VMFA-214 "The World famous Blacksheep" deploy to Australia to train with RAAF! 

I wish I was there .Love Darwin my favourite place in Oz .

@@judefernandez827 hey, it's nice, I'm now at Gove airport where a sqn of Ospreys are landing today on Pitchblack ops.

Four landed in great clouds of dust in the dry tropical red dirt and uploaded some blokes with lots of kit. Back and forth for a fortnight I hear.

I was stationed there (MCAS El Toro) at the time - I worked on the avionics for A-6E Intruders for the USMC from 1981-1989.

"World famous" means "America famous."

It was called 'Baa Baa Black Sheep' en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baa_Baa_Black_Sheep_(TV_series)

@@dannyb7371 Tindal is hot as balls, been there a pile of times on deployment with RAAF.

Actually he's wondering why he chose such a ridiculous nickname.

Not really - the USMC has more F-35Bs in operational squadrons than there are F-35Cs in existence.

It's the variant used by the Royal Air Force and Royal Navy in the UK.

North American or Beechcraft? 😉

Looks like 75SQN Tindal RAAF BASE NT.

Ground crew and any support equipment would travel in a C-17/C-130 cargo aircraft for deployments.

@@RobertLewis-el9ub yeah but where does the pilot store his toothbrush, do they have a cargo pod on the F35 he can put his stuff in?

@@brodricj3023 In the glove box.

@@markneedham752 I hate to think what the glove box option costs when you order a new F35.

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The Title of the Video may have over exaggerated things somewhat. However VFMA 214 of the USMC became Widely known here in the States back in the late 1970's due to a Television Series called Baa Baa Black Sheep starring Robert Conrad. It was based on the Story of USMC Major Greg (Pappy) Boyington and squadron's exploits in the South Pacific during the war. I doubt many Americans even know about the Black Sheep or Boyington unlike the UK where 617 Squadron is Revered and Well known for their daring missions during the War. So Yes I would say that 617 Squadron Dam busters is Famous. Yes UK citizens Not all we Americans are Ignorant to the RAF's Heroic Actions during WW2👍!

Also RAAF Tindal is not in the “outback”. Its minutes flying time from Darwin.

@@Ross-e9o It's nearly a four hour drive from Darwin if the weather is good and there is nothing around it...

@@goodshipkaraboudjan Only relevant if you are driving a jet fighter on the road. They have been known to go slightly faster than road speed when airborne.

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You've obviously led a very sheltered life.