Great Video! I actually got to meet one of the A-4 pilots from this video. I had the honor to meet Denny Sapp a few times back in my teens in the mid to late 1980's. My best friend's dad was flying with him as an airline pilot back then. Denny is a really good guy and was also very enthusiastic to talk about aviation, even with a couple of teenagers like my friend and I. Denny ended up having a pretty interesting aviation career and had rec'd numerous decorations, including I believe, for the mission presented here. Interestingly, just a couple weeks earlier in April of 1972, Denny had played an important role in the rescue of Lt. Col. Iceal E. "Gene" Hambleton. Denny had led a flight of several A-4's that provided air cover and air support during the rescue. The rescue of Lt. Col. Iceal E. "Gene" Hambleton was later dramatized in the movie Bat*21 staring Gene Hackman as Hambleton. A few years after this mission, Denny became a Blue Angeles Pilot for a couple seasons in the mid 1970's, I believe. By the late 70's Denny retired from active duty but remained in the Naval Reserves, eventually commanding VA/VFA 305 out of NAS Point Mugu. This was around the time that I had first met him. He also went on to spend over 25 years as an airline pilot, eventually retiring as a Delta Air Lines captain in the mid 2000's. But, I hear he's had a pretty active retirement doing a lot of volunteer work assisting homeless veterans get housing thru VA assistance programs. I believe he has also been active in volunteering for an NGO that helps prevent the trafficking of women and children in South East Asia. On one of his return trips from this volunteer work he got a chance to stop and visit Hanoi and Hai Phong. Denny is just an all around good guy and I thought I should provide a little more context about him for anyone interested.

@showtime112

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for such elaborate feedback and sharing your personal experience. Many of those pilots do have very interesting lives, once you get to know more. Sapp's involvement in the rescue of Col Hambleton is something that I intend to cover in the future. Sadly, the Bat 21 movie doesn't mention any Skyhawk involvement and that's a bit unfair, I think.

My husband's dad flew the F4 Phantom. We just retired the F4 in March. My brother was one of the last to fly one in service. I got to take a ride in one. It is an unbelievable machine for how old they are.

@showtime112

3 жыл бұрын

Wow, I envy you, I have to admit :)

Wow, wow, wow, Simply great men that's a thumbs up once more...

@showtime112

3 жыл бұрын

I'm so glad you like this one too! Thanks for the comment.

When I was a kid (a million years ago) I put together a model of the Skyhawk. Thanks for showing it off.

@showtime112

3 жыл бұрын

A remarkable design with great historic significance, exactly the kind I like 😊 Thank you again for watching and commenting!

@mharcsa

3 жыл бұрын

Same here :) my first model, some 35 years ago :)

@dmutant2635

3 жыл бұрын

@@mharcsa That 1/32 Hasegawa Skyhawk model was a beast. When I built mine there was still a Marine squadron flying them nearby. They'd let me come over and take photos and watch launch and recovery exercises. Great guys, great plane.

Even if it is not "real", this allows you to see how the missions against SA-2 sites took place. I have two shelves dedicated to 1/72 Vietnam War aircrafts. I have three Skyhawks, one of those is armed with "Shrike" missiles. I love this plane. Thank you for your fantastic videos.

@showtime112

9 ай бұрын

Thank you for commenting! It is one of my favorite conflicts too. I only began to truly appreciate the Skyhawk once I started to play it in DCS

@jerrymail

9 ай бұрын

@@showtime112 I have to add an Argentinian Skyhawk in my 1/72 collection, these pilots deserve it 😁

@showtime112

9 ай бұрын

@@jerrymail Oh yes, especially the A-4B (or P) variant.

thanks DCS world

@showtime112

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for commenting!

Interesting thumbnail.

@showtime112

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, looks period correct I think 😊

really good job making these videos, you deserve more subscribers for sure, hope they come!

@showtime112

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your comment! And I'm sure the number of subs is going to go up like an SA-2 missile very soon 😁

@mjcandy9153

Жыл бұрын

@@showtime112 *SA-3

Anothe fine video!

@showtime112

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks again for your support!

All we need is a F-8 Crusader downloadable to complete the collection

@showtime112

2 жыл бұрын

Well, it's being worked on. We'll probably have to wait a year or two until it's released though.

That song is amazing! Who are those guys?

@showtime112

3 жыл бұрын

The song is in the YT royalty free music base. Found a couple more of their songs that are similar. Fit perfectly to Vietnam era. Don't know much about them, I'm afraid.

@LockOnNow

3 жыл бұрын

The name of the Song is "1968 by: TrackTribe"

@dmutant2635

3 жыл бұрын

@@showtime112 I'd have gone with Mississippi Queen by Mountain...:-)

@showtime112

3 жыл бұрын

@@dmutant2635 That's not copyright free unfortunately.

Here we go again... Another «kick ass» video performance! Keep at it Showtime 112!

@showtime112

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, keep watching!

Excellent job, describing the attacks on North Vietnam. Contribution to aviation history. Thanks.

@showtime112

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching, I'm glad you appreciate this!

Great opening, 112! Love the late 60's--early 70's rock piece! I think I heard this piece from Tribe on doc on Vietnam...no, wait it wasn't. It was on youtube--a guy was playing a popular FPS set in 'Nam and he had that in the background. LOL. A4 Skyhawks are nimble little fighters...I believe the late US senator John McCain flew one.

@showtime112

3 жыл бұрын

Oh yes, that song absolutely rocks! It's in the YT audio library. You can actually find some very good music there if you look. Senator McCain was an A-4 pilot, that's true. Shot down and captured.

VERY good video brother, so that’s what they did on Iron Hand missions, very intense, keep making these videos 👍🏿

@showtime112

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much for your positive feedback! New content coming up!

Great video man :)

@showtime112

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much! Feel free to check out others if you haven't already.

Great jam in the opening 👍😁 Aweseom Mission~

@showtime112

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! It makes me extra happy when someone likes the music choice.

Sir, I am suitably impressed. Your style is something others could be better to follow. Love your statement: "Out of missiles but plenty of gun ammo " What else is out there. A man after my own heart. Got ammo, use it... Dont get paid for taking it home, so to say DAM well done, OH and yes "Subscribed" Very impressed indeed.

@showtime112

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much for comments and subscription! Glad you liked it.

Nice Work Buddy!! ;)

@showtime112

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I'm glad you liked it.

Just curious. Does DCS have any A-6 mods? Would be cool to see some A-6 missions.

@showtime112

3 жыл бұрын

Not for now, it seems. However, Heatblur is making an AI model of A-6. Some speculate it might end up as a flyable module. Fingers crossed! :)

@mikeromney4712

2 жыл бұрын

Going to SAM-City with "Cool Hand" and "Tiger"?....^^

Zanimljivo kako bombe pogode veliku zgradu a mala se sruši :)

@showtime112

3 жыл бұрын

To ti je DCS-izam 😁

Good video! So, what 's the difference between Iron Hand and Wild Weasel?

@showtime112

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your question. As I understand it, Iron Hand was the term for this kind of mission only used during the Vietnam War. It was basically SAM suppression, especially those flying just ahead of the main strike force. Wild Weasel perhaps means more a type of an aircraft equipped to carry specialized weapons such as Shrike. This term was used long after the war to call for example F-4G version. If anyone else knows more, feel free to comment.

@gamer_f1043

3 жыл бұрын

@@showtime112 Thank you for the answer!

@ratagris21

3 жыл бұрын

@@showtime112 Wild Weasels purposely looked for SAM sites and sometimes AAA sites. Their motto is YGTBSM - You Gotta Be Sh@@ting Me.

@showtime112

3 жыл бұрын

@@ratagris21 Thank you for the additional info!

@garycleveland6410

3 жыл бұрын

The Standard missile replaced the Shrike later in the war.

I did not believe there were F4 Phantoms available in DCS are they a mod?

@showtime112

3 жыл бұрын

Actually, Phantom is available as AI asset only. And the model is quite old, low polygon one. However, a skin pack is available for download which makes it look a little better. I used some of those here. It contains some USN, USAF and RAF skins. There is also a mod which enables you to fly the Phantom too but I haven't tried it yet. It uses Su-25 cockpit or something.

Interesantan video, kao i mnogi pre ovog.

@showtime112

3 жыл бұрын

Hvala. Trudit ćemo se i dalje!

Great mission choice. I’m currently designing Vietnam based missions for the Huey, medevac from tight landing zones, LRRP extractions and simple Ash & Trash in the highlands.

@showtime112

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I'm currently doing another Vietnam video, you can check it out in a couple of days if you want. About your missions, I guess you don't do videos to showcase them? I don't fly choppers (not yet, at least) but I would be interested in some cool videos covering that topic.

@Rabies4818

3 жыл бұрын

@@showtime112 to be honest, I wouldn’t know how to record them 🤦‍♂️

@showtime112

3 жыл бұрын

@@Rabies4818 Well, then just focus on what you do best. I create missions a little bit and it's not that easy.

Showtime! Did you get your name from Randy Cunningham/Willie Driscoll, and his Mig kills on 10 May, 1972?

@showtime112

3 жыл бұрын

Actually, that airplane was Showtime100. I used the callsign of the airplane on which they scored their first two kills earlier. But still, you spotted that nicely :)

@timg2088

3 жыл бұрын

@@showtime112That's right! I forgot. Wasn't the first Showtime the aircraft that was shot down? I actually had a chance to hear Randy Cunningham speak when I was stationed at Pensacola NAS. If you haven't yet, read his book, "FOX TWO". Fantastic read!

@showtime112

3 жыл бұрын

@@timg2088 The Showtime100 was shot down by a SAM on the same mission when Cunningham and Driscoll shot down three MiGs. They ejected over water. Showtime112 I believe is in a museum. I haven't actually read Cunningham's book but I will try to find it. I read about him in some other books covering that topic.

Hello, I live in Hanoi :)))

@showtime112

3 жыл бұрын

Hello! Thank you for commenting and subscribing. I'm afraid this is not the real Vietnam map because we don't have it in DCS 😃 But it's the closest thing we have.

Again, the A4 aircraft shown are F not E mods, but good flying. Ed Heineman would be proud to watch his little hot rod being put through its paces.

@showtime112

3 жыл бұрын

True but E is the only model we have in DCS so not much choice there. Thanks for commenting!

Would have been interesting if the Navy had F-4E phantoms or the j would have had the E model front section..

Hey Showtime, good stuff! Does DCS make fuel management a concern? I notice that many of the aircraft aren't carrying external fuel stores. Nothing wrong with a bigger bomb load!

@showtime112

3 жыл бұрын

Fuel management would be a concern but these videos are not played as a whole mission from beginning to the end. The exact payload carried on missions is rarely specified so it's mostly guesswork what external stores were used.

Great mission and good flying of course some air chatter feom a AWAC would help. Just a suggestion

@showtime112

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I was thinking about introducing something like that. A-4 doesn't have a working radio in DCS so you can't use in-game stuff. And real recording is a bit hard to find (I got some in my video where a MiG-21 shoots down a Jolly Green Giant). Perhaps there's a way to simulate it somehow but I need to research that.

@ronaldwatson1951

3 жыл бұрын

@@showtime112 knowing how innovative you are, I'm confident you'll figure it out

@showtime112

3 жыл бұрын

@@ronaldwatson1951 Thanks 😁

Make the Jhon Mcain breakdown was??

@showtime112

3 жыл бұрын

I'm not quite sure I understand but you are probably asking about McCains shootdown. I haven't done it yet but it might be an interesting project for the future. Thank you for the suggestion.

You got any videos on Stockdale? The highest ranking prisoner

@showtime112

13 күн бұрын

Not yet, they are still in the long term plans.

So.....are the Phantoms AI or user? I haven't seen one of the ones available with that much capability.

@showtime112

3 жыл бұрын

Phantoms are AI. They are E model but I used some Navy skins to make them look like J model (apart from the gun). They can carry a lot of stuff (Sidewinders, Sparrows, various bombs, Mavericks). There is a mod which enables you to fly the Phantom but I couldn't make it work.

Skyhawk 2 - SAM 0 😁

@showtime112

3 жыл бұрын

It could have been much worse for them if I actually knew how to use cluster bombs 😁

Wear do a find that F-4 phantom?

@showtime112

3 жыл бұрын

Hello! F-4 Phantom exists in DCS as an AI model. However, there's a cool skin pack for it with USAF, USN and some others. That's what I used for this video. You can find it here: www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/2859142/

@octane2099

3 жыл бұрын

@@showtime112 cool thanks

That's not the terrain I saw around Haiphong....but, it's just a video makeover...

@showtime112

2 жыл бұрын

The actual map of Vietnam is not available.

I ovaj mi se sviđa!

@showtime112

3 жыл бұрын

Hvala. Bit ću neskroman i reći da se i meni sviđa 😁

@davorandric6150

3 жыл бұрын

@@showtime112 Naravno, ako ti se vlastita videa ne sviđaju, onda ih nemoj ni raditi 😂

...Where il the AAA (14,5 mm, 23mm, 37mm, 57mm, ...) ? Its Haiphong... no ? ;-)

@showtime112

3 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately, DCS is quite scarce with the period AAA assets. Flak used here is German WWII 88mm. Soviet 57 was only introduced to DCS about a month ago. Hopefully, they will put more of that stuff in the game in the future.

82ND AIRBORNE Here we go again...Fatties and Beers intro!! YEEEEEHAW!!

@showtime112

Жыл бұрын

My favorite music period!

And who is first? Me again 😉

@showtime112

3 жыл бұрын

Dude, you're on fire 😁

Might be wise to get some more appropriate background music please Sir. You need to realize that all ages watch these video;s so you need to get some "Suttel" music . Everything else is OK, but have to think of others please. Appropriate music of the era would assist.

@showtime112

2 жыл бұрын

Using actual period music is mostly impossible because of copyright. The best thing you can do is to find something that sounds similar to it but in royalty free category. This falls into that category. Personally, late 60s and early 70s are my favorite music period and I know it very well. And this song sounds a lot like that. As for all ages, most of my viewers are 35+. People under 18 are less than one percent, for example.

Yankee air pirate!