Thankl you for posting this.

Unlike movies, in real life, pilots get always some fckd up callsign. I wonder how that guy got "Stray Dog" LOL

The fact that the jets has burn the same fuel as the propellers is quite unique

I count myself lucky that I ended up as a TAC aircraft maintainer. Many of those SAC bases were in cold climates. 😉

Thank you for creating this documentary. My father was Maj William J. Apgar. I was 4 at the time. I'm now 77 and going strong. It is curious to me how such an event can change your life and you can't really comprehend it at the time for being so young. I remember the tornado spoken of below, that struck Carswell AFB in 1952 that destroyed so many B-36's. My family, consisting of my mother, brother and sister had been swimming at Lake Worth. The road leading to the public beach ran along beside the hangars and tarmac. I remember seeing those big hangars an the way to the lake. We hunkered down in our car when the tornado hit. Afterward we drove back along those hangars and the saw of the noses of two B-36's that had been rammed through the hangar walls. That left an indelible impression in my mind, that and talk of one B-36 that had done a cartwheel down the runway. Because of this documentary I learned that my father had been a Cold Warrior. I proudly wear his SAC pin on my favorite hat. The B-36 was strategically conceived in 1039 to carry conventional weapons anywhere in the world. As flawed as it was, too big, too heavy and too many moving parts, the B-36 served as a nuclear deterrent in the early years after WWII. Don't think for a minute that Stalin didn't notice how vulnerable all of Europe was after the war. Europe was in ruins and he was sitting on a million man army with massive amounts of armaments we had given him to fight the Nazis in FDR's Lend-Lease program. As flawed as it was the B-36 served well enough until we could do better. And the B-52 is still in service.

If only these brave men could see the open Communists we now have running the country

The true final flight of the B-36 took place on 30 April 1959 when 52-2220 flew from Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ to the National Museum of the United States Air Force, where it is now on permanent display.

Yesterday, I was at the Hickory Airport in North Carolina, bearing witness to one of the Harrier II+ birds coming in for one last landing. The aircraft will now be part of the museum. I spoke to a lieutenant colonel who only had a few years left, and he lamented that this would be the last squadron he commanded and the last airframe he would fly. At the time of writing, the Harrier is slated for retirement in the USMC around 2026.

All 1980's and early 1990's Navy and Marine Corps aviators had bushy mustaches as if they just snuck out Blue Oyster Disco Club.

In the late 1940s my family lived in Grand Prairie, TX midway between Carswell AFB and Dallas. On Armed Forced Day an airshow was underway near Hensley Field in Grand Prairie. Midway through the event a B-36 Peacemaker passed right over our house as it approached Hensley Field. It was flying low, most likely around 500 feet. The roar of its engines terrified my younger sister, but it was thrilling to watch. One of my uncles worked at Convair in Fort Worth building the B-36.

You're such a wonderfully intelligent people and such a deep rich and long culture how could they have been so unbelievably out of this universe stupid to challenge the United States then

"...after all, they are Marines." Testament to the unique dedication they have to their brothers-in-arms.

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31:58 Are these Barrage Balloons being shot down?

'War crimes' of the Allies???

This whole series is 100% about German propaganda

Did a B36 ever fly low over Pittsburgh Pa for the airshow at Greater Pit Airport? 1954 to around 1959?

My Dad worked on these in the fifties in Alaska.

What a great documentary

Watched this series when it premiered, still love it!

The most aggressive tactics of a determined captain of the Royal Navy changed the attitude to destroying U-boats and again sinkings increased dramatically. The introduction of groups of forward projecting, Heg Hog, contact mines changed everything, in every ocean.

This show really should have been named "The Harrier: The USMC In The First Gulf War". It makes no mention of the aircraft's design and development from the P1127 prototype in the UK under the direction of Sydney Camm of Hawkers who also was responsible for the Hawker Hurricane that served so well in World War II or its stunning success during the Falklands War.

Jack Northrop lived long enough for his flying-wing brainchild to get resurrected for real--as the B-2 stealth bomber. He died only 10 months later.

They say the bombings only cost two months of production like it's a failure. I would think cutting an enemy's manufacturing capabilities by roughly 15% over a year would be considered a success. Not to mention the resources that were put into defending the cities. Aircraft guns ammunition and manpower. It shows a bias on the part of the producers of the program. Yes the allies had to expend resources as well but they were in a much better position to absorb the losses.

Pilots flying from Townsville Queensland, Australia,to Darwin NT Australia were told to follow the trail of wrecked Kitty hawks, in ww 2

I have always looked upon Churchill as I do Goering....both were narcissistic, pompous asses of the first order! I have no respect for Churchill and never have had. Goering proved to be the best weapon the Brits had to use against Hitler. Had Goering continued to attack the British airfields and the radar stations, Britain most likely would have lost the war. But, Goering was too stupid to realize this and when he changed the targets to London, Germany lost the war. I'm glad that Churchill was replaced once the war was over. They should have done that much sooner. His incompetence was proven during WWI.

First time I saw a Harrier in flight was the first part of 1980's at Selfridge AFB, along with the Blue Angels (F-14 Tomcat). The Harrier truly is a bird-of-prey.

Fair choke. We have different ideas about Marines ... RM [Royal Marines] - go talk to the Dutch! Oil Rig protection ... Go-See! Danish SP in Greenland - Go Look! There are impressive people in many places ... go figure!!!

Why the British didn't put some 50s on they planes I will never know. They had to get very close to shoot rifle bullets.

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Does anyone know the name of that brutal, bellicose music that plays throughout this video? It sounds so magnificently malevolent. 'Good musical accompaniment to the visual of my sister walking up to the door every several weeks to criticize my care of our Dad -- a Navy man ('sorry).

Majestic bomder that is much bigger than it looks on video.

You feckers are aware that the Harrier is a British design. The fact that the corrupt uk government sold you loads of nearly new aircraft for peanuts does not mean you invented them

The YB60 vs B52 battle at 45:00 is similar to the recent V280 vs Defiant dust up. I wonder how life would be different if the Air Force had chosen the YB60 over the B52? Would Convair still be a thing? Would the YB60's still be flying? I doubt it. Seems like we made the right choice betting on the B52. I hope the V280 bet proves out well also.

42:14 I had no idea the B58 Hustler was linked to the B36 Peacemaker. Cool.

Again, they just can't get over blowing their own horn over a victory they DID NOT WIN! "Allowing the guns of the Royal Navy to sink it"....BULLSH--! The German crew scuttled the Bismarck in an effort to put an end to the carnage being waged on board long after the guns were no longer usable. Damn, but I wish the Brits would get this right for once!

Watch.... PBS.... "Half the Sky": "FET"... ( In Part II). And, "Meet John Doe" (Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwick...)... A system that mixes those possibilities, as our secondary manual backup system.

at 12:50 Quote "It was the biggest plane ever to fly - even in Texas" lol great

Fascinating to watch, especially since my family grew up near Carswell AFB in Fort Worth, with some relatives having worked at Consolidated, Convair and throughput General Dynamics.

I used to Work in the Bomber Plant in FtWorth. It's an AMAZING Facility. They were General Dynamics building the F16 when I was there. There was a complete B36 in the Boneyard just outside the South Gate.

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Did Willie m. Prompt Typhie when he said, Two engines in a single seat fighter is un productive or something like that.👍🏼

Unfortunately that was the only way back then.

the uk always made good planes where others failed. harrier engines so simple when you think about now. always think outside the box.. just like the first helicopters

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Mama Galzari flew for the Italian airforce

1952-1955 I was stationed at Ramey AFB, Puerto Rico. I was on an engine change and engine component crew. We worked many long and hard hours on this bird but never regretted one moment of it. I did get to fly on one mission which was a superb experience. I continued my service career for a total of 31 years. I would do it all over again for this great country. GOD BLESS AMERICA !! from a 90 year old vet.

Why don’t they ditch the planes that have landed so the others needn’t ditch ?

You’d think after seeing a few of their Zero friends evaporate because of the Thatch Weave Wouldn’t be fooled 2x😊