Wings Over the Gulf - Episode 3 - Final Assault

[@Flying_Snakes]

This still seems like yesterday. And 30 years later, Warthogs, vipers, and harriers are still flying. Great aircraft!

[@markbrisec3972]

US military in the midst of the greatest generational replacement of all the weapon systems since the 80s. US military in 2023 still fights with weapons that were developed and deployed during the Reagan era. Now the replacements are coming.. Abrams tank is getting an all new variation, the M1A3, Army is in the process of choosing the successor to the Bradley IFV. Further on the Army is replacing it's air assets the Blackhawk and the Apache with the Future Vertical lift program. Next the new PrSM, or the Precision strike missile will soon replace the ATACMS by doubling its range and loadout. The individual soldier is not forgotten too. The M4 carabine main assault rifle is getting replaced by the new 6,5mm rifle..Also the Humwee is replaced by the JLTV. Army is also getting the all new capability with the Dark Eagle ground based hypersonic missile... Now the Air force... Of course the F-35 fleet is getting bigger by the day and they are replacing the aging F-15s and F-16s. Also the oldest F-15s are being replaced by the new F-15 Eagle II. The bomber fleet isn't forgotten either with the secret new stealth B-21 bomber being developed to replace the B-1 and B-2. And last but not least for the Air Force, they are developing the super secret 6th gen fighter jet that should bring yet unseen capabilities and technologies to the table and cement USAF's position of the most powerful air force in the world... Of course we can't forget the US Navy. They are also bringing the F-35C to the decks of aircraft carriers with the next generation air dominance platform being developed to replace the Super Hornet. Navy is also starting to build the new ballistic missile submarine, the Columbia class, that will replace the Ohio class. New Ford class aircraft carriers are being built to replace the venerable Nimitz class and the Navy is installing hypersonic missiles to their most advanced surface combatant, the Zumwalt class destroyer. To finish this all are the Navy's programs of record for the next generation of attack submarines that will suceed the Virginia class and the next gen destroyer that will replace the Arleigh Burke and Ticonderoga classes. To talk about all new missiles and specific weapons that are also on the horizon to be included into the US military would be too long so I gave up' on it...

[@Flying_Snakes]

@@markbrisec3972 Thanks for the info, I'm aware of some of these projects, truly amazing advancements.

[@twstf8905]

A-10's are awesome. They'll always be among my favorites. 👍

[@beargardenroad5469]

It should be Mandatory for politicians waging war for profit , be made to serve in the line of fire . This might save lives and money .

[@henriyoung3895]

Have all their children there too.

[@johnmassoud930]

John McCain. He served. And after 6+ years at the Hanoi Hilton, Mr. McCain never met a war he didn't support.

[@blogsfred3187]

Agree, no real understanding of geopolitics, national drivers

[@richardplunkett-i5u]

​@@henriyoung3895😮0a0😊😊😊😊

[@deantait8326]

This 1991 war was primarily a war for to keep Kuwait from being overwhelmed and taken over by an evil dictator. The 2003 war was more for ego and profit, not for oil but for the profits of military company profits and their investors

[@rogerhawkins6433]

Outstanding documentary. First class commentary, excellent interviews and great and consistent use of real footage, and aircraft detail. 10 /10. Thank you. RH Auckland, New Zealand.

[@dtaylorii4903]

I'm a Desert Sheild/Storm Veteran and proud of all we had to do and how we did it. Only wish we could have taken it all the way to Bagdad but my Battalion was stopped 300 miles south and the War was declared over. I drove that highway after the assault on it. Vehicles still burning, the tires and the bodies. That i will never forget seeing. Price of War is costly everytime.

[@RaulRodriguez-bq4nj]

The mouse trust the cat, then the cat did, what it does better. Native American Indians should know better.

[@billallen4793]

As long as the price of war is being paid by enemy dead!

[@moor360]

I was right there with you sir. 1st tanks battalion. Task force Ripper. I remember it like it was yesterday. It could have gotten real ugly but it didn't because they wasn't as tactical or as well trained as we were. Bless you my brother in arms 🙏.

[@jamesstone9213]

​@moor360 you cooked some good taters!

[@theway3058]

I know it’s been while since this post tho by chance would you know how I can find this whole series. I’ve looked but can’t find Wings Over the gulf. Thanks for your service. An praying the Lord above is watching out for you and your fam.

[@OldCBnGuns]

These classic discovery/history channel documentaries are what I miss.

[@paulbeaney4901]

"War is extreme violence". What a perfect quote, why would you ever leave a retreating force unmolested, very true.

[@flagmichael]

The retreating force has a responsibility to regroup at the earliest opportunity.

[@donaldpruett852]

You leave them go so you can fight them again another day.

[@blipcat3382]

THANKS !...........to ALL the amazing men and women and their flying machines !!

[@NorbertoFontanez]

I'm NOT a fly boy or even a weapons maintenance technician, I'm a US NAVY OS-3 in an Assault and Rescue Team but I like to thank you for your appreciation anyway.... WE work for y'all... 🇺🇸The American people🇺🇸🪖🫡

[@vonrechner9618]

A-10 is now state of the art, a much as it can. Awesome plane!

[@jeffparrish9089]

As an old Marine I can tell you - most Air Force close air support was from about 5,000 feet AGL. Marine and Navy close Air support was tree top. If I had to rely on zoomies, I would have had a short career. Loved the A-10.

[@georgebarnes8163]

Or the Tornados that made the A10 seem like high flyers

[@looseele]

I grew up near a naval base that flew the A-10....its my favorite jet by far

[@estellemelodimitchell8259]

@@looseele Naval base that flew the A-10? Mind sharing where? I thought A-10s were only based in AF bases.

[@steed3902]

@@estellemelodimitchell8259 Not OP, but i believe they flew out of Port BUrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrt! :-)

[@areyouundoingthatorwhat9181]

@@georgebarnes8163 when we were youngsters(16-17)4 of us were hiking in Cumbria,as we were about to descend into the end of a narrow dip in the valley we were in one of the group noticed a sound and silenced the rest of us,you could hear a faint noise like a distant train on the track and by the time we realised what the sound was we were buzzed by a pair of tornados coming over the crest behind us,at the time you would swear that they were cutting the grass😁,I don't know how low they were in reality as we were all throwing ourselves on the floor,but we worked out that they were lower than the wall above us on the hill and that was about 70- 80 foot above our position they weren't hanging about either! I have never seen any aircraft so low,they certainly wouldn't have seen us right underneath them and they seemed to barely fit in the fairly narrow dip given the speed they were going too.My brother lived near scotch corner for years and spent a lot of time up in the hills,he took many photos of the military aircraft flying around,the pictures of the tornados almost always were from above😁👍

[@joebledsoe257]

The Highway Of Death raised no questions in my book. They came to play, so did we. They did not surrender yet, so they remained legitimate targets.

[@arnoldkellner2173]

Weshould have gone all the way to Baghdad the first time! killing all the tanks and we would not have had to return. USARMY 10/68-10/70WETSU🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@moisesromero6490]

💯 Retreating armies are a valid target. “He who runs will fight again”. I truly believe that the total destruction of the retreating troops out of Basra was what completely broke their will to fight. No soon after that the Iraqi army started to just melt away.

[@arnoldkellner2173]

@@moisesromero6490 should have worn their asses out all the way to Baghdad. WETSU USARMY 10/68-10/70. Combat engineers 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@moisesromero6490]

@@arnoldkellner2173 Absolutely!

[@rogerlane474]

@@arnoldkellner2173 Politics put the brakes on us. Everyone wanted to get back to home and their loved ones but I don't know any soldier that believed that we should pull out without finishing the march on Baghdad. Everyone of us knew that we'd eventually have to deploy back there to finish the job. Fucking politicians! USARMY '87 - 2004

[@arnoldkellner2173]

I love the A10. I live in Myrtle Beach and miss the A10s flying over the Spring Maid pier . I wouldnwave to the low slow A10s and the pilots would wiggle their wings in recognition. God Bless our brave service members.USARMY 10/68-10/70

[@Rangerman69420]

The A-10 may no longer be the youngest design but it is still by far the most effective aircraft at it's job. One day the AF will learn that the only way to replace the A-10 is with a new A-10.

[@Dra741]

I'm looking forward to a new A10

[@StrongHarm]

One day armchair warrior civilians will learn that that they don't know better than the most professional, well equipped, well trained fighting force in the history of mankind. I could take an A-10 apart, put it back together, then fly it. I was in Desert Storm and I love that bird so much I have a huge painting of it in my office, but I'm here to tell you that you've been duped by media propaganda. "Aren't we civilians so informed! If only the idiots at the pentagon would listen to us! " Um.. no. The F-35 was proven in Red Flag with a 20-1 air-to-air kill ratio and more time on station and a better BDA than *any* aircraft in the inventory in air-to-ground. It's no competition. The F-35 can do 10 close air support missions in the time that any other aircraft can do 1. For a dad who has a son on the ground this is very important... and as a former mil aviation engineer, I can tell you that you've been lied to by the MSM on this bird. George Soros led the charge on F-35 disinformation with his 'Program on Government Oversite' which took innocuous test information and made it look like flaws. In some people's very misinformed opinion "war is obsolete and national defense takes food from school lunch programs". As well meaning as those people are, they're dead wrong on every account. The F-35 IOC program has been many times more successful than aircraft programs such as the F-15 and AH-64 which killed multiple pilots and went relatively further over budget and time constraints. The leap in aviation tech between the F-35 and the F-15 is many times larger than that of the F-4 to the F-15 in air-to-air, and much more than the leap from the A-4 to the A-10 in air-to-ground.. it has exceeded all expectations and changed the nature of warfare. By the way; the F-35 was further proven against S400 and other Russian missile platforms when Israel flew it nape of the earth over Iran's capital building... multiple times.. without getting locked. Look up 'Heritage F-35 Assessment' for a Soros free report on this bird. Also look up video Sprey Vs Burke; debate between F-35 pilot and A-10 designer. Don't feel bad about being misinformed on this subject, most people are.

[@daeclipse03]

@@StrongHarm You left out one very big key argument against the F35 which is its operating costs relative to other aircraft.

[@StrongHarm]

@@daeclipse03 $30k per hour instead of $25k per hour? I pay taxes on some really stupid programs, but I don't mind paying $5k more so my Army son can get Close Air Support which is 80% more effective and less likely to accidentally kill him. 16% higher cost for 80% better effectiveness and a son who comes home? Take my money. I heard one F-35 Pilot say that going to war in the F-35 instead of the A-10 is like going to war in an MRAP instead of a '71 VW Beatle. Also, we're just talking flat operating cost; maintenance and gas. The F-35 is actually much more efficient on both accounts. During Red Flag 2019 the F-35 maintained a 95% availability. This was in large part due to the digitized ALIS maintenance system. Logistics for parts is streamlined and total manhours are greatly reduced. Granted, our maintenance crews work for minimum wage and aren't paid by the hour, but the ALIS system is worth our consideration. Uptime = targets prosecuted. The uptime for the aging A-10 is woefully inadequate. This illustrates just a few of the myths spread by the Government Accountability Office (which isn't a government office at all but instead a civilian propaganda machine and anti-military spending activist group).

[@randyjean3286]

@@StrongHarm STRONGHARM,THANKS

[@chowsindahouse]

Myrtle Beach, SC we miss our A-10 Warthogs and we are very proud of our Soldiers everywhere. God Bless

[@timothyduffy4971]

78-0592,Falcons

[@trevormiles5852]

thanks to all those guys who kept them planes flying. I would be buying so many rounds of beers each time i came back.

[@MrFelipefelop]

Yes mate you are 😂😂

[@born2bbald12]

Excellent work. Well balanced, great script. Informative. A tribute to all that served. Thank you.

[@henriettawight5216]

Never leave an enemy stronghold intact! A retreating army is still a viable army. Tactics dictate destroying them. They were running away not surrendering.

[@pedrobedoy9574]

Sun Tzu retreating to an advantageous position is no Disgrace

[@greenpen122]

Proud and appreciative of all our current and past military. Remember Desert Storm very well. I was an engineering lab manager for Westinghouse Defense at BWI (now NG). Managed ten TS/SCI labs…for EW radar systems…mostly AN/ALQ-131. In preparation for DS…we planned and tested for months…then had field engineers overseas…uploading the new techniques (jamming, confusing, walk-off, etc.) to counter or otherwise neutralize every radar-based threat…ground and air. So proud to have been part of such a great team at Westinghouse/NG…our team…our hard work…protected every pilot. The only F-16s downed were just “lucky shots”. Will always be grateful for every member of military service to our Country…and, although I never served, please know that we did our part by working many long days, nights, weekends…to ensure that our systems worked to protect lives. Just an old and disabled man now, but would report to work tonight…if it would save the life of any of our military. Peace and love to all, but until we all learn to live in peace…”we must keep our swords bright”. (Ben Hur)

[@BuddWolf]

Great show. I recall it on the Discovery channel. Thanks for posting it 🍀👍🏼

[@matteocrotti6781]

Potrei scrivere un commento lunghissimo. Gran bel video. WILD WEASEL. PHANTOM FOREVER ❤

[@CocoaBeachLiving]

I miss these types of documentaries. So well made.. What happened.. Not much out there these days..

[@granitestateman942]

No one in the media wants to portray the US military in a positive light anymore.

[@ernestdougherty3162]

Amen to that brother

[@ronaldmorrison6448]

We got to have these war fighters if we want to remain a free nation. Freedom is not cheap!

[@michaelmoon6675]

Keep searching their friend you'll find some sooner or later

[@Miodrag.Vukomanovic]

@@granitestateman942 Because you have shown the world that you invade countries to keep the dollar strong.

[@gerrymcveigh2413]

Wow , I appreciate my freedom !!! Thanks to all those who protect our FREEDOM !!! 🙏😎👍

[@unnerum]

Saddam wasnt going to invade the US and enslave you. You know that, right?

[@jtoddjb]

@@unnerum but he was invading and enslaving the free peoples of Kuwait and his neighbors. Freedom is for everyone. Sure we screw up a lot here in the USA, but we also lay a pretty big sacrifice of our men and materials on that alter of freedom so other's might live in freedom and peace as well

[@rogerauger7766]

Freedom Fries all around!

[@terryrodbourn2793]

When I was Army in 97 in Okinawa training on Jungle War Training! When taking the courses while wearing laser targets all over our bodies! The instructors directed all of us (Marines and Army guys) out in clearing! Then when all of alarms were going off an A-10 came over! We were all “dead” from that one pass you barely hear coming toward you but once they pass the sound is very loud was very impressed with that aircraft!

[@MarkVickers-xq9si]

During my life time , this war ,as awful as war is , made me proud to be an American. Bush Senior knew what war was . He held back on cruelty . Thanks be to God . Most of those Iraqi troops were just doing their job . Americans , thank God , treated the surrendering Iraqi soldiers better than their own government . This is what God wants from us .

[@johnhopkins6260]

"... it's neither fast, nor elegant, or state of the art...": from the perspective of friendly ground forces, it is the most beautiful thing you ever dun saw. (and your TACP was your best friend)

[@sarge4455]

Remember being in the desert watching the Air Force take it to them, being on the ground gives you a unique appreciation for the fly boys

[@empressoflonelinessnightwa936]

Steven Ray thank you for your service

[@4tech69]

@@empressoflonelinessnightwa936 He wasn't in the service of you or I. He was serving oil companies and weapons manufactures. Not something worth thanking anyone for.

[@bjornsfather]

Unless they mistake your track for a BMP. Then ouch

[@sarge4455]

@@4tech69 full of crap

[@virtualsam]

Indeed!

[@jimnorris4600]

Great episode and what a great little fighter. I’m sure that they have since installed more advanced avionics in it to prolong its service life.

[@michaelmoon6675]

The warthog is like a prize fighter heavyweight these these birds can kick butt and take no names

[@twstf8905]

"these these birds" indeed. 🤣👍

[@travelinman70]

30 years ago, I remember it better than yesterday.

[@sford2044]

Funny how that works.

[@gulfwarveteran3832]

Can still remember the stench that only some one there would know what I'm talking about

[@jherman496]

I live in Duluth Mn.We have a f-16 squadron here.As a us airforce veteran I go outside to watch them when they are coming in to land.

[@brokentombot]

You better be bird watchin!

[@lubostrnka1985]

Dobrá práce americké armády. Hodně štěstí. Pozdrav z České republiky.

[@paulpence8895]

Lived 8 miles from Grissom AFB, 70's, 80's, 90's... They had 40 A10's, saw them in pairs all day every day for 20 years!!!

[@jaimejimenez4223]

30 years later and nothing has changed, just new faces.

[@anthonyernest894]

Storming Norman

[@dalekundtz4603]

Agree totally with leaving military decisions to the military. Keep politicians out of how to fight a war. Military know the troops, training and equipment to win the war and protect lives. God bless our troops!

[@DavidALovingMPF102]

Great voice..Great videos. I worked on A-10's ECM pod 119. Late 70's.

[@jacksonmarshallkramer5087]

The F-16 is such a badass looking plane. The F-14 and the F-4 are my two favorites, but the F-16 is the #1 single engine plane.

[@Bill-xx2yh]

One reason why the Civil war lasted so long was because when an retreating (defeated) army (usually over ten miles long, protected with "skirmishes") left the field, it was not attacked. Nor did that army surrender. Being nice and letting them go, meant you would fight them again, and again.

[@nole8923]

Watch that feigned retreat though son. Genghis Khan made his living off that.

[@Bill-xx2yh]

@@nole8923 thanks, had no idea.

[@glengraham7080]

Yes. It is even posited that we would have not had WWII if in WWI the Germans had not been allowed to retreat back to Germany. I believe it was a U.S officer at the time who pointed out at the time that the Germans did not really believe they had been defeated and the allies would all have to go back and do it all over again as a result. He was absolutely correct. It allowed the "stabbed in the back" lie to exist in Germany with the resulting tragic results for the world.

[@jafojafo5412]

If they didn’t want to get shot leaving Kuwait... they should have left their tanks and equipment there and walked. What a stupid position ... retreating troops don’t get shot at !!! Yea right ... until they stop retreating ... reform and occupy new potions to fight from. Only a reporter would as such a stupid question.

[@tedhernandez2394]

Reporters are no brighter than rocks.

[@larryyeadeke2953]

Not to mention they were stealing everything that wasn't screwed down. Like shooting a thief while crawling out the window. Do what you gotta do.

[@StrongHarm]

@@larryyeadeke2953 I was there. It was much worse than that. Those Iraqi soldiers raped and killed their way across Kuwait. They not only took all the art and valuables from each home, but they raped their wives in front of them and shit on their dining room tables. They tortured children in front of parents and burned occupied hospitals. They were under orders from Hussein that if they were forced to leave, they were to "make sure that Kuwait would forever fear another war with them". The convoy was leaving in mostly civilian vehicles because we had already destroyed most of their tanks and troop transports. I had a friend in Ops who heard the orders from Schwarzkopf concerning the "highway of death". They dropped pamphlets to let those troops know that if the abandoned fighting vehicles and dropped all weapons they wouldn't be engaged. U.S. troops were ordered to take anyone out who didn't comply, then destroy all vehicles after they were abandoned. Most of them lived. Schwarzkopf actually called the Kuwaiti government to see if they wanted their valuables retrieved from the fleeing vehicles. They replied "No, destroy it all". The tragedy here isn't the "brutality of war". It has always been so and always will be. The tragedy here is the spin our own media put on the incident.. or that they would report on it at all. How can civilians be expected to understand the realities of war?

[@sydneysheppard4979]

Thanks for uploading this about the a10s!! Really enjoyed it as a us army vet myself!!❤🇺🇸🇬🇧🇺🇦😎💪

[@johnwickham8150]

"I put 300 rounds into him" 😂 and he said that with a straight face.

[@clocksurfer]

300 rounds which each weighed almost as much as my entire rifle

[@JP-hy9gz]

@@clocksurfer 300 rounds from a 20 mm might weigh a lot more than most rifles -lol

[@JustMe-gn6yf]

@@JP-hy9gz 30mm

[@billallen4793]

@@JP-hy9gz I think he was talking singularly, 1 GAW30 round weighs .78kg so not quite 2lbs per round. And if you could build a 2lbs battle rifle, the world would beat a path to your door 🚪....from Wyoming USA 🇺🇸 🤠

[@randomdolphism7661]

I live near Moody Air Force base. I see the A10 every day. Very distinct sound.

[@sinisajakus1744]

A10 je priča za sebe, obožavam ga, prekrasan je kako ga gleda sa svih strana a ubojit,ajmeeeeee

[@dannyhollis4973]

Thanks to all the men and women who fought and died in the Gulf War I appreciate your sacrifices very very much because I was in the Navy with the A-6 Bomber squadron after what you guys and gals did for the freedom so I could do that.

[@snak_dog]

@19:00, violence?🤔 next time we’ll drop flowers down on the enemies. That’ll show ‘em !

[@looseele]

I grew up near Willow Grove Naval Base...the A-10 is my favorite jet by far

[@akai61-z6s]

i,m at the lake of the ozarks.....they fly around here all the time.....watched them drop flairs once

[@erikbrown8241]

A-10 will always be there for the troops. Mean bitch, with a payload of Hell. I find her beautiful.

[@davecrupel2817]

Damn anyone who deems the A-10 "not fancy enough" for modern war. It's combat history should speak for itself.

[@Jdjsksjdhdj]

primitive has nothing to do with effectiveness some things will always need a hammer.

[@brucekitchura3680]

A 10 silent gun that is an understatement we they would come over the flight line or whever you were if you did not see them coming you would not hear them until they were just going past you. We knew these were deadly and the tankers we met said if they were on the other side and they knew the A10's were coming they would get the hell out of the tank and into a hole .

[@uhuramullens5479]

Herb here, A-10." 🎶 BAD TO THE BONE ! 🎶 " Drove a truck 2nd Gulf War, Apache's just above your convoy back and forth back and forth. A-10's off in the distance. Gives ya' the "warm fuzzies"!👍

[@normandauphin1066]

Awesome video, thanks for sharing. Loved it.

[@alexanderleach3365]

The A-10 is a true badass CAS fighter.

[@Fly_Navy]

VA85, A6E's Intruders Carrier Airwing 1 Rocked during Storm! 28 MK 82-s rained hell.

[@eddiehaskell1957]

Absolutely !

[@hooterfivesix]

As a retired AMMO/Munitions Specialist and Loader, I'm sure this has been previously discussed, but at 32:13 they are erroneously calling a 25 lb practice bomb (BDU-33) a flare. An egregious error, to be sure.

[@dennis3640]

yes........you are correct.......weapons loader as well......f-111s out of nellis early 70S

[@Flying_Snakes]

Smurf bombs!

[@barryklinedinst6233]

The day after the air war started my brother inlaw said we are gonna get our butts kicked. Being former USAF I said son, they are getting their butts kicked.

[@Mr51Caveman]

I was a Crew Chief back in the early 80's when Gen Horner was a one star. He used our F-15's as "Taxi's". That was the joke anyway. He came in one morning while I was working Alert and woke me up saying " he was gonna do his walk-around". But then he said" don't get up Chief, I'll let you know when I'm ready". How cool was that? He was a good guy. Liked him a lot.

[@bmcg5296]

An officer leading by making his men under their command I’ve got you and just do what your doing. As all the jumping up standing poker straight in a combat scenario your losing time by doing these salutes. Time even a second could mean the difference of those on the front fighting, is life and death by being one second lost from bombing those who are their to kill your own military personnel.

[@theboothy91]

I'm sheet metal, we hate crew chiefs lol

[@titanary68]

They weren’t retreating they were regrouping so yeah, the air attack on them was and is 110% justified

[@rickstevens1479]

The whole fuckin war was based on a lie , so no this bullshit is wrong , illegal, morally reprehensible....

[@FirstLast-nt5ui]

it has been 20 years and still no wmd, how do you consider this "justified" killing innocent people fighting for their homes? are you guys all fucking delusional? What kind of pills are they making you pop that you are so clueless to humanity??

[@benjibernardino1728]

War is War. It's US vs them! Glad it was them not us. Should of keep their ass out of Kuwait Right?

[@rickstevens1479]

@@benjibernardino1728 while kuwait's lounge in the casino's of London and the Riviera American troops get to massacre Iraqi soldiers....so fun , fun , fun ..

[@benjibernardino1728]

@@rickstevens1479 man's gotta do what a man's gotta do lol. You shouldn't click on stuff that upsets you. It will make your life miserable than it already is!

[@johnrhodes3350]

It had been a long time coming but that was probably the first sustained 24 hr war

[@G4Disco]

Ah, the '90s. I remember watching this conflict on CNN. Then, watching these shows on Discovery, back when it was good. That narrator did a lot of work for Discovery.

[@danielfourie5500]

It is neither fast or elegant or state of the art! Reminds me of me I love it!

[@lightbox617]

Two things I learned from working with Russian engineers: Build it to be good enough and quantity has a quality of it's own. something's to remember about "fly by wire." The first few years of the project killed a bunch of pilots and the early iterations prevented pilots from exceeding some performance parameters. A.I, here we come.

[@thenoeticskeptic5819]

I know when we first had access to the MiG-25 flown into Japan in 1976, that the US experts initially said the external, raised rivet heads on the body would degrade performance. Turns out that where the Russians used those rivets there was no drag, so it saved money in the manufacturing process without degrading performance.

[@paulpage9561]

@@thenoeticskeptic5819 is

[@commoguru]

Certain aircraft, particularly stealth aircraft, cannot be flown without FBW.

[@robertmccray228]

I love the F-16 Fighting falcon it's a superb airplane it can dog fight and it's very agile one of the best airplanes that can dog fight with the best of them I would love to fly the F-16 Fighting falcon my plane of choice to go into combat

[@samuelmcbride]

This movie started with the F-16. I was wondering when the A-10 would show up. It is clear that once you destroy the air threat, the A-10 is there to clean up. I am surprised on how effective the helicopter attacks were.

[@ThomasWLalor]

A real culture shock to the Saudis -- US uniformed women treated with some equality and respect. They got grit.

[@JP-hy9gz]

The USAF has been trying to get rid of the A10 since they introduced them. There is a law that prohibits the army from having fixed wing aircrafts. I suggest they turn the A10 over to the army and let them use the A10 for their close support or maybe the marines

[@allandavis8201]

Seriously? Why would they want to get rid of, probably, the best ground support aircraft ever made, i know that the A-10 is being retired but that’s due to age and fatigue life, it’s a pity but all good things come to an end.

[@JP-hy9gz]

@@allandavis8201 I feel the same way but the USAF brass is more impressed with the high tech multi-role air superiority type air craft than they are with what they refer to as the "low-tech" World War II style stick & rudder aircraft. I have seen the Warthog in action. It is a great plane and can arrive on station fast - I think faster than any chopper I know of. Maybe the brass feels the AC-130 Spectre should take its place with the Apache. I was not in with the top brass so it is hard for me to understand their logic. I was just a grunt.

[@dennisbeardall2949]

Great episode! Thnx for sharing.

[@김기초-y1x]

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[@stuartgrazier3818]

@@김기초-y1x morning y go n

[@theclephane2914]

The A-10 is Like an Old Sgt who knows how to kill the enemy, has been shot up in combat, but just keeps on shooting enemy troops!

[@shawndouglass2939]

The A-10 becomes Beautiful when you realize what they're capable of❤

[@michaelmoon6675]

They may have been the fourth largest army but with our Superior forces they're all we were doing this doing target practice

[@glengraham7080]

I'm glad they covered the blue on blue issue. It's every service persons worst nightmare.

[@clydecessna737]

"...that's wasn't so bad; I think I could do that again." - SURVIVOR's BIAS.

[@pierredecine1936]

Not a word about the F-16's first nickname ... "Yard Dart" when many crashed due the the fly-by-wire chafing problems. I parked the Thunderbirds in Dover, Delaware in 1976, and I felt very proud to do so.

[@patrickflohe7427]

What’s that got to do with the Gulf War?

[@jerryreisz4996]

Getting politicians involved in military matters is the reason we lost in nam

[@sgperformer]

That means Susan Rice

[@MF11283]

Getting politicians involved in anything including politics is a lose

[@michaelledford4751]

No,allowing leftist politicans who were clearly deeply involved in pro socialism activitys to remain in office instead of shot for high treason is why the socialist left claims victory in Vietnam with the help of americas communist media,i was there USMC 1965-1969 ,i served my initial comba tour & two 6 month extensions with 1\9 Bravo 5812 Scout Tracker ,the truth is US forces won every battle of the war including the Tet Offensivs the traitor Walter Cronkite convinced civillians " in this reporters opinion the war can no longer be won " WTF ? In a show of great planning the intel we had showing massive build up of VC and NVA ground forces within the areas the NVA thought their hit n run tactics would work we showed great restraint not reinforcing any bases ,the whole US battle plan was to lure the NVA into a series of conventional battles where we could bring the entire might of US forces directly against the NVA ,in stunning displays of war fighting US forces ground the communists to a pulp,with kill ratios as high as 80 to 1 proven as high as 300 to 1 being more realistic the Norths failed Tet operations left the NVA inable to prosecute the war even on a geurilla war footing after 3 weeks of round the clock combat i worked security for I Corps personel out of FOB #1 count bodies from the entire NVA 2nd division ,we spent 3 days operations hauling dead NVA out in cargo nets 50 men deep & still left roughly 20% of the NVA &VC killed in the bush . We have democrat politicans to blame for allowing our treasonous tv news media to report clear lies about the war while the exact same leftists were giving anti war lectures at colleges across the country ,democrats are the reason millennials grew up believing the US lost the war .

[@4tech69]

@@michaelledford4751 You drunk much?

[@kevin-parratt-artist]

Impressive.. Thank you.

[@jerrygerecke8515]

A good video but on the first day of Desert Storm it was the AH-64 Apache, the A-10 Thunderbolt 2, and the EF-111A Sparkvark that cleared a 30 mile wide corridor for the coalition aircraft to do what we did.

[@miguelberrios19]

Those A-10 pilots deserve to be proud of saving many comrades on the ground. They saved our butts a couple of times during desert storm. We definitely feel safer having them up there.

[@tonylaskowski8074]

My buddy flew A10's Best fighting plane ever. Those Gats where devastating.

[@Ryan-wu1oi]

War is war , attacking the enemy while they retreat is apart of War!

[@reneharkamp4309]

GOT TO LOVE THE A 10

[@snowman374th]

13:12 There's no "CUT" in WAR!! You're fired!

[@edkjellander5924]

Great result with limited damage (TO OUR SIDE) GOD BLESS!

[@chloehennessey6813]

All I know is that an F-16 pilot defended against SIX SAMs, one after the other. And lived to tell about it. Six. Let that sink in.

[@thudthud5423]

US Airforce: If you want to get rid of the A-10, develop an advanced replacement with the same or better survivability, weapons payload, cost and CANNON I'd like to see what happened to that helicopter hit by an Avenger cannon. I'm thinking "confetti". During a recent airshow, I saw an A-10 flying in formation with an F-35 and a P-51. BEAT THAT!

[@timdodd979]

50th TFW. My old unit. I rotated before the gulf war though.

[@johnharris7353]

That one surrendering Iraqi soldier was grinning from ear to ear he never wanted to be there! He was going to live!

[@markc312]

I want too see the Human Centipede of only Air Tankers refueling themselves. That would be a sight to see ✈️ ✈️✈️

[@jixkon2089]

The bombing raid of the Falklands islands.

[@proREFbrder]

Stratotanker Centipede.

[@twt3716]

I hurt my leg during the Falklands conflict. I tripped over the table getting up to change channels.

[@altgenesis]

The balance of casualties Wildly uneven? 100,000 Iraquis vs 200 Coalition? Wildy uneven? It was a slaughter.

[@theclephane2914]

This war was HOW WE SHOULD HAVE HANDLED VIETNAM!!! AFGHANISTAN TOO!!!!

[@K1lostream]

Team America! Fuck yeah! Or not. Might be worth educating yourself on the differences between the Iraqi forces occupying Kuwait and the Taliban. If a short air war could beat the Taliban, it would have happened already. There are reasons why it could not.

[@sford2044]

End it quickly. Best words said. War is horrible.

[@MF11283]

Unfortunately history will repeat its self and much like in Roman times 14th century, you name it there will be massive wars again and more "cold wars". I think it was Einstein who said the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result. 😳

[@sford2044]

@@MF11283 agreed. For all involved however. A quick war is a good war.

[@MF11283]

@@sford2044 i agree with the statement just sucks we as humans are so stupid we keep doing the same thing over and over

[@MaribelHernandez-sb4bf]

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[@stevehendrickson3425]

Damn right!!! A war of taking hills and watching missiles off loaded that will be shooting at you tomorrow is NOT a winnable war and a waste of life.

[@markhoward5948]

I love the A10 so cool

[@anthonysaponaro6318]

As a tactician at war, why would I want to simply allow enemy forces to regroup and live to fight another day even though they're retreating? I am taking out all that may be able to regroup and kill my men, they made the mistake of entering and paid the price they certainly wouldn't have shown us any mercy

[@gnosontheinternet6879]

As a tactician, you would want to lie to the public, eh? The real game is much longer than just one or two war - nations usually live longer than that. "We could've killed them all in one shot, but we're good people." Magnifies your destructive capabilities along with your sense of morality.

[@theenchiladakid1866]

It's a good job they sorted it and all out and didn't have to go back in 10 years later, that would of been messy, if they had of

[@gekolizzard]

The A10 might not be fast,elegant or state of the art but it’s frikken awesome.

[@danr1920]

Winning the war is easy, winning the peace, not so much.

[@MarkVickers-xq9si]

Not just infrared , but televion guided bombs were used in 1972 in Vietnam , when I was 14 . I could be wrong , and am open for correction . War is awful . Sadly , it is Sometimes necessary . .

[@williamdoty1446]

What no one is saying is the A-10 is it was built to take fire. Hens the titanium cockpits, the upper mount twin engines. Old but durable as hell. Oh ya, the armament, Who builds a aircraft around a cannon. But the Hellfire missle, can take out tanks. Don't fk with that

[@jacobsparry8525]

I am happy that the government has decided to uped grade the A-10 so still it will be around for a couple of decades as do they designed the NEW one which will taked its place, which all ready are they doing. Cool documentary 👍👍🏽👍