In the WW2 Pacific, my father worked on B-29 and B-17. Afterward, he worked on B-52. He was a veteran of WW2, Korea and Vietnam (2.5 tours). He retired after 30 years, 1944-1973. He died in 2009 age 82 (edit age error). Both the Army and USAF sent members to bury him with a 21 gun salute. He never said a harsh word against the Japanese or Vietnamese. He said they are people just like us. And they should be treated like us, our neighbors, and our families, with love and respect, because they were doing what we would do in their circumstances.
@Ranger_Rat21 күн бұрын
Thanks for sharing
@destruction7572328 күн бұрын
Please practice
@Ranger_Rat28 күн бұрын
Be kind, this Boy Scout was proud to come in the fort and share his bugle skills with us
@JohnKorvellАй бұрын
FiFi came to our small town air show many years ago when she had just been restored and was starting her tours. Into the bombay and up into forward part of the plane. I never expected to have that experience.! A Korean war vet was at the air show and was in tears when he saw her. He crewed on one back then and was seeing an old friend 60+ years on.
@Ranger_RatАй бұрын
Excellent, thanks for sharing. I have a full tour video on my channel from the Louisville airshow 2 years ago.
@paullight6341Ай бұрын
Second one is doc don't know where it is based
@Ranger_RatАй бұрын
Wichita, Ks
@kenster865Ай бұрын
I saw "Fifi" back in 2010 locally here in SoCal at the Long Beach Airport during a small airshow. Just like here, it flew in while we were there. I didn't get the opportunity to board her but in retrospect, I wish I had worked that out ahead of time. I really missed something special. While this was a good-sized plane and the largest in its day, it seemed almost diminutive compared to today's jumbo jets. It's a fraction of the size of a C-5 which by any measure is truly huge! Regardless, I've been a B-29 fan since a grade-school youngster when I first got interested in airplanes. It's history is legendary and that is not an overstatement.
@Ranger_RatАй бұрын
Look on my channel, I fully toured this aircraft at Louisville, Ky a couple years ago. It was awesome to climb “everywhere” in her. And yes, I spent 8 years as a loadmaster on the C-5 and get the size difference. Lol
@pilotmiami1Ай бұрын
Bravo. Perfect
@Ranger_RatАй бұрын
Thanks, it’s a cool aircraft
@garydaniels5495Ай бұрын
Two? What's the name of the second one, and where is it based?
@Ranger_RatАй бұрын
The other one flying is Doc, based out of Wichita, Ks
@garydaniels5495Ай бұрын
@@Ranger_Rat, thank you for the information. For the longest time, I thought "Fifi" was the only B-29 flying.
@user-rv9wy9sc9pАй бұрын
Fi Fi.
@Ranger_RatАй бұрын
Yes it is
@guillermoruiz831Ай бұрын
500 dollars drone destroyed the sleeping tank
@Ranger_RatАй бұрын
Thanks for watching
@toddwatson2245Ай бұрын
Use the Whole hammer handle and learn control.
@Ranger_RatАй бұрын
He is at the apprentice level
@yooo_dazoАй бұрын
🙌
@Ranger_RatАй бұрын
Thanks for watching
@BillsWargameWorld2 ай бұрын
What about Ranger Goober
@Ranger_Rat2 ай бұрын
I didn’t forget him, he’s one of my little rangers
@vspiotti3 ай бұрын
Nice!!!!…..see you in 2.5 weeks!!!!
@Ranger_Rat3 ай бұрын
It’s on like Donkey Kong
@kenmatthews-uy7bi3 ай бұрын
Age of Empires XXXIV
@Ranger_Rat3 ай бұрын
This fort gets better every time I visit
@dentalnovember4 ай бұрын
Beautiful stonework all for nothing. A nice piece of forgotten history. Thanks for sharing.
@Ranger_Rat4 ай бұрын
The craftsman is great, I love seeing abandoned works of engineering
@user-yh9mc1sw6j4 ай бұрын
I participated in many Living History Events at Fort Frederick from 1974-2000, starting with The First Maryland Regiment under Bill Brown before The Bicentennial . One weekend a month from June-August we performed our “Music and Musketry” Show, and then the Governors Firelock Match in September! These Were Marvelous at a Fabulous Site!!!🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
@Ranger_Rat4 ай бұрын
Thanks for sharing, I would love for you to visit and share some of the awesome stories from those days 👍🏻
@petzel644 ай бұрын
I love some good ol shenanigans!
@Ranger_Rat4 ай бұрын
It’s what makes the world go round, lol
@lisavanstetsen62235 ай бұрын
Now to outrun the cloud…
@Ranger_Rat5 ай бұрын
Maintenance always has to wash the jet after we do dirt operations
@No_ReGretzky995 ай бұрын
Not ideal in combat zones but badass looove our military and all who served thanks for real y'all true heros who don't wear capes or even want 1
@Ranger_Rat5 ай бұрын
I’m proud to have served with some of the best men and women
@chrisbirely44185 ай бұрын
Ratman, what remark was removed? Is it something I said?
@Ranger_Rat5 ай бұрын
I didn’t remove anything
@chrisbirely44185 ай бұрын
@@Ranger_Rat oh, ok. Why was that text saying "remark removed"?
@user-ni5dn3kb6z5 ай бұрын
C-17 got dirty-wheeled😂
@Ranger_Rat5 ай бұрын
Maintenance always has to do a good wash after these landings
@No_ReGretzky995 ай бұрын
I'm sure maintenance is never happy or their super bored today lol
@johnf70175 ай бұрын
So so hot ! 🔥🔥🔥That girl is pretty too .
@johnf70175 ай бұрын
Ratman thank you buddy ! Really means a lot
@Ranger_Rat5 ай бұрын
Keep living the dream…brisket…brisket
@jamierife77895 ай бұрын
This was awesome!!!
@Ranger_Rat5 ай бұрын
Thanks man
@johnf70175 ай бұрын
Awesome sir !
@Ranger_Rat5 ай бұрын
Your unit were the stars this year, lol
@joelrawlston12065 ай бұрын
Reminds me of times at Ali AL Salem AB Kuwait
@Ranger_Rat5 ай бұрын
Good times
@lukeberkley40695 ай бұрын
That was a cool landing in the sun rise big plane to
@Ranger_Rat5 ай бұрын
The C-17 is a cool jet and fun to fly on
@Dino_VR866 ай бұрын
Nahhh you talkin about the NHL Stanley Cup😂
@Ranger_Rat6 ай бұрын
When I first heard about it, that’s what I was thinking, lol
@user-eg5zx2zr5o6 ай бұрын
Wrong cup. It’s the Stanley Starbucks cups 😂
@Ranger_Rat6 ай бұрын
You missed the joke
@marcoscortez60537 ай бұрын
Weirdo
@lelkr7 ай бұрын
Why is he so excited
@Ranger_Rat7 ай бұрын
The best part of waking up!
@LunaCat3077 ай бұрын
@@Ranger_Rat is Folgers in my cup
@LunaCat3077 ай бұрын
Goodmorning Mr.Rat
@Ranger_Rat7 ай бұрын
Good morning, coffee is life!
@allenc49097 ай бұрын
Used to love sledding down that hill as a kid.
@Ranger_Rat7 ай бұрын
Always a good time
@theprancingprussian7 ай бұрын
Picture quality better than modern bank cameras Real
@Ranger_Rat7 ай бұрын
Hahaha thanks for watching
@thatoneguy88948 ай бұрын
sounds like your channel should he sedated.
@Ranger_Rat8 ай бұрын
Enjoy your Thanksgiving
@jamierife77899 ай бұрын
With the 8th Virginia at Fort Frederick, during our drill weekend of September 23-24!
@Ranger_Rat9 ай бұрын
Shenanigans despite the rain, lol
@roberttwigg27189 ай бұрын
Hahaha that’s AWESOME!!! 🇺🇸
@Ranger_Rat9 ай бұрын
Thanks, I get the silliest ideas in my head!
@1754ranger9 ай бұрын
NICE!!!!!😂❤😂❤
@Ranger_Rat9 ай бұрын
Thanks man
@TeeloSeyna9 ай бұрын
When you hear colonials rambling about the Stamp Act
@Ranger_Rat9 ай бұрын
We colonists love to make noise, lol
@Trick.Sparrow9 ай бұрын
Hahaha, possibly the most random recommendation I've ever got, but fair play
@Ranger_Rat9 ай бұрын
Awesome sauce, thanks for watching
@ifriedham9 ай бұрын
I don't know why I'm here. The algorithm has blessed me
@Ranger_Rat9 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching, keep up your shenanigans
@thomasdore41959 ай бұрын
290 views?! Tell me when this blows up so i can watch it again