KC-135 Cockpit Tour! 

I don't know what I like seeing better. The flight videos or the ones from the farm. They're both equally as interesting! Thank you for your service!

Those B-2 bombers and the B-52’s are my favorite thank y’all for your service and making sure our freedom can be defended in an instant

Back in '76 to '80, I was a maintenance tech on a KC-135 flight simulator. I spent almost 4 years doing pre-flights in the simulator. Your tour of the cockpit was fascinating. Things have changed since 1980. I didn't see the auto-pilot controls in the overhead panel. There used to be 3 switches ganged together for autopilot. The reason I know is because the simulator had some major issues with the control column (pitch). If you engaged autopilot, the column would slam all the way rearward and damn near nail the crew in the crotch. Eventually, I found a broken 150 volt feedback wire under the cockpit. I repaired it and BINGO...no more slamming control column.

Im right by memphis Tennessee air national guard these planes are badass my fav hea y aircraft is b52s imma a fighter jet type guy fav is f16 aggressor squadron I watch my dad died cancer at 18 I'm 39 now so I went to active addiction but I got multiple years sober and I lost my dream to be a fighter pilot😢😢😢 thank you for your service and all that you guys do❤❤❤❤❤

Thanks for the ride. Retired AF C-130A/E/H/J Crew Chief of 22 years and another 13+ as a Lockheed Martin field rep (retired). Yes, I did list the "A" model. 😆 I crewed 55-0022 at Wright-Patterson, 4950th TW and then moved to the 3246th TW at Eglin later with same aircraft. I miss it! BTW: Your area of Ohio is a beautiful place! I used to bow hunt near Chillicothe back in the early 80's.

So great! I loved being a crew chief on the KC-135R and T models!

Awesome! Enjoyed the tour. Didn't realize how many fuel tanks the KC-135 has. We enjoy planes here. Anytime one flys over we all empty out of the house to watch it.

Great video. Thanks for showing us your flying office. B2's Still are quite a sight to see. God bless America 🇺🇸.

As a boom with the 196 ARS (March ARB) we were on TDY at Incirlik in June 2002 with the Ohio ANG. Had a great time with your unit.

randomly saw your video on my feed. cant wait to get in and fly this beautiful bird!!

I was a KC-135 crew chief, I was on 63-8886. The cockpit has had a lot of updates since the 90's. I heard 886 was damaged in a taxi accident over seas. And totaled, Thanks for the flight down memory lane. Cool memories.

Thank you for your videos sir. I was stationed at McConnell from 1995-2001, where I retired at. I worked in medical supply, and have seen a lot of KC 135s take off, and land. I only got to fly on one once to a base exercise to Volk Field in Wisconsin. I appreciate everything you folks continue to do, and also the cockpit tour was very interesting and informative. God bless from Kentucky.

The new logo looks AWESOME, Rod! Tell Lew he'll have to get to work on new shirts

Hi from Northern Middle Tennessee. Found your channel on Brian's Farming Videos. Great channel looks lit never a dull moment. Most of all Thank you for your Service both in the air and farming on the ground. Double whammy.

Hey I just found your channel love it and I just subscribed I am a big time aircraft nut my favorite part of your video was when you show the instruments that's what I love seeing.

Thank you for your service and videos. I’m ex Navy brown shoe (Airedale) after service worked for Grummans Aerospace, Lockheed, and Boeing at Lockheed made the refueling receiver box for the C5-B, Boeing in Wichita, KS made the refueling receiver box for the KC-135 tankers back in the late 80’s. Great job!! Also like you said AMERICA.

You have a lot to keep up with in the cockpit. Enjoy watching the bigboys get fuel.

Just discovered your channel from watching other farmers channels. I was an aircraft mechanic in the late 60's on KC-135A models & B-52D bombers. SAC all the way at Ellsworth, South Dakota; TDY to Kadena, Ohinawa; U-Tapao RTNAF, Thailand for my Vietnam tour & finished up at Castle in California. Grew up on a farm in SE Iowa & looking forward to seeing more of your channel.

Another good one son😉😉!!

The cockpit your was really cool! Holy 💩 that's got to be one of the most complex fuel systems ever. The refueling footage is absolutely incredible. Hope everything is going good on the farm and I'll see you in the next video. I live in Fairborn although I haven't been in a bar in years it's really cool to see that young lady pursuing aviation.

Loved the tour, hope all is well on the farm.

This is only the second of your videos that I have seen. I would like to see one that covers the rendezvous including orbit holding, offset maintenance, and the final turn.

Great Channel, thanks for your service! I loved being in the ANG, did Missouri & Illinois, but flying around in that Cessna was sure slow... :) (O-2), regret not staying for 30yrs!

I really like the music you put in. It’s all so great to see what we are capable of. We need our trained men and women to stay doing what they love. We do not need them relieved of duty over a vaccination. Your videos are always wonderful to watch. Thank you

From the mid 90s until the mid 2000s, I helped build the tooling for the B52 and later the KC135 fuel tanks. Just my boss and me in a 2 man workshop. Very satisfying work and I'm proud to have been involved. There was an episode of Dirty Jobs where Mike helped replace the tanks in the B52, then went up in the KC135 and refueled it. They both were flying our tanks.

Thanks for the trip down memory lane. I was a KC-135A pilot 1971 - 1982. Many updates. I take it the Navigator is gone as well as the sextant. With the GPS do they still do ILS and radar approaches. I hope the thrust on the new engines have improved. With our J65's it took almost 12,000 ft to takeoff at near full fuel. Great plane, lots of memories.

My son Flies one of these and I have been begging for him to make me a video.. that looked like this. Thank YOU So Much, it was Awe-SUM !!!!

Another Good Video. Thanks keep doing what your doing.

Great video, Rod! It's awesome to see Adam in the right seat and Van as an IB.

This video is great.

First time watching your channel loved it,thanks to BFF for letting me know about it.

Another great video! Thank you!

Just found your RU-vid channel thanks to Brian Brown. Now I'm a new subscriber. I see your planes go over all the time since I live just a few miles from Rickenbacker, between Carroll and Lithopolis. I didn't realize you guys covered as much territory as you do. I've been interested in aviation and farming since I was a kid. My uncle was a B-17 and B-47 pilot and both my grandfathers were farmers.

Hannah!!! I taught her back in Aluts!

N1(low pressure compressor) i.e. the big fan at the front of the engine. N2 is the compressor or "core" speed where all the small fan and stator blades are.

Wow, thanks for the video. I was a Comm/Nav technician 80's to early 90"s and the plane's avionics have changed quite a bit since then. It's nice to see all the digital instruments now. Of course it still has it's share of steam gauges. With all the changes over the years is the old radar beacon finally gone? Lol, that thing was a bear to work on, still had vacuum tubes and was in the tail. I remember changing them out on the ramp in Saudi Arabia. Not a pleasant thing to do. Thanks for the content.

Man that's just awesome to see. Appreciate ya. Next time you fly over Perry Ohio make sure you wave😉

Where's the clutch pedal and no three point hitch. Lol. Another great video. Thank you for taking the time to record.

Very Good👌👍👍👍 As OLD USAF Vet. Love this

Awesome job as always Sir.

I certainly did enjoy your Tour of the 135 Cockpit. It brought back many memories for me and showed how different the cockpit is today from what I remember from my 135 time during Vietnam. I was an Autopilot and Nav Avionics Tech and flew many hours in the 135 and B52. How nice to see that the current 135 is benefitting from some of the modern day advances in Avionics. I noticed a panel on the overhead for "Air Refueling Mode" of the A/P. I do not remember that being on the older 135, but the 52 did have an A/R mode. Does it have a similar function? I have just recently found your channel and am enjoying what you do here. Keep up the good work!

Enjoyed the show. Live just a few miles NE of KOFF.

Rod, great video for us tanker guys. I really like the electronic displays for engine instruments. Kinda of weird that the electric generation controls hasn’t been upgraded. The boom operator did awesome, refueling a b2 is about not touching the paint. Love the diverse background of your crew. That’s what makes the AFRES and ANG so valuable. So many times stopping in at Pease and Plattsburgh for overwater support and planning. It was always an unspoken pleasure from us active duty guys.

Great cockpit tour!!

Awesome!

Absolutely amazing! Great job. Thanks

OK so I just watched Brians farming videos (hillbilly fishing) AKA Truck in pond,and got your YT channel, If you are mates with our Brian then I'm subscibed as you must be a OK guy.

Super, so stunning ~ all the bes-tOhio-🤟

Rod , happy labors day to you and your family… fantastic work on your videos as an Air Force airman even you are part of national air guard … my dad was once an Air Force himself from 1963-1967 stationed at Norton afb in Calif … Clark afb in Philippines (his majority time spent there) and his role there was as an air crew chief of taking care of aircrafts and get them ready and such and does the Pratt and Whitney powerplant works as well … I loved hearing all the stories dad was telling and showed all the pics via old style projector of slides … his rank was A1C when he retired from af … I have questions for you captain jones …. Will your base get couples of new KC46A or still stick with the 135A/B?

This was soo cool! Do you guys get to change your call signs to whatever you want? I am near FFO and I like to track planes, and I've seen some funny ones. I'm also curious how Eddie-something (KC-135) tanker got it's call sign.

Your back up adi looks a little off compared to the other one could have been the camera angle lol it’s just amazing how you pilots know all that stuff and how to use it all especially in a emergency prayers you never have one buddy I’m scared of heights I can’t get on a roof or tall ladder but I can climb a small grain bin lol and I’ve flown to Hawaii once and was fine but put me on a roof and I start panicking lol thanks for sharing buddy god bless all service members

Thanks for sharing the panels the pilot uses! Does the person behind the pilot have the same panel? Real enjoy your channel!

In flight refueling reminds of the old joke about mating porcupines. "How do porcupines make love? Very carefully." Thanks for another fine video.

New logo? WTH! I just made fifty shirts with old logo!!! Lol

que bueno comandante me gusto su video saludos

Great videos! I was a KC-135A crew chief on 63-7992 at Griffiss, do you still have that tail number there? I know it went to Rick after it got converted to an R model.

Man, looks like the same TACAN from the "A" models.

Number 2 bomber you can see the flaps just flapping like a bird

Does any of your 135's have the ability to stream a drogue to refuel a Navy aircraft?

Why is it, you never mentioned the real team that keeps the tanker force in the green… maintenance crew chiefs and maintenance teams. It wasn’t for them you all be short legged want-a- be’s.. Former KC-135 crew chief. A blast from the past 1962… SAC forever!!!

NKAWTG OH🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

Great video! Do you have an APU?

it really blows my mind when i see a B-2, how do you yaw?!

Your color grading is kind of funny. Contrast seems really low across all scenes.

I think you know a relative of mine-Stuart Meyers?

How often do you find yourself doing transport vs refueling and when doing refueling is it usually within a certain distance from your “home”base

How is fuel accounted for? Does it get charged to the receiver aircraft? What about war time, is it the same?

Was that aircraft built in 1963?

Sir what is the porpose of yello stand that crew cheif put under boom. Is ti kind of device to prevent plane make wheelie or its for boom

Can I come see CHEALSEA PS I'm Robby just sending my hugs to her LOVE YOU BAE 💋😘. 51

So cool refuel180 strategic 375 Wurthsmith. Executive job