One thing that I take from this video : the f 105 sure was a work horse for the US air force

@juliusdream2683

4 жыл бұрын

Marcos Costa dam straight.

What an outstanding set of footages!

This sort of footage always goes better with Rolling Stones soundtrack.

Repeatedly bombing empty (and easily repaired) road junctions and bridges while the airfields, SAM sites and Hai Phong docks were all off limits. You won't find a better example of how not to win a war.

@tomsmith3045

3 жыл бұрын

agree, with the possible exception of our current mess in Afghanistan.

@doorgunnerAmerical

3 жыл бұрын

During the Civil War and World War 2, cities were bombed while civilians were still in them. Of course, there were no airplanes in the Civil War but artillery fire rained down on Southern cities. Same destruction of civilian targets.

@HEDGE1011

3 жыл бұрын

@@doorgunnerAmerical Where are you seeing civilian targets here?

@tophatpenguin9039

4 ай бұрын

it's been a while since you commented this but could you elaborate please? @MrScootmcg

Excellent footage ! Thanks - Hammered …. See ya at the club .

F- 105 was not designed to be a “ Dive - Bomber “ But look just how good the results are ! Damn -

That was a lot of beautiful kills there... Think of the guys on the ground that did the Recon and was there to see it

@rainmon

5 жыл бұрын

" beautiful kills" isn't that an oxymoron

@doorgunnerAmerical

3 жыл бұрын

Recon is not about killing but intelligence gathering. How can 5 American soldiers take on companies and battalions of North Vietnamese.

@bitterchild7133

3 жыл бұрын

you called in spooky to do the killing

@Cebuano_Edc

2 жыл бұрын

Macv-SOG

@bigsalty2003

Жыл бұрын

eat shit usa you pieces of trash deserve the worst, may 9/11 come again, the whole world hates your shithole

I never realized the Thuds occasionally won some dogfights.

What`s an underwater bridge ? Does the narrator mean a tunnel ?

@DerpyDaringDitzyDoo

2 жыл бұрын

Sorry I am a bit late to this. Underwater bridges were a common tactic in WW2 especially. They are crudely constructed and comprised typically of logs, dirt, and/or sand. They don't come above the surface of the water so as not to block the river or be easily spotted. But they come up enough from the bottom of the river that heavy equipment and some vehicles can cross the river without having to tread too deep of water. It was an especially effective tactic employed by both the US and North Korean forces in the Korean War, and the VC used them extensively to cross rivers without relying on more conventional bridges. With an underwater bridge, you can cross a river just about anywhere without too much work.

Straffing ships with a 105 - Wow , Just Wow man - I am very impressed !

Reported result : Fair …. WTF ? What do you want , egg in your beer ? Excellent shooting men !

All those bombings and all those Vietnamese civilians and soldiers casualties didn't work because they didn't cause any impact on the North Vietnamese army and Vietcong guerrillas morale for 8 long years, quite the opposite, they made them fight even with more determination until the U.S. just had to quit. The U.S. made a huge miscalculation in Vietnam.

@rainmon

5 жыл бұрын

I'm an expat American living in Asia, all the natives here call it "The American War" and belive Americans are all warmongers

@KB4QAA

4 жыл бұрын

Legion: Well your claim is incorrect from its' basis. These were tactical bombing intended to destroy structures, equipment (and a few forces). They were never intended as morale breakers.

@juliusdream2683

4 жыл бұрын

LEGIONARIO1970 no buddy your wrong read how devastating the B52and F105 strikes were against there moral. The terror was complete ..

@lolokim4883

4 жыл бұрын

I think USA lost the war because theydidt want Chinese invasion USA could have invaded north but us politicians fear thta might have caused the Chinese to sent their army and also cause tension between Soviet union

@doorgunnerAmerical

3 жыл бұрын

Compare the bombing of German cities during World War 2 where German civilians were military targets. Most of the bombing in this film is of roads and bridges, and river ports. Most of the targets are in Laos, not North Vietnam.and Hanoi isn't bombed at all. Haiphong isn't bombed which was a major sea port where ships unloaded war supplies from China and Russian. Were Russian and Chinese ships carrying war materials ever bombed during the Vietnam War?

Not to mention the US war crimes committed in Vietnam. Despite all their superiority in weapons and technology, the Americans underestimated one thing: the morale of the Vietnamese and their stamina and will. The war ended in disaster and flight for the Americans.

@DEVILDOG1964

4 ай бұрын

YOU MUST BE A VC OR NVA!!

@michaelsmaldone2002

Ай бұрын

We did'nt flee fool.

UTTERLY SICK!

I read somewhere that Prez Johnson personally had to approve targets, so as not to make NVN mad, or some damn shit.

@TheJMascis666

7 жыл бұрын

TheMajestuoso exactly correct. The targets for Operation Rolling Thunder were selected very carefully to keep civilian casualties down to almost zero and keep China and or the Soviet Union from entering the conflict. LBJ still caught hell for it in the press and during demonstrations.

@suchadagg8857

7 жыл бұрын

TheMajestuoso Keeping China and Russia out of the war so that the US military couldn't continue with this bullying, shooting fish in a barrel behaviour? Ever wonder why the North Koreans are so fanatical? Because the US continued to bomb them long after it was necessary. More bombs than were dropped in the entire WWII.

@tomsmith3045

3 жыл бұрын

@@suchadagg8857 The Vietnam bombing was silly, but the Korean air war wasn't. We absolutely stopped bombing as soon as the cease fire went into effect. Before that, if it had value, it was on the list to bomb.

@HEDGE1011

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheJMascis666 LBJ and Robert McNamara both deserve all the shame accorded them for their prosecution of this war. Their policy of gradualism was insane and the targets they selected were not of great value until much later in the war; their Rules of Engagement (ROE) were pitifully restrictive to US aircrew who frequently lost their lives because of them. To enter a war without a goal of winning is a pointless and painful endeavor, and Vietnam is the go-to example of how not to conduct one.

its called route denial cut supply routes

@boocomban

7 жыл бұрын

well turn out it doesn't work. the supply routes still work up till 75.

@juliusdream2683

4 жыл бұрын

andy hunter actually it’s an interdiction mission . Denying the enemy access to roads and a bunch of other stuff F105,s knocking them dead 💀.

@doorgunnerAmerical

3 жыл бұрын

It did work. North Vietnam signed the Paris Peace Accords when President Nixon stopped spinning wheels and really bombed Hanoi and Haiphong. What happened is the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese Army were left in South Vietnam after the permanent peace agreement was signed. China and Russia helped North Vietnam rebuild their armies but the US Congress cut off military aid to South Vietnam. And when North Vietnam attacked South Vietnam, we did not enforce the peace agreement as promised, instead we abandoned South Vietnam. Shameful.

Turn Turn Turn - The Byrds🎺🎺🎺

War is a necessary terrible fact of life 🤔

Do this by Illinios, on Lake Machigan water. I woulnt tell nobody.

HOSPITALS, ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS , STORES and the rest.

Hanoi should have been bombed everyday of that war into a moon crater.

@The_half_danish-sr8ys

Жыл бұрын

No

@thuankhong

Жыл бұрын

Every day a number of bombers will be killed with their planes in Vietnam.

@The_half_danish-sr8ys

Ай бұрын

would you say the same about bombing per harbor? #iance8080

What a waste.

Vietnam, a lost war…a waste of life, money & time.

@NH-zh8mp

4 ай бұрын

America = Mongol Empire version 2.0

Those locals. How dare they.

We glad someone came threw and drop the bombs.

What them people on north Korea eat?

NOTHING CAN $TOP THE U.S AIR FORCE !

Fantastico .... with love and respect from Vietnam. Allahu akhbar.

@orneryokinawan4529

3 жыл бұрын

Vietnam: the place where empires go to die. Japan. France. And the US.

@snowbie.

Жыл бұрын

@@orneryokinawan4529 China too

On the u.s.a. on curtain highways that a be cool.

@floydrobinson8847

3 жыл бұрын

Without traffic.

What a way to lose a war. Fly multi-million dollar jets with highly skilled pilots to drop bombs and missiles on dirt roads and wooden bridges!

@HowieDewitt7575

11 ай бұрын

😂 that country still doesn't have a leg to stand on

Long live vietnam

Trying out new weapons is what war is all about . Hitler did it in WWII

@ringmaster627

21 күн бұрын

Lmao do yourself a favor and pick up a history book ya imbecile 😂

Love the F105 knocking the hell out of them.

Есть вот такие доказательства преступлений а преступники спокойно сидят ( кто еще не подох) по домам.

This video is fake Real US has none Air Force .

@iamasmurf1122

5 жыл бұрын

Sa Hoang you are living in fantasy land buddy

@saigoneze4465

4 жыл бұрын

What's it like having no brain ?must feel weird