Dude Perfect, one of the top YouTube group of creators with over 60M followers, has outdone itself with its latest video. The group is known for unique viral videos and also for their continuous support of the men and women in the US Military. The group of 5 former college roommates from Texas A&M partnered with the Air Force recently to play a few games using the mighty C-17. They called it a competition. The prize for this game using a $200 million dollar airlifter? A janky Pontiac Aztec. Heh! The full video is linked at the bottom of this story.
First up, Darts from a C-17
The guys from Dude Perfect came along on a C-17 training mission at Altus AFB. There they saw what it takes to plan and launch a C-17 airdrop mission. Pretty standard, right? From that point on, the mission became anything but standard. First up was a friendly game of darts. These weren’t any darts though, these were oversized metal darts that were about the size of a broomstick with weighted tails. Once the crew was over the drop zone, they gave the green light for a drop. The first drop was way too late. The darts missed by quite a few feet. The second drop was better but still wide of the dart board…er, target. The last drop, we’ll you’ll have to see for yourself.
Next up, Dude Perfect plays golf from a C-17
After a short intermission , the crew then set up for another drop. Below was an oversized golf green. The Dude Perfect crew then teed off with an oversized golf club and volleyballs that acted as golf balls. None of the balls were hit very close to the target. You might say that they shanked their balls into the rough. Once they landed, they played out the hole.
Final Challenge: Dropping 1000 basketballs 1,000 feet above the basket from a C-17
The final challenge was the most impressive visually at least. They set up on a final pass to drop 1,000 basketballs over a number of basketball goals set up on the drop zone. In order to determine if a ball went into the basket, they taped each net. They also set up a number of cameras to watch the action. While the drop was visually impressive, no balls actually hit their, um, target.
All and all, it was impressive to see the airdrop abilities of the C-17. Behind this social media outreach effort was significant airdrop planning, route coordination, and skill necessary by the airdrop crew to arrive on target with such precision. Kudos to the 58th Airlift Squadron at Altus AFB for their effort.
