Fighting MiG Fighters In Vietnam. Vietnam Ace And TOPGUN Instructor Duke Cunningham

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[@PappyGunn]

He was one of the airmen I admired until I learned of his crimes. There are lessons there. This does not take away from the skill and courage the man showed while he served. Lets not forget that. Another lesson is that Washington can corrupt the best of men. Another is that people who served are not saints, and some of them, while showing great skill can still have some flawed characters to put it mildly. Not saying this applies to this man, I never met him. I served 34 years in the Air Force and while I worked with great people, some were definitely not the sort you'd want to associate with. Let's enjoy this great video now.

[@PappyGunn]

@@ThomasMaltus Knowing what I know now about Washington politics there is a good chance he was set up. There is also the peer factor, where everybody is doing it or worse. Bribery is pretty small potatoes when we look at Pelosi insider trading, Swalwell banging a Chinese spy as part of the Intel committee, etc. This whole business could fill a lessons learned video about what can happen when someone who is not a career politician goes to Washington

[@mauriceboykin4422]

​@@ThomasMaltusagain with the politics liberal this and liberal that and showing more about who and what you are so sad

[@valmelendez7064]

I totally agree with the last part.Of your statement.I don't feel that whatever he did.Criminally has anything to do with his Bravery and commitment to this country. He was a boyhood iidol of mine. But to suggest that he was somewhat set up because he was very vocal or aggressive is just ludicrous! As much as I love Randy Cunningham. He didn't have a checkered past and it followed him for a long time. He wasn't very well liked by his teammates And his superiors. As a matter of fact, he was kinda regarded as. Unreputable and dishonest. Another air force legend by the name of robin olds Wrote in his memoir about and unreputable. Lieutenant that he would not dignify by naming him in his book. That lieutenant was Randy cuttingham. It had nothing to do with his. Aggression, in politics, let's just call it what it is. He was just an a****** and he got caught with his hand in the cookie jar.​@ThomasMaltus

[@fluffy1931]

@@ThomasMaltus Awesome 'bat sh*t' crazy conspiracy fantasy.

[@jonmunch3298]

Our entire government is a criminal enterprise.

[@janineboitard6492]

Loved the F4! Still in my opinion the most beautiful jet fighter ever made! ❤

[@TheMattC9999]

Same here. Absolutely beautiful airplane

[@angelf3365]

It’s kind of generational . I love the F4 but I grew up and loved and continue to love the F15 followed by the F14 . My little guy has not made up his mind yet. That F22 is badass but as of now he loves the F14

[@angelf3365]

The fact he just endorsed Trump makes me like him even more .

[@beeenn649]

I saw the 1973 Blue Angels airshow at Willow Grove NAS. I will never forget it as long as I live.

[@BruceLeigh-eu3wm]

It really has a badass quality about it.

[@lloydmixsr.9764]

I had the good fortune to serve with Cdr Cunningham in VF-154 Black Knights from 1975 to 1978. We made the 1976 Westpac Bi-Cenntennial Cruise onboard USS-Ranger CV-61.

[@Dronescapes]

Thank you for your service Lloyd

[@lloydmixsr.9764]

@@Dronescapes TY👍🏼👍🏼

[@cnftnf]

I was there when they came back to the boat soaking wet.

[@JSFGuy]

I do continue to watch all these revised shows about him to see what has changed. I did rent a VHS back in 1988 that started this whole thing. He was actually featured on there.

[@rudeone4life]

I met him way back in 1985 at Top Gun. Great guy, easy to talk to and he loved us enlisted folks working the flightline.

[@charlesbrantley6421]

Great great Patriot. Love this man and his life story, good and bad!

[@aviationworld8939]

Duke Cunningham and Willie Driscoll American heroes!!

[@fluffy1931]

Sort of not dude. Duke Cunningham was pardoned by President Donald Trump in 2021.

[@BruceLeigh-eu3wm]

Agree 100%.

[@cnftnf]

He was pardoned because of his service to our country, dude .​@@fluffy1931

[@zachansen8293]

american felons

[@cm9247]

The A10's "grandfather". The F4 was a very effective productive piece of equipment.

[@dadequalcustody8350]

I called Cunningham out for some political bribery he got into it was on some random page on FB. He saw it and was so humble about it. He didn’t attack me. He was remorseful and apologetic. The guy is a class act.

[@michaelfrench3396]

if he was a class act, he wouldn't have taken the bribe.

[@mickeydoolittle2057]

More take bribes than you know.

[@Chilly_Billy]

​@@michaelfrench3396 Casting stones?

[@pk9w6mv4]

He paid his debt. Still an American hero.

[@zachansen8293]

except for the felonies. It's better to realize you were doing wrong than not realize it, but most people don't start in the first place.

[@philipe7937]

He is an American hero and read about him when I was a young man

[@jerseywalcott6408]

He paid his dues to society. MIG MASTER!

[@SmoggyFroggy]

Randy "Duke" Cunningham, an American BADASS and HERO.

[@randygravel2057]

And Felon

[@txkflier]

@@randygravel2057 He was just doing what the Democrats do. They get away with it, but Republicans can't.

[@SmoggyFroggy]

@@randygravel2057 If you understood American politics you would understand he is a saint compared to the criminals that are in there, the fact he even got in trouble for it shows you he is not totally corrupted, otherwise those snakes in DC would have protected him and hid his crimes.....it means Duke is a good man who made mistakes in a town full of EVIL and corruption.

[@michaelfrench3396]

@@randygravel2057 Yep. He and my father (a naval aviator himself) were my heroes growing up. Then Cunningham went on to take bribes and disgrace his name and everything that he ever did.

[@maximilliancunningham6091]

And, a convicted Criminal.

[@BruceLeigh-eu3wm]

I would like to shake his hand and thank him for his service. I hope at this time he is enjoying good health. That goes double for Willie Driscoll.

[@EddieF14]

Does anyone know where this took place ? Which airshow ?

[@JackF99]

Great story. Curious how they confirmed the 5th "alone and separated" kill with no onboard camera footage from their downed Phantom.

[@michaelrainone296]

Showtime!! Sierra Hotel jet driver and his W.S.O.Or is it R.E.O.??!! DAMN!! I can't remember.Regards from Mike in Canada.

[@geoluc2357]

His R.I.O was Driscoll

[@vacuator]

High respect for Randy’s patriotism and love of country!! Just cannot believe he said “Trump”. Really flabbergasted! Can we please keep politics out of daily life. A true warrior who has drank the water…. Religion and politics. Two things we never talk about at the dinner table!!

[@juanmanuelventura8203]

Yeah that shocked 😳 me especially With Trump Feels About the Servive & Sacrifices of Men like Duke & Mcain & Those who serve. You can serve to Masters honor or Politics.

[@geoluc2357]

Great pilot but do not forget Driscoll his R.I.O

[@steveowens913]

Yep, that's why the Phantoms had 2 canopies!

[@VulcanDriver1]

The F-4 is a beautiful aircraft in an odd way

[@beeenn649]

JESSE FOLMAR shot down a Mig 15 in 1952 with his Corsair, probably a FG1D Corsair. He and another Corsair were jumped by 6 Mig 15's, the other Corsair beat it because he was shooting film and had no armament which left Folmar alone against the 6 Mig's. After shooting down the Mig, he was shot down himself by one of the 5 remaining Mig's.

[@AntonioAlentado]

Muy interesante el documental, realmente fue un as del aire. 👍🛩️🛩️🛩️

[@dawightg9787]

This clearly shows the problem in Vietnam wasn’t due to maneuverability but the BVR ONLY Doctrine that was in place during Vietnam. The phantoms ended up in Gunfights armed with missiles that failed 90% of the time and pilots not trained to Dogfight. But those pilots who could Dogfight became ACEs in the phantoms and Frank Ault Report shows that the problem was with bad missiles and pilots not trained to Dogfight. Dan Pedersen the founder of Top Gun armed with the Ault Report trained Top Gun pilots who would take the ratio from a 2:1 to 24:1 with the phantoms by the end of Vietnam. This record is never talked about!

[@ccrider00]

The a-4 skyhawk was quite the little hot rod; or course the f-4 was the big bad daddy plane back then

[@jimcunningham5376]

Having the same last name he was my hero .... Then he became an exception of bribes and sellout

[@kwiturbitchin5277]

Yes a long, hard fall from grace. I read all about him as a kid. Had the monogram model of his plane.

[@richardvernon317]

Trump gave hm a Pardon!!!

[@txkflier]

He was just doing what the Democrats do, but they get away with it.

[@martin1226]

@@richardvernon317 He was selling them for a million dollars per, that's how random hiphop dudes got theirs too. That degenerate would pardon Satan if he thought he'd earn a nickel, the broke ass grifter that he is. Ole Duke here probably had used some of that $2.4million he got in bribes.

[@michaelfrench3396]

@@richardvernon317 criminals recognize criminals. and they look out for each other.

[@jamesarnett4129]

Randy is the man

[@giancarlogarlaschi4388]

Spectacular !

[@numbaoneUFCfan]

Hell of a pilot.............except............

[@davidkoon767]

Sir you think the Tomcat would had did much better???

[@juanmanuelventura8203]

That’s not even a Question the F-14 handled much better in ACM range than F-14 compare to the F-14. Even with compressor Stall Original Engines.

[@Ja_s-per]

🇺🇲"God Bless Our Veterans and Active Warrior's!!!"🇺🇲 🫡

[@BetterWorld488]

Best F4 Phantom pilots were Iranian pilots by far.

[@duanerice-mason2115]

DUKE CUNNINGHAM FEDERAL PRISON INMATE😅😅😅😅😅😅

[@JSFGuy]

Nobody bothered to either introduce or identify the MC, the host, Ed McElhaney? Can we get some info on him?

[@hongthanhpham3702]

Cảm ơn các bạn đã mang mỏ nhôm đến bầu trời bắc việt

[@kellywilson8440]

At 26:48 ole stormin norman !

[@jryan1024]

Duke the crook

[@dons3006]

So many people talk about his political bribe scandal. I don’t remember the man for the worst thing he did but rather his contribution to naval aviation. What he did was small potatoes anyway when compared to these 40 year senators. I’d have been grateful to have had a drink with this guy and pick his brain.

[@louwvandermerwe178]

And then go to jail....I hope God take care of him. I still think he is a great fighter pilot.

[@Dronescapes]

He was pardoned.

[@lonniedj]

🇺🇸🇺🇸🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@planeandsimplexplained]

Hero to Zero at Mach 2

[@Paul1958R]

Crook. And pardoned by another crook.

[@juanmanuelventura8203]

Ohh maybe that’s why he showed Favor to Trump.Randy Cunningham was a Childhood Hero the one Who Serve & Trained & Instructed. Not Randy the Politician, They are not the same Person. It’s like versions of an Aircraft F-18 or F/A -Superhornet They are not the same aircraft.

[@pickeljarsforhillary102]

To disgraced Congressman.

[@warrenchambers4819]

Yeah well is there an "honest" politician? Especially from California.

[@JSFGuy]

He simply got caught and prosecuted. He did what everyone did, he was doing what Romans do. Compared to fast forward today, he would merely get a letter of reprimand if that. He was good at what he did in his Navy career.

[@michaelfrench3396]

@@JSFGuy everyone does not, in fact do what he did. Very rarely does "everyone" do anything. Those are called absolute statements. Their intended purpose is to weaken an argument and to make the listener find the exceptions which diverts attention away from the original discussion. Which, in this case, is to state that Cunningham is a crook.

[@JSFGuy]

@@michaelfrench3396 it wasn't an argument it was a statement. Now your discounting mine. Everyone in general does it yes they do. They the elected officials enrich themselves through their status. If you don't think they do your fooling yourself with a bias thinking that these elected individuals are virtuous. Enforcement is selective who is and who isn't pursued or prosecuted. It's going on right in front of your eyes you just refuse to see it and recognize.

[@michaelfrench3396]

@@JSFGuy Yeah no your statement was a statement meant to try to defuse the argument and say that all politicians are criminals. When in fact not all politicians are criminals and if somebody was having a discussion with you about that in real life they would then have to point out to you all of the politicians that aren't criminals and have never been convicted of a crime and in doing so they would lose the thread of talking to you about how big of a criminal Randy Cunningham is

[@bubbajeph]

Shame he became a dirty politician and getting in trouble. He was a great pilot but sucked in Congress.

[@JamesJuberian]

Also in prison for taking bribes as a congressman.

[@Dronescapes]

And also pardoned. His mistakes as a politician should not be confused for his military record. As you may note, if you take time and read what people said before you, this has been covered plenty times, so it is quite a redundant comment, which is a pity. It would be best, when commenting, to see what people had to say before you, and perhaps contribute to an ongoing discussion with a meaningful contribution, or opinion, rather than repeating the same thing over and over. Just food for thoughts...

[@juanmanuelventura8203]

@@DronescapesRandy Was a ChildHood Hero of Mind . Randy “ Duke Cunningham who Served Train & Instructed. Not politician Randy Cunningham. He was Pardoned yes. But brought Politics into it by mentioning Trump

[@georgeburns7251]

This traitor should be in prison.

[@racebannon7355]

He was a criminal.

[@pk9w6mv4]

Paid his debt to society.

[@guylandgrebe6030]

THIS GUY TALKS TOO MUCH !!

[@MBCGRS]

I met Duke in prison. Both of us doing time for taking bribes... Oh well.

[@randygravel2057]

Didn’t he die in jail?

[@warrenchambers4819]

Haha no he didn't. Randy was released from jail and received a presidential pardon from President Trump.

[@yankeexpress]

He is still alive

[@richardvernon317]

@@warrenchambers4819 Conditional Pardon apparently, to get the full one he has to pay back the $3.6M dollars in fines he got for getting $2M in Bribes.

[@newtagwhodis4535]

Most controversial take of the day... being anti-B-52 genocide during the Vietnam conflict was the more patriotic, more natl.-defense focused position and is worth more respect than the village-erasers. The US oversaw countless crimes against humanity in their bombing campaigns, as witnessed daily now with Israel on Gaza (Today's Laos and Cambodia). These arent "heroes defending b52" they are rebranded genociders following orders just like the SS of equal infamy. When US life is greater than all other humans. Exceptionalism should be the title of this channel. History is history. Embellishment and propogandizing/whitewashing history is a choice and a wrong one. I hope this channel makes better choices. They call the patriotic ones unpatriotic and that's hilarious. Why our boys fighting for Vietnamese dirt we'll never touch or help develop? "Patriotism". No questions asked 9r somehow youre unpatriotic, march blindly into cannon fodder and trust big goverment that is now owned by 4 arms dealers... right. Way to carry water for them as if needed. The patriots were the natives. The evil was pur leadership. These are career men doing a career job. No one calls carpenters national heroes for building affordable housing. That title is reserved for those who create pink mist. Vereneration, unwarranted.

[@nathanthompson3401]

Poor misguided fool; I doubt you know anything you write about. For example, the convictions of the people of ASEAN nations, who regard the US involvement in Vietnam as what lead to their collective freedom. You might look up Lee Kuan Yew of Singapore, or the struggle of Indonesia to contain a communist uprising that lead to years and thousands of deaths. My guess is you revere Pol Pot’s solution: “To keep you is no benefit, to destroy you no loss”. You ignore the corruption of Johnson, MacNamara, and Rusk as they violated and undermined those they sent to Vietnam. Again, gaiur superficial and elementary dialog is without value and void of meaning.

[@vacuator]

Hindsight is 20/20. Vietnam was a defining… and destructive conflict. I’m sure mostly for the men involved. They answered the call and fought for their country. Is war ever fair, or just? God Bless them for their courage and service. May we continue to learn from our demons.

[@rajsouth101]

@@vacuator was it more for your men then the men,women & children of Vietnam..?afterall,all the war destruction(napalm bombings) etc happened in land of their country..US army was "fighting for their own country" against a country which didn't even threatened their sovereignty in 1st place..I am not communist or card carrying anti-american "liberal",but common masses of USA will have to accept that it has illegally & immorally interfered in other countries internal affairs every now & then..which ultimately didn't end up well for most of those countries & sometimes even for yourself.

[@cnftnf]

You do realize we were asked to be there .

[@newtagwhodis4535]

@@cnftnf No one asks to be genocided. Laos and Cambodia still have millions of munitions to be unearthed/demined.