Training. You can be a smartass somewhere else, but not in a 30 million dollar plane. You comport yourself well, or you're gone.

I'm going to tell him you said he's old, I don't think he'd be too happy with you.

Jack Wallace bugger

Jack Wallace Start looking for a complete cockpit for his ejection seat. Your grandfather is a great man and even better friend.

A chap? Isn't a chap a half of a pair of chaps? Just funnin'. You must be from Europe huh? Well, from Oakland California, peace...

If it has a bomb bay, why does it have an F designation instead of an A or B? Same goes for F-111 and F117? And why is a longhair dude so into bombing Vietnam?

8 hour missions are on the short side when it comes to modern fighters flying modern sorties in OIR.

Little fuel capacity while dragging lots of external ordnance around results in lousy fuel economy and thus lots of refueling. Those old jet engines guzzled fuel.

@@everythingman987 Yes sir, very good point. However I would still consider his missions one of the most stressful and exhausting, even though he wasn't carrier based platform. My rational is the shear amount of casualties sustained - 40%. That's beyond awful. I would rather battle entire Luftwaffell rather than flying over Vietnam against the SAMS and Mig-17's.

I'm guessing 2 refuels and 2 hours going to the combat zone the once every half hour on station while you go into afterburner for combat then at the end once a hour for 2 hours coming home

This damn thing can carry, internal and external tanks, almost 19k pounds of fuel!!!! Small aircraft with single engine with that much gas, could stay airborne forever lol.

well if you think about Vietnamese pilot side having to get in the mig 17 and 19/ 21 having to facing the strongest airforce in the world + a huge chance of being shot down by your own flak and sam , then having to worried about your love one below ( your wife / girlfriend / family vv ) and you fly until the war end which you don't know when , I think being American pilot during the war are way better then being a Vietnamese pilot really + our pilot fear of our own sam / aa then anything :) early during the war while defending the long bien brigde many of the mig17 were shot down by friend flak who are newbie ( early of the war ) if I remember correct during one day there were 3 or 4 mig 17 shot down by our own aa near long bien brigde while they trying to defend it from American f105/f8/a4/f4 vv

HUGE BALLS !!!!........Thank You for your Vietnam combat service !!

inoue jerry you speak the truth my friend

@@inouelenhatduy The Vietcong shot down more US and South Vietnam Planes totaling around 11,000 half being Helicopters. Vietcong only lost 100-200 planes.

The Great One I think the point he was making was that they were up against probably the most advanced and powerful nation at the time and tried to defend their homeland.......brave men indeed on both sides. BTW I think you meant NVA the Vietcong didn't have an airforce

You can say that again top fellas!👍👍

Oh I’m sure this guy was doing the same thing back then. Age and experience tempers you. It’s one of the reasons why DT isn’t like this guy. He not only never served, but also is literally working for others for the first time in his life.

@Rombert Dillahuntsvalle ah ha ha ha spot on!

@@calvinnickel9995What has Trump got to do with this video? I am a strong supporter of Trump. When did Obama serve or work a day in his life? At least Trump wasn't showing off his ice cream like Pelosi did while the US population waited for her to vote on a relief fund or Pelosi signing Trump's impeachment form the very day he was cancelling inward bound flights from China and Europe to keep COVID out. Leave Trump alone.

@@Toncor12 Obama didn't dodge the draft five times with phony bone spurs fiction. Trump got Pearl Harbored by his own inflated ego regarding Covid-19. LOLOLOL

Did he survive the flight where he didn't bring the plane back?

@@stevenwg2360 Yes, he was picked up by Jolly Greens, under fire, as he was suspended in the trees along Thud Ridge. There is a video out there of him being interviewed after his rescue where he says the training and emergency equipment saved his life.

If you can find the old "Wings" episode on the F-105 from the Discovery channel, i am sure you would enjoy it.

@@i.r.wayright1457 Jack Modica?

@@IC3SJC No, it was Capt. Jim Walbridge. He recently had his 90th birthday. He rose to the rank of Lt, Col. and was a squadron commander of F-111 in the UK.

Jim Baumann I’m very lucky that I was introduced to Charlie by my friend Frank. He is probably one of the best people I’ve ever met. I feel pretty honored that he keeps inviting me back.

Wow, that's amazing.

Should *have* or *should've*.

This damn thing can carry, internal and external tanks, almost 19k pounds of fuel!!!! Small aircraft with single engine with that much gas, could stay airborne forever lol.

You will never see another range of aircraft like that series. Just think if the future , F35 F35 F35 and the odd F22

@@Hattonbankdon’t forget the f15ex. It’s part of the new crew

I’m sorry to hear that. Anyone who wears a uniform in the service of their country, no matter where they are from, should be taken care of once they have given their time.

All the best to you and hello from Australia!👍😉

Greeting from the US. Russia's aviation legacy is rich. I have great respect for the the pilots and engineering of Russia. It's somewhat depressing to hear your perspective on Russia, but hopefully the aviation history in your country can be kept alive.

What NGO do you work for. Just look at all the Victory Day parades in Russia in most cities big and small with the younger generation carrying pictures of their countrymen who made the ultimate sacrifice. Low pensions, just look at the countless homeless vets in the USA. I dont know what your agenda is. Perhaps another mafia state is paying your salary.

Alexander Kartveli, Republic Aviation is Russian/Georgian from Tblisi; Alexander Kartveli - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Kartveli Alexander Kartveli, born Aleksandre Kartvelishvili, (Georgian: ალექსანდრე ქართველიშვილი) (September 9, 1896 - June 20, 1974) was an influential aircraft engineer and a pioneer in the United States. Kartveli achieved important breakthroughs in military aviation in the time of turbojet fighters. Nationality‎: ‎Georgian Born‎: ‎9 September 1896; Tbilisi, Georgia, Rus..

This was one of our favorite planes to make an episode on! And Charlie was the perfect guest to tell its story. Thanks for watching!

Now THAT is cool! MB

Thanks, Ripper! MB

Why bring personal political view into this?

@@nexpro6118 Why not? Don't you admire Russia's magnificent Kalibre missile that is dominating in the Special Operation in the Ukraine?

@@AussieMaleTuber you mean the few dozen that they have? Lol. And found out that the guidance system was mis managed and the software is all fucked up and old hardware for its guidance system lol. They cannot afford to put it in full production for it to be used successfully

@@nexpro6118 Cheers Frank from the NSW Outback! That's not coming from Russian sources, and it would very much seem that our fine tatooed N@zi friends have been totally Kalibrated in the last couple of months, awful daily losses. Every time a large group of Western volunteers is brought together in one place in western areas of the Ukraine, their barracks become re-Kalibrated. Now and as of today, the new SAMAT ICBM is entering full production, do you for one moment think that Russia would be building SAMATS at the expese of Kalibre and the other tactical missiles it fires historical amount s of each day? The West has only a fraction of the supplies of war material and manufacturing capacity of Russia. So far for example, Russia has fired more artillery shells against the N@zi's, than America can produce in 3 years. I hope you don't live in Europe Frank, you are heading for a cold winter and reduced dietary intake and loss of personal transport unless the EU negotiates with the Russian Federation I reckon... in my estimation.

If you're coming from the East on Interstate 80 You know your close to the sac Museum when you see an F 105 hanging off the right side of the road. You probably have maybe five miles to go. It's actually a good place to go. Kind of crowded with a B-36 Peacemaker in there and early B-52. It's a lot of history

Bullshit. Same "stabbed in the back" story the Germans used after being soundly defeated in the field during WWI, and as an excuse to re-arm and kick off WWII. True story: The Vietnamese people, residents of a third-world country subsisting on primitive agriculture, beat the U.S. onslaught of high-tech death by pure bravery and the sacrifice of millions of innocent lives. If you want to know the true role of the majority of the U.S. ground troops in Vietnam, read Kill Anything That Moves by Nick Turse. The slaughter launched from the air approached genocide.

You are so right Adam Frazier.

@@Hopeless_and_Forlorn No "approached" about it. It was genocide, and Vietnam has still not recovered.

Staggering? 290 loses in over 4 years of combat while flying a tremendous number of sorties plus all the ROE restrictions. Far from Staggering.

You should! The F-105 is still out on the hangar floor; you can get right up to it.

With sacrificing more bombs, with max internal and max external fuel tanks, the F105 carried, 2,810 gallons. That's, 18,880 pounds of fuel for a small single seat, single engine. Lol nuts

After hearing Charlie's stories, anyone who flew the Thud has our respect. Sounds like you have the same feeling!

We'd love to shoot longer videos too. So many planes, so little time!

@@Wings_Museum Please do, that was very well done indeed!

Check out Peninsular Seniors video channel from the Western Museum of Flight, they have long form talks from former pilots and aerospace engineers. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/idt3m9GV163Tko0.html

Amazon Prime has a documentary called Thud Pilots.

@@michaelquiroz5112 ill have to check that out. but amazon prime also doesnt have matthew burchette and charlie johnson! im needing to see more of these 2 guys!

Such a typical fighter pilot response. :) MB

@@Wings_Museum >>> 👌👌

Thanks, Andrew! MB

You're welcome! It was a fun one to make.

Love these videos...

With sacrificing more bombs, with max internal and max external fuel tanks, the F105 carried, 2,810 gallons. That's close to, 19k pounds of fuel, for a small single seat, single engine. Lol nuts

in iran we still have them in service. i went to airshow few month ago and saw it in action. its fucking awesome.

@@king-amir3401 did you know that the Iranian F-14 are almost completely different in terms of instrument and spare parts which slowly dwindled the aircraft numbers but the first Ace in an F-14 is Jalil Zandi an Iranian pilot who flew during the Iraq-Iran War

@@mr.tedious7312 wasn't Tom Cruise the first F-14 Ace in 1984?

@@soundknight 😂 well played

Mr. Tedious Didn’t the Iranians make the F14 into some sort of a Frankenstein plane by taking parts from other planes and even some MiGs?

I guess I'm showing my age but; "I thought that very same thing!"

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F100super saber,is my mount of choice

Robin Jacobs I thought the same thing too lol

Matthew will NEVER get a haircut! The haircut is part of his charm! Cutting his hair would be like taking Samson's strength away from him!

WAIT _THEY HAVE A TOMCAT?_

*dangerzone intensifies

Nicollas Alexandre I like _mighty wings_ It’s underrated some times

@@merlin5324 They got lots of planes, including an F-14 in VF-211 markings

Dan W I need me one of those