Agreed: the action / narrative mix is perfect, i feel your passion Iain = best channel for me about combat fligh simulation centered around the coldwar:) Greetings from France
Allen Lamb and Jack Donovan (EWO) got the first Weasel kill in a F100F. Allen Lamb had the words 'Worlds greatest fighter pilot' written backwards on his helmet so that when he looked in the canopy mirror it was a useful reminder. Jack Donovan coined the Wild Weasel motto 'you gotta be shitting me. YGBSM' when he was told what the Weasel mission entailed.
AGM 45 shrike missile have 1/16 " 22,000 steels cubes fragmentation hot metals that destroy equipment and killed S.A 2 Fansong Sam operator crew members and SON 9 firecan crews members inside of there soft metal vans, the first AGM 45 used by a F105F on Fire can radar AA gun site on April 18 1966 destroying the van, the USSR or Russians were sending there own SA 2 personnel to North Vietnam manning the SA 2 Sites.
@@Sidekick65 the Chinese was sending there Military personnel manning Anti Aircraft guns in North Vietnam, free up North Vietnamese military personal to be sent to Laos, Cambodia and South Vietnam, the Chinese communist Air force engage U.S.A.F and US Navy planes over North Vietnam sky.
watching now, but just want to say Iain, your videos are class and full of great info. So happy to see another one. 🍻🍺
Thanks. So sorry it took so long to get it out.
Agreed: the action / narrative mix is perfect, i feel your passion Iain = best channel for me about combat fligh simulation centered around the coldwar:) Greetings from France
Salut Lionel! Always nice to hear from you. Greetings from Le Canada.
Allen Lamb and Jack Donovan (EWO) got the first Weasel kill in a F100F. Allen Lamb had the words 'Worlds greatest fighter pilot' written backwards on his helmet so that when he looked in the canopy mirror it was a useful reminder. Jack Donovan coined the Wild Weasel motto 'you gotta be shitting me. YGBSM' when he was told what the Weasel mission entailed.
Great info. Great quote. Thanks v
Great to see the return of Moving Mud!
YES! I can't up this comment enough.
Thanks!
This series is fantastic! I’m very excited you are back on track just in time for me to have caught up!
Glad you're enjoying them
4:27 EB-66 my dad was an EWO trained on the THUD then got switch to the EB-66 18:06 the F-105D was a single seater the F-105F was a two-seater
Oooops. Thanks for the correction.
Always excited when I see a new episode.
great video sidekick. very informative
Glad you liked it!
every time i see announcements/releases/progress updates of cold war modules i think: damn, sideckick will have a good fun with this one.
keep it up.
Thanks buddy. Hopefully we'll all have fun with them.
WOOT! This series lives! The break was good though because we now have the F-4E.
Thanks. Sorry it took so long.
Holy shit, it's alive!!!
Rumours of it's demise have been exaggerated! Hopefully I can get back to doing these more regularly now.
Don't sweat the delay! We got a lot of great F-4E content!
Thank you Iain.
Another good book on the subject is: Hunter Killers by Dan Hampton.
AGM 45 shrike missile have 1/16 " 22,000 steels cubes fragmentation hot metals that destroy equipment and killed S.A 2 Fansong Sam operator crew members and SON 9 firecan crews members inside of there soft metal vans, the first AGM 45 used by a F105F on Fire can radar AA gun site on April 18 1966 destroying the van, the USSR or Russians were sending there own SA 2 personnel to North Vietnam manning the SA 2 Sites.
Thanks for the info
@@Sidekick65 the Chinese was sending there Military personnel manning Anti Aircraft guns in North Vietnam, free up North Vietnamese military personal to be sent to Laos, Cambodia and South Vietnam, the Chinese communist Air force engage U.S.A.F and US Navy planes over North Vietnam sky.