Ah yes you worked there when everyone was on speed, the snatch patch was alive and well, and cigarettes got put out on the wings. The good ole days.

the snatch patch lol

I used to work at this plant as well, very cool to see this stuff on a daily basis!

For f-22 mini thrusters under neath f-22 for better stability or on a carrier for better lift during storm contidions for f-35 hyper mini thrusters to anable a faster 180 turn mabe tip of the wings with NASA heat Shields in between mini thrusters or hyper thrusters could b put on top bottom sides Humm

Sir, how do I get to your position in the military? What does it take? I want to become a jet mechanic so badly

That’s awesome! Glad it helped give you a new insight. Happy spotting 😉

@@SamEckholm I live 20 min from that air base.

Be careful what you take pictures of...

Do you make stats on your spottings? It'd be VERY interesting to record independently the take-offs and landings of each unit : Seem that, at best, F-35 can't do more than two 3h missions twice a week or 49 min flight per day...And this is with a hypothetic 100% availability...

what are the songs called

05h30. Dude on a tricycle 😊

Well your dad is lucky

I see them and hear them every day!

@Ducati Dave Surely you can spare a measly 2 trillion dollars for national defense mate /s

Share some secrets on wikileaks😊

Your dad is truly lucky, he gets to participate in one of the worlds largest thefts. I bet you are living well, lol. This is most expensive, useless plain in worlds history, it can barely fly.

Yes the high alpha - or so called high angle of attack is better then a f16, and better then a Rafale. And while people often note the F35 looks a bit chubby? It has a BETTER power to weight ratio then the F16, and even better then the Duel engine Rafale. With just 12, 000 lbs of fuel, a f16 cannot fly straight up. And same goes for a duel engine Rafale jet (they are too heavy and lack power). but, with 12,000 lbs of fuel, a F35 can fly straight up!!! (f16, and Rafale are too heavy at that point). The power to weight ratings for the 3 jets are this: (higher number = better) Fuel Rafale F35 F16 18250 0.8038 0.8776 0.7729 15000 0.8707 0.9399 0.8447 12000 0.9431 1.0058 0.9239 10362 0.9880 1.0459 0.9737 9125 1.0249 1.0784 1.0151 7500 1.0777 1.1242 0.9239 7000 1.0950 1.1391 1.0950 5000 1.1704 1.2028 1.1826 3500 1.2341 1.2555 1.2581 2500 1.2806 1.2932 1.3141 700 1.3737 1.3672 1.4284 So, as you can see? The F16 has to burn down to 3,500 lbs of fuel before it can match the f35 (quite low on fuel). The Rafale has to burn its fuel tanks down to a bone dry 700lbs of fuel before it matches the F35. So, while many have suggested the performance of the F35 is not really great? Not true - it just not true!!

@@Albertkallal Now strap 5000 pounds of weapons on those other jets. Instant handicap. Heck, Super Hornet cannot even go supersonic with weapons and tanks.

@Atlas 😂😂😂

@Atlas BAAAAHAHAHAHAHAAA! Right. Someone obviously never worked on an F35 program.

@Atlas You are correct. The test plane used in that test flight 20 years ago ... was obsolete as soon as it satisfied Military requirements.

Did you guys solve all of the engine problems??

Pls share the blueprints of f-22 engine

@@mukundvashisht6226 🤣👍🏾

@@mukundvashisht6226 😂😂

For me F 35 is what we call ferrari in formula one

Indeed it is. Fun fact, the STOVL capabilities are one of the British contributions to the F-35-as the pioneers of such technology. The UK is the only level 1 partner, so the Brits actually develop around 15% of the F-35’s components. Much of the cockpit display system, pilot flight equipment/helmet, fuel management, and of course STOVL capabilities-to name just a few-are some of the components developed by the Brits.

@@23ESChambers great comment Matt. I didn’t hear a mention of UK engine maker Rolls-Royce when Sam was discussing the Pratt engine and lift fan system. RR actually make-build the LiftSystem technology that allows the B variant its STOL/VTOL capabilities

@@algorhythmic3904 that's because the USA could built it entirely. But choose to allow the uk to help.

@@justinlance4174 Incorrect. The US did not possess the expertise to develop a STOVL aircraft on it's own or the pilots to truly test them. They tried and failed. Of dozens of VTOL and V/STOL designs tried from the 1950s to 1980s, only the Hawker Siddeley Harrier and Yak-38 Forger reached operational status, with the Forger being withdrawn after the fall of the Soviet Union. Lockheed built the XV-4 Hummingbird in two variations for the US Army and US Air-force in the 1960's. Both crashed and development was shelved. The only way for the US to adopt the technology was to go into partnership with the UK who had mastered the capability. McDonnell Douglas, in partnership with British Aerospace, took the Hawker Siddeley Harrier and addressed some of the operational inadequacies of the first-generation with a more powerful engine to improve capabilities creating the AV-8A Harrier. The UK pulled out of that partnership due to budget constraints but rejoined in 1981. McDonnell Douglas extensively redesigned the earlier AV-8A Harrier to create the AV-8B Harrier II. Another variant of the AV-8B, the British Aerospace Harrier II, was developed for the British military. Production ended in 2003. The F-35 embodies capabilities based on thinking developed through evolving requirements and US/UK partnerships since at least 1983, when the US Navy launched it's Advanced Tactical Fighter programme to find a stealthy replacement for the Grumman A-6 Intruder. That year DARPA began it's Advanced STOVL effort, looking to develop a supersonic successor to the Harrier. Two classified programs ran under ASTOVL, which was always intended to provide information of value to both the US and UK. STOVL Strike Fighter (SSF) research ran from 1987 to 1994 to examine the feasibility of creating the technologies for a stealthy supersonic STVOL fighter. British (Roll Royce) research into this had already seen the lessons learned from Harrier development adapted for a larger and faster combat aircraft for the RAF (LiftFan). The Common Affordable Lightweight Fighter (CALF) programme ran for a year in 1993 bringing ASTOVL and SSF work into a single effort to provide a capability that could replace the Harrier, The A-6 and the F-16.

@@23ESChambers fun fact all the British and American drones are made and created by Israel

You’re so right about perspective. I loved my contract there and enjoyed going to the mall for lunch so we could see things from another perspective.

Thanks for sharing

Although many people love jets and planes, most forget that they make ear-splitting noise 'up close'. For the most part, people tried to stay inside at the beginning of lunch etc. at the Ft. Worth plant, if the F-16s were starting some test runs. Fun to watch, but not to hear.

@@hanksimon1023 not to mention, sometimes the plant would do those run up test on the engines at night and you could hear the roar those powerful engines produced for up to 10 minutes long at like 8-10 at night lol

F18’s (my personal favorite) - F18’s which is my personal favorite. why everyone use ()????????' just make a nice sentenceeeee

"Quite literally a rocket ship.." Jets burn air and fuel. Rockets burn oxygen and fuel. Quite literally NOT a rocket ship

@@TheBelrick do you have to ruin everything?

It never gets old!! Be it a Harrier or F35B "hover" like a helicopter is something to see - never gets old!! Even more cool? Watching them vertical take off - they are rare to see and find - but they do exist!!!

Oxygen is in the air

@@jakeesco4573 Think of it as when you burn with air you have to push all the non-reactive molecules out of the way to get to the reactive one. Oxygen. This robs energy. Jets compensate by compressing air to get maximum amount of oxygen into the combustion chamber. Rockets carry oxider. zero non-reactive molecules so maximum burn.

i think they should test this on china

I think it was a lost opportunity. Imagine someone who could ask intelligent questions, instead of treating this like a video game preview.

@@emmakai2243 Yea those exotic birds spend more time on ground maintenance than an Ice Hummer. F-35 is a weekend bird only is not a daily driver warplane like most folks assumed. First Gen was a no-go and 2nd Gen is hot garbage. 🔥

looks amazing as the price tag too🤣..but still can be shoot by air defense system..price tag is nonsense like all technology was bought from foreign..in fact all made in US and price tag just ridiculous..it just the brands make this jet expensive not because they are far better than foreign such as french rafale,swedes gripen,euro typhoon etc..no combat proven and their small country ally being force to buy it😅..one F35 price you can buy two of SU-57..in the end of the day the same story will hapen such as nighthawk shot down.

F-35 is probably the most expensive to performance jet there is. Its been outclassed by F16s in dog fights while there are also better air to ground jets.

Do you fly the Mig 29's?

@@vardhanshah5283 no I am a co pilot of e2d Hawkeye. It's a early warning aircraft. Only experienced and the best pilots get to fly the fighter jets like mig 29

That's still wonderful. I hope you'll fly the mig one day!

@@samjoseph1123 Still extremely impressive! The E2D Hawkeye is an amazing aircraft!

​@@samjoseph1123 : Indian Naval Air Arm has Kh-31 helicopter as AEW&C and NO E-2D Hawkeye, and there are none on order. IAF uses the Beriev A-50 and the Emb.145 as AWACS. Unless receiving serious mods, E-2 is not suitable for STOBAR use... Maybe if the production of JATOs is resumed? At the present day, E-2D hasn't been exported. Only E-3 users are US-Navy, French-Navy, Taiwan, Mexican-Navy, Japan

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A model is for airforce, B model is for Marines, and C model is for navy.

@Enteraname F/A-35

Indeed A is standard B is Special C is catapult

@Enteraname True It feels like an attack plane But ITS NOT REPLACING THE A10 do not get that wrong The a10 still has a few years left While f35 can do a bit of CAS it is not made for it

@@seantaggart7382 i hope the f 35 replaces the a 10. Its a plane that just does not work anymore

two questions. how much did it cost and how did you request a tour?

@@irregularstreams4241 one of my mom’s coworkers has a husband and son who are both engineers for the f-35 so they set us up with a tour.

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so cool for war?

@@syahmim74 to save the world

So he would enlist in the air force just good luck :)

@@syahmim74 he's in the air force as a photographer. He's not a pilot

@@anthonysabrera oh

God bless America. God bless freedom 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

thats a fucking expensive 20min

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More robots, fewer people... ;-). And, like you said, a higher volume production line for WWII.

@@hanksimon1023 There are no robots on the LM line. It’s just more and more money for less and less. The singular lesson of WWII was quantity obliterates quality. But that won’t steal $trillions from the taxpayer.

Best of luck!

It'll be tough, but I believe! NGL, if I am going to join the Air Force, I'd want to fly this thing. It's just so innovative and COOL. :D

Same but I'd also want the UH/MH-60.

Same heree

Naaa airlift is where its at. C-17 🤤 C-130 🤤 or AC-130 🤤💦

In most cases you wont get to choose lol.

@@nucleargandhi101 iirc, you’re told to make a list of the aircraft you want, and depending on performance and slots available, you may get your #1 aircraft or #5

Yeah they will all be here by the end of 2023 I think but I also loved seeing that little kangaroo on the f 35 :D

Wait til the cb f35s get their

*unfortunately

Get ready for loaddds of problems in the following years

@@adri1572 What kind of problems do you mean? Problems with Russia? : D But Eurofighter Typhoon would also have been a good choice, and we could have bought them half as much for the same price.

@@Mazufa the eurofighter is way better in every way. Maybe they wanted to safe money.

@@adri1572 Cutting edge tech will always have kinks to be ironed out in the development stage. It wouldn’t be future tech if not. The anecdotes about these aircraft being unreliable are way out of date and overblown at this point. There is a reason so many countries are buying them.

Its a vid game until you pass out from G forces lol

Don't really understand why Singapore went with the B model. Do you guys not have runways?

@@LiteralCrimeRave F35B were approved last year. SG is a tiny compact and densely urbanised island. I think the VTOL was more a matter fo flexibility to allow RSAF to integrate ops with US-UK carriers. Air-refuelling capabilities will extend their reach.

@@TyroneBeiron Makes sense.

Love living close to the base

The F-14 is the only teen series fighter to have served most of it's lifetime without a single upgrade. 80% of F-14s in USN service by 2000 were still the original A model, with modifications to reduce maintenance such as welding the glove vanes shut, but no upgrades. That is why they became such maintenance hogs... a lack of funding due to political opposition towards Grumman prevented issues from being fixed and resulted in the complete cancellation of the original post-IOC development plans. The F-35 is much more similar to the F-16 - started off as a political requirement to reduce costs, was riddled with bugs initially, but consistent funding enabled it to succeed in part because it had many more customers than any other Western fighter.

Probably 😂

Yes that would be the f-22 and soon the new 6th generation

And the Skunk Works projects@@sabretooth7750 which you probably won’t see in detail until 2050 or later 😂

@@DaBeast34 true true very confidential 🤫🤫

@@sabretooth7750 I mean the f-22 is 20yo+ old technology and F-35 isn't much newer.... I don't even want to think about what the U.S has next in line, gonna be insane lol.

Hahahah

@@lloydchristiantaray5443 you know, i tell you the trust

@@peaceloveforever88 looks like a toy hahah

@@lloydchristiantaray5443 the same for you

I used to have a freight company whose main job was to transport engines and lift fans for the F-35.

not as beautiful as the f22 tho

The Russian Sukhoi SU-30MKI Is the MOST Buetiful

@@gigachad3327 agreed

@@gigachad3327 the worst fighter*

Its behind eurofighter snd f22

Final production isn't relay highly classified on any project. You can't tell any technical data from it

I live in Phoenix also whenever im in surprise working and hear those jets I can’t help but to stop and look up to admire them. They always fly in 2s. Sometimes I think I see f22s but I’m not sure if they operate from Luke AFB. If you can link your writing work about the SR71 I would love to read it I love anything Cold War era related. Thanks for your service 🇺🇸

I also worked there in the mid to late 80's building F-16'S. General Dynamics owned it back then. I quit my job at Tinker AFB in Oklahoma City and moved to Weatherford Texas. It was far better paying and alot more interesting and challenging place to work for.

Actually the plant was never owned by General Dynamics and is not now owned by Lockheed Martin. Air Force Plant 4 is a government-owned, contractor-operated aerospace facility in Fort Worth, Texas, owned by the U.S. Air Force and operated by Lockheed Martin Aeronautics, and before that operated by General Dynamics.

I appreciate that ☺️

@@SamEckholm how were you able to get this tour and video it? What was the process. You have 150k subscribers which is good but for this I would have expected you to be a very well known UKpostsr

@@carlindurfee7566 Almost 2M views ain’t bad. They recognized the quality of my work and invited me out!

Russia stvol aircraft waving

They didn’t borrow the concept, the British actually develop the STOVL technology for the F-35. The Brits are in fact responsible for around 15% of the F-35’s components. As for the STOVL capabilities, everything from the 3-bearing swivel nozzle, roll ducts, lift fan, etc… they’re all developed in the U.K. by Rolls Royce. After all, why try and replicate the pioneers of STOVL technology when you can just ask them to build it in the first place…🌝

@@23ESChambers bruh you guys clearly never heard of Yak-141 ( Yak-41) Freestyler... an old Soviet supersonic VTOL from the 80s... it looks pretty much like F-35 that isn't stealth... it looks better... it didn"t go anywhere because... cough 1991 cough cough... So yeah... that's clearly where F-35 comes from... Yak even sold the plans/tech to Americans in the 90s... so yeah

German VFW 191B, Dornier STOVL jet and airliner.

Awesome to hear! Best of luck to you.

Yeah, it's a nice set of wing

Can he land me an internship opportunity with them?

They stole the Brits idea from Harrier.

​@@andewbim9717sure Vlad 😂😂

The eurofighter beat the Rafale 13-7 in tests

@@catcatcatcatcatcats LMAO oho no way my friend. In each of all tests and competitions that have been organised to sell fighter’s; their only have been two and only planes reaching the note on 7/10. The first was the French Rafale and the Second is the American f-35. Each time the SU’s (Sukoï) have been eliminated because of the poor results and the others can only reach 5/10. Eurofighters comes really way behind the Rafale. Even if the F-35 is just behind the Rafale and higher than the Rafale in a financial way, the only reason why the Rafale isn’t chosen by for exemple Germans, it is just because at the moment the Rafale can’t carry Nuclear weapons. But that will change very soon. All country recon that the Rafales Fighters by Dassault, are the best fighter’s in the world. The only one that can take the lead (maybe) would be the F-35. This is; the only fighter that can beat a Rafale is at air to air combat, but again not always .. the Rafale shows maybe some weakness against an F22 but Rafale is better at everything else because it is a multirole fighter. 😉👍

nice, my favorite is the F-2 Viper Zero

Will do!

Actually, not a bad goal.. Kinda lofty but feasible. Good luck ese.