Stan inserted me many many times. Awesome pilot. Anytime I would load on a Blackhawk and look into the cockpit and see that mustache, I relaxed a bit, because I knew his flying skills were above all others. Great job Stan, glad to see you still kicking. I'll never forget getting that chip light warning we got in Bosnia, you scared the crap out of me.
Great interview and what great guys! They do not boast or glorify things - all they radiate is commitment, dedication , modesty and pride in their comrades/regiment. That commands my deepest respect. Fantastic role models and what a pleasure to hear about their experiences. So glad they featured on this channel.
That +/- 30 seconds is no joke. I was overwatching a 160th training mission at a Midwestern National Guard installation and they did a change of target location enroute after an enroute refuel and were on it!
I met Michael Durant back in early 2000 at an Law Enforcement Aviation Conference. He came to our table and introduced himself to us, sat down and talked with us for over an hour. He talked about Mogadishu and his ordeal. He said numerous times the real heroes that day were the Rangers. He felt the media made him out to be a hero and that he was writing a book "In the Company of Heroes" to set the record straight. When he was talking about Shughart and Gordon he had tears in his eyes. While in captivity, he said the flights with the loud speakers saying "Michael Durant, we will never leave you behind" kept him going. He said the flights were 24/7. Over thirty years in Law Enforcement and thats day was one I'll never forget.
Wonderful episode. I probably say this about all your guests, but it is great to hear their stories. Stan modestly correcting Trey about the DFC was the best. :-) Interestingly as the video unfolded a pair of Black Hawks flew over my house....gotta love synchronicity!
My team was laying down on a PZ one night waiting for an MH-60 pickup. My watch was synced and I was watching the seconds count down +/- 30 seconds. We could not hear anything coming as the time window arrived then, no-shit out of nowhere, the bird rolled in and practically landed at my feet. I looked back and the crew chief was hanging completely out of the door gunner window. These dudes are the absolute best in the world. RLTW/DOL.
As someone from the civilian rotary wing world who has long been fascinated by the capability, equipment and history of the 160th this pod was a fantastic listen (and one of my favourites from your channel). Really hope that other SOAR aviators (especially M/AH-6 drivers) choose to share their stories in the future.
When they were in Jax I met them because they were hanging out in the same small building my flight school was in and I chatted with one of the pilots and thanked him and said "You guys continue to inspire us who want to follow in your footsteps. I understand the need of a quiet professional, but we would love more stories from your peers since it inspires us to join up, especially in my generation who is full of a bunch of losers."
I’m born and raised in Clarksville. My moms from Dover but my dad was stationed at Ft. Campbell. Mike Durant’s ex wife was my fifth grade teacher ironically the year the movie came out. She still went by Miss Durant. Many of my friends dads were 160th pilots. Don’t know their first names but Rainer and Cooper. I know Cooper had a bad crash and I as paralyzed. Was really good friends with his daughter in high school got to meet Gary Sinise at their house on night! Also David Smith I believe his first name is David. his oldest son was one of my best friends growing up until he passed away in 2006. His dad played in the movie as one of the little bird pilots.
During the UK foot and mouth outbreak dDelta hosted the UK SF selection in West Virginia. Night-stalkers provided an airframe for rescue etc. as the SF Medic I spent a great time with the crew who flew me around all the LZ and even up river to get an Alabama mud pie. Fantastic people
Good episode! It will *forever* be the Magnum P.I. helicopter. I think most men my age dreamed of being Magnum, ex-SEAL, solving crimes in a Hawaiian shirt, Ferrari 308 GTS, and and getting flown around every other day in TC’s Island Hoppers chopper.
Thanks for doing this episode. Looking forward to it. I was in SCUBA School when this went down. Years later as an aviator I learned much from these men and their experiences.
12 Strong with Chris Hemsworth (Thor) about the first US Army SF into Afghanistan after 9/11 got a ride in with the 160th in MH-47 Chinooks. The 160th Chinooks flew in over the mountains at high altitude. I think the Lone Survivor film about the rescue of Marcus Lutrell (USN SEAL) included 160th helicopters. I think an ANG Chinook rescued him. But a 160th Chinook might have been shot down with an RPG during the search, also killing some SEALs.
As part of Operation Prime Chance and Ernest Will (January 1988), Task Force 118 arrived with OH-58D Kiowa Warrior helicopters to bring the pain. The OH-58D had a large mast IR sensor..Prior to that the MH-/AH-6 Little Birds from the 160th provided the firepower. The operated at might from USN Frigates and Destroyers as well as barges. The mission was to escort tankers in the Persian Gulf and attack Iranian Forces who were attacking tankers and laying sea mines.
My best 4 yrs in my 22 yrs of Army Aviation was flying & working with the 2nd Ranger Bn Hunter Army Airfield. We flew up to Connecticut to pickup the first 15 Army Blackhawks produced. I flew hundreds of hours under goggles, As a flight engineer/gunner we supported the Rangers in all aspects…I would break down 7 Blackhawks put them on a Air Force C5A aircraft and load up Rangers & others and take off anywhere in the world in a very short time. 1980-84 was a great time to be there! We flew soooo many hours day & night.. we were known for our great flying at night. We flew lots of missions for mountain tng, Halo jumps, Haho jumps, Stabo flying, insertions & extractions of LZ’s and many other Ranger trainings. So fun flying the rangers & grunts from Ft. Stewart, Ga. So funny to pull positive & negative G’s and see grunts/Rangers puke all over😊😊.. one time their was 22 Rangers at a LZ so I put them all on my bird and brought them to HAAF….dirty stinky guys working hard….loved it!! We eventually lost several pilots to the 160th….I was a senior SFC/E7 made E8/1SG and my flying days were over… went to Spook school and become a Counterintelligence Agent doing Spook work as I was doing right out of Ft. Rucker for Huey’s in the Army Security Agency in the late 70’s….SIGINT….what a great 22 yrs in & out of aviation…. PS: I did loose 2 wives during these years being gone so much!🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
I find it funny that all branches are having recruitment problems but yet it seems to only get harder and hard to join like geez I know a guy that is perfectly healthy one of the best athletes I’ve ever known and super smart got disqualified at meps literally bc they said his knees bend in to much like you can’t make this stuff up it’s ridiculous
Idea for an episode the MH-53J Pavelow, AFSOC helo. We worked with the 160th in the 90s up to the helos retirement. Fun fact the Pave kicked off the Desert War in 1991, led the Apaches in.
Yes, we were strapped in with monkey straps. Hell in the Blackhawks I’d hang out the windows, sit in the floor with my legs hanging out with a long monkey strap…when I was in Huey’s I’d go outside and walk up the skids to the pilots door and wave at them while flying at 90 knots. Did lots of crazy stupid things way back…including the mile high club….😂😂😊 loved flying 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
@@tonyreaux.logcabinstudio7745 Thanks for your answer, that sounds crazy! Are the monkey straps quite easy to detach when you land? I'd imagine in an air assault mission you'd need to get them off quick to get off the aircraft. If they were attached to your back would that not be difficult?
Is 160th who was involved in that MH60 crash at Ft Campbell this month? They were doing night vision flying in formation? Night Stalkers were the 1st people I thought of when I heard about the 2 Black Hawks crashing during a routine training exercise. A couple of incredible Navy Seals are from my hometown of Shreveport, LA. That'd be Rob & Jonas. SOC Rob Reeves & LCDR Jonas Kelsall were incredible human beings and even better sailors. I only wish I could have been lucky enough to have known them before they were gone. Unfortunately, as you know they were on Extortion-17 when it was shot down 6 Aug 2011. Such a terrible loss. Rest in Peace, fellas. We have a memorial in Downtown Shreveport that honors them both. We also have events each year when that day comes around. 🇺🇸❤️🇺🇸
I would haver liked to know whether they ever had or considered interoperability with the A-10. Army FAC's call it all the time. There must have been an Air Force connection, since at least 4 Air Force Combat Controller's were involved....several with Rangers and Sgt Bray, also JSOC who was inserted (and his story is well known....especially to the men who spent the night trapped in that building). A FAC from either service could call in area fire suppression. Army FAC keeps it simple.
Just came upon your channel and great guest. In late 70s I was graduating high school and had a full boat paid Tech college engineering course. In high school we took the test for military. No one was enlisting because of Vietnam. If you had college education the possibility of picking your, I think MOS was good. I'm not sure of the names of test or steps. I was planning to learn to fly helicopters in the army. Well I went a different direction and went to war. I got girlfriend pregnant and married instead. Made a great lifestyle for my kids but I still wish I went that route. Always fascinated with helicopters
Regarding the V22 Osprey it may be an issue that it could be considered a "fixed wing aircraft." With that said the Army would not be allowed to fly them as they are limited to helicopters.
Actually, the U.S. Army does fly a small fleet of fixed-wing aircraft. defbrief.com/2021/07/15/us-army-takes-delivery-of-seventh-emarss-reconnaissance-plane/
IMHO, the biggest mistake the Army brass ever made was declimg the USAF's offer to give them all the A-10 Warthogs in 1992. With long experience, the Marine Corps has understood the fundamental value of an indigenous fixed wing close air support (CAS), interdiction, tanker, and theater transport air component. During Vietnam the Army negotiated away its right to a fixed wing component. The USAF leadershio has always hated the CAS mission, thus the offer to give the A-10 fleet and by assocation the CAS mission capability to the Army. During and after Vietnam the USA did a fantastic job of develooing its own rotary wing CAS capability, but there are crucial things fixed wing aircraft like the Warthog can do for their brothers/sisters on the ground that helicopters can't. As a Vietnam Marine Corps attack pilot, I know that whenever I would have been called upon to support grunt Marines in contact on the ground, there was no risk so great that would have kept me from providing that accurate firepower. That is a fundamental strength of "the air-ground team" made famous by the Marines. It's a crying shame that the US Army has been denied the same capability.
@@FighterPilotPodcast True the Army does have a limited number of fixed wing aircraft as noted in the link, but that is limited to a maximum weight and the aircraft's role. The Key West Agreement has been modified since the original, but I am willing to bet the V-22 exceeds the weight maximum and would be performing a role (as per the discussion) against what is defined in the Key West Agreement.
@@earlyprimate The Key West Agreement is just that- an agreement. It’s a fickle policy decision that can be amended or ignored at will. If the 160th wants V-22’s and lobbies hard enough, they’ll get them. You seem like the kind of person who enjoys bureaucracy and hiding behind outdated regulations. Please grow out of that, and soon.
I think your podcast is pretty new have you guys ever watched Sean Ryan show or podcast retired Navy seal CIA contractor I’ve been following him for years now when I first start following Sean I think I start find Marcus Luttrell Robert O’Neill there’s a lot other guys that I follow as well but when you check out Shawns podcast he’s had most of these guys on his show something and he has it I don’t think Marcus has been in there yet 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
They're called that because it's nobody's business who they are carrying. The 160th is there to "serve" (fly them to their destination) Hence, they are customers
1x AC-130 over head and this book would have been written alot different, Al Queda and Bin Laden wouldn't have been emboldened by their investment in Aidid and the war on terror might not have been needed.
That is a reference to the 101st. The 160th lineage and their current base at ft Campbell is shared with the 101st. The rakkasans are a storied 101st infantry brigade. The nightstalkers know rakkasans, and the rakkasans know nightstalkers. They are truly historic and their lineage is legendary.
I've got a friend who is a active 160th pilot. He's a hillbilly from here in the Appalachian Mountains. I'm we're a t-shirt right now he sent me.... "Fly it like you stole it" with a CH-47 Chinook. If you see this Mr. X-35-1F 🫡
Yesterday for the first time in a while I usually watch them at least once or twice a year I always watch the movies that were true stories but HBO Max has Black Hawk down and lone Survivor all the time sometimes HBO will have most of them I watched 13 hours today that was on Paramount I believe I think I’m gonna watch the outpost tonight there’s movies never get old 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Stan inserted me many many times. Awesome pilot. Anytime I would load on a Blackhawk and look into the cockpit and see that mustache, I relaxed a bit, because I knew his flying skills were above all others. Great job Stan, glad to see you still kicking. I'll never forget getting that chip light warning we got in Bosnia, you scared the crap out of me.
I bet you have some stories! Thank you for going into harms way on behalf of normies like me and my family.
That first line got my attention. I'm glad I carried on and read the rest of the post lol.
That's a warrant officer 'stache😅😅😅😅
My best friend was a Ranger there that day. He speaks highly of these men. Credits them with helping them through the night. Thank you.
Two SOAR Legends. Congratulations on the AHOF Stan. You earned it. Well done. Dito sends
Greatest thing and the highest honor of my life was flying you and your men into combat Tom. I had the back of my aircraft stuffed full of heroes!
Great interview and what great guys! They do not boast or glorify things - all they radiate is commitment, dedication , modesty and pride in their comrades/regiment. That commands my deepest respect. Fantastic role models and what a pleasure to hear about their experiences. So glad they featured on this channel.
Terrific compliment, thank you.
@@FighterPilotPodcast My pleasure!
That +/- 30 seconds is no joke. I was overwatching a 160th training mission at a Midwestern National Guard installation and they did a change of target location enroute after an enroute refuel and were on it!
I met Michael Durant back in early 2000 at an Law Enforcement Aviation Conference. He came to our table and introduced himself to us, sat down and talked with us for over an hour. He talked about Mogadishu and his ordeal. He said numerous times the real heroes that day were the Rangers. He felt the media made him out to be a hero and that he was writing a book "In the Company of Heroes" to set the record straight. When he was talking about Shughart and Gordon he had tears in his eyes. While in captivity, he said the flights with the loud speakers saying "Michael Durant, we will never leave you behind" kept him going. He said the flights were 24/7. Over thirty years in Law Enforcement and thats day was one I'll never forget.
#respect
What a compelling story! 2 hours long, and not a minute wasted. Thanks for giving us access to first-hand content, Jello!
You're welcome, Mike. 😎
Absolute legends. Man, this one had me glued to my laptop.
Great podcast. mad respect to the nightstalkers and to Trey and Stan . for your sacrifice and comitment .
Wonderful episode. I probably say this about all your guests, but it is great to hear their stories. Stan modestly correcting Trey about the DFC was the best. :-)
Interestingly as the video unfolded a pair of Black Hawks flew over my house....gotta love synchronicity!
For sure!
My team was laying down on a PZ one night waiting for an MH-60 pickup. My watch was synced and I was watching the seconds count down +/- 30 seconds. We could not hear anything coming as the time window arrived then, no-shit out of nowhere, the bird rolled in and practically landed at my feet. I looked back and the crew chief was hanging completely out of the door gunner window. These dudes are the absolute best in the world. RLTW/DOL.
That's beautiful. I love such precision.
As someone from the civilian rotary wing world who has long been fascinated by the capability, equipment and history of the 160th this pod was a fantastic listen (and one of my favourites from your channel).
Really hope that other SOAR aviators (especially M/AH-6 drivers) choose to share their stories in the future.
When they were in Jax I met them because they were hanging out in the same small building my flight school was in and I chatted with one of the pilots and thanked him and said "You guys continue to inspire us who want to follow in your footsteps. I understand the need of a quiet professional, but we would love more stories from your peers since it inspires us to join up, especially in my generation who is full of a bunch of losers."
UA-cam search interview with CW5 Steve Lapping. He did a 2 hour interview with Combat Story. Interesting as heck.
@@sapperveteran245 Thanks, I'll look that up!
More of this please! I love heli stuff, also seeing these guys. The 160th is rarely talked about in detail, so this is great.
Thank you gentleman for your service.
Thanks for the honorable mention guys.
HaHa Joined the 160th in the Summer of 1991 - Right after Operation Desert Storm (1st Iraq War).
Don’t know Mr. Haha, if anyone sees him, Thank him for his ssrvice
I’m born and raised in Clarksville. My moms from Dover but my dad was stationed at Ft. Campbell. Mike Durant’s ex wife was my fifth grade teacher ironically the year the movie came out. She still went by Miss Durant. Many of my friends dads were 160th pilots. Don’t know their first names but Rainer and Cooper. I know Cooper had a bad crash and I as paralyzed. Was really good friends with his daughter in high school got to meet Gary Sinise at their house on night! Also David Smith I believe his first name is David. his oldest son was one of my best friends growing up until he passed away in 2006. His dad played in the movie as one of the little bird pilots.
During the UK foot and mouth outbreak dDelta hosted the UK SF selection in West Virginia. Night-stalkers provided an airframe for rescue etc. as the SF Medic I spent a great time with the crew who flew me around all the LZ and even up river to get an Alabama mud pie. Fantastic people
Excellent episode! Really enjoy the new format ,very professional with an inviting atmosphere. Bravo Zulu!
It was an honor to support the 160th as their Aircraft Machinist / Welder down Panama way.
Looking forward to this one.
Hope you enjoy it!
Absolutely epic episode!
It’s tough to miss the PTSD in Stan’s eyes. I hope he has gotten help. Powerful story.
I really loved this. I read the book and watched the movie. To have two of the people who bravely endured that battle is fascinating.
Agreed, Ron. Thanks
Good episode! It will *forever* be the Magnum P.I. helicopter. I think most men my age dreamed of being Magnum, ex-SEAL, solving crimes in a Hawaiian shirt, Ferrari 308 GTS, and and getting flown around every other day in TC’s Island Hoppers chopper.
Don't forget giving young ladies snorkeling lessons.
@@colonelkurtz2269😂😅❤❤😊
Excellent interview! Thank you!
Glad you liked it!
Thanks for doing this episode. Looking forward to it. I was in SCUBA School when this went down. Years later as an aviator I learned much from these men and their experiences.
Awesome podcast!! I remember some of those pilots that they mentioned in this...
Thank you for this video!!!
Incredible podcast!!
Thank you, Richard.
12 Strong with Chris Hemsworth (Thor) about the first US Army SF into Afghanistan after 9/11 got a ride in with the 160th in MH-47 Chinooks. The 160th Chinooks flew in over the mountains at high altitude.
I think the Lone Survivor film about the rescue of Marcus Lutrell (USN SEAL) included 160th helicopters. I think an ANG Chinook rescued him. But a 160th Chinook might have been shot down with an RPG during the search, also killing some SEALs.
It was an Air Force CSAR Blackhawk that rescued him. A 160th Chinook was the one shot down.
Those Rangers in the formation don't look like the recruiting posters.
Outstanding Interview, Thank You!
You're welcome.
Damn Trey, you got old brother! Good thing I haven't. Can't believe it's been over 30 years...
TREY! Great to see you ... last time I saw you (4/17 Cav) you had a little more hair. ;-) Bob Spuhl
Stan, I believe we jumped together in the Ft. Campbell Sport Parachute Club in the Fall of 1982, along with Stu Kaufman.
Don Hinton
Such a gem of a vid!! Thank you!!
As part of Operation Prime Chance and Ernest Will (January 1988), Task Force 118 arrived with OH-58D Kiowa Warrior helicopters to bring the pain. The OH-58D had a large mast IR sensor..Prior to that the MH-/AH-6 Little Birds from the 160th provided the firepower. The operated at might from USN Frigates and Destroyers as well as barges.
The mission was to escort tankers in the Persian Gulf and attack Iranian Forces who were attacking tankers and laying sea mines.
I was 118 for a bit! I was on the WB7!!
My best 4 yrs in my 22 yrs of Army Aviation was flying & working with the 2nd Ranger Bn Hunter Army Airfield. We flew up to Connecticut to pickup the first 15 Army Blackhawks produced. I flew hundreds of hours under goggles, As a flight engineer/gunner we supported the Rangers in all aspects…I would break down 7 Blackhawks put them on a Air Force C5A aircraft and load up Rangers & others and take off anywhere in the world in a very short time. 1980-84 was a great time to be there! We flew soooo many hours day & night.. we were known for our great flying at night. We flew lots of missions for mountain tng, Halo jumps, Haho jumps, Stabo flying, insertions & extractions of LZ’s and many other Ranger trainings. So fun flying the rangers & grunts from Ft. Stewart, Ga. So funny to pull positive & negative G’s and see grunts/Rangers puke all over😊😊.. one time their was 22 Rangers at a LZ so I put them all on my bird and brought them to HAAF….dirty stinky guys working hard….loved it!! We eventually lost several pilots to the 160th….I was a senior SFC/E7 made E8/1SG and my flying days were over… went to Spook school and become a Counterintelligence Agent doing Spook work as I was doing right out of Ft. Rucker for Huey’s in the Army Security Agency in the late 70’s….SIGINT….what a great 22 yrs in & out of aviation…. PS: I did loose 2 wives during these years being gone so much!🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Respect, sir. What is Stabo flying?? If i may ask.
Good to see you guys. NSDQ 🇺🇸
The 160th was shown a little bit in the movie Lone Survivor. Unfortunately a few of them went down with some of the SEALs.
That was my question about Operation Redwing towards the beginning of the interview.
I would love to see GoPro footage of helicopter missions like that!
We all would, but 'sources and methods' should remain secret. Maybe 50 years later
Awesome
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Thanks for the video
Union County represented!! So few of us in service to our country. Dragons might Go Green but Wildcats own the county ....
I just got accepted and selection date ready to be apart of the team
Get some 💪
great show!
Thanks. 😎
Excellent interview with two very intelligent and modest guys.
Thank you, agreed about the guests.
I find it funny that all branches are having recruitment problems but yet it seems to only get harder and hard to join like geez I know a guy that is perfectly healthy one of the best athletes I’ve ever known and super smart got disqualified at meps literally bc they said his knees bend in to much like you can’t make this stuff up it’s ridiculous
Idea for an episode the MH-53J Pavelow, AFSOC helo. We worked with the 160th in the 90s up to the helos retirement. Fun fact the Pave kicked off the Desert War in 1991, led the Apaches in.
Yup, been trying to find guest(s) to discuss that one and the PJs without success.
Ep. 160, and talking with 160th SOAR pilots. 😃
Good show.
Beautiful mustache win.
Humble heroes.
Wow. 2hr long episode! I think this the longest episode ever. Despite its length it is well worth it.
What, you don't subscribe to the "more is better" mantra?
One thing I've always wondered is how the guys sitting on the benches of a MH-6 never fall off on tight turns
They’re strapped in with gunners’ belts.
@@FighterPilotPodcast ah, thanks for the answer!
Yes, we were strapped in with monkey straps. Hell in the Blackhawks I’d hang out the windows, sit in the floor with my legs hanging out with a long monkey strap…when I was in Huey’s I’d go outside and walk up the skids to the pilots door and wave at them while flying at 90 knots. Did lots of crazy stupid things way back…including the mile high club….😂😂😊 loved flying 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
@@tonyreaux.logcabinstudio7745 Thanks for your answer, that sounds crazy! Are the monkey straps quite easy to detach when you land? I'd imagine in an air assault mission you'd need to get them off quick to get off the aircraft. If they were attached to your back would that not be difficult?
@@markusawrightus7512 Think of it as a heavy-duty bungee cord with a fancy carabiner on the end.
Nice
Is 160th who was involved in that MH60 crash at Ft Campbell this month? They were doing night vision flying in formation? Night Stalkers were the 1st people I thought of when I heard about the 2 Black Hawks crashing during a routine training exercise.
A couple of incredible Navy Seals are from my hometown of Shreveport, LA. That'd be Rob & Jonas. SOC Rob Reeves & LCDR Jonas Kelsall were incredible human beings and even better sailors. I only wish I could have been lucky enough to have known them before they were gone. Unfortunately, as you know they were on Extortion-17 when it was shot down 6 Aug 2011. Such a terrible loss. Rest in Peace, fellas.
We have a memorial in Downtown Shreveport that honors them both. We also have events each year when that day comes around. 🇺🇸❤️🇺🇸
Believe that was 101st but others here might better be able to answer that.
@@FighterPilotPodcast yea I recall that it was 101st.
@@J.C... tragic either way
That was awesome
Everything is awesome.
I would haver liked to know whether they ever had or considered interoperability with the A-10. Army FAC's call it all the time. There must have been an Air Force connection, since at least 4 Air Force Combat Controller's were involved....several with Rangers and Sgt Bray, also JSOC who was inserted (and his story is well known....especially to the men who spent the night trapped in that building). A FAC from either service could call in area fire suppression. Army FAC keeps it simple.
Just came upon your channel and great guest. In late 70s I was graduating high school and had a full boat paid Tech college engineering course. In high school we took the test for military. No one was enlisting because of Vietnam. If you had college education the possibility of picking your, I think MOS was good. I'm not sure of the names of test or steps. I was planning to learn to fly helicopters in the army. Well I went a different direction and went to war. I got girlfriend pregnant and married instead. Made a great lifestyle for my kids but I still wish I went that route. Always fascinated with helicopters
Quite the story, Skip. You just never know what life has in store for each of us--hope you made the most of your path.
@@FighterPilotPodcast luckily I was always good with my hands . No degree but great union jobs and you have a subscriber
@@skipd9164 👍 welcome
Regarding the V22 Osprey it may be an issue that it could be considered a "fixed wing aircraft." With that said the Army would not be allowed to fly them as they are limited to helicopters.
Actually, the U.S. Army does fly a small fleet of fixed-wing aircraft.
defbrief.com/2021/07/15/us-army-takes-delivery-of-seventh-emarss-reconnaissance-plane/
IMHO, the biggest mistake the Army brass ever made was declimg the USAF's offer to give them all the A-10 Warthogs in 1992. With long experience, the Marine Corps has understood the fundamental value of an indigenous fixed wing close air support (CAS), interdiction, tanker, and theater transport air component. During Vietnam the Army negotiated away its right to a fixed wing component.
The USAF leadershio has always hated the CAS mission, thus the offer to give the A-10 fleet and by assocation the CAS mission capability to the Army. During and after Vietnam the USA did a fantastic job of develooing its own rotary wing CAS capability, but there are crucial things fixed wing aircraft like the Warthog can do for their brothers/sisters on the ground that helicopters can't. As a Vietnam Marine Corps attack pilot, I know that whenever I would have been called upon to support grunt Marines in contact on the ground, there was no risk so great that would have kept me from providing that accurate firepower. That is a fundamental strength of "the air-ground team" made famous by the Marines. It's a crying shame that the US Army has been denied the same capability.
@@FighterPilotPodcast True the Army does have a limited number of fixed wing aircraft as noted in the link, but that is limited to a maximum weight and the aircraft's role. The Key West Agreement has been modified since the original, but I am willing to bet the V-22 exceeds the weight maximum and would be performing a role (as per the discussion) against what is defined in the Key West Agreement.
@@earlyprimate The Key West Agreement is just that- an agreement. It’s a fickle policy decision that can be amended or ignored at will. If the 160th wants V-22’s and lobbies hard enough, they’ll get them. You seem like the kind of person who enjoys bureaucracy and hiding behind outdated regulations. Please grow out of that, and soon.
Nightstalker 90-94 NSDQ... "6 guns don't miss"
I think your podcast is pretty new have you guys ever watched Sean Ryan show or podcast retired Navy seal CIA contractor I’ve been following him for years now when I first start following Sean I think I start find Marcus Luttrell Robert O’Neill there’s a lot other guys that I follow as well but when you check out Shawns podcast he’s had most of these guys on his show something and he has it I don’t think Marcus has been in there yet 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Actually, this our sixth year and no, never watched Sean Ryan.
If you want to put forward a coherent thought, please consider using punctuation. And no, this podcast isn’t even remotely new.
Fighters and Pilots.
Sierra Hotel !!!
U haven't seen 0 dark 30?
Correct.
I've never heard a pilot call anyone "customers" - please do explain this lol
They're called that because it's nobody's business who they are carrying. The 160th is there to "serve" (fly them to their destination)
Hence, they are customers
@@timhudson4796 i kind of figured as much, as it makes perfect sense. just had never heard them called such. prob something to do w/ mentality, too.
@@timhudson4796 i'm guessing you're a blackhawk pilot? (the profile pic)
How dense and deaf are you? They explained it pretty clearly.
Those chairs look uncomfortable
While this was going on Bill Clinton was gratifying himself
Dudes are harder than woodpecker lips.
Not familiar but those do sound hard.
1x AC-130 over head and this book would have been written alot different, Al Queda and Bin Laden wouldn't have been emboldened by their investment in Aidid and the war on terror might not have been needed.
Maybe.
@@FighterPilotPodcast Maybe.
@@FighterPilotPodcast Love the work by the way. Really eye opening. Excellent stuff. So thank you very much for the time you and your guests put in.
@@shanemartin2491 Kind of you to say, Shane. 👍
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A Torii Gate?
@@FighterPilotPodcast Rakkasans 3 101st
@@bradalan7188 ah. Clearly I have no experience with that unit! 🤦🏻♂
That is a reference to the 101st. The 160th lineage and their current base at ft Campbell is shared with the 101st. The rakkasans are a storied 101st infantry brigade. The nightstalkers know rakkasans, and the rakkasans know nightstalkers. They are truly historic and their lineage is legendary.
@@treyndeb finally someone knows...⛩
Ok.. we get it.. you call them customers. You were selling itbutno one was buying.
WAEMONGERS
"Waemongers? so we are 'dealers or traders in' wae? Not sure what that means, but ok...
I've got a friend who is a active 160th pilot. He's a hillbilly from here in the Appalachian Mountains. I'm we're a t-shirt right now he sent me.... "Fly it like you stole it" with a CH-47 Chinook.
If you see this Mr. X-35-1F 🫡
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“Death awaits in the dark” and “6 guns don’t miss”. Best military slogans ever!
Yesterday for the first time in a while I usually watch them at least once or twice a year I always watch the movies that were true stories but HBO Max has Black Hawk down and lone Survivor all the time sometimes HBO will have most of them I watched 13 hours today that was on Paramount I believe I think I’m gonna watch the outpost tonight there’s movies never get old 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸