My father flew Skyraiders in the late fifties. He sure got out of the service at the right time!

Ejection and a traffic accident...talk about a rough night!

this guy is a phoney..military tales should do a background check on this stolen valor

I wish I had been around in the day and trained by Win DePoorter to fly A1 Skyraider aircraft. Well over 600 missions in Vietnam, and an instructor pilot who flew not just Skyraiders but A4 Skyhawks, F4 Phantoms, and others too. A wealth of experience and exploits to discuss. A real pilots pilot. What a guy.

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Badazz 🇺🇸 i have been amazed by the history of the glider pilots. I enjoy listening to those that know & tell their story.! Keep Rocking!

Don Feld and Art Bishop dropped the CS gas to break the bad guys back so they extract the men. Tom Stump an A-1 pilot out of Danang OLAA made gun runs with his 20 mm guns and cbu to crush the Bad guys and keep them back. Feld and Bishop out of NKP.

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No finer people to have worked with. MACV SOG will remain the alltime best of the best. Vietnam Veteran I Corp/Laos. 67-69 Phu Bai/Hue/Khe Sanh

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My Grandpa Bob Barr was covey! He did a little over 250 missions in the OV 10 then later piloted B52s.

At 30:25 on interview my name is mentioned and then later an award

Try to find someone to tell you about CIA-SOG coming out of Europe. All Americans. Southeast Asian countries, southern China, etc. The story goes that Westmoreland, after Tet '68 when he got kicked upstairs..organized the program to flank S.V.-based SOG, which was infiltrated; and the Russians had info on all CCN/CCC/CCS guys alongwith that of their families. Those guys were the first "Unit," modern tech wise. No name, no names, sanitized tiger stripes..sometimes French or Canadian insignia. ..Heard it in a bar once. Probably a myth....

I love your E&E plan, to carry an extra radio and stay out of sight. And if, or when that plan failed, strip naked and walk east.

Most rotary jocks I know, be crazy. This is the proof.

Holy crqp! I worked with Dale, and I would never have known. Go figure.

A great story. I was an exchange IP in Laredo from 70 to 73, and a friend of mine went over to fly T-28s in SEA for a year. He came back a changed man. He evolved from a quiet, conscientious check pilot, into a real cowboy. He still did his job well, but his whole persona changed.

What a fantastic story! In Sept 1969, I had a ringside seat, (as well as everyone else on the flight line that day), to a CF-104 pitch-up and low altitude ejection, as a result of a near miss while doing a low altitude, high speed pass. The pilot, was an instructor from the 104 training wing at Cold Lake, and was at MJ to do some motivational flights at the training bases. I was flying a mutual flight with another instructor, and had initiated my final turn for the outer runway, while the 104 was approaching the button of the inner runway for the low pass. The tower had cleared the inner circuit, but an instructor and student had missed the call, and were practicing a forced landing on the inner runway. I don't know the exact position of the Tutor, but when the 104 pilot, who was doing Mach 0.96, saw the Tutor, he pulled back on the control column quickly enough to cause the 104 to pitch up. The 104 traveled about 1500 ft down the runway, standing on its tail, with the afterburner cooking, and gained enough height that it was about tower height. The aircraft, began to nose over toward the level position, while at the same time, starting to roll inverted. Dave, the pilot, was able to eject before the canopy was level with the horizon. The parachute fully extended about the same time as the pilot landed in the grass. He was uninjured, and at the mess that night, part of his motivational talk, was about the fact that the seat worked. Unlike Hollywood movies, there wasn't much of a fireball from the 104 impacting the ground. It was the experience of a lifetime. to see something as spectacular as that where there were no injuries. Like in Randy's experience, I don't think a less experienced pilot would have the reflexes to realize that he needed to eject immediately.

this deserves more views, 3 good ladies telling great stories

Pls make vdo for some thai foward air giud in lao

WHOSE STORY IS IT TO TELL A CLUE A HINT

I wish the guy doing the interview would invest in a mic for himself....

Outstanding interview, everyday valour from professionals at the top of their game.

Like i say no Huey’s involved in this rescue. Pictures show all Huey’s. You’d think they would take pictures of CH43s or Ch53. The jollie green giants out of nkp. Poor filming. Nkp was where Woodie ended up after rescue. He came down fliteline and thanked the A-1 crews

Amazing interview. True heroes.

thank you for a great video and the information

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Love it

Audio must be fixed, just to serve JAX right

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Was a crewchief for zorros on boxer22. Woody came down fliteline after 3 days in jungle and thanked everyone

The American war against Vietnam was a war crime. The US killed over 3 million Vietnamese, Laotian and Cambodians, mostly with air strikes and artillery. Even though America was defeated, the US contaminated SE Asia with dioxins and unexploded ammunition. This guy is no hero he is a war criminal.

My oldest brother was a PJ on these missions

What year did Jax graduate from pilot training?

Thanks Dick for your inspiration

Richard, it's so good to see you; continue to keep the blue side up. Pat Weaver, NKP Nail 65 and DAL

Excellent interview. Just ordered his book.

Lloyd Scott

Had a young pilot stop by my plane he told me he was going on his first solo combat mission. He wanted to preflight my plane then go thru his checklist. I said sure. The A-1 was cocked and loaded but wasn’t scheduled to fly for a couple hours on a two ship. He left and said thanks. The next morning he went in at the end of the runway and was killed June 8 1969 zorro 61 22 sos engine failure. Still haunts me

Watching in New Zealand..!

Been looking for loose jugs ever since that day at Danage in 1970

Really good interview. These are some of the best Americans produced by our nation.

I just finished watching this interview. Wow!! What a great man. Don Engebretsen, thank you for your story and your service to our country. Welcome home Sir. You deserve the utmost respect from every american.

"Wipe the wings clean" I can't imagine the devastation that would wreak. What an amazing man and plane. I would say it is the precursor to the A-10. Another badassed airplane.

OV 10s Bronco flew around the clock, not just day time. Information is incorrect

It’s pronounced Na - Kon- Pa- Nom, long O. After the war lived there 3 years near the Riverine base on the Cong river.

Did you know a Maj Zeke Encinas who flew A-1Es late in the war. He was the last A-1 lost at the end over the war. We flew T-37 at RND 1967-71.

Thanks Jax. You are one awesome guy. God bless you.