“MEN OF MAINTENANCE: SOUTHEAST ASIA” 1960s AIR FORCE CREW CHIEFS IN VIETNAM F-105 THUNDERCHIEF 52054

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This 1960s color film produced by the United States Air Force offers a look at aircraft maintenance procedures and the often overlooked men who performed them during the Vietnam War era, using documentary footage and informal, macho narration to highlight the unique appeal and responsibility of what was once disparagingly known as the “grease monkey” profession, in a plea for respectability (15:05).
The seal of the United States of America Department of the Air Force. Opening titles: “The United States Air Force presents Men of Maintenance Southeast Asia” (0:08). A Republic F-105 Thunderchief lands with a parachute following “a bombing run over North Vietnam,” according to narration. A flight crew climbs a ladder and meets with a crew chief (0:30). A maintenance debriefing with pilots and their commanding officers, “malfunction junction” (1:25). A maintenance crew goes to work, managing cables, control panels, and switchboards of the aircraft fuselage (2:02). An interview with a pilot, DeMarzo of the Air Force (2:26). A shirtless mechanic hard at work stops for an interview, his hands covered in grease (3:00). A de Havilland Canada DHC-4 Caribou twin-engine cargo aircraft taking off, and on a tarmac (3:42). Crews work in a hangar on disassembled engines. Inside a maintenance control center. A mobile maintenance unit, a “troubleshooter on wheels” (4:00). An engine oil analyzer. A propeller engine gets an overhaul (4:45). A Cessna O-1 Bird Dog observation craft. An interview on the subject of staffing air controllers and crew chiefs in South Vietnam (5:33). Jungle brush on the horizon while the interviewee tells of “Charlie” taking potshots at the airstrip (6:20). Three men share cans of coke with a young Vietnamese boy, a “sharp kid.” They explain that he has been helping with work, doing odd jobs. In exchange, they are paying his school tuition (6:38). A Cessna O-1 Bird Dog (7:11). Electricians make repairs. Carpentry work. An officer directs their construction work, talking over hammers. An excavator dumps sand. Three kinds of weather: “Very hot, very wet, or both” (7:15). An interview, almost drowned out by the hum of engines. “Noise, always noise.” A man explains his preference for night shifts due to the cooler weather and better rest. Men sleep in a barracks (8:08). “Then there’s one more environmental problem, named Charlie.” Vietnamese in conical hats. A man explains that the barracks are new because the old ones were burned down in an attack (9:03). A man holds letters from home. A control room. A day of R&R. Men enjoy a cookout with a dog (10:00). Sergeant Richardson and a Catholic nun organize a group of local children in an orphanage. Kids play on a swing set (10:38). A maintenance man listens to a story about a “two MiG kills,” (Soviet aircraft) (11:50). A white pilot fills the screen as he compliments a black maintenance man, who is cropped out (12:35). A man in an office talks about how maintenance workers’ responsibilities have changed over the years (13:12). Men sing a folk song over end credits: “The End, produced by Aerospace Audiovisual Service, Military Airlift Command, SFP 1571: (14:28).
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[@forresthinkle6781]

BG Robin Olds recognizing his maintainer. He was a true and great leader.

[@georgemartin1436]

Like to see a movie about Robin

[@davidcole8448]

Without a doubt.

[@bluemarshall6180]

@@georgemartin1436 What about Batman.

[@JeffreyWilliams-dr7qe]

Didn't the Col. Fly the F4 ? Let's bring up Capt. Ritchie as well

[@davewitter6565]

From a pilot with 27,000 plus hours, respect to all Maintenance Technicians, who made it all possible.

[@martinmoffitt4702]

THANK YOU ! and Thank you Sir for your service!

[@123andme]

Thank you!

[@tommystoner689]

Wow. Two legend pilots in that film. Captain Max C. Brestel (the pilot who shot down the two MiGs in one mission) and Colonel Robin Olds.

[@jockwoodsman]

Robin Olds. Wow he brings back memories of operation "BOLO". I believe was the code name for the mission he conceived to knock out NVA triple AAA fire from NVA radar sites. Mission was a total success. What a man. From flying P-51's in WW2 to F-4's in Vietnam. What a man, I hear his picture is still hung in ready rooms in many branches of the services. What an Icon.

[@ernestsabatino826]

Was on takli afb in 65 to 67. Crash recovery crew. Brings back many memories seeing these clips of the base. We had the 105 jets ,b66 reconnaissance, and many more planes. Did pick up planes off the end of the runway at times. Was 18 at that time now 76 !!!. Still remember!!!!!!!!!.

[@martinmoffitt4702]

God bless Sir Thanks for your service! How could you possibly forget? Be well in the New Year My self a former Crew Chief fromanother era

[@junder111]

My father, Paul Underwood, was also stationed there at that time, but didn"t make it back. MIA

[@tomchai574pochaithong2]

Thanks you for your service. I am from takli thai air force base i am about 10 that time. Now I am @ Michigan.

[@suzannemckenzie2873]

My dear husband was in ground support equipment in Phu Cat. The tractors, generators etc. I think he worked in the bomb deposit too. He died six years ago. So nice to see other support guys in the field.

[@howardelzey2760]

My father was a support equipment mechanic at Phu Cat during the 67 / 68 time period. He passed away in 1998 from cancer. I have several photos of him with his buddies while there. Your husband might be in one of them.

[@suzannemckenzie2873]

@@howardelzey2760 Hello. I wanted to check when Paul, my husband, was in country. I believe it would have been May1969-May 1970. Does that fit with your father’s time? Not sure how you can share photos here. God bless you

[@howardelzey2760]

@@suzannemckenzie2873 my father was there from April 67 to April 68 so I guess they missed each other by a year.

[@suzannemckenzie2873]

@@howardelzey2760 Thanks for reaching out. May they and all our beloved dead rest in peace

[@Monaro1964]

What a pleasant surprise to see Col. Robin Olds in there. What a warrior.

[@jumpingjeffflash9946]

as a former F-16 crew chief in the USAF this was great to see and hear the words from the appreciative crews and Col.Olds. Also cool to see the old school (pre-McPeak) stripes.

[@georgemartin1436]

Like to see a movie about Robin

[@davidcole8448]

@@georgemartin1436 He was a big guy, and he knew the Vietnamese never trusted or cared for the Chinese.

[@ypaulbrown]

@@georgemartin1436 there is a movie about him.....on KZbin somewhere, I have seen it years ago

[@jamesberwick2210]

Our wing, the 388th, was kept out of North Vietnam by Good Old Robin Olds. he didn't want our F-4E's with their guns, chasing off the Migs. So, we were kept out for a while, but not for ever. When he was trying so hard to get that fifth kill, making him the first three war ace, WW2, Korea and Vietnam, we'd go in and the Migs stayed on the ground, cheating him of a kill that day.

[@Getoffmycloud53]

@@georgemartin1436 +1 on Olds

[@b1pig]

My dad was a retired USAF crew chief. He wouldn't talk much about his time out that way, but grumbled that many didn't consider them "veterans" because they were not on the "front lines". He did mention that many times he had to duck behind a truck or sand bags to take cover from bullets. That there had been snipers. That rockets and grenades and been fired/thrown at them from "outside" the bas. I think the concept of "front lines" was lost on all of the conflicts in that region. I'm not sure if he knew this video existed, but much of the scenery in the video is much of what he had in his photo albums.

[@speedracer2336]

He is a Vietnam veteran who was in country, rocket attacks, etc. Others never set foot on Vietnamese soil and received credit as Vietnam veterans. Your father served over there, you can be proud of that!

[@martinmoffitt4702]

B S He's a Veteran doing his job as any other veteran would and has to do! Thank you for your father's service! from another "Crew Chief"

[@geraldmorain3166]

-40°F MINOT CREW CHIEF B52G 1982 ,PEACE .

[@geraldmorain3166]

@@martinmoffitt4702 thank you.

[@robertstack2144]

Me too, in RVN we only got hit twice that I can recall. But I did a lot of killin every night. Killed numerous Schlitz cans until the class 6 store got Budweiser. Good thing no Bud lite back then. Maybe too today.

[@anders5645]

Robin Olds = American hero. Wish there were more like him! As an old cc myself I appreciate his comments.

[@howardwilkerson2958]

I was a crew chief on the A1E in Vietnam and Udorn Thailand. It was one tough aircraft. Worst sot up one I seen came back with 168 holes in it. Had bullet holes in the prop and external fuel tank. The Squadron Commander came out to fly my A1 and on start up it started back firing really bad and shooting flames out of the carb intake. He lets off starter and I climb up on the wing and check his throttle setting. Reset it for him and it fired right up.

[@robertpenoyer9998]

I want to thank PeriscopeFilm for posting this video. As an F-105 Aircraft Radio Repairman, 388 AMS, Korat, Oct '68-Oct '69, where I was a Staff Sergeant, it's good to see the work of guys like me being appreciated and memorialized in this video.

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[@roypribble2233]

I was just before you, '66-'67, with 388th A & E instrument shop, Korat RAFB, Thailand.

[@Chip_TN]

12:50 Tripple ace Robin Olds.

[@ypaulbrown]

in multiple wars too

[@jamesberwick2210]

Somewhere along the line, we grew the nickname, "Ramp Rat". I'm proud to have joined that group, spent most of eight years in the Air Force, on a ramp fixing anything that flew. Worked Avionics, INS/Doppler.

[@HootOwl513]

Greetings Brother Ramp Rat. I was an Avionics tech on the AV8A Harriers: Cherry Point, Iwakuni Japan and MCAS Yuma AZ. Although trained as a Radar Systems Troubleshooter, the Harriers didn't have radar, so I changed a lot of batteries on the flight line in all weathers.

[@spankyharland9845]

Pilots- always be good to your crew chief and the fellows who service your aircraft, your life hangs in their hands.

[@barrydysert2974]

i knew a Viet Nam vet who did this kind of work. During the latter part of his career he worked for an Air Force general. Traveling with the general, he kept his plane ready to fly anywhere in the world at a moment's notice. He had a wealth of stories about globe trotting. i miss you Jim Taylor. i wish i had told you how much i respect you when i had the chance 🙏🕯️

[@terryhopper6039]

Qe!!

[@Texeq]

Awesome video. I was a crew chief 5 years after Vietnam; C-130s then C-141s. A great bunch to work with and a great 1st Sgt. God bless them all.

[@eckhal2]

Nice, thanks for posting ! Memories of my four years 1966-1970 of USAF maintainer years, avionics instruments, Iceland - ADC, then MAC - Dover & Rhein Main and many TDY's.

[@tomchilton8099]

I was a crew chief on an F-4 in Ubon Thailand Jan 1965-Jan1966. I never worked harder and enjoyed it more. It was very satisfying to launch your bird full of bombs or missiles and have it return empty. Then you know you did your part for freedom.

[@PeriscopeFilm]

Thanks for your service to our great nation.

[@dwightl5863]

Question for you Sir: It was stated in the film that each hour of flight time the plane would require 40 man-hour's of maintenance. Seems to be a lot of time. That 3 hour sortie now needs approx 120 man-hours maintenance. Were there than many technicians and planes to accomplish, I'm assuming, missions on a daily or more often basis?

[@epicstorm2006]

@@dwightl5863 I wondered the same thing. I know a few F-105 Crew Chiefs; I'll ask and get back to you.

[@user-se4pj6hs3l]

I was at Ubon Udorn 70-71 We had C 130 Gunships at Ubon NKP worked on A1E and CH 3 chopper

[@davegt27]

from my 33 years in acft maintenance I look back on a lot of stories, when we went into Iraq 2004 we still had a few Vietnam vets, these days well before Covid a Vietnam vet (maintainer) and I went for breakfast/lunch once a week.

[@rf4c1018]

I was a crew chief on both the B-66 and the RF-4C fighter at the NAF in El Centro and RAF Alconbury England. Earned my wings on the B-66. Excellent aircraft.

[@MikeSiemens88]

As a retired Canadian Forces tech it was great to see a de Havilland Caribou in this clip! 3:07 One of the few Canadian built aircraft to serve with the US military. The Buffalo, its slightly bigger brother with turboprop engines serves in the Search & Rescue role in the RCAF to this day. They're only now being retired, replacement is the 'Kingfisher" manufactured by Airbus in Spain. Big shoes to fill.....

[@timpeterson2738]

I volunteered as a spotter with search and rescue with Air force and Sar techs, lots of time in otters, labradors and Buffalo which you could experience Zero "G"s if the crew was into it, was just like the nasa barf plane effect, it was so cool. Tough bird that Buffalo I saw 90 % of BC and 25 % of Alberta real low and close . Best thing I did as a teenager.

[@MikeSiemens88]

@@timpeterson2738 Awesome. I spent the end of my career in support of the Labrador fleet at NDHQ in Ottawa. Great way to finish, on a fleet rescuing folks vs an airborne weapons platform. It got me right back into the meat of my trade too vs being a hands off supervisor at an operational unit. One of my more memorable trips was in a Labrador from Comox to a heli logging operation near Bella Coola. We were looking at a new engine condition control system Columbia Helicopters had installed on their Vertol 107's.

[@7otto666]

Side note: I can tell that the narrator is the actor James Gregory, who's most famous for playing Inspector Luger on the show Barney Miller.

[@jamesmack3314]

I knew he sounded familiar..he was in something else I can’t put my finger on ....hmmm

[@StrayCatOrwell]

He played in Star Trek the original series, also did some appearances in the 60’s westerns like Big Valley and Bonanza. Usually played the bad guy.

[@martinmoffitt4702]

He's a VET too! Did a lot of training movies

[@michaelannen4168]

Thx it was driving me nuts

[@givemepizzaorgivemedeath3983]

what a grind... with the added feature of being shot at. The war was thankless for those vets. I have max respect those guys.

[@nonyabiz9487]

My dad was an AF crew chief on F-100s and F-4s during the Vietnam conflict. I did maintenance in the Marine Corps on old tired hand me down Navy aircraft. I can tell you this the Marines that kept that garbage flying were miracle workers that would put mother Terrassa to shame. A couple of our helicopters dated back to the Vietnam war and you could still see the patch work down on them from the VC snipers. Huge military budget cuts that all the hippy liberals love so much made the Marine Wing almost unflyable. It got so bad we were pulling off parts from old static display museum aircraft and sneaking out like ninjas so security guards wouldnt catch us. Planes gotta fly and get Marines into combat! Marines are the pirates of the aviation world! Those planes went to war in Iraq! They werent retired to the bone yard till the mid 2000s. I say they were junk however the Marine aircraft were amazing piles of magical aeronautical wizardry to last through so many conflicts for so many decades. Freakin patched up leaking Frankenstein planes that wouldnt die! If you want to know were the Marine aircraft are at the airshows looks for the patched up faded grey looking junk with the huge puddles of hydro fluid under them...

[@SandfordSmythe]

"Hippie liberals" ?

[@markkatemcghee2381]

That was fantastic. Best one yet thanks for posting.

[@Hand6108]

Former B-1B crew chief here. Thanks for uploading. Awesome video.

[@jockwoodsman]

Much respect. The B-1B is one heck of an aircraft

[@ChoChan776]

damn, I know you had a lot of late nights working on that thing.

[@worldssickestmedia2713]

That's what my grandfather did in Vietnam. He was a USAF Master Sergeant, so I think he was in charge of a whole fleet.

[@harrykuheim6107]

Not quite...USMC 70-74

[@worldssickestmedia2713]

@@harrykuheim6107 He served from 1952-1977. So he was in the Korean conflict as well.

[@obfuscated3090]

It's a fun job but who was in charge of what then as now is a matter of position which may be filled by a variety of ranks as the mission and manning dictate. MSgt roles vary in flightline maintenance and there (in the USAF) was no "fleet" as such. In that era aircraft squadrons were maintained by maintenance units. Aircraft maintenance units performed different tasks and a MSgt might have (if they were in the position of Pro Super) supervised maintenance for a given shift or run a "flight" (group of maintainers broken out by specialty). The work is interesting (I was comm/nav on Broncos and Phantoms then an engine troop later merged with crew chiefs on F-16s from '81 to '07) and I recommend it to any gearhead or techie. My trainers and mentors were of your grandfathers era, and many who retired a few years before I enlisted went on to long civilian maintenance careers with Lockheed, Pratt & Whitney, Raytheon, General Electric and many more. Some went to civilian GS jobs in government aviation (vesting two retirements is glorious!).

[@worldssickestmedia2713]

@@obfuscated3090 He was maintenance over the planes that did mid air refueling for combat missions. Then his last couple years he kinda coasted along in the Athletic dept on base. Then once he retired Delta hired him for an important position in maintenance and when he got to Atlanta found out it was a job with his own big fancy office. And he was like I've been working out and doing body building for the last 2 years and then before that I was in a war. I'm sorry but I'm not sitting in a fking office all day. I'll go crazy. So then he got a job with BellSouth as a lineman hanging out of bucket trucks and helicopters and shit. And he retired at that too after they offered him an office job at 65 years old. Grandpa is old now but still ain't no pussy. He was a bad mthrfkr.

[@warped-sliderule]

Always had great respect for the AMS guys, working all shifts 24/7. Engine test cells running in the middle of the night, reminded everybody of the dedication. Thousands of sorties for the past 20 years of war, we are in debt to these men as much today as back then...

[@davidharris2519]

love the narator was a good cop and so funny on Barney Miller

[@jfchonors8873]

James Gregory - “ Inspector Luger”

[@marcosambrosino]

Nice to watch Robin Olds in this video! I've got nuts with his book Fighter Pilot. A salute from Brazil!

[@rl64rl]

Awesome video!! Thank you

[@nateg6320]

This was a great video!

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[@jorgejefferson8251]

I don't recall his name, but the pilot talking about his sortie at 12:04 completed 100 missions in the F-105. I saw it in a "Wings" episode about the 105 on the discovery channel many years ago.

[@rapman5363]

Excellent content!!

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[@rollyherrera623]

My favorite Uncle was a C-130 for his entire career...My fav plane in it's AC class, and now it's "J" class; A workhorse! The Mechanics keep those birds ready anytime, anywhere!!!

[@clintmorgan1491]

I hope Apprentice mechanic Yen got a free ticket to the USA before the fall of South Vietnam.

[@nomis777]

amazing video...cheers

[@torgeirbrandsnes1916]

Great video! Many a unsung hero here.

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[@martinmoffitt4702]

Is that the voice of actor James Gregory from Barney Miller?

[@gmc302six]

Yes, it is. Thanks for putting his name on here. I remembered him from TV shows many years ago. Google him - it's amazing his film & TV career.

[@christophersmith2241]

My brother served two tours in Vietnam, as a Radar Tech in the Air Force 1967-1968 then 1969-1970.. Because he received Incoming Fire and incoming Mortars, he earned the Combat ribbon amongst Numerous other Ribbons. He did shoot his M16 at the enemy, He never had Nightmares or Flashbacks, he said his two tours was actually Comfortable, and safe for the most part. Yet, my cousin did One tour in Vietnam, 1968, Infantry, and he had a lot of PTSD after he returned home. But he got better with help some years later. My brother did 6 years active and 14 in the Air National Guard reaching E-7 Master Sergeant. It’s amazing how 2 different Branches of the service and MOS (Military Jobs) can dictate the outcome of the rest of your life I served four years in the Marine Corps, Artillery, My hats off to all the Men and Women who served and keep us safe and free 🇺🇸

[@PeriscopeFilm]

God bless your family for their service to our great nation. You must be super proud Marine.

[@mikesmith7249]

2:20 rare sight to see F-102A in camo

[@manfromanywhere]

Indeed from 1965 all Dueces of the 509th FIS in Vietnam wore camo; later also in the ANG and from the early 70s also in the Hellenic AF.

[@robertschultz9264]

Jet Engine Mechanic, 43rd FMS (Strategic Air Command), Andersen AFB, Guam Jan, 1985 to Mar 1986, B-52G and KC-135A

[@philclemens1677]

This is gold.

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[@Red-rl1xx]

Great video!

[@That_Freedom_Guy]

Hi all, ever since I was a child, I have wanted to be a pilot. When I tried to join the airforce, initial medical tests proved that I was colourblind. So, that was a life dream utterly smashed to pieces. Undeterred, I tried to do helicopter maintenance for the army. "I can't fly, but I would be honoured to work on these aircraft", I told the army guy. He said, " I don't think you understand the real purpose of the army, son". They didn't let me give it a fair go. So fate decrees that aviation is not my legacy; at least I tried! 🙄

[@av8bvma513]

"Hey Barney..." James Gregory, damn fine voice for narration!

[@CSltz]

My Dad started with the F-80 and stayed 20+ years. With a trip to Takhli. and Saigon about 65-66. The he retired material control. After starting in maintenance. The gripe shesion part was fun to see. He said one of the pilots wrote down on the krateck sheet. That one of the gauges had a light bulb “Half burned out.” He and the rest tried to figure that one out. Come to find out. The gauge had two lights inside only one was working.

[@atatexan]

Fine video

[@Hyprmtr]

Is James Gregory from the Barney Miller show narrating this video?

[@benjaminblackmon9130]

Me, Foster, Kleiner, & Brownie… ❤️ Inspector Luger.

[@ypaulbrown]

you got it...

[@p71collector]

Yep, I was thinking that was him also.

[@jamesanderton344]

He was the original cop named Barney.....played Barney Ruditsky on “The Lawless Years”.

[@richardwillett]

anybody see Robin Olds best stash in the USAF!

[@gmc302six]

I was fortunate to meet him at the EAA Oshkosh Airventure in 1998. He is one of my Air Force heroes.

[@jamessnyder1175]

My dad, whom I am very proud of started with B47s . Worked on C130s at Little Rock Arkansas with dual rails. Retired and went civil service to work on T38s up in Holloman AFB in New Mexico. Later moved to Patrick AFB in Florida with transit alert I believe. He is fully retired now and I remember him as a hero to this day and hard worker. Love you dad and I salute your service to our country. God bless him and the other service members.

[@Moman46250]

I was a 462 in the cold war. B-52Gs.

[@LMTDDS]

Robin Olds, dashing for sure. At 12:47. Saw his headstone at the AF Academy cemetery.

[@benjaminblackmon9130]

(12:35) white pilot cropped out mechanic… that pilot is triple ace Col(later Brig General) Robin Olds, a man with a fascinating story.

[@Lyndanet]

Has he written a memoir?

[@tater_relocater]

@@Lyndanet yes it’s a good book, called fighter pilot

[@tgamron]

@@Lyndanet yes.

[@mattottie6410]

Crew chiefs should get more credit, we did a lot of hard work keeping the aircraft operational ready. Hot as hell out there on the flightline..

[@ypaulbrown]

wonderful....

[@800624]

U.S. Air Force retired. Crew chief on O2, T38, F15, F16. Thanks for the video. I never got shot at just worked half to death. Too bad we didn't have a timeclock.

[@PeriscopeFilm]

THanks for your service to our great nation.

[@APGJuggernaut]

This is amazing to see. I served from 2000-2022 as a crew chief. Whole different world back then. Shirts were optional. Hats on the flightline. What the hell was PPE? Local national kids helping on the line? Unimaginably wild by todays standards but looks like an awesome group of folks making the mission happen.

[@yetizero5563]

супер спасибо

[@ediutama6681]

In military, whoever you are, what your unit is, wherever you are assigned to, including in the unit kitchen, you are an indispensible part of a mighty power to defeat enemies...

[@MichaelPelestano-it4ym]

Rip dad 43rd flightline latedoafb 1959-63

[@jwagner1993]

Amazing

[@ernestsabatino826]

Takli air force base was 100 miles north of Bangkok, Thailand.

[@Plaprad]

Damn I miss that job. Some of the best/worst years of my life.

[@Darknamja]

Deployed with the 4TFW, 336th TFS, SJAFB to Ubon RTAFB in '73. 😉

[@rapman5791]

The narrator sounds like actor Gerald O’Laughlin. He played so many men in uniform he is right out of central casting. I’m not sure if it’s him, but it sure sounds like him.

[@lesliebarfoot3981]

Great film, enjoyed every second. I wonder what happened to the kid pushing the Cessna?

[@jonoedwards4195]

Hope He was full of Brains, Probably owns a Suburb in Sydney,, Hopefully? All the best Leslie. All those destroyed lives an not One Vet ever went Psycho on the Turds who sent Them?

[@rogerevans3112]

Talking maintenance and the first seen is a BB stacker

[@paulaccorsini1228]

Robin Olds- Fighter Pilot

[@GhostbotKnownKiller]

pavehawk crew chief 2012-2016. "Best job I ever had".

[@Lyndanet]

What is the exact year of this recording 1967 ? It seems much later than stated in the description.

[@robertspeicher5047]

At Tahkli AB. 1969....An F -105 pilot ,while doing a roll in flight, discovereda mouse. When he leveled , the mouse dropped back down to where ever it lived. The crew chief could not the mouse.

[@StrayCatOrwell]

Obviously a house mouse. 😂

[@B1900pilot]

ROBIN OLDS...American Warrior King

[@htownkemp]

Narrated by the great character actor James Gregory I do believe.

[@luciusvorenus9445]

Wow! At 12:46 is Colonel Robin Olds!

[@heribertawells387]

IFR maintenance on the KC135 Altus AFB Ok 75-78 miss those birds

[@joekoelker9038]

AFB 1966-70 B52 and KC135 then C141 and C5A Transportation sqd Sgt J H KOELKER.

[@polycarphunter2257]

who remember the freeze-dried steaks that would come in big tins. we would soak them in beer to rehydrate them before the bbq.

[@taris8822]

Hallo sehr niheives Video schönen schönes

[@NA-me6sh]

Inspector Luger from Barney Miller- narrator?

[@victorvargaslavin2104]

¿Era el coronel Robin Olds?

[@Hyperactive1101]

The one who is narrating the story his voice makes me relax calm and sleepy

[@rickmcguire9930]

James Gregory is the narrator

[@marmaly]

@@rickmcguire9930 I was just looking up his name. Recognized his voice immediately.

[@389383]

I recognize the narrator's voice from countless 60s and 70s tv shows. Can picture him but don't know his name.

[@rickmcguire9930]

James Gregory

[@oliversmith9200]

"Long after we've gone home, a generation of Vietnamese children will remember the tall American"... Well, they certainly do remember the tall Americans, etc. I remember when Robert McNamara confessed the lies he told us. Just like the lies we're told today. (USAF, SAC, B-52 D maintenance, Honorable Discharge.)

[@traveler582k5]

No mistaking James Gregory narration

[@TheReadBaron91]

Wonder if any of this was filmed in Korat, was there for a month or so in the USMC in 2011-2012; I know a lot or most of this was likely filmed in Vietnam, but probably a lot of supporting footage from all around the area

[@humbolt45]

Most likely any video showing a flight line of F-105’s was filmed at either Takhli or Korat as they were the only bases deploying this fighter.

[@TheReadBaron91]

@@humbolt45 good to know, thank you!

[@Prince_Yonte]

Anybody know the song they were singing at 10:11?

[@user-sw2er4bv1r]

whats that plane at 4:36

[@jayojay2]

Is that James Gregory doing the narration?

[@lordofbathurst]

Todays car mechanics can learn a thing or two about this video with regards to honest work and adhering to safety regulations through concentration and sheer enthusiasm about the work rather than the number at the bottom of the invoice.

[@philliplopez8745]

It is his aircraft, he just loans it to the pilot .

[@waltsnow1762]

If it wasn't for the us 462's , Weapons Loaders, the Air Force would just be a very expensive ''flying club '' ! Phan Rang AB ,66-67, 8th/13th Tactical Bomb SQ, B-57's , "'BLMF's'' Operation: Rolling Thunder !

[@flukedogwalker3016]

Those lucky guys at Naked Fanny working on planes and laying Thais for the railroad.

[@seanedwards8406]

The unsung heroes that make it all possible

[@Supervillainmc]

The voice of the narrator sounds real familiar

[@andrewbartczak5941]

James Gregory. he played inspector Luger on Barney Miller in the '70s. Many other good roles throughout his life.

[@davidcole8448]

@@andrewbartczak5941In one of his movies he played a General, a gorilla General in one of the original Planet Of The Apes movie, way back in the sixties.

[@ypaulbrown]

@@davidcole8448 you got that right

[@rickcarter4417]

Gregory played Elvis’ father in Clambake. He was also Morgan Hastings in the Sons of Katie Elder. A great character actor.

[@iplaysalot9141]

Please upload any old asian countries videos

[@thomasbane4186]

David Bane my father F4 pneumatics hydraulics

[@x-pertcommander9361]

18th Wing the rock 92 46250E

[@Silvertone58]

Narrator sounds like Inspector Luger from Barney Miller.

[@richardmcgeehan6496]

Air Force 68/72

[@HennyvilleX]

Very good and well narrated documentary. Kudos to the guys who paid the tuition for the boy🫡