know about our country’s air defenses. This gives me much more appreciation for the men and women of our country that work so hard to protect it.

[@andrewweaver2517]

Can't miss it when. You pop up over the hill on the way to Colorado Springs.

[@sethsisneros6630]

There's things about NORAD that we will never know. I've worked on NORAD projects 40 years out and we were never told what we were making or what it was for, just it was from the DOD, they have mountain bases all over the rockies

[@Chefbriank]

There are places nationwide that are not generally known that work with NORAD everyday! I’ve worked at a couple and they have our best interests in mind🙏👍🇨🇦🇬🇧🇺🇸. Nuff said

[@allenbryant]

I had a former pastor that was in the air in his single engine aircraft on 9/11 near Fort Campbell KY and got intercepted by and escorted to the ground by an Apache. Needless to say he said that was a scary experience.

[@TheMangoMussolini]

"The US Military's Best Kept Secret" ? Really? It was never a secret, never intended to be a secret. The mere knowledge that we had early detection capability and the ability to launch under attack served to make sure anyone thinking about initiating hostilities would think twice.

[@seantaggart7382]

@Grand Ralph *yeah Norad Ignore the Idiot just send a maverick and go*

[@KeithTroonin]

1950--- 1979, NORAD closed the doors

[@jblaze0382nj]

So, Santa is real?!?!?! NORAD SAID SO!🤣

[@lighterlight3448]

Thank you for this short briefing/class. 🙃

[@luciusvorenus9445]

Fantastic episode. The paint job on the CF-18 at the beginning was really cool.

[@avroarchitect1793]

the jet at the start was an F-16.

[@airzulu2733]

It's the anomalies that they see or track that we are not allowed to know about . Must be a very interesting job .

[@u32481]

I never knew the Canadian Air Force has people in Colorado. Interesting

[@elizabethclymer7895]

It's been a joint operation since the beginning. The Canadians were even present when NORAD was told to stand down by Cheney during the 9/11 attacks, which interestingly enough hasn't been commented on. Granted, I've only read down about 60 comments, but seems to me to be a huge elephant in the room. What happened during that massive failure anyway? Rhetorical question BTW. Am throwing that out there for those who refuse to wake up and realize the level of corruption that exists in our government and military command structure.

[@climbtibet]

The NORAD guys are the best of the best 🇺🇸 salute

[@MegaEaglelover]

I was stationed at Ft. Carson an woke up to see NORAD and Pikes Peak every day

[@lottiemastiff9807]

Norad is not just USA . CANADA IS ALSO A MEMBER OF NORAD

[@Paladin1873]

I was assigned to the Pentagon when Noble Eagle began. I'm glad to see it's still an active operation. Watching this video I realized many of the Airmen assigned to it weren't even born when it began. Stay alert; we need your eyes and ears now more than ever.

[@paulsuprono7225]

Good ol' Lowry Air Force Base . . . hangar repurposed TWICE - 1st: active aviation base. Upon closure of active aviation - 2nd: training facility for airmen in obtaining Air Force Specialty Code (AFSC). THIRD: Museum for Air Force aircraft, missions . . .

[@fredthomson2384]

NORAD- That’s the “Big Board!”in Dr Strangelove. I bet it’s being use a lot in 2022.

[@arbuz1984]

why is there no commercials on this channel ?

[@billschultz2598]

...I will sleep well tonight, thanks to the tireless efforts of NORAD.

[@wtc7665]

not to well the entire us defense system shut down on 9/11

[@sweetman5249]

@@wtc7665 not True .

[@baldurolafsson8886]

What should the worlds dearest friend Mr Xi been thinking off now.! He can easely stop the war or he might need help because N-Korea and others are threatening China and others.?

[@dso2805]

Fantastic video! Thank you so much!

[@j.megatron]

On Sept 11, they got active.

[@emailer8326]

This was cool. I see flights coming out of Buckley all the time and never knew what they were up to. I have a bit of an idea now.

[@Chris_at_Home]

The LRRS facilities run all the way around the west coast of Alaska and out to the Aleutian Islands. I have been to many of them.

[@koori3085]

Great video, and looked like a great time was had by all! Thank you sir, and thank you NORAD! 🇺🇲

[@paulegladu4963]

Norad

[@devdennis5100]

Wow! Thanks !!! It's one thing to read and hear about things like that, it's another to see it!!

[@Bugman541]

"best kept secret" - so secret, in fact, that the whole world has known about its existence for decades, and thousands of articles, videos and documentaries have been made about it.

[@WeAreTheTrueMedia]

I'm pleased somebody said it. I've not even watched it yet but a title on KZbin saying "best kept secret" is clickbait for imbeciles. Think I'm gonna unsubscribe soon as this channel is going downhill.

[@Bugman541]

@@WeAreTheTrueMedia yeah, I think the content is good, I like it, but the title on this one just made me laugh.

[@BroccoliHead7]

well said

[@Y3ARxOFx53RP3NT]

It's in plenty of movies too.... Stargate, war games etc.....

[@01221984]

True lol it’s no secret

[@jaixzz]

Lt.gen.C.Coates - better known as the voice of Garfield 🐱

[@jdougn2255]

Convince me the Matthew Burchette, the interviewer, doesn't look like Brent Spiner as Dr. Brackish Okun in Independence Day!

[@Stopes.]

Hah. That’s where he seemed familiar from! Nailed it.

[@poolfool31021]

How the hell does this civilian get a gig of interviewing this top level military and we as mere mortals get to watch on KZbin? These are questions that keep me awake in middle of night

[@sjgreene785]

Best part of job is tracing Santa. 💪😉✌

[@dzeccc9239]

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE!!

[@kevinpittman2517]

i love it... they show u the space and talk fast... and make sure nearly every screen in immediate view ... if off.... i wonder how many UFO's they track on the daily..... i bet that number would be crazy

[@daffidavit]

I always wondered if they noticed a jumping "star" I saw moving and stopping on a dime back around 1966 when I had young teen aged eagle eyes. It travelled from low on the horizon to almost straight overhead and would go across chunks of the sky and stop several times for a second before it slowly got dimmer and dimmer, as if it was no longer glinting the sun off of it that had set a few hours earlier. From where I was standing in the northeast U.S. this "star" must have been over Canada. If NORAD didn't detect that, they weren't doing their job that night. I wonder how high their radar's can see. They must scan high enough to see ballistic missiles in space, so they must have seen this "jumping star". What do they do when they see stuff like that? What do they do when Ageas cruisers like the USS Princeton sees "tic-tacs" at 80,000 ft. moving at 120 mph? I often wonder.

[@misty5805]

One time when they let a camera crew in there was a room with a huge tarp hung and they didn't get to go past the tarp. But in another scene there was a flash like in Stargate when someone is fixing to arrive.

[@Tmhen]

more like they dont want the public to know they spend 95% of their time watching The Sports Channel & The Young & the Restless LMAO "Oh, yes thank you for protecting us" Oh STFU-------OMG LOL LOL Really ? you get the news from the news channels who get a national script from some schmuck telling us what reality is???? OMG LMAO

[@derricklanders1921]

@@Tmhen ...and your point is? I'd rather them watch a cable tv show than actually doing what they are tasked to do...

[@misty5805]

@@zaiks0105 I'm sure you're right. I think Thor could be an actual alien 👽 Not even joking i have never seen better animatronics if not!

[@onlyme9254]

He's rocking his wings Me. "Hey does that mean he's waving at us like shamu does at SeaWorld?"

[@dapstur880]

I clicked on this just to say. If it was our best kept secret it wouldn’t be on KZbin.

[@clarencehopkins7832]

Excellent stuff bro

[@mcd3379]

In many ways NORAD was a left over from the Cold War - and as 9/11 painfully demonstrated, it was very much left flat footed when the nature of war changed.

[@allNDNland]

NORAD dropped the ball lately

[@woodygordon5071]

“Fights on”. !!! Sierra Hotel ! Best job ever !!!!

[@Crashed131963]

How do you follow a f-16 in a prop plane? The prop plane's full speed is well below the F-16s stale speed.

[@M1Iceman]

I worked security at Cheyenne Mnt early 90s, it's not Cheyenne Mnt u should be looking at but Falcon AFB, unless they changed the name since then.

[@RowanHawkins]

i bet the internet works a lot better at patterson instead of under the rock. Hopefully they have been using the downtime there for infrastructure upgrades.

[@elsieschmaltz6754]

Strength we have in God and direction 🙏🕊️🙏 💜.

[@ryanmichaels4226]

I know way too much to hide it anymore from people there's more anxious answers then you dare to tell

[@jeffjones650]

this guy made me feel like i was watching a Whitest kids you know skit for a few minutes lol

[@gryph01]

My step grandfather served at NORAD Command in the 60's. He said enjoyed his tour there before returning to his regular duties in the RCAF

[@sofil2360-k3p]

Off course best' kept secret,its a military,every military has a best kept secret.

[@winstizzle]

20:57 "If you do not comply, you may be fired upon."

[@Alfa_Varg]

The only thing I can think of when I see the opening for the Cheyenne mountain base is the Stargate sg1 opening theme 😅😅

[@paulsuprono7225]

22:15 . . . Oh by the way, I see you ! 🐸

[@ronmorrison1964]

Thanks for your service!!

[@Yogachara]

Thanks NORAD. Ya'll are amazing.

[@sjgreene785]

You all are a blessing. Love & light.💙🙏💙

[@celestialmedia2280]

They had made a headquarters inside a mountain and they were thinking about making more inside other mountains but when this started to come in every movies they gave up their boggy plan of Nord but still somewhere manny mountain has headquarters being made inside them

[@VRtechman]

NORAD hasn't been a secret since the War Games or Star Gate film/Series! No one can really say exactly what they're doing down there!