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@sidefx996 10 күн бұрын
If only these brave men could see the open Communists we now have running the country
@KevinMeno2008 10 күн бұрын
The true final flight of the B-36 took place on 30 April 1959 when 52-2220 flew from Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ to the National Museum of the United States Air Force, where it is now on permanent display.
@thesmirkingwolf Ай бұрын
Yesterday, I was at the Hickory Airport in North Carolina, bearing witness to one of the Harrier II+ birds coming in for one last landing. The aircraft will now be part of the museum. I spoke to a lieutenant colonel who only had a few years left, and he lamented that this would be the last squadron he commanded and the last airframe he would fly. At the time of writing, the Harrier is slated for retirement in the USMC around 2026.
@dkoz8321 Ай бұрын
All 1980's and early 1990's Navy and Marine Corps aviators had bushy mustaches as if they just snuck out Blue Oyster Disco Club.
@Me2Lancer 2 ай бұрын
In the late 1940s my family lived in Grand Prairie, TX midway between Carswell AFB and Dallas. On Armed Forced Day an airshow was underway near Hensley Field in Grand Prairie. Midway through the event a B-36 Peacemaker passed right over our house as it approached Hensley Field. It was flying low, most likely around 500 feet. The roar of its engines terrified my younger sister, but it was thrilling to watch. One of my uncles worked at Convair in Fort Worth building the B-36.
@gaittr 2 ай бұрын
You're such a wonderfully intelligent people and such a deep rich and long culture how could they have been so unbelievably out of this universe stupid to challenge the United States then
@robertodeleon-gonzalez9844 3 ай бұрын
"...after all, they are Marines." Testament to the unique dedication they have to their brothers-in-arms.
@user-ol1qm9ey7g 3 ай бұрын
มันไปขายอีกทีนึง
@GazzaLDN 3 ай бұрын
31:58 Are these Barrage Balloons being shot down?
@huypt7739 4 ай бұрын
'War crimes' of the Allies???
@gaittr 4 ай бұрын
This whole series is 100% about German propaganda
@richardjohnston1672 4 ай бұрын
Did a B36 ever fly low over Pittsburgh Pa for the airshow at Greater Pit Airport? 1954 to around 1959?
@lawrencemay8671 4 ай бұрын
My Dad worked on these in the fifties in Alaska.
@913WildCat 4 ай бұрын
What a great documentary
@ROYDEN986 7 ай бұрын
Watched this series when it premiered, still love it!
@markrowland1366 7 ай бұрын
The most aggressive tactics of a determined captain of the Royal Navy changed the attitude to destroying U-boats and again sinkings increased dramatically. The introduction of groups of forward projecting, Heg Hog, contact mines changed everything, in every ocean.
@andypandy9013 9 ай бұрын
This show really should have been named "The Harrier: The USMC In The First Gulf War". It makes no mention of the aircraft's design and development from the P1127 prototype in the UK under the direction of Sydney Camm of Hawkers who also was responsible for the Hawker Hurricane that served so well in World War II or its stunning success during the Falklands War.
@thesmirkingwolf Ай бұрын
This was a 1995 remake of the original, which was about 10 years older, had terrible synthesized music and a commonwealther narrating. You got to keep in mind, not a lot of people actually know much about the Falklands War outside of the UK and Argentina. Everybody knew about the conflict in the Persian Gulf. Additionally, this is more about the B model harrier, which is pretty much the American take on the original RAF/RN widowmaker. Also, keep in mind that this ran on the Discovery Channel in the United States in the mid-90s. We had only experienced Desert Storm only 4 years prior, so of course, it's going to cater to its audience from their lens. There was an episode about the Tornado in the Gulf War, but old ratings show it didnt get watched as much. This episode and "Steel Rain" [about the A-10] got the most love of the Wings II season... and for good reason, theyre iconic, and voiced by the late Stuart Culpepper. Additionally, a lot of episodes got a facelift from the bad music and brit/aus narration of older episodes, as they were considered dull.
@stevenlitvintchouk3131 9 ай бұрын
Jack Northrop lived long enough for his flying-wing brainchild to get resurrected for real--as the B-2 stealth bomber. He died only 10 months later.
@stanburk7392 Жыл бұрын
They say the bombings only cost two months of production like it's a failure. I would think cutting an enemy's manufacturing capabilities by roughly 15% over a year would be considered a success. Not to mention the resources that were put into defending the cities. Aircraft guns ammunition and manpower. It shows a bias on the part of the producers of the program. Yes the allies had to expend resources as well but they were in a much better position to absorb the losses.
@christopherburnham1612 Жыл бұрын
Pilots flying from Townsville Queensland, Australia,to Darwin NT Australia were told to follow the trail of wrecked Kitty hawks, in ww 2
@richardcline1337 Жыл бұрын
I have always looked upon Churchill as I do Goering....both were narcissistic, pompous asses of the first order! I have no respect for Churchill and never have had. Goering proved to be the best weapon the Brits had to use against Hitler. Had Goering continued to attack the British airfields and the radar stations, Britain most likely would have lost the war. But, Goering was too stupid to realize this and when he changed the targets to London, Germany lost the war. I'm glad that Churchill was replaced once the war was over. They should have done that much sooner. His incompetence was proven during WWI.
@danasmith3288 Жыл бұрын
First time I saw a Harrier in flight was the first part of 1980's at Selfridge AFB, along with the Blue Angels (F-14 Tomcat). The Harrier truly is a bird-of-prey.
@user-xz4je6xh5h Жыл бұрын
Fair choke. We have different ideas about Marines ... RM [Royal Marines] - go talk to the Dutch! Oil Rig protection ... Go-See! Danish SP in Greenland - Go Look! There are impressive people in many places ... go figure!!!
@WilmerCook Жыл бұрын
Why the British didn't put some 50s on they planes I will never know. They had to get very close to shoot rifle bullets.
@thewatcher4552 Жыл бұрын
Semper Fi ❤️ 💪🏾🇺🇸👍🏾
@davidcox9296 Жыл бұрын
Does anyone know the name of that brutal, bellicose music that plays throughout this video? It sounds so magnificently malevolent. 'Good musical accompaniment to the visual of my sister walking up to the door every several weeks to criticize my care of our Dad -- a Navy man ('sorry).
@lawrencemay8671 4 ай бұрын
GLASS TUBES BY BRIAN BENNET.
@heckell4181 Жыл бұрын
Majestic bomder that is much bigger than it looks on video.
@billb7876 Жыл бұрын
You feckers are aware that the Harrier is a British design. The fact that the corrupt uk government sold you loads of nearly new aircraft for peanuts does not mean you invented them
@thesmirkingwolf Ай бұрын
This is the Harrier II, which was an improved version of the original.
@edburns00 Жыл бұрын
The YB60 vs B52 battle at 45:00 is similar to the recent V280 vs Defiant dust up. I wonder how life would be different if the Air Force had chosen the YB60 over the B52? Would Convair still be a thing? Would the YB60's still be flying? I doubt it. Seems like we made the right choice betting on the B52. I hope the V280 bet proves out well also.
@edburns00 Жыл бұрын
42:14 I had no idea the B58 Hustler was linked to the B36 Peacemaker. Cool.
@richardcline1337 Жыл бұрын
Again, they just can't get over blowing their own horn over a victory they DID NOT WIN! "Allowing the guns of the Royal Navy to sink it"....BULLSH--! The German crew scuttled the Bismarck in an effort to put an end to the carnage being waged on board long after the guns were no longer usable. Damn, but I wish the Brits would get this right for once!
@johnheigis83 Жыл бұрын
Watch.... PBS.... "Half the Sky": "FET"... ( In Part II). And, "Meet John Doe" (Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwick...)... A system that mixes those possibilities, as our secondary manual backup system.
@hunt_club_1 Жыл бұрын
at 12:50 Quote "It was the biggest plane ever to fly - even in Texas" lol great
@TheC1kabar Жыл бұрын
Fascinating to watch, especially since my family grew up near Carswell AFB in Fort Worth, with some relatives having worked at Consolidated, Convair and throughput General Dynamics.
@knucklehead7456 Жыл бұрын
I used to Work in the Bomber Plant in FtWorth. It's an AMAZING Facility. They were General Dynamics building the F16 when I was there. There was a complete B36 in the Boneyard just outside the South Gate.
@edwardwhite6565 Жыл бұрын
Go
@edwardwhite6565 Жыл бұрын
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@DavidHuber63 Жыл бұрын
Did Willie m. Prompt Typhie when he said, Two engines in a single seat fighter is un productive or something like that.👍🏼
@DavidHuber63 Жыл бұрын
Unfortunately that was the only way back then.
@briancollins9977 Жыл бұрын
the uk always made good planes where others failed. harrier engines so simple when you think about now. always think outside the box.. just like the first helicopters
@AlanReynoldsBucklandJunction Жыл бұрын
VW
@victorsingh878 Жыл бұрын
Mama Galzari flew for the Italian airforce
@alzimm6884 Жыл бұрын
1952-1955 I was stationed at Ramey AFB, Puerto Rico. I was on an engine change and engine component crew. We worked many long and hard hours on this bird but never regretted one moment of it. I did get to fly on one mission which was a superb experience. I continued my service career for a total of 31 years. I would do it all over again for this great country. GOD BLESS AMERICA !! from a 90 year old vet.
@claytonbouldin9381 10 ай бұрын
And God bless you, sir! Thank you for all you did!
@user-yc2oz8kc5k Ай бұрын
Would've loved to have been around then to see the B36 in P.R. thank you for serving.
@goldenschlong4846 Жыл бұрын
Why don’t they ditch the planes that have landed so the others needn’t ditch ?
@goldenschlong4846 Жыл бұрын
You’d think after seeing a few of their Zero friends evaporate because of the Thatch Weave Wouldn’t be fooled 2x😊
@msgfrmdaactionman3000 Жыл бұрын
@4:30, no way am I grabbing a mine in the water!
@msgfrmdaactionman3000 Жыл бұрын
This show is from the 90s yet they don't mention the Ultra intelligence allowing the Allies to massacre the Germans.
@glyngriffin8260 Жыл бұрын
One made a forced/crash landing just a few miles from where I live in Salisbury U.K. in the winter of 1952.
@drstevenrey Жыл бұрын
From about 5:00. Precision. That meant in 1943, within 6 miles of any defined target. That is the best the British and the Americans, even with the Norden bomb sight, could do. Besides, knowing the target does not mean the guys in the plane knew the area. Sure I can tell you exactly what building to hit, but would you even find the right city.