US AIR FORCE March Field Museum California SR71

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On The Road With Norm

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@WestPac-ny9vi Ай бұрын

Thank You for the tour. What an incredible museum.

@ontheroadwithnorm2024 Ай бұрын

Thank-you for the comment

@ashtonsmashton5159 3 ай бұрын

been here like 10 times recommend going here

@ontheroadwithnorm2024 2 ай бұрын

Yes I'm up for a repeat visit soon. And for everyone's information this Air Force base has an open house type airshow every year. April 12 & 13, 2025. Air Force Bases all over the country have free admission open to all.

@Robert-o6y7x 2 ай бұрын

Quiet a collection , thks. Best on West coast i would say

@ontheroadwithnorm2024 2 ай бұрын

well actually, in my opinion, the best collection is 300 miles to the northwest at Castle AFB. They've 80 aircraft now and growing. One of only four remaining B-36. One of only 8 remaining B-58. One of everything big from WW2. All the 1970's and 80's American jets. And a SR-71A model with high time.

@ontheroadwithnorm2024 2 ай бұрын

And, west of the Mississippi the top museum would have to be Pima.

@darylhise6418 6 ай бұрын

I was at March AFB in 1983 in the 15th AF School. 5 weeks. It was great!!!!!

@TonyBetz-z7h 4 ай бұрын

I grew up on March. Air Force base I grew up in Moreno Valley from 1964 - 1982 at the time it was known as Sunnymead California, my mom also worked on the base she was hairstylist, she ran the salon I I still have family members that still lives in Moreno Valley. I go back about every 10 years. My dad took us all to the museum one day.

@ontheroadwithnorm2024 4 ай бұрын

Thanks for the comment. Great info

@TonyBetz-z7h 4 ай бұрын

I grew up on March. Air Force base I 0:16 grew up in Moreno Valley.

@ThisIsWhatIDo77 Жыл бұрын

I was a crew chief on KC 135 at March from 1966 to 1970. We were a SAC base then. We did TDY's to southeast asia to support Vietnam war also Arclite in Okinawa. I learn to fly at aero club that was located where the museum is now. We refueled B-52's and phantom f-4's most of the time. My plane refueled the Air Force Thunder birds once. Long time ago, good memories.

@ontheroadwithnorm2024 Жыл бұрын

That's awesome, thanks for the comment. How long do you have to stay hooked up to fuel an F-4? B-52?

@ThisIsWhatIDo77 Жыл бұрын

That was a long time ago but f4's as you probably know used less fuel than b-52's. The boom nozzle was 3 to 4" i'm guessing ? Some planes like the B-52 , we plugged into them and some fighters, they plugged into us. My job was to know what type of plane we were refueling. Sometimes we were the male and other times we were the female. We refueled the F100's and they had what we called a dog pecker that plugged into us. The boom had an adapter installed that had a funnel that the fighter plugged into. As for the time it took to refuel, it was according to how many gallons or weight they wanted ? Smaller fighters would be just several minutes to a much longer time on a B-52. Sometimes they would only require just enough fuel to get back safely after dropping their bombs. They wanted to be light as possible to land. We were at U-Tapao AB, Thailand. Check out Thunder bird home movie on Utube. I took pictures with super 8mm camera laying beside the boom operator. My son uploaded for me. You'll see a 1990 date on the film but that was when he put film on DVD . The actual time frame was 1997 I think ? Because those were the F-100 thunder birds.@@ontheroadwithnorm2024