USAF TACTICAL WEAPONS EFFECTS TESTS CENTURY SERIES AIRCRAFT VIETNAM ERA 74282

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  • @technoman53
    @technoman53 5 років тому +109

    “Through our extensive field testing, we have determined that things designed to go boom, do in fact go boom”.

  • @flynnlivescmd
    @flynnlivescmd 5 років тому +60

    Elite camera work.
    Filming a missile as it launches and keeping up with it.
    Finding the baseball as it goes to left field
    Finding a golf ball flying 2 seconds after it was driven

  • @vanillagorilla8236
    @vanillagorilla8236 5 років тому +50

    They were pumping out the most kick ass aircraft at this time. The Century Series.

  • @robertnoakes2185
    @robertnoakes2185 5 років тому +38

    I actually saw this film in 1964 when it was still classified. I was stationed with the US Army at Ft Heath, Massachusetts and it was sent to our air defense site for viewing.

    • @SpenserRoger
      @SpenserRoger 5 років тому +2

      That's interesting, I assumed it would have been a public film so america's enemies would know what they were up against. Then again so many of those limited war engagements were kept out of the public sphere during that time.

    • @sidv4615
      @sidv4615 3 роки тому +1

      How old are you sir?

    • @matthoskin3572
      @matthoskin3572 Рік тому

      No you weren't!

    • @robertnoakes2185
      @robertnoakes2185 Рік тому

      81@@sidv4615

  • @michaeldougfir9807
    @michaeldougfir9807 5 років тому +26

    I'm an old guy. Most of what I relate to is WW II stuff. So to me this was very impressive.
    And I appreciate that they showed or admitted some failures.
    That would have been interesting, to be on the ground crew to set this up.

    • @sidv4615
      @sidv4615 3 роки тому +2

      How old are ya sir?

  • @bassoskat
    @bassoskat 5 років тому +59

    Finally man has emerged victorious over a balsa wood RC plane.

    • @Ike-kn5dt
      @Ike-kn5dt 5 років тому +2

      The drone downed by the cannon was actually a full metal manned fighter at one point. I believe it was an F-80 converted to be a target aircraft

  • @chichimus
    @chichimus 5 років тому +253

    Good thing they carried out these tests or the world would never have known if canvas tents could withstand a napalm attack.

    • @earlygail
      @earlygail 5 років тому +2

      What clumsy weapon that is; evokes a hail mary fuel dump of external tanks

    • @DoctorShocktor
      @DoctorShocktor 5 років тому +17

      And derpety derp. Testing the flight path of the munitions, not their effectiveness. You may notice the 100 yard miss around 7:20. This is of somewhat serious concern to friendly troops 99 yards away.

    • @ohwell2790
      @ohwell2790 5 років тому +1

      @@earlygail Just do not be there when they explode, toast!

    • @bassoskat
      @bassoskat 5 років тому +1

      Hey bro, gotta nuke something amiright?

    • @ferdonandebull
      @ferdonandebull 5 років тому +7

      Well.... testing weapons ... napalm involves two things really... vaporization and viscosity.
      The napalm has to vaporize to burn like any fuel.. but it has to have viscosity so you know the spread rate at drop and its ability to stick to targets..
      Any new mixture is tested.. the best way to test is on a military style target for the pilots..
      So yes the tents can’t withstand napalm but did you notice that from the height that it was dropped , the trajectory it was released at combined to just cover the target?
      That is exactly what you want it to do in order to protect friendly troops or civilians in the area...
      That is what you are actually seeing..

  • @okthen842
    @okthen842 5 років тому +33

    I'm glad I'm not the only one who randomly got this in their recommended in 2019 lol😂😂👍👍

  • @dhy5342
    @dhy5342 5 років тому +28

    We lost a lot of good F-86D's, F-80's, Deuces and tents that day.
    At least this film showed SOME of the actual damage after the strikes. Most films of this type only show explosions but not what the explosions actually did.

  • @johnkaiser353
    @johnkaiser353 5 років тому +109

    To hear the BRRRRRT! of an A-10 from a plane 20 years its senior was interesting.

    • @AtheistOrphan
      @AtheistOrphan 5 років тому +1

      John Kaiser - I didn’t see or hear an A-10 in this video.

    • @theespatier4456
      @theespatier4456 5 років тому +7

      John Kaiser Most airplane guns sound quite like that actually.

    • @ShinVega
      @ShinVega 5 років тому +5

      20mm Vulcan Cannon Baby 😎

    • @soliv27
      @soliv27 5 років тому +1

      Yes 02:30 '20 mm gattling gun' .
      This sound like the warthog but isn't it sountracked afterward ? I am just a simple amateur but it seems to me the damages done by the 'explosive' ammo are quite basic, it's a long shooting straight ahead...

    • @soliv27
      @soliv27 5 років тому +1

      09:45 you can hear it too. Hign rate, big exosive ammos there.

  • @Musazkhan82
    @Musazkhan82 5 років тому +46

    That thunderchief was sure a sexy beast....

    • @josadams4673
      @josadams4673 5 років тому +1

      Yeah, & its ( Huge ) in person , & noteworthy to mention, other than the A-4 Navy Sky Hawk, it was routinely shot down . In fact the f-105 thunderchief and the Navy Skyhawk were the number 1 and number 2 most heavily lost aircraft in the Vietnam conflict.

  • @nottherealpaulsmith
    @nottherealpaulsmith 3 роки тому +14

    The Zuni rocket would later prove its effectiveness in blowing things up when one accidentally went off and the resulting fire nearly destroyed the USS Forrestal.

  • @Rampant_Colt
    @Rampant_Colt 5 років тому +12

    losing two fighter jets during weapons testing is brutal! At least (according to the narrator) all of the crews made it out alive

  • @aman2426
    @aman2426 5 років тому +133

    I kid you not I could hear the narrators accent before I clicked on the video.

    • @houstonhelicoptertours1006
      @houstonhelicoptertours1006 5 років тому +2

      Mid-Atlantic/Transatlantic accent? That's common for the era.

    • @thefreedomguyuk
      @thefreedomguyuk 5 років тому +1

      Indiana....That was the standard for narrations. In many ways it still is the standard for TV newsreaders.

  • @Steeyuv
    @Steeyuv 5 років тому +9

    I was impressed the H43 didn’t lose rotor synchronisation even as it started falling.

  • @scratchdog2216
    @scratchdog2216 5 років тому +48

    Unlike reality, no humans were harmed in the making of this video.

    • @MichaelD-fn5lv
      @MichaelD-fn5lv 5 років тому +7

      Apparently your reality is one that is false. 3 pilots had to eject and were harmed...

    •  5 років тому +5

      @@MichaelD-fn5lv yep. That F-105 and chase plane that the delayed bombs didn't delayed.

  • @sigmaprime4307
    @sigmaprime4307 5 років тому +85

    "Test equipment in one of the tanks showed severe heat damage"
    *cuts to footage of tank on fire*

    • @KillingDeadThings
      @KillingDeadThings 5 років тому

      Was just about to say. ITMH

    • @lezlezman1843
      @lezlezman1843 5 років тому +5

      I am trying to remember what Spike Milligan and his crew called the burning tanks in his war diaries...roasters or maybe cookers...some sort of kitchen appliance because of the smell of the roasted bodies inside.

    • @bearup1612
      @bearup1612 5 років тому

      @@lezlezman1843
      Spike Milligan called them ovens on wheels as I remember

    • @Nine-Signs
      @Nine-Signs 5 років тому

      @@lezlezman1843If not ovens on wheels then Tommy Cookers I would have thought. That was the nickname given to Sherman Tanks by many during WW2 on both sides. They were terribly armored American engineered and built tanks that were 20 years out of date and unless present in far superior numbers and at close range, they were virtually useless against Panzers though the British did strap a decent 17 pound anti tank gun turret onto some of them (Sherman firefly) which at least made them useful. Their advantage was that they were cheap, quick to build, easy to fix, and manoeuvrable though not so much up steep hills, for that you need a Churchill tank which can just about climb anything.

    • @lezlezman1843
      @lezlezman1843 5 років тому

      Whatever they called them, it's a hell of a way to go...roasting inside one of those things. I couldn't think of many things worse.

  • @xeldredgej2
    @xeldredgej2 5 років тому +5

    Impressive footage, takes skill to track a missile to its target with a camera from the 60's!

  • @MIckveli2
    @MIckveli2 5 років тому +3

    ....i enjoyed this little look back at our military's history.
    -thank you.!

  • @dkoz8321
    @dkoz8321 7 місяців тому

    Myself, my old man, both my granddads, and my bros al participated in these tests. Our contribution was , can be said, instrumental to success of these tests.
    We were the target dummies. You may thank us for our service and sacrifice. You're welcome.

  • @peterschorn1
    @peterschorn1 5 років тому +36

    "You blew up Thomas the Tank Engine! NOT COOL, BRO!"

    • @Nine-Signs
      @Nine-Signs 5 років тому +1

      But Thomas was a servant of a totalitarian state, didn't you know?!
      www.thesun.co.uk/fabulous/4602170/thomas-the-tank-engine-bleak-dystopia/

  • @j2b261
    @j2b261 5 років тому +7

    Great find. Those weapons still look pretty badass 55 years later.

  • @MrTonyharrell
    @MrTonyharrell 7 років тому +8

    Man, I was in ammo at Eglin in ‘78. We never got to see anything expended, only heard 20mm from the test squadron across the base. Wish they had shown us this, it’s cool.

    • @ApolloCDR
      @ApolloCDR 3 роки тому

      I've lived in the Niceville, Fort Walton, Crestview area (the support towns for the base) most of my life, from1968 to present day. The test area in this film looks like the area around Eglin. Do you happen to know if it is actually Eglin Air Force Base test ranges in this film?

    • @houseofsolomon2440
      @houseofsolomon2440 3 роки тому +1

      @@ApolloCDR They had, & still use weapons testing ranges at Tindall a.f.b., not too far from Eglin. Same trees/shrubs, coastal location, same topography -

  • @iamasmurf1122
    @iamasmurf1122 5 років тому +6

    That radio controlled jet being blown out of the sky sure is some amazing tech for the day

    • @AtheistOrphan
      @AtheistOrphan 5 років тому +4

      Michael Wilson - Google Kettering and Sperry Bugs: Radio-controlled aircraft from over 100 years ago!

  • @giantjunk7576
    @giantjunk7576 5 років тому +24

    Can you imagine the "pucker" factor of the pilots dropping large ordinance at such low altitude. Going off basically right underneath them at like 30 meters.

    • @dgafbrapman688
      @dgafbrapman688 5 років тому +6

      Especially the two bombs that skipped over the target with the delayed fuse. Coulda been bad haha

  • @PistolPetePoznan
    @PistolPetePoznan 5 років тому +16

    Can you imagine all the bunnies and squirrels that were torched to a crisp in the forests of this range.

    • @tomservo5007
      @tomservo5007 5 років тому

      there's an ex f-16 / f-18 pilot with the callsign 'mooer' on youtube -- why do they call him 'mooer'? During training he accidentally strafe cows that wander into the training area. I can't imagine the damage on soft tissue by a 20mm gun.

    • @josadams4673
      @josadams4673 5 років тому +3

      Believe it or not in 13 yrs of filming @ the base where this footage hails from Not once were there any mammal casualties, our than Fire Ants.. I know this because of having feet on the ground after a shot.. & being a Hunter I thought the same thing at first but other than insects & whatever the Target was that as I said, in 13 yrs, of doing this work @ this place I, we Never saw anything that fell into Harm's way.. TRUTH..

    • @sidv4615
      @sidv4615 3 роки тому

      @@tomservo5007 can you provide a link to his channel or something?

  • @kevin.whouse2269
    @kevin.whouse2269 7 років тому +6

    I was young and saw those jets brings back memories of my dad he flew a Sabre the one thing I remember the most is the Sonic booms awesome. Great video.

    • @rickyricardo4718
      @rickyricardo4718 5 років тому

      And short contrails. Me too.

    • @DoctorShocktor
      @DoctorShocktor 5 років тому

      Not getting a sonic boom from a Sabre unless he puts it in a highly inadvisable steep power dive.

    • @combativeThinker
      @combativeThinker 5 років тому

      I'm calling bullshit. The Sabre was subsonic.

    • @sidv4615
      @sidv4615 3 роки тому

      How old are you sir?

    • @sidv4615
      @sidv4615 3 роки тому

      @@combativeThinker not the super sabre

  • @georgetaylor8535
    @georgetaylor8535 5 років тому +2

    Whoever made this video did a excellent job. Bravo!

  • @fritzthedog007
    @fritzthedog007 5 років тому +3

    Love the century series. Looks like a lot of fun these guys were having, important research, sure, but reminds me of burning my toys and models as a kid with rubber solution, caps, matches anything that burned and/or exploded. Very similar to this but 1/72 scale mostly.

    • @sidv4615
      @sidv4615 3 роки тому +1

      What is your favourite century series fighter?

  • @OakInch
    @OakInch 5 років тому +30

    15:18 where the jets accidentally blow themselves up in a bombing run is pretty interesting.

    • @MrPingn
      @MrPingn 5 років тому

      I remember hearing about this incident in some other program. Just can't remember which one. That's some bad luck. Glad they made it out though.

    • @buckstarchaser2376
      @buckstarchaser2376 5 років тому +1

      I tried explaining this to someone as a situation that calls for a "retard bomb"... I still got hit with shrapnel.

    • @phalcon23
      @phalcon23 5 років тому +1

      I like playing flight sims, DCS is the best for military. and it will do the same thing, if your to close to bombs impact you can damage your own jet

    • @utbelegs
      @utbelegs 5 років тому

      I'd sure like to hear that story ,if those pilots are still alive today.

    • @TheDustysix
      @TheDustysix 3 роки тому

      All Aircrew survived with minor injuries, and soiled flight suits.

  • @blipco5
    @blipco5 5 років тому

    "Nothing but net". I love these movies. They never miss.
    EDIT...until the end. 💥💪

  • @decimated550
    @decimated550 7 років тому +20

    Thoughts on video:
    - love that rotary cannon sawing the tail off the target.
    - old natural metal finish of those century series birds...gorgeous
    - lol at the USAF before cluster bombs. A fighter bomber attacking an area target had to smear napalm all over, and to overfly the target. That, or shoot a spray of puny rockets from pods.
    - oh yeah and the announcer with the classic 1960s white guy nasal voice
    - funny / weird test mannequins with bright eye whites!
    - oh yeah and damn you F-104 starfighter, a sexy look but a horrid service record, the USAF pulled it from Nam after a failed debut. Maybe the slim wing and low wing loading would have been good in a Central Europe fight, but we already had the Thud for that.

    • @joseantoniomartin3155
      @joseantoniomartin3155 7 років тому

      what about all this shit falling on your sons and daughters? Cool, is not it?

    • @aan4287-e8g
      @aan4287-e8g 5 років тому

      decimated550 We sold the German Luftwaffe a bunch of Starfighters and they had a terrible time with them. The 104 just sucked.

    • @taotoo2
      @taotoo2 5 років тому

      *high wing loading

    • @tessierashpoolmg7776
      @tessierashpoolmg7776 5 років тому

      Awesome, love century series fighters. Especially F-104, if only because it's a beautiful airframe and damn fast as well. I believe that it would excelled in the interceptor role.

  • @skyepilotte11
    @skyepilotte11 Рік тому

    Very nice weapons testing and damage assessment.

  • @rosewhite---
    @rosewhite--- 5 років тому +25

    Napalm and Brrrrrrrrrrr gun is the way to go.

    • @orcokiwo6703
      @orcokiwo6703 5 років тому +2

      😆😆👍👍the brrrrrrrr gun is my all time favourite 😆😆😆

    • @dickkehoe4740
      @dickkehoe4740 5 років тому +2

      Brrrrrrrrrrrrr and Napalm and VietNam won hahahahahahahahahahahaha

    • @pip12111
      @pip12111 5 років тому

      @@dickkehoe4740 NV won because the pussies in Congress defunded the war

  • @monkeytennis1972
    @monkeytennis1972 9 років тому +11

    Excellent video.

  • @carlalm6100
    @carlalm6100 5 років тому +2

    A good demonstration of why even old vintage equipment should not be ignored as threats today.
    And why some countries, such as Russia rarely scrap old stuff, but in stead mothballing it to be used as lower tier warfighting equipment for mass mobilization.

    • @Rampant_Colt
      @Rampant_Colt 5 років тому

      most of that old military equipment in the video typically is FUBAR'd beyond repair

  • @thebonesaw..4634
    @thebonesaw..4634 5 років тому +9

    6:46 -- *_"Damn it! They got my camera! I was still paying for that!"_*

  • @chrisgs8727
    @chrisgs8727 3 роки тому

    Thanks to show us those great images.

  • @electrolytics
    @electrolytics Рік тому

    The narrator makes this perfect.

  • @danielmarshall4587
    @danielmarshall4587 5 років тому

    Thank you again for the upload.... I love the films also the American narration .

  • @MRptwrench
    @MRptwrench 3 роки тому

    Hitting a 13 foot target with guns, no matter how slow it was moving, speaks volumes of the skill pilot and the quality of the targeting components!

  • @snipereliete
    @snipereliete 5 років тому

    That was awsome.I love watching this old stuff.thanks for sharing, hope to see more.

  • @Thunder_6278
    @Thunder_6278 2 місяці тому

    EL Kaboom! Surprised the Starfighter was selected for these tests. Interesting.

  • @mattcalza4790
    @mattcalza4790 5 років тому +2

    I love this video, no shitty music, just solid destruction!

  • @pilarmorin4405
    @pilarmorin4405 5 років тому +1

    Awesome sound effects

  • @punman5392
    @punman5392 5 років тому +15

    Those napalm bombs look like they just filled regular drop tanks with napalm

    • @Nine-Signs
      @Nine-Signs 5 років тому +6

      That would be correct but have no fear, you can be assured Raytheon charged you ten times the cost price at least.

    • @punman5392
      @punman5392 5 років тому +4

      ArmyOfAll Of course! It’s not a repurposed drop tank! It’s a tactical advanced napalm delivery system.

  • @stephenandersen4625
    @stephenandersen4625 5 років тому +8

    the attack on the helicopter looked like something from a Jerry Anderson production.

  • @grendelum
    @grendelum 5 років тому +5

    Was anyone else surprised by the Zuni rockets punching through the 3’ wall? Videogames had led me to believe they were way more nerfed...

  • @lrs8369
    @lrs8369 7 років тому +17

    Loaded lots of these on the F100 at Phan Rang in 1968 in the 615TFS. Day in day out I hoped we help our guys out in a tuff spot.

    • @GranpaTruck
      @GranpaTruck 5 років тому

      Awesome of you to do your duty

    • @chalocolina3554
      @chalocolina3554 5 років тому +1

      Your guys didn't have any good reason to be there. That makes them the bad guys. And you, too.

    • @GranpaTruck
      @GranpaTruck 5 років тому +1

      @@chalocolina3554 the good reason was stopping the Communist Vietnamese from killing the free Democratic Vietnamese.

    • @combativeThinker
      @combativeThinker 5 років тому +3

      chalo colina
      The American tradition of spitting on troops is alive and well, I see.

    • @sidv4615
      @sidv4615 3 роки тому

      How old are you sir?

  • @saleemwaheed9956
    @saleemwaheed9956 5 років тому +1

    The Teen series are the best jet fighters, but the Century series are the coolest!

  • @mikequinn6273
    @mikequinn6273 5 років тому +18

    The C 123, when you gotta move that heroin from the Iron Triangle, and fast.

  • @killerdoritoWA
    @killerdoritoWA 5 років тому +8

    Out of all those planes, the C-130 is still going off the production line. The Ghostrider gunship version sporting guns, smart bombs and guided missiles!

    • @brucesmith9144
      @brucesmith9144 5 років тому

      W M D yeah, like the JATO on them. Always a crowd pleaser at air shows.

    • @Prototheria
      @Prototheria 5 років тому

      @@brucesmith9144 Well, up until 2009, if I recall. After that, no more JATO show.

    • @MichaelD-fn5lv
      @MichaelD-fn5lv 5 років тому

      They relocated the rockets to the wings I believe. I saw the blue Angel's C-130 use RATO a few years ago.

    • @brucesmith9144
      @brucesmith9144 5 років тому

      Michael D ok, thanks for that info.

  • @michaelthomas7178
    @michaelthomas7178 5 років тому +1

    I grew up in seminole Niceville FLA in the 1960s. Range 52 was east of our house about two miles. These test were probably made at range 52. I remember these exercises daily. I was fabulous to watch these aircraft preform. You could hear the mini guns sound like the Adams family door bell.

    • @fullyawake7955
      @fullyawake7955 5 років тому

      You hear the children screaming

    • @michaelthomas7178
      @michaelthomas7178 5 років тому +1

      @@fullyawake7955 Children are screaming from ISRAELIE bombs and missiles, in Lebanon, Syria, and Iraq.

    • @fullyawake7955
      @fullyawake7955 5 років тому

      @@michaelthomas7178 yes they are so so sad that weapons that cause so much pain are idolised end war start peace

    • @fullyawake7955
      @fullyawake7955 5 років тому

      Sorry to pick on the USA it's all empires I'm Irish and know it's not the people but the psychopaths in power

    • @sidv4615
      @sidv4615 3 роки тому

      How old are you sir?

  • @ScoutSniper3124
    @ScoutSniper3124 3 роки тому

    Feels like I'm watching the Vietnam War Highlight Reel... thanks

  • @JuanAdam12
    @JuanAdam12 9 років тому +9

    Holy fu*k. This is amazing footage. And sick.

  • @shawnfc22
    @shawnfc22 7 років тому +2

    Great video! Thanks for posting!

  • @spingebill8551
    @spingebill8551 5 років тому +2

    God that 4 F-104 napalm drop was so hot

  • @danf-lynch1220
    @danf-lynch1220 Рік тому +1

    That’s what I call a great day at the range 😂

  • @klavss76
    @klavss76 5 років тому

    The purr of those Gatling guns is just sweet.

  • @ScratchinMyAss
    @ScratchinMyAss 5 років тому +2

    Man, you guys sure killed a lot of trees!

  • @tombutcher5776
    @tombutcher5776 5 років тому +5

    This film reminds me of Commanders call. We always had some type of interesting USAF film. Talk about getting ready for Vietnam!

  • @jacksons1010
    @jacksons1010 5 років тому +28

    And so Mr. McNamara was satisfied that the USAF could easily subdue the Vietcong. I wonder if he showed this film to LBJ?

    • @phoneone1371
      @phoneone1371 5 років тому +2

      No doubt ,it looked good on paper

    • @johnkaiser353
      @johnkaiser353 5 років тому +1

      It sure didn't help the troops with Johnson micro-managing the war. Nixon wasn't so hot either.

    • @30AndHatingIt
      @30AndHatingIt 5 років тому +3

      Kicking the enemy's ass and then walking away to let their buddies reoccupy the land wasn't a good strategy. Our soldiers did their jobs well. Leadership didn't.

  • @simonManleeeee
    @simonManleeeee 5 років тому +1

    One of the best videos on the UA-cam

  • @mxferro
    @mxferro 3 роки тому +1

    The jet after the small chopper...it's like a hawk after a pigeon.

  • @kleenk8
    @kleenk8 5 років тому +2

    This was the coolest thing I have ever seen.

  • @Manbunmen65
    @Manbunmen65 2 роки тому +1

    "All men survived with minor injuries". Minor back then was different than today.

  • @keepsake327
    @keepsake327 5 років тому +11

    Those cameramen were in harms way... one shot where they surveyed the damage to a convoy, the fire flared up suddenly before a cut. I hope the camera crew wasn't injured.

    • @scooter9542
      @scooter9542 5 років тому +1

      yea i saw that! i think it mightve been a truck tire exploding

    • @punman5392
      @punman5392 5 років тому

      Awkward High Fives I think most of the cameras were remote operated. At least the downrange ones

    • @bluef1sh926
      @bluef1sh926 5 років тому +1

      That was a tire on fire and it exploded just before the cut. I don't think it was harmful to the crew, the tire exploded sideways and the cameraman was standing no closer than next to the front tires, not in the line of fire. He most likely was fine but probably scared shitless. I once witnessed a truck tire explosion on the road, in the oncoming traffic, a lot of noise but nothing really dangerous. That was also the last rear tire and a car driving just behind the truck didn't even get splashed with rubber debris.

  • @geonerd
    @geonerd 5 років тому +2

    Those 2 3/4 inch rockets at 5:04 sure do the trick!

  • @luciusvorenus9445
    @luciusvorenus9445 5 років тому +25

    The history buff in me cringed at the destruction of some of that WWII equipment, DUKW, Shermans and the deuce and ahalfs. 😦

    • @Howdy762
      @Howdy762 5 років тому +1

      "invaluable training" lol hey they went out with a bang! Which was also documented.

    • @markbowles2382
      @markbowles2382 5 років тому +5

      my thoughts exactly Mr. Johnston... the poor old duck...faithfully carried supplies and ammo in and then loaded with wounded and back to the beach (and thats the thanks the old war horse gets just for being ugly)

  • @sam23696
    @sam23696 5 років тому +3

    5:54 The most demonstrative "was" ever uttered.

  • @cambo1200
    @cambo1200 5 років тому +2

    When I go to heaven, this will be my every day.

    • @secondtononepaf
      @secondtononepaf 5 років тому

      Heaven will be so good you will forget that you even ever enjoyed this stuff.

  • @davidsincere7117
    @davidsincere7117 5 років тому +1

    I have a wild guess and say that was the Eglin reservation. Concerning was a system's command base. I was stationed there back in the early eighties.

  • @mikepodella
    @mikepodella 5 років тому +5

    Tough break for the guy flying the helicopter.

  • @mbaxter22
    @mbaxter22 5 років тому

    Surprisingly accurate, actually.

  • @Waltham1892
    @Waltham1892 5 років тому +1

    I am stuck on Napalm, because Napalm stuck on me...
    Loved that cadence...

    • @daveybernard1056
      @daveybernard1056 5 років тому

      It can also be a mood enhancer and attitude changer!

    • @2fathomsdeeper
      @2fathomsdeeper 5 років тому

      Napalm sticks to ribs...huahh! Napalm sticks to kids...huahh! Napalm sticks to little children...all the children in the world...red or yellow black and white sticks to every kid in sight...Napalm sticks to all the children in the world!

  • @ta2joe13
    @ta2joe13 2 місяці тому

    The thunder chief was an absolute beast.

  • @allgood6760
    @allgood6760 2 роки тому

    Peace through superior firepower! 👍✈️

  • @montaramike
    @montaramike 5 років тому

    Awesome post! Love those old jets

  • @wtcb7892
    @wtcb7892 5 років тому +5

    Great video on vintage air power! The star fighter flying is amazing with it tiny wings. Humming bird of fighters. Haha

  • @bernard6413
    @bernard6413 5 років тому +1

    This footage is alot better that ufo footage from last week!

    • @dorfsteen
      @dorfsteen 5 років тому

      I don't see the UFO video can you give me a link to it I looked in the list but I didn't see it

  • @mustang5132
    @mustang5132 5 років тому +1

    13:40 is a pretty incredible sight. It looks terrifying

  • @MJA5
    @MJA5 5 років тому +9

    the narrator reminds me of Starship Troopers. 20 year USAF aircrew here. But this film was made before I was born in that decade. still, I have been retired for 13 years from the USAF. yikes!

  • @marksalot655
    @marksalot655 5 років тому +11

    Complete and total destruction of ground targets. Ground camera survives unscathed. 😂

    • @SSGTru
      @SSGTru 5 років тому

      Location, location, location.... of the cameras. While they did show some misses at the end, they didn't show all the times the cameras got hit... except the one shot regarding the rocket spread - camera seemed to take a direct hit there... :)

  • @ZeroNinerFoxtrot
    @ZeroNinerFoxtrot 4 роки тому

    They sure had fun those days

  • @stevendurham9996
    @stevendurham9996 5 років тому +2

    Nasty. Those guys dropping the napalm looked really low.

  • @funkypieman9637
    @funkypieman9637 5 років тому +4

    Turn on captions and every time the gattling gun fires, it will read as applause!!!

  • @jamesmusisca8442
    @jamesmusisca8442 5 років тому

    good ground support

  • @Lone-Wolf-66
    @Lone-Wolf-66 5 років тому

    Most successful test of all time

  • @phayzyre1052
    @phayzyre1052 6 років тому +5

    I can tell this was filmed at the proving grounds at Eglin AFB in Florida. Apart from covering 3 counties in Florida all of those pine trees are a dead giveaway that's where this was filmed.

    • @kevadams1964
      @kevadams1964 5 років тому

      It may be, but they may have used Avon Park too. I was going to ask where this was.

  • @TTV_TOMTISM
    @TTV_TOMTISM 5 років тому +1

    those things they drop, if they collide mid air would they detonate?

  • @williamgainey8706
    @williamgainey8706 5 років тому

    All these test were most likely done in my back yard lol!....Good ol Eglin AF Base/test range

  • @bendoon7010
    @bendoon7010 5 років тому +59

    I make the same noise as a Gatling gun after I eat Broccoli ... 🥦

    • @akshit133
      @akshit133 5 років тому

      😂😂😂😂

    • @Juliodax
      @Juliodax 5 років тому

      Lol exactly

    • @AndrewTubbiolo
      @AndrewTubbiolo 5 років тому +1

      For me it's cheese whizz.

    • @nigelft
      @nigelft 5 років тому

      Likewise, except with pintõ beans ...

    • @bearup1612
      @bearup1612 5 років тому

      Ivor Adamskivich
      Is that out the top end or bottom 🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @paultoy9611
    @paultoy9611 5 років тому +1

    Wiley Coyote's next ACME delivery in his endless quest to bag the Roadrunner.

  • @lard_lad_AU
    @lard_lad_AU 7 років тому +1

    Air superiority is a good thing when it's on our side

  • @PsihoDD
    @PsihoDD 5 років тому

    This is gold.

  • @believe8263
    @believe8263 5 років тому

    The A-10's great uncle the F105 @ 2:37. Brrrt!

  • @EtzEchad
    @EtzEchad 5 років тому +25

    They sure didn't miss much in those days. :)
    I guess it wouldn't have made a good film if they showed the 90% miss rate.

  • @phoneone1371
    @phoneone1371 5 років тому +10

    This is more like a sales pitch from Boeing GE westinghouse lockeed ect but cool to watch

  • @davegriffith32
    @davegriffith32 5 років тому +3

    Alright, that does it. I need an F104 with a gatlin gun. Talk about shock and awe! BRRAAAAAAAAAAP WWHHOOOOOOOO! Destroy everything while sounding and looking awesome.

  • @andrewmckenna00
    @andrewmckenna00 5 років тому

    Im with chich, im glad they tested whether a plane could survive being covered in gallons of sticky burning fuel