Peter Thomas is one of THE BEST narrator’s ever…You’ve heard him on Forensic Files !
@jaminova_1969 Жыл бұрын
It is difficult to imagine that this ship is due for retirement in a couple of years. I'm glad I was lucky enough to have gotten to work on her at some point in this vessels career! Go Navy!
@truckerray75332 жыл бұрын
Been there, done that aboard the USS Nimitz CVN-68 & the USS Constillation CV-64 & it take extreme balls of steel & nerves as hard as diamonds to work the deck during carrier flight ops day & night, & no time to choke up or be afraid for any reason. It was a freakin blasts!!! This film brought back some good memories as well as some bad ones. . . .R.I.P. Shipmates--- SALUTE!!!
@davidefland19852 жыл бұрын
Mh last deployment in the Navy was on the Constellation
@truckerray75332 жыл бұрын
@@davidefland1985 Thankya for your service "shipmate!" When we're ya in. . . .what was your rate???
@davidefland19852 жыл бұрын
@@truckerray7533 1978-98. Rate AMH-1
@robr99052 жыл бұрын
Saw this in 1981 at NAS Pensacola ( class 36-81, GySgt Clark ). Wow so many years ago.
@J_Calvin_Hobbes Жыл бұрын
Just as this film started, the sounds of a jet was very, VERY loud. I pressed volume mute on my remote, turns out military jets were flying over my house 😁
@dmx-terminator961410 ай бұрын
My favorite squadron, vf-143 F-14, flashed into the frame 14:25 .
@timanderson55436 ай бұрын
Pukin dogs.
@marctronixx2 жыл бұрын
The great Peter Thomas on narration! Sounds just like he did on Paul Hardcastle's song entitled "19".
@davidefland19852 жыл бұрын
I was ship’s company on the Nimitz lM2 division Hydraulic shop 1986-89. We deployed to change homeports from Norfolk to Bremerton Washington. That was airwing 8’s last deployment with the Nimitz VF-84 and VF-41. Nimitz is now the oldest operating carrier in the Navy commissioned in 1975.
@justinegorski2703 Жыл бұрын
My ex husband was in IM-4 from 81 to 84.
@dutch96642 жыл бұрын
1974 I was one of the newest crew of USS Nimitz best fighting sailors ever trained.
@iroezekiela72952 жыл бұрын
Tomcat is a BEAST
@hiigara20852 жыл бұрын
Okay that was such a cool in depth but succinct documentary. For CATOBAR operation it's perfect to explain it all
@gregparrott7 жыл бұрын
Nice video of the carrier, the aircraft and the environment. Grumman's contribution to the film is especially apparent starting at 9:38
@colintraveller7 жыл бұрын
Seen it before ...classic documentry .. . changed days now on carriers ...
@thetreblerebel4 жыл бұрын
Navy pilots are the best pilots
@raleighkellyc93753 жыл бұрын
Marine pilots are the best.we make history u Navy jocks make movies
@thetreblerebel3 жыл бұрын
@@raleighkellyc9375 not really since Marine pilots learn to launch and trap but once your training is done it's just long runways from there...Navy is all day from the boat..
@dylanaoyagi33 жыл бұрын
@@thetreblerebel there’s a marine attack squadron on every carrier but there are no navy squadrons on LHA’s , odd. You see our comments are the same because neither acknowledges the fact that both Navy and Marine pilots land on variety of runways not just the ship.
@richsimon78383 жыл бұрын
I served on USS Midway (84-86) and USS Ranger (86-88) both had a Marine squadron onboard. Marine pilots are downright lunatics! They would fly jets that no way should be in the air. Their jets were dirty, dingy, banged up, and poorly maintained. Whenever we had a plane transferred to our Navy squadron from a Marine Squadron it was a mess, took the Navy guys a month or more just to bring it up to acceptable standards for a Navy pilot. That all said, the Marine pilots always made it back to the carriers in those bucket of bolts!
@rickmills48012 жыл бұрын
Tell it, Brother!!
@aaaht3810Ай бұрын
The F-14 certainly was a beautiful and deadly looking aircraft.
@drinksnapple89972 жыл бұрын
2:58. F14 pilot. Stanley Foltz (CDR USN-Ret) died of brain cancer in late 1993. He was just 50 years old.
@shengyi17013 жыл бұрын
Time index 11:35 is on board the USS Enterprise as it features VF-2 Tomcats which were part of carrier wing 14 with the NK tailcodes
@jameshughes9351 Жыл бұрын
I was on the Nimitz 77 to 78 and then again in 1980 during the Iranian crisis
@toddadams57 Жыл бұрын
1980 GONZO station aboard Coral Sea.
@timanderson55436 ай бұрын
Ike same time,our helos were used for hostage rescue attempt.
@sabercruiser.70533 жыл бұрын
state of the art documentary
@raybin68732 жыл бұрын
Amazing how they land on the ship...but doing that at night? Whew! 🇺🇸
@michaelalanpowell2 жыл бұрын
Tomcats, Intruders, Prowlers, Hawkeyes, Vikings, Corsairs, Sea Kings and Trackers, now that's an CVW!! Were the Vigilantes, Skywarriors and RF-8 Crusaders still around in 1980? And when did the Greyhounds replace the Trackers?
@roydrink Жыл бұрын
A. There were several carriers, not just the USS Nimitz. B. The era was mid/late 70’s. C. There were many more aircraft than just the F-14. The Title was misleading, but the film was great.
@Mishn07 жыл бұрын
Good video. The only disappointment was it wasn't strictly about the Nimitz in '80. That would have been her I/O cruise during Operation Eagle Claw. I was hoping for some shots of the Coral Sea which was in the I/O at the same time...with me on her. Regardless, the video brought back memories. Thanks! p.s. "I/O" means "Indian Ocean" and "Eagle Claw" was the Iranian hostage rescue attempt.
@usselpasoable6 жыл бұрын
I was in your battle group in the IO on the el paso lka-117. I used to watch night take-offs on the Nimitz. Our CO said on the 1mc one night "we were the closest American forces to the hostages". We came home in March, before the rescue attempt. Diego Garcia and Mombassa!
@KB4QAA4 жыл бұрын
@@usselpasoable Later half of film has lots of shots from USS America, CV-66. Her number on the bow deck can be seen in one shot of the cats. The planes with "AE" tail identifiers are CVW-1 (Carrier Air Wing One) from America.
@toddadams57 Жыл бұрын
I was aboard Coral Sea on GONZO station at that time working for COMCARGRU 3, RAdm Chambers.
@ChuckMagnet-ql2is Жыл бұрын
Love it
@aaronseet27383 жыл бұрын
When you're being shot at, you manoeuvre wildly. When landing back on carrier, you CANNOT manoeuvre wildly.
@hoghogwild11 ай бұрын
Rare to see Tomcats without external fuel tanks.
@Sugarsail13 жыл бұрын
We have peacocks at our property and when they fly off the roof, they land just like this. Controlled crash with big landing gears.
@Klassenbruno2 жыл бұрын
The Final Countdown!
@karlt82335 жыл бұрын
The A7's at 1:42 shows just the tail insignia are of VA-15 Valions was my first squadron starting in 84 but stationed on the USS Independence CV62 at that time. Don't think all the footage is from the same carrier/time frame
@bender75655 жыл бұрын
That was a little of everything east coast, I didn't see any Bedevilers or Pukin Dogs but I saw all the other fighter squadrons. My 1st cruise was the Indy in 79. I was a Tarsier (VF-33), we referred to you guys as the Food Lions!
@SUP_Bigans4 жыл бұрын
If it was all Nimitz's squadrons, I should see Be-Delivers + Silver Eagle on Phantoms and Black Aces + Jolly Rogers on Tomcats.
@SUP_Bigans4 жыл бұрын
If it was all Nimitz's squadrons, I should see Be-Delivers + Silver Eagle on Phantoms and Black Aces + Jolly Rogers on Tomcats.
@fantom5894 Жыл бұрын
Wasn’t there a plane from VQ- something or other with USS John F Kennedy in a shot?
@BeryJensen2 жыл бұрын
Amazing video.
@justinegorski2703 Жыл бұрын
I talked to an air force pilot who said Navy pilots were crazy. I said they have to be, they are thrown off the front of a ship that will run them over if the plane doesn't fly and every landing is a controlled crash.
@danieleborsari63946 ай бұрын
Fermati...ciao Daniele..
@montysmith63554 жыл бұрын
there are old pilots ,and there are bold pilots ,but there are no old bold pilots....
@igorzeitgeist51538 ай бұрын
F14 the boss
@davy14584 жыл бұрын
The a6 looks like a flying tadpoll. Lol
@PrimarchX6 ай бұрын
Only the E-2 remains on CVN decks today and the foreseeable future.
@allgood67603 жыл бұрын
Awesome 👍
@plum10302 жыл бұрын
At 11:50, RIO Phil Anselmo. #Pantera
@danpeters56652 ай бұрын
0k best friend in my country
@fantom5894 Жыл бұрын
4:40 Really? The F-86 Sabre (used on carriers as FJ Fury) and Spitfire (used on carriers as Seafire) beg to differ.
@michaelgrey7854 Жыл бұрын
Well the F-86 was actually developed from the FJ fury as the fury came first. :) The Spit? Well thats an odd ball out.
@FearlessDonut3 ай бұрын
Don't forget about the only P51 in history to be converted and landed on a carrier.
@مجیدامیری-ط8ف9 ай бұрын
👍
@danielcarlson800 Жыл бұрын
Bitchin' film!!!!!!! Thanks!!!!
@chandrachurniyogi8394 Жыл бұрын
the naval carrier borne A-6F Intruder (Block 40+) maritime multi role fighter should have been armed with it's own internal cannon . . . wonder why didn't they . . . the rationale behind trading the internal gun for guided missiles don't make sense . . . the good old chambered gun will always be the staple weapon of any fighter jet, regardless of advances in technology elsewhere . . . it's the fall back when you've exhausted your entire missile load . . .
@raleighkellyc93753 жыл бұрын
Navy pilots fine. But what about the marine pilots
@magoid3 жыл бұрын
4:36 Not true. Several land aircraft, props and jets, were navalised.
Was thinking only about American planes. But yeah, the F-86. This documentary was made in 1980ish before the Su-27 and MiG-29 were navalized.
@magoid3 жыл бұрын
@@okisoba Another American examples are the T-33 (as T2V/T-1), U-2 and YF-17 (as F-18), although the last one was a major redesign. There is more from another nations. Edit: the NA T-6 was navalized too.
@okisoba3 жыл бұрын
@@magoid Most trainers aren't shipborne aircraft
@davy14584 жыл бұрын
Does anyone here know which jet was fastest? Phantom, tomcat or crusader?
@KB4QAA4 жыл бұрын
Phantom.
@davy14584 жыл бұрын
@@KB4QAA is that a guess or do you have reliable source of information? I keep getting conflicting answers from different sources....some things I have read say the f14 is faster....some say the f4....and a documentary I saw recently said that there was a stripped down f15 called the streak eagle that was the fastest of the three.....all I know for certain is that the tomcat is definitely the sexiest bird of the bunch lol
@KB4QAA4 жыл бұрын
@@davy1458 Ok, I checked Wiki and it says the F-14 is faster at Mach 2.34 at unspecified altitude, and F-4E Mach 2.23 at 40k Feet. Shrug. It really doesn't matter. It's like arguing how many angels can dance on the head of a pin. Max speed can't be used in combat. It can't be achieved with any ordnance, fuel tanks or bomb/missile racks in place. It takes horrendous amounts of fuel to reach the altitude and get up to speed. It's a figure that essentially no ordinary aircrews will ever see in flight during a career. (retired navy NFO).
@davy14584 жыл бұрын
@@KB4QAA well dude....that was awful nice of you to take the time to get me an answer....thank you!
@KB4QAA4 жыл бұрын
@@davy1458 Cheers! b.
@danieleborsari63946 ай бұрын
Nn ti bastano cento milioni di euro...vuoi che uso i satelliti...smetti se no attacco...