EF-111A Raven

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Chuck Farley

6 жыл бұрын

EF-111A Recovery, 42nd ECS, RAF Upper Heyford UK
April, 1987

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@rickleonard9307 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for posting this video! I was at 390th AMU at MHAFB 86-88. I can't believe how much I missed that engine sound.

@chuckfarley4714 2 жыл бұрын

I was scared to death they’d send me to Mountain Home! Went to WAFB in AZ instead. Loved the EF.

@Redraven2967 5 ай бұрын

I was at Mt home from 1985, I still miss that whine of. Those engines. Loved being a crew chief on that jet!

@Tuglife912 3 жыл бұрын

Gotta love the old General Dynamics/Grumman EF-111A Raven "Spark Varks" of the United States Air Force that unfortunately retired in 1998!

@Tuglife912 3 жыл бұрын

🇺🇸🐷⚡️

@f-18driver67 3 жыл бұрын

This is one of my favorite aircraft.

@EF111A Жыл бұрын

Hey, Thats me doing the recovery of the best flying EF out there, 66-030....

@chuckfarley4714 Жыл бұрын

Sorry about the water mark in the middle of the screen, I didn’t have the budget to remove it at the time.

@KnowIt5True 5 жыл бұрын

Great to see this video. Went on a tour of the base today, facinating experience.

@valtermoras4317 3 жыл бұрын

Beautiful video. I remember in 1990 when they coming to Aviano Air Base near my town.

@Tom-em4ph Ай бұрын

I was a Crew Chief at heyford 20 ags 77 I crewed EF'S at Cannon I crewed 66-041 in Saudi and turkey operation provide comfort

@FastHatTrick 3 жыл бұрын

Aug 91-Aug 92 then off to Cannon... was a great year.

@Skybolter Жыл бұрын

F-111 & EF-111, Great Airplanes, by the way, It could haber been awsome yo see an EF-111 with the wings OF the Navy F-111B, BUT my ♥️ already belongs to the GRUMMAN F-14 TOMCAT

@hobbyhermit66 3 жыл бұрын

111 is a kool looking airplane.

@Tom-em4ph Ай бұрын

The F-111 the jet we should never have gotten rid of. We all ate our words on this acft

@dougdegraff5892 8 ай бұрын

To bad this was April 87, I left there in Oct 86.. drove Gray 20 day shift was Bob Tingman or Dick Miller still there?

@Name-ps9fx 4 жыл бұрын

Worked on these at MHAFB ID, did much Big D/Little D work. 😊

@abelmorales9329 3 жыл бұрын

I was working in the EF-111/F- 111A SIMULATOR shop shop at MHAFB, ID. 1984-91. Amazing aircraft!

@victor62246 5 жыл бұрын

The text made me turn off this film. Put it in the corner!

@chuckfarley4714 5 жыл бұрын

Its a watermark the software company put there. Nothing I can do about it.

@Name-ps9fx 4 жыл бұрын

Chuck Farley Yes there is, buy the Gold version! $19 is not too much for this video!

@hinglemccringle5939 2 жыл бұрын

Did they do an oil scavenge just before shutdown?

@chuckfarley4714 2 жыл бұрын

No, we were lubing flaps and slats for the seven day inspection. SOAP samples are always taken after shut down.

@hinglemccringle5939 2 жыл бұрын

@@chuckfarley4714 the engines seemed to spool up right before shut-down. Why did the pilot run it up for a few seconds before shut down?

@Name-ps9fx 8 ай бұрын

@@hinglemccringle5939 That is the scavenge of which thou speakest 🙂

@jumpercable20 3 жыл бұрын

I was a crew chief on the FB111-A at Pease Air Force Base (SAC 509th Bomb Squadron) from 1972 to 1974. I remember we had some pilots from England, they did their preflight inspections a lot different than the American pilots, and they were a lot friendlier to me. I'm sorry but I always liked the F4 Phantom better because to me it seemed like a sports car more than the silly Aardvark.

@Name-ps9fx 8 ай бұрын

The 111 is called a "Fighter", but it's more a TAC-sized bomb truck....that can go Mach 2!

@jumpercable20 8 ай бұрын

@@Name-ps9fx I agree, to call it a fighter is a stretch of the imagination, it was just too large and bulky. I guess it could have been in a few dog fights but other fighters could fly rings around it.

@harrymurphey2634 5 ай бұрын

... the "Spark-Vark" ... did not use guns or rockets to shoot down enemy planes ... they could just 'light" you up w/ EM's ... and fly you into the ground at -200ft f at + Mark #'s ....