U.S. AIR FORCE PRECISION WEAPONS IN VIETNAM F-4 PHANTOM & A-4 SKYHAWK FILM 23424

A declassified U.S. Air Force film entitled “Any Target Any Time: Tactical Weapons Systems in Southeast Asia” and made during the closing years of the Vietnam War, this film explores the power of new aircraft and missiles during the war. Marking a giant leap forward in combat, the film discusses the need for advanced air support considering the forest canopies of Vietnam at mark 02:20 and ground-to-air missiles used by the North Vietnamese. To illustrate this point, at mark 03:50, the film reminds the viewer that although U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail, a logical system that wound its way through North Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia, on a regular basis, enemy work crews were quickly able to repair any damage. The introduction of such “unconventional” systems as the AC-130 side-firing gunship proved to be far more powerful during armed reconnaissance missions. At mark 06:30, we’re introduced to the OV-10, equipped with laser-targeted systems for use during daytime or nighttime missions. The technology gave way to additional laser bomb attacks and “precision bombing,” as noted at mark 07:45. Among the aircraft utilizing the technology was the F-4 Phantom fighter, as noted beginning at mark 08:10. Tactical Loran Stations, introduced at mark 11:00, also assisted the war effort and bolstered air superiority. The heat-seeking Sidewinder missile, introduced at mark 13:08, was another useful tool during dogfights. The use of avionics, including the development of the F-111 and the A-7D, are also discussed.
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[@ballzdeep6974]

Woah you actually get to see the vintage military demonstration video narrator guy

[@hansmueller3029]

And that 70s hair

[@mikemills69]

14 years of bent wrenches and busted knuckles on Phantoms. Treasured times.

[@splash5150izy]

^^^@Milton Michael Mills .. Thank you For Your Military Service :D} . ..

[@barneyboy7771]

I watched a recent doco about stripping down Phantoms for spare parts. They are still flying with a few countries. Absolutely amazed by the way the plane was put together. Work of art. The company concerned had its own box of tools and made the job look easy. Only problem was the North Viets liked them and get shooting then out of the sky with AAA and rockets.

[@desireegrisham3892]

Don't forget the burns.

[@mikemills69]

@@desireegrisham3892 no doubt. The list of victims and methods of damage are long!

[@CrazyFunnyCats]

Phantom is one of the most beautiful fighters. We hope you’re doing ok so many vets are suffering and deserve way more support from the government. Semper Fi 👍✨☕️✨ Our buddy Sidney Pickering was a US MARINE . R.I.P. 🐢

[@Spothface]

I was too young to go to Nam but I did work F4 C models at Luke for a few years in the 70's. One jet in the video Tail # 768 was a Jet I worked. No computer fault code to help you out on these jets. You had to know the jet really well. You could almost fix everything with a screwdriver pliers and a tube of RTV. We had five Pigs with Red Stars for kills in Nam. Our F4 C Phantoms beat the Navys F14 at Miramar in two weeks of air to air. All our Pilots were IP rated against brand new certified F14 crews. Without their 100 mile Phoenix missile system to make things fairly even the old Men put the hurt on the New Navy pilots. The last day the Navy had to pay for the Beer. Good Times.

[@sidv4615]

How old are you sir?

[@ILSRWY4]

F-14 is WAY over rated.... party... 1) its sexy lookin, 2) by early grumman marketing and 3) the movie top gun. 4) Bias by those who flew it

[@Spothface]

@@sidv4615 Hi Sid Im 62. Celebrated my 18th birthday in Basic. Yeah I remember mopping area bay A when the DI walked by me. I snapped to attention and said to the DI, Airman Spoth requests permission to speak. The DI said speak. Sir today is my birthday and after Im finished mopping area A may I have a smoking lounge break. The DI said Airman Spoth after you have finished area A proceed to area B and Mop that. Happy Birthday. That was a good lesson in keeping ones Yap shut for me! Have a great Day. Carry On.

[@Spothface]

@@ILSRWY4 I agree. Way to many Maintenance man hours on a F14 compared to all the other jets. Yet the Phoenix fire control system held the record for a missile hit at 102 miles I think it was for several years. Pretty damn good.

[@robertlucyksr667]

@@sidv4615 I worked the f14 powerplants and fuel systems from 82-90 and you are full of it bad mouthing the tomcat, we outflew phantoms from fallon to rosy roads. Plus they had no internal gun on most of them. The general electric J 79 was a beast though. I high powered many pratt and whitney tf 30 many times with the 5 stage afterburners.

[@dirtydave2691]

Loran was still in use during Operation Desert Storm. We had a Loran GPS on our vehicle when we went in to Iraq in Feb 1991. It read in latitude and longitude instead of the military grid reference system we were used to. It was better than nothing in the mostly terrain featureless desert.

[@jaminova_1969]

I was transferring, plotting, and digitizing paper maps on to CD-ROM's in the 90's, one map at a time! The Russians had some cool maps with interesting features, but the Egyptians are the best at drawing map symbols!

[@newellgirl]

LOVE the F-4 PHANTOM one of the GREATEST fighter jets...

[@Scorpio1351]

I recently saw a video of an f-4 being flown by Iran, apparently they are still using them on a regular basis...

[@CrazyFunnyCats]

@@Scorpio1351 tough as tanks . Imagine the computer upgrades

[@jafo766]

I want to be a firefighter said NO KID in the 1960's , one look at Robin Olds climbing into a F-4 PHANTOM was all it took to spark a million dreams in a million little boys mind's.

[@Supervillainmc]

All these films were once classified. Thx for Sharing These Films.

[@PeriscopeFilmII]

Our pleasure! Subscribe and consider becoming a channel member kzbin.info/www/bejne/hXWliGami8abi6c

[@DavidALovingMPF102]

I worked ECM pods on F4-Ds at Bentwaters, U.K., Woodbridge U.K. a long time ago. Scary jet for a 22 year old!

[@dannygunsix]

Being in country during 1969-1970 we had aircraft that could save our firebase from being overrun at nite.what a difference a year could make in technology.

[@billpugh58]

The presenter has the awkward stance down perfectly!

[@hansmueller3029]

Thank you Bell Laboratories, Raytheon and Westen Electric

[@mehran808]

world most beautiful fighter air craft

[@nealthedeal1]

Funny you should say that the way the end of the wings don't match the rest of the wing. It looks like half the design team were working in inches and the other half in centimeters and had to bodge the joint. Then another team couldn't decide how big or where to put the tail section so decided to split it into 3 equal parts at 120 degrees set from each other.? Then there was the whole where's the gun thing which seems that another team had to find a place for a gun and just bolted it to the underside of the aircraft and hoped nobody would notice this after thought add on job. Beauty is definitely in the eye of the beholder.

[@matthewarendt4416]

Worlds most sexiest fighter as well!!!!

[@larrysouthern5098]

I used to build Paveway II and Harm missles ... Hard work Great Memories... ..

[@estefanocalvo4725]

That intro is awesome

[@Joelontugs]

Thank you all for your service

[@john1959ism]

No mention of an A4 anywhere in this video, as the title promised.

[@gonorreascomunistas7942]

You don ser the vídeo then ... I listen phantom like 2 times ... See it again ; )

[@FN_FAL_4_ever]

Because this is a USAF film, not a USN film. I don’t know why the uploader put A-4 in the title.

[@belluh-1huey102]

I saw A4's during iron hand section

[@bamadeadhead]

4:15 scary stuff👍🏼😎👍🏼

[@sabercruiser.7053]

JUST LOVE IT.

[@racingsmurffi4640]

Amazing how fast after ww2 weapon systems and aircrafts developed

[@jerryrichards8172]

Mostly developed from nazi information.

[@racingsmurffi4640]

Also that some systems or platforms are still in use

[@johnanderson6946]

also the technological developments in the interwar period are fascinating on their own!

[@razony]

I was around 12 during all this and it still seems like watching WWII video's.

[@jerryrichards8172]

Watched every eavning on the news as kid.

[@machstem6390]

i love these

[@Nghilifa]

So that's what the 60/70s military training film narrator guy looks like!

[@johnhopkins6260]

Missed one of my favorites: F-4G Wild Weasel

[@abes.4040]

This video is probably from 1978, taking from the men's hairstyle. Ahhhhhh 1978, was 10 and to be honest, it was the most beautiful year in my childhood. I remember the afternoons after school playing with my friends. Then watching SWAT, The 6 MILLION DOLLAR MAN and Starsky and Hutch TV show on primetime television.

[@sillygoose2508]

Life was simpler back then the only concern was that Steve Alston's bionics wouldn't fail him or short circuit

[@fortunatebum]

Ok boomer

[@abes.4040]

@@fortunatebum No, Gen X now go back to your safe space snowflake.

[@abes.4040]

@@sillygoose2508 and the bionic arms and legs that could lift a car were anchored on flesh and bones. LOL

[@lukestrawwalker]

@@abes.4040 Yep and the next year Buck Rogers in the 25th Century would come out... I was about nine but hubba hubba them spandex catsuits those girls wore, and Princess Ardala's bikini and cape costumes... I seemed to notice that and appreciate it quite a bit... Later! OL J R :)

[@bobtis]

Late in the war technology was really moving ahead. Probably could have won the war if they wanted to do so, but it was winding down and we were not going to go down that road. AWACS

[@KB4QAA]

Pentagon estimates in 1964 and again around 1970 were the US could destroy NVN"s military capabilty within four months given no restrictions on targets and methods. Presidents chose to conduct a limited war during the entire action.

[@crazyhorse18]

Top 👍👍

[@bobw222]

"Rules of Engagement" What a croc. Never let the politicians micromanage the military.

[@diamond_tango]

Rules of Engagement are a necessity. The lines between surviving, completing strategic objectives, and kicking off world war three were extremely close during the Vietnam war, and the RoEs were designed to keep us within the first two.

[@SkyhawkSteve]

pretty interesting stuff, at least for someone who worked on that era of aircraft. I would note that the title should be modified to remove the "A-4 Skyhawk" text. The A-4 is not mentioned (which seems appropriate for an Air Force training film).

[@jaredcrotty251]

Thank you for your service.

[@splash5150izy]

^^^@SkyhawkSteve .. That's the Whole Reason I Watched This Military Film, I Didn;t See One Freakin' "A-4 Skyhawk" Naturally I was Dis-appointed :P] .v ..

[@CrazyFunnyCats]

Hughes research laboratories invented the laser in 1960 Howard Hughes👍 His father created the first tribit drilling head for drilling oil wells Everyone in the Hughes family was extraordinarily talented

[@robertlucyksr667]

You mean drilling right oil wells right genius.

[@CrazyFunnyCats]

@@robertlucyksr667 yes smartass thanks 😂👍

[@Agrav001]

Vietnamese poors and great warriors

[@ronrush11]

Go Navy!!!

[@splash5150izy]

^^^@ronrush11 .. Hurah! :D ] .v ..

[@whirledpeas3477]

Fun fact. I never knew anyone who had anything to do with F4s . But I love my America more than anything.

[@ericfoster7805]

We lost the war between the north and the south,..because we first lost the war between the ears of most Vietnamese.

[@fwh79FOXR6]

When was the war between your ears lost?

[@ericfoster7805]

@@fwh79FOXR6 Nearly all wars are first lost between the ears. When our government tried to scare everyone with the "domino theory", I was just a few years eligible for the Vietnam war draft,..and even then I thought that was a pretty stupid theory, that was when the Commie paranoia was all the rage. S.Vietnam was run by a corrupt government, also the majority of the Vietnamese valued solidarity and sovereignty over social doctrine. They made their bed, now they have to live with it, one day they may fix it,..but it is was and is there bed not ours.

[@KB4QAA]

JH: Lost? Well, no. The US helped hold off the Communists for over thirty years. A peace accord treaty was signed and the US left of its choosing. N. Vietnam broke the treaty and invaded S. Vietnam. The US chose to conduct a limited war to avoid a global war. At any time the US could have elimnated NVN"s military capblity within a few weeks. It demonstrated this ability in 1968 and again in 1972.

[@sillygoose2508]

@@KB4QAA you get it unlike a lot of shitheads we didn't lose we chose not to get involved in a war with China and Russia which supplied all weapons to the north and with a little self awareness the desperation seen at the us embassy in the fall of Saigon was good enough reason to be there and that's just an opinion thank you

[@f4tweet]

The Politicians lost the war. We were winning when I left.

[@jrbeeler4626]

Does anyone know why the audiovisual production work wound up in Military Airlift Command, as opposed to, say, Air Training Command (its educational) or Tactical Air Command (which did reconnaissance work)?

[@bc1969214]

late seeing this but probably because it was based at Norton AFB since Jan 1966 which would decide the parent command.

[@schoolssection]

And an already world-wide mission.

[@wiesenbefeuchter]

From when is it ?

[@user-ol1qm9ey7g]

ของจริงมีได้อันเดียว

[@user-um6mi7wm7r]

0:34 how come the 105mm m102 on Vietnam war time ?

[@etanneriii]

Just think about how good those sights are now.

[@rattmann36863]

I love the smell of burning jet fuel early in the morning. Why? Dang if I know. Did enjoy watching the F4 morning flights while in Turkey. Wish I had made pictures. F4s taking off with afterburners blazing and the sun coming up on the mountains they took off towards. Bout as close to combat as I got while in the AF.

[@jafo766]

NOTHING CAN $TOP THE U.$.A.F !

[@jaredcrotty251]

The air force presenter sounds a little like Reagan.

[@MrCatandMe]

Let's remember the party of Reagan for a moment. kzbin.info/www/bejne/o3-Wq2abiLt6baM

[@ohwell2790]

Actually thought he sounds like you

[@Sokol10]

13:01 - What is the plane hit by AA missile, their silhouette don't looks MiG's.

[@nicholasmaude6906]

What I can't understand is why the USAF and USN weren't allowed to target the SAM sites and NVAF airfields in North Vietnam? Being allowed to attack them would made airstrikes over North Vietnam a lot easier.

[@yellowboxster06]

We have the Johnson administration to thank for that ROE restriction. Johnson and his staff didn’t trust the military so a lot of the targeting was done by civilians in the White House at the expense of the military. It wasn’t until Richard Nixon came along that we had a much better opportunity to hit targets that brought the opposing team back to the negotiating table so to speak. This was actually a propaganda film to give folks that warm, pee-down-your-leg feeling that we could bomb the Vietnamese into surrendering. What it didn’t show, for obvious reasons, was the fact that later Linebacker missions resulted in the wasteful loss of many aircraft, including B52s, because of our politically-correct target strategy; a strategy that failed to stop the enemy’s ability to wage war. Air Crew moral was at an all time low and some crews even refused to fly the same civilian-planned ingress and egress routes over the north because the bad guys were just waiting with SAMs to take down a B52…and they did. It was painful to see intel film coverage of protected SAM and AAA sites setup and operating along those White House approved routes. It will always be true: to win the war you have to kill the enemy. There is no substitute.

[@nicholasmaude6906]

@@yellowboxster06 McNamara should've been prosecuted after he resigned.

[@_aesth.62]

The fact that when attacking the SAM sites was a really deadly threat, even with tactics and of course the latest SEAD Aircraft F-105G, still became a Major threat, even when you try to fly in a low altitude, they'll be pose a lot of AA batteries near the SAM Sites, even with some better anti radiation missiles

[@gavinhalm3016]

This guy's gotta be the younger brother of Rod Serling that grew up in Chicago, with that accent lol

[@DocFripouille]

I love the army, it's so... aseptic. All about eliminating the microbe, your enemy and never stating that your enemy is a human being. Yes, I know, "target" is way better as you avoid being emotional and you don't want that when concerning mass killing human beings. Of course, you'll never mention these boys respecting the opposition's courage and tenacity under fire, no that would be a crime to actually think your enemy has as much courage as you do and maybe more and has as much balls as you do maybe even more. The Vietnam monument in DC is the prime exemple of this, mentioning those poor poor 50k US boys who lost their lives there but would never ever pay homage to the 3 MILLION dead or wounded enemies, can you imagine that actually paying homage to your enemy too that did nothing but DEFEND his own country which you invaded?

[@user-nr9nc2pf1q]

Война это ужас человечества . Я не понимаю для чего надо простому человеку воевать ? Семья , дети , работа , спокойная жизнь и вдруг ВОЙНА !!! , ради чего , для кого , почему ??? Почему должны умирать миллионы простых парней и миллионы мирных жителей в этой войне ??? Ради какой политики ? Почему люди разных стран начинают ненавидеть людей других стран ??? Почему люди не хотят просто жить мирно и уважать друг-друга ? Разве плохо жить мирно , обрабатывать землю , растить детей ?????

[@Sokol10]

Why this stuff is called *war*, is all about kill the enemy guys, military and civilians if they are in the target area - before they kill you.

[@user-nr9nc2pf1q]

@@Sokol10 А почему эти парни враги ? Кто назвал их врагами и почему ? За какую идею американские парни убивали в'етнамцев и погибали сами ?

[@marcdemmon471]

Have you noticed it a male dominant sport killing is a man s job

[@belluh-1huey102]

what is the song used?

[@statsredner9399]

So how dose a free fall bomb fall to its targets unless if they put some little air burst things on them so they can glyd to there targets that if idk lol

[@Josh-qe5zl]

Any idea what year this was first produced?

[@modeljetjuggernaut4864]

I would have to say 1973 or 1974 judging from the 'Enter the Dragon' type music and the guy referring to ground attacks that were carried between '71 and '72

[@blueseanomad7435]

The music is titled (appropriately enough) 'Fight for Survival' by Johnny Pearson. I was released in late 72, so it has to be made sometime after that.

[@cedarbay3994]

I would guess '76 or so based on hairstyle and production

[@BradiKal61]

Early 70s

[@donaldkgarman296]

It has to be from 1974.......by 1973 We were Standing Down...Limiting Attacks severely

[@robertlucyksr667]

The lead sled, too bad they screwed the pooch by not integrating a 20 mm in the fuselage. That was a crime for our warfighters in nam.

[@lukestrawwalker]

More geniuses letting their brain get ahead of their sense... "The day of the gunfighter is OVER!" they said... then they figured out how wrong that was!!! LOL:) OL J R :)

[@bobtis]

Late in the war technology was changing big time. Just to late in the war.

[@darthbigred22]

No they won the war in the tactical sense, the NVA sued for peace and the US left thinking they pulled off another Korea. The NVA waited 2 years after the US had left and then attacked. The US just didn't come back that time and hence it was taken as a loss.

[@denniscashell2407]

Yep, 1944 all over again. now it's Ukraine with Russias first day taking out all US funded bio weapons labs.

[@bobtis]

@@denniscashell2407 this is Neville Chamberlain all over again

[@denniscashell2407]

@@bobtis na, that guy was buying time. Yet, I hear ya

[@ramonwoods1065]

GO AIR FORCE BECAUSE OF THEM WE WON!

[@k.sallar5218]

U.S. Lost the Vietnam war...

[@belluh-1huey102]

@@k.sallar5218 We didn't lose and idk why people don't take into account that this was a war fought by the south vietnamese government. The reason the US was there was to maintain peace and homeland security for the vietnamese. Btw, idk if this counts but, agent orange gave birth defects to future vietnamese children.

[@fredreddies1220]

Crispy critters

[@Pablo-lh3zj]

Con el f4 y a4 no pudieron vencer a charly por favor que les paso les gano charly por agotamiento

[@giannis9833]

Paveway I, HOBOS and Snakeye bombs..

[@marktroiani5401]

I like the technology but lament the futility in hindsight

[@edtrine8692]

The F-4 was better after they added the gun.

[@diamond_tango]

Not really. The navy had the right idea mounting the guns outboard on pods. You could have the exact amount of lead slung down range as you needed, or you could go in with only missiles or bombs if the situation called for it.

[@waynehendricks8187]

All these weapons we had are impressive but I still think building a wall starting at the DMZ to Laos.

[@sepulvedaman]

You must be a special kind of stupid.

[@chrislaveen543]

The Laotians refused to pay for the wall so the project was chitcan...

[@Joelontugs]

Can you imagine dealing with a spooky for the first time lol

[@muralisr2863]

Hi

[@bazzmcfury9550]

Low tech with unbreakable will beats ultra high tech and its dependency on it everytime. Cost the US both Vietnam and Afghanistan

[@desireegrisham3892]

And Viet Nam got capitalism.

[@bazzmcfury9550]

Tom Smith id like to agree Tom, but it took until 2009 to even start to fix the short comings in strategy and tactics of US forces. Politics and public opinion don’t effect A symmetrical weapon systems and there use in insurgent based conflict. The only military in the world that had any experience fighting insurgent type operations were the UK, and they were sidelined in the both Vietnam (these advisers were called in based on there experience in Malaysia/ Northern Ireland and were basically ignored) and this was repeated in both Iraq and Afghanistan. We were beaten plain simple by not taking on board the lessons we could have learnt. I don’t say this lightly I fought in both Iraq and Afghanistan like hundreds of thousands of others I wish it were a different story.

[@bamadeadhead]

Notice the WIDESCREEN😎 can you believe some nut job thought, hey we don’t need all that screen🤣

[@ohwell2790]

There was no wide screen anything in the 60's nut job.

[@user-um6mi7wm7r]

0:32 gunship ?

[@jeffreymartin8448]

Wally Cleaver?

[@rogerk2049]

Why was the dam not destroyed as well, War is war.

[@FRRitter]

30,000' at 800 mph... and wonder why the miss the target. Probably hurrying back for a t-time.

[@allgood6760]

War is a necessary terrible fact of life 😔✈️

[@guarenchafa4912]

@8:17.... how the fk is there enough room in the rear cockpit to fit a laser designator.

[@capotony]

Como perdieron la guerra con toda esa tecnología

[@luistaurus7036]

Política!...

[@dorfsteen]

G if they'd put machine guns on the nose of the F-4 Phantom in the beginning of the ward probably wouldn't have lasted so long. you can't fight and win a war with your hands tied

[@diamond_tango]

The F-4s gun was highly ineffective in the Vietnam war. The navy started off sending phantoms with gunpods, but they suffered just as much as the Air Force. It was only with the adoption of better training techniques that phantoms began to see more effective use.

[@slowneutron6163]

Not exactly regulation hair length there, eh airman?

[@Ammo08]

For the time it wasn't out of reg. AFR 35-10 was interpreted a little more loosely back then. No more than one inch of bulk thickness, tapered appearance on side and back, not touching the ears. It varied widely depending on the base and the command. SAC was a lot more stringent than say MAC.

[@KowboyUSA]

Only thing I can say about F-4 Phantom IIs is when they're tearing *ss, nape of the earth stuff directly overhead, it's the most indescribably loud experience imaginable. No. Make that _unimaginable._ Nothing should ever be that loud.

[@splash5150izy]

^^^@Kowboy USA .. True Must be Quite Frightening :P] .v ..

[@ohwell2790]

@@splash5150izy Not frightening, awesome is a better word. The roar of 2 J-79's in after burner is a wonderful sound, the sound of power.

[@splash5150izy]

@@ohwell2790 .. Oh if you say so Ha!!! :P] .v (Nmcfmamf) ..

[@lukestrawwalker]

LOL yep you're right! When I was a young guy fresh out of high school, I was up on top of a cotton picker out in the barnyard one day spray painting the machine. I was about 15 feet up on top of a sloped flat sheet steel roof that angled down about 30 degrees, hanging on with one hand and trying to keep from sliding off the d@mn thing by keeping the soles of my boots stuck on bolt heads, while I reached out as far as I could with the other hand operating the spray gun spraying paint on the roof of the picker basket. Anyway, this was the late 80's or early 90's, we still had a LOT of training flights come in over our farm on the Texas Coastal Plains about 45 miles west of Houston-- we'd see Navy A-4's and F-5's, and occasionally F-4 Phantoms. Well, as I was doing this precarious balancing act, I saw something out of the corner of my eye. I looked up and just about right then this F-4 comes screaming over must've been just shy of supersonic, because I literally never heard a thing, so I figure he's flying *almost* as fast as the sound of his plane is. Thing flew about 200-300 feet almost directly overhead, hauling @ss northward... Then of course right after he passes overhead, the earth-shattering blast of noise from those big jet engines hit, and d@mn near blew me off the roof of that sumb!tch @ss over teakettle to the ground below. I managed to hang on, but yeah I was awed and p!ssed at the same time. Pretty amazing though. I think they practiced coming in from the sea and headed north up toward Fort Hood, low level penetration raids or whatever. Even had a pair of A-10 Warthogs dogfight over the farm one day several years later... they were chasing each other, guy in front chops the throttles, pulls up steep and kicks over the pedals, and drops the plane into a side slip. Guy chasing him nearly flew up his tail, had no choice but go balls to the wall, throttle up to gain power and pull up and go over him. Meanwhile soon as he does the first guy reverses the controls, throttles up and drops in right on his @ss ready for the kill shot. Pretty d@mn amazing but yeah them big turbofans sound like Hoovers from H3ll... LOL:) OL J R :)

[@lazynow1]

the failure in Vietnam was an American military and civilian leadership issue, not combat power.....

[@user-ol1qm9ey7g]

มีอีกหลายคนยาฉันเล่นต่อเลยแกเป็นคนมักมากในกามารมณ์ผู้หญิงแกจะคุ้มคลั่งเสียสติ

[@markcorrigan3930]

" PRECISION"

[@umvhu]

A Pentagon study of Gulf War II found that less than 1 in 10 guided weapons hit their target. Grope a panda.

[@billrhodes5603]

Got a link to that claim?

[@bluenote2412]

Bullshit

[@ohwell2790]

Even if they did not they still killed some of the enemy

[@nateforrester435]

Sick of them using the word "conflict". To those people being shot at a legal definition doesn't mean a damn thing. Am I missing something? Perhaps you die differently in a "war" than you would in a "conflict"?

[@andrewstueven8225]

I think someone in the oval office homed in on a moab bomb because they have sticky fingers ,it is a very good video

[@emmanueltrejo4226]

16:24 Jesus Christ! Over kill much???

[@foreverpinkf.7603]

Sugarcoating failures, but interesting.

[@jfloresmac]

Pink Floyd, read about the Linebacker and Linebacker II bombing campaigns. North Vietnam was days away from surrendering when the politicos pulled on the leash. The US could won the war but for a few days and then lost it to the government.

[@colnago6501]

All that money wasted and all the good lives lost on both sides - and for what?

[@belluh-1huey102]

Imagine the slotted flaps actually helped in war thunder.

[@ampatriot]

Am I the only one to catch Ronald Reagan narrating this?

[@bobtis]

Early Cruise Missiles. Legal for attack???? Blow the fucking dam. That is why people. Great video. Thank you.

[@BushyHairedStranger]

And we still lost the Vietnam conflict....just as the French and the Russians before them. That fact speaks volumes to the courage, dedication, resourcefulness and integrity of the Viets, the Lao, the Cambodians and the south Vietnamese fortress. Americans got our asses kicked in Vietnam and it was all about rights to resources, primarily Opium.

[@robertlucyksr667]

More like the politicians screwed a whole generation of warfighters with their cowardly policies , that's why we lost the war, then our fine bunch of leftists treated Viet veteran's like trash, disgusting just like today. Hippies AKA TRASH.

[@diamond_tango]

If the draft wasn’t used and only voluntary recruitment was used, support for the war effort wouldn’t have broken so soon. Conscription is a tumor on the effectiveness of the military

[@robertomotta6323]

the sadness and that most of the time they bombed only the forest because the communications necessarily passed through the control tower in beijing and they always knew where and when the americans bombed i believe that the real bomb to use in vietnam was the cluster bomb ... that fell over a large area leaving even unexploded ammunition like mines

[@lukestrawwalker]

Which kills and maims people to this day. Cluster bombs were terrible... OL J R :)

[@Sub___Zero]

12:59 Something odd is happening here.... Thats..... F-15 killed by Phantom ?.......... of MiG-29 Killed by F-15 / Phantom ????

[@FN_FAL_4_ever]

Sub Zero that was a MiG-21

[@Sub___Zero]

israybil32980 Νοt even close.

[@vietnam_history6228]

Sub Zero you’re dumb

[@michelr8817]

Sub Zero mig21 Pointy wings tips

[@KB4QAA]

@FukAzz RS Mig-25's' were never in SE Asia theater.

[@EricLehner]

Before feminism - masculine energy, competence and achievement. So many young young men today have become afraid of women and seek their approval.

[@donaldkgarman296]

Hell.......these Children are afraid of thier own refections.

[@SolidMikeP]

Relax, enjoy the explosions and beautiful air frames. No need for politics

[@rebelwithoutaclue8164]

Striking trails that led to no where.. Total Waste.

[@luigidomenicopace1329]

And they lost the war btw

[@gonorreascomunistas7942]

The political war yes ... Military not

[@luigidomenicopace1329]

@@gonorreascomunistas7942 they definitely lost the vietnam war like they lost afghanistan/iraq war

[@georgivanev7466]

This is so 60's...

[@ronlynquist9183]

And the US still lost. Ho, Ho, Ho Chi Minh!!!!!

[@zamankadeem]

killers

[@migkillerphantom]

When North Vietnamese troops invade South Vietnam or murder thousands of civilians it's not a problem, but when American jets bomb these North Vietnamese forces suddenly you start giving a fuck?

[@lloydwagner3709]

We killed millions of CIVILIANS (not military) and it wasn't any of our damned business to even be there. By the way, killer, where has your freedom gone, and who took it from you? @@migkillerphantom

[@migkillerphantom]

@@lloydwagner3709 if the US did not get involved in Vietnam the communists would likely have made it much further than they actually did. And no, the US did not kill millions of civilians. The only thing the US did wrong was not actually finishing off North Vietnam when they had the chance.

[@petehutchins7062]

corpses

[@vmlelectronics]

@@lloydwagner3709 the communism has killed over 100M people during the 20th century, mostly their own citizens, just to keep the power and will of domination. Fidel Castro and his gangsters killed more than 50k people at Cuba; many others by Maduro at Venezuela, killing students and citizens in the name of the insane red flag! It's dishonest to call nazism criminal and not communism too.

[@amdg2023]

We should have gone nuclear, it would been over in a week.

[@SHaDow82898]

Capitalistas dropped more bombs on freedom vietnam people, than all sides during WWII. But capitalists loose. You think, nukes helped? It's in yours style, bloodsuckers.

[@bernhardwolf6172]

If your fathers nuked Vietnam you wouldn’t exist ´cause the Russians would have nuked the US with there complete arsenal

[@ne1cup]

where is the fun in that..

[@priscillachapkylo934]

Your insane look how what happened during the war most veteran end position being intoxicated by chemicals called Agent Orange/ Dixon effects people in Vietnam until this day.

[@diamond_tango]

Nuclear escalation would have ended the war, yes, but it would’ve opened a nuclear exchange with the soviets.

[@robertomotta6323]

MY STRATEGY TO WIN THE WAR OF VIETNAM: 1) DO NOT LOOK FOR THE ENEMY BUT WAIT IT 2) ON ALL SOUTH VIETNAM BUILDING HUGE AND SUPER FORTIFIED BASES 3) STOP THE TRAFFIC ON THE HO CHI MIN PATH AND STAY A LOSS OF TIME AND MATERIALS AND SCREWS 4) I WAITED FOR YOU AND THEN I WAS A AIR ATTACK FORCE THAT THROUGH THREE DAYS WOULD HAVE BRUSHED (BROKEN HARROW TOTAL) FOR THOSE WHO KNOW WHAT WANTED TO SAY BROKEN HARROW

[@vmlelectronics]

the vietcongs were similar to brazilian criminals, using guerrila techniques, tunnels, ambushment and local people as human defenses. Once the command has obeyed to the civilian claims of human rights and limitated military range the communists had enough rest to reinforce their troops. The politicians ruined the war, as are doing here nowadays...

[@barneyboy7771]

The US and its allies invaded the country uninvited, the VC were people defending their country. We lost from day one. Can you tell me where is Vietnam without looking at a map or your iphone?

[@SHaDow82898]

@@barneyboy7771 One vietkong guerrilla tech me how to cook "guerrilla fish". Now he is vietnam general. He have visited Russia 70th anniversary of the Victory in The Great Patriotic War and we meeted again.

[@belluh-1huey102]

@@barneyboy7771 I retort that vietnam wasn't meant to be an offensive war and was more like a proxy war.

[@belluh-1huey102]

Why number 1 doesn't work mate they wait for longer, Why number 2 fails, constant base attacks prevent construction, why 3 is not gonna work is that you are gonna have to stop a massive trail that has one main trail that splits into many others.

[@BK-uf6qr]

She is a disaster

[@user-rv4kz3cm6l]

покажите как ссср бомбили афган

[@diamond_tango]

I don’t think they went around making AudioVisual presentations on the technological developments of their wars. If they did it’s probably sealed up in some archive never to be declassified

[@bearing44]

MAGA

[@diamond_tango]

do not try to restore some mythologized past greatness, set your eyes on creating a new one.

[@johnharris7353]

I will never forgive the US government for Vietnam, the Vietnamese are wonderful people, I hate the US government , and I'm a veteran!

[@ohwell2790]

Lier!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@priscillachapkylo934]

Preaching brother indeed government is diabolical that used agent orange told you was safe nope just people sick and caught many health issue .

[@belluh-1huey102]

Without Vietnam, we couldn't get revenge on terrorists so I take Vietnam as a learning experience as without it we would lose the war in Afghanistan.

[@lukestrawwalker]

Now they're doing exactly the same in Ukraine... OL J R : )

[@diamond_tango]

And that’s your right as a citizen.

[@interman7715]

And whooped by a bunch of bicycle riding rice farmers lol.

[@mukeshkanna2889]

interman 77 euroshit pls

[@Truth_Hurts528]

How insulting to the Vietnamese. Bigot

[@TheDustysix]

With booby traps in the side baskets.

[@rogerpattube]

how many of their own people did these nice communists kill after they took over South Vietnam. Guesses anyone?

[@aaronanderson7619]

@terry waller dude, you need a different book.

[@user-ol1qm9ey7g]

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[@user-ol1qm9ey7g]

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