This man is a National Treasure just like Bruce Gordon, it's so refreshing to hear a man speak in plain no-nonsense non-PC language. These Vietnam Thud Drivers are a breed apart, men among men!

Jello, Boat, you guys need more of these old warriors on the show. Uncut, uncensored, raw, and full flavored. They're my favorite episodes by far.

42:53 “our leaflets were mostly high explosive incendiary tips to the 20mm… we thought it would send a clearer message.” what a legend

I have to say, I cried after listening...”Where do we find such men” -James Michener

weapons loader at Korat 388 Tatical Fighter Wing '67-'68... we were proud to work our tiny hinny off for those pilots. God bless em all

Everyone you interview on this podcast is a historic figure, but Colonel Morrisey is everything you want in a veteran pilot. Just a fantastic interview.

John Morrisey - my dad John Rehm flew with you. Sadly, he died on February 19th of this year and I've been going through his picture albums. He took a picture of you in the crew truck riding out for a strike on Yen Bai some time between mid-May and August 3, 1966. Here's the picture of John Morrisey - imgur.com/a/AUH23wC This is a picture of my dad around the same time for reference - imgur.com/a/yVerhQv

This man is an absolute legend. Calls it how it is, something that doesn't happen too much these days...

The aircraft noise in the background really added something to this episode.

Next to the word "man" in the dictionary is a picture of Col. John Morrissey

Great interview “Boat*! I can imagine that Col Morrissey was an intimidating subject initially; he had the steady confidence befitting of someone with his combat experience i.e. nothing to prove to anyone! It was nice to hear him warm up and he had amazing tales to tell. I’ve done map & stopwatch LL Nav vs a bandit but not at 750kts! The Thud was a BEAST! I’m so full of respect for the Thud drivers having to penetrate the NVA IADS with only a Doppler & TACAN. High angle dive with dumb bombs is also challenging enough (done it!) but I had an INS (not an iron sight) AND wasn’t being shot at! Furthermore, probe and drogue AAR is the gentleman’s way to air refuel - except vs a Boom Drogue Adapter (BDA)! As a SEAD qualified operator (UK ALARM), I’m seriously looking forward to the SEAD episode. For more “Thud love” check out The Hunter Killers by Dan Hampton!

This guy was strict, knowledgeable and straight to the point. Love it...

WOW, I am 65 and love your wonderful open personality, thank you.

Boat, great stuff, mate. Letting him talk made this one of the best interviews on the podcast

That guy is smart. Also, Trevor no worries, that was a solid interview. Good work and thanks.

What a podcast. I wish there more of Col. John Morrissey's type in the world. Thank you Jell-o and Boat, it was an experience listening to this one.

can we just say that ANYONE who flew a combat aircraft in Vietnam is hardcore? these gentlemen were simply unmitigated badasses! and I'm so glad that the f-105 is featured..man these things are just awesome!

One of the few ways to humble a fighter pilot, is to interview another fighter pilot who flew the Thud in SEA. Awesome interview, I could listen to Col. Morrissey all day, a great American, patriot and SHFP. I know what he's made of, my father was a Thud pilot and I grew up around men like him. I hope you have the opportunity to interview more, especially some of the Weasel guys still with us.

One of the great maybe the best yet! I would love to hear from Col. Morrissey again.

One of the very best episodes

A very impressive guest, great episode.

Wow... what a character.

Loooove the Thud! Cant wait for a Wild Weasel specific episode!

I’ve met the Col. He is a great man. I really enjoyed listening to him. As I have been in that very hangar where the interview occurred it was so cool. Having flown the A7D and F16 I agree with the Col’s quote. In our youth our hearts where touched by fire

Absolutely wonderful episode. Boat, you did great in your first 'solo'. And your guest was just amazing. Thank you all for doing this.

The Col. Talked about "his" 105, 62-4296 having his name on the canopy as the first 105 lost in V.N. The other canopy rail has the C.C.s name, Sgt. R. Lovely. He was my Dad buddy at this time and losing his 105 was traumatic. Also if you are still looking for help with your SEAD future prog. Let me know as I might be able to put you in contact with some of the guys that were there. And thank you for all of your work and efforts to bring us these shows. They are fantastic. "Silver wings forever"

You can watch the Great Planes and Wings episodes of the F-105 on my channel. Also, in the movie Firefox, they briefly show Clint Eastwood's character as an F-105 pilot who was shot down and captured (flash back scene).

My favorite jet from the Vietnam era.

the famous missle kill shpown in every documentary and even in top gun was from an f105

Love this episode

I wish I would have gotten to this episode sooner. What an absolutely amazing interview with a stellar warrior.

Was on manual radar (overseas) and SAGE (mainland) control during the '60s and Thud jocks were different than others. They had an ISGAS swagger during mission debriefing that really set them apart. Once had a Thud that we were sure was lost during his RTB and I was directing search aircraft to the area of his last radar contact when he called in for debriefing after having spent some 30 minutes in the O Club doing a liquid R&R. He had no clue we were doing a rescue mission for him.

Enjoyed that. Thanks!

its crazy. i never thought real pilot has their own podcast like this. hearing voice and having conversation is better than reading off a text. it feels like you are infront of them listening

greatly enjoyed this. thanx

Just listened to this Boat , and WOW fantastic! We need the colonel back to tell us more of his stories 👌

Great interview sir! Love hearing these guys who been there/ done that relating things we can only imagine. Keep it up!

Great broadcast, Col. Morrisey is a great story teller!

I had troubles understanding him at times. Great episode though. I would love to hear another for the Thud.

he is a great storyteller. I would love to hear more from him

What a great interview, Boat your finding your nich.

Go watch "Thud Pilots" on Amazon Prime aswell as the sister documentary "Hun Pilots".. Both are incredible....

This was awesome. Oh, I'm pretty sure more than a few people know about Boyd's energy-maneuverability theory in this crowd...

Wow, I loved the "sedan" comment haha! You guys need to bring him back!

Fantastic interview !!, you earned my subscription 👍👍

Damn onions. What a good, decent, fighting man.

‘There is a Way’ is on KZfaq👍🏻

12:58 well that tells us how he feels about the phantom and tomcat, I wonder if this dude follows the "fighter mafia" thought process

I remember the 105 at Eglin Armament museum and how high it was from floor to under the aircraft

54:37 Oh my god.. What timeline IS this?

This guy was great….

Great interview. You can't say enough about the -105's in combat. A bad-a$$ airframe if ever there was one. Have you interviewed any Navy pilots from the Oriskany yet?

Great job boat!!!!!!

The F-105 appears in the 80s version of Area 88. It's flown by a former South Vietnamese Air Force pilot. He engages in a dogfight, and wins, against an AV-8A Harrier, despite the AV-8A's viffing.

This gives me warm memories about a show called “The West Wing”.

You can fly the F-105 in historically accurate missions in Jane's Fighters Anthology with the usnraptor playset installed, in the Rolling Thunder campaign. Just google search 'usnraptor ' for my website.

I'm coming back to this for a 3rd relisten months later. I understand you guys did the Wild Weasels episode with Dan Hampton, but was there still a possibility of getting either F105F/G pilots/bears on to go over the nitty gritty details not covered by Dan? I feel he did not spend a tremendous amount of time talking about the 105s and they were the bread and butter of SEAD.

I heard stories that Thuds were snap in 2 on high G maneuvers. Has anyone else heard of this or was that a story? My dad remembers them at George AFB in California back in 70's Remembers 1 hotshot went out on a live fire. He pulled the trigger the bullets ricocheted off the rocks and shot himself down. He did not make it. Thuds were Thunderbirds for a about 6 months.

Vietnam was very confusing.

About the swear words: We're all adults, here... Yeah, right! =) =)

Anybody else feel compelled to go out and start this guy's truck for him before he asks why you didn't?

58:18 How to call a bogey

The col being interviewed was great. The guy interviewing him had to many yuk yuks , giggles, and little sounds that seemed poor. Just ask good questions then keep silent until,the next question. Not the best interviewer. I know you guys are learning, so still did the thumbs up.

Nitpick: The incident that Morrissey describes wherein the tail engine of a passenger jet experienced an uncontained failure and took out all of the "redundant" hydraulics happened in a McDonnell Douglas DC-10, not a Lockheed L-1011. United Flight 232. Another nitpick: 1965 wasn't "the first missile attack in the world on aircraft". Francis Gary Powers begs to differ. IIRC some Taiwanese "Black Cat" U-2s and RB-57s were also downed by SA-2s in the early 60s. TBH I also bristled a bit when he assumed that nobody listening would know about Boyd's E-M theory. I imagine that like me, plenty of other listeners eagerly read Shaw's "Fighter Tactics" when we were young. I also seem to recall Jello mentioning the fact that the Rhino's Ps curves are less favorable than the base Hornet's in some regimes, so E-M definitely has come up here in the past. With those nits aside, very good interview overall.

Back when aircraft had some art deco to them...

I wish they’d insert some actual pictures or footage of the jets

A true american hero. ^^

Why did the Marines F4s not smoke

I... confess to not paying attention 100% of the, but... Why's the F-105 have shoulder pads?

What part of the country is he in ?

The Air Force knows how to get its money's worth out of everything

The interviewers constant laughing ànd. Giggles is inappropriate.The guest was amazing

DC.10