Vietnam War veteran 11/70-11/71, the Mekong Delta IV corp Dong Tam, Tan An, Can Tho RVN.
@candidequixote6026
2 жыл бұрын
Not all Gunships were called Cobra's. The Cobra's were an element within my fathers Unit in Vietnam, the 114th Assault Helicopter Company. It is that Unit that the subsequent Cobra Attack Helicopter was named after. Other Assault Helicopter Companies had different names like the Firebirds. My Father was a Chief Warrant Officer Gunship Pilot with The Cobra's. Vinh Long Airfield May 67 -May 68. You can read their Official Unit History in, "Knights over the Delta".
@candidequixote6026
2 жыл бұрын
@Walter de Meyer You are most welcome.
@dlin5546
Жыл бұрын
Cobra was a helicopter gunship type, named by the army not after any particular unit-just saying- was proud to fly them there and proud to have served with in-country as your dad did.
@donarthiazi2443
Жыл бұрын
@@dlin5546 Is the AH-1 Cobra the only US army helicopter NOT named in honor of a Native American tribe? Thanks
@josephloughrey3434
2 жыл бұрын
Great to have around but I really loved a cobra. One of those around and things got quiet fast.
@chuckg2016
3 жыл бұрын
For the uninitiated, things rarely went as smooth as the narrative hear makes it sound.What you're hearing is the administrative plan; not the factual developments on the ground. VietVet 1970-71
@vintageguitarz1
3 жыл бұрын
Amen - USAF 20th SOS, 27 Spl Ops Wing Nam 70-72
@chuckg2016
3 жыл бұрын
@@vintageguitarz1 Welcome home, brother.
@vintageguitarz1
3 жыл бұрын
I flew UH-1 and AH-1(G)'s in Nam out of Thailand, 20th SOS, 27th Spl Ops Wing USAF; and 50% of ops went as planned, the other 50% often didn't, but we still kicked Charlies' ass 90% of the time.
@blabla1177-r7u
2 жыл бұрын
And it was all for absolutely nothing in the end.
@USMCdad470
3 жыл бұрын
Damn! Pilots are awesome. 💪🏼🍻 If I ever come across a Vietnam Vet. Pilot we'd have to have a few drinks. On me of course. Semper Fi Brothers.
@bradballard2068
2 жыл бұрын
Vietnam vets are my favorite breed of people. There's a good chance he wouldn't want to talk about the war much.
@choprjock
2 жыл бұрын
No Cobras, and when he mentions Loaches (at 1:53) what is pictured is an H-13.
@CKRedicus
2 жыл бұрын
Helicopter! War helicopter. Helicopter for war... war makes me sad, but helicopters are cool. Beautiful technology, beautiful Helicopter!
@hrdknox2000
3 жыл бұрын
Annnnd the Cobra was...where? I saw Huey gunships, but no AH-1G Cobra gunships.
@vintageguitarz1
3 жыл бұрын
Actually they were, I flew a AH-1F all of 1972 after having flown a UH-1E and G gunship 70-71. 20th SOS, 27th Spl Ops Wing USAF based in Thailand.
@pauladler9572
3 жыл бұрын
Snakes fly high to protect
@hrdknox2000
3 жыл бұрын
@@vintageguitarz1 God Bless you and welcome home, sir! Thank you for your service IN VIETNAM! I'd love to shake your hand!
@hrdknox2000
3 жыл бұрын
@@pauladler9572 My father lost one of his best friends in Vietnam in a midair collision between two Cobra Gunships on a midnight gun-run on July 3, 1970. His name was 1LT. Gary Tomlinson. I always heard people speak SO highly of him and he's someone I think about everyday, even though I never knew him! I've been to visit his name at The Vietnam War memorial more than once, in Washington, DC, the first time was when I was about ten-years-old, in 1988. I got a rubbing of his name and even traced the letters of his name with the dog tags I'd just gotten from the Smithsonian Museum of Space and Flight. After a lifetime of admiring this man, I've now found his old flight squadron's Facebook page and they allowed me into the fold on his behalf!
@oldfart3137
3 жыл бұрын
BongHit must have taken one before he typed "Heuy".
@americanoutdoorsman_1133
5 жыл бұрын
The NVA and VC worst nightmare!!!
@pauladler9572
3 жыл бұрын
It’s Huey not heuy.
@forwardobserver2048
3 жыл бұрын
No Cobras...kind of confusing
@mrjohn2946
3 жыл бұрын
Hello from Sweden 🇸🇪
@The.Drunk-Koala
2 жыл бұрын
You need to watch "Vietnam war the war that made Australia"
Hamlet Relocation Program by US and SVN gave the VC lots of recruits. One of the worst mistakes of the war.
@historybuff4479
4 жыл бұрын
We didn’t loose the war, the people back lost it. I know that because my grandfather told me that and he was in Vietnam and he was not treated well when he came back.
@vintageguitarz1
3 жыл бұрын
Thank LBJ and Nixon for Losing the War, micromanaging it.
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