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Surface to Air Missile( SAM)?? Is that reporting Soldier smoking mary Jane and needing a Urinalysis? It's called the AGM-114 Hellfire for a reason. As in AIR-to-GROUND MISSILE (AGM). As it launches from an Aerial vehicle that is flying in the AIR, and strikes the intended target(s) on the GROUND. And it's a precision guided semi-autonomous MISSILE.
I flew in the EA-3B in VQ1 for four years from 1970 to 1973. I loved every second I'm flying in that aircraft it was a wonderful electronic counter measures aircraft.
After 8 years in a B-47 my Dad became a KC-135 pilot from 65-71 and he always said..."You can't kick ass without Tanker gas!" When he was asked to become a F-4 Phantom pilot and declined, the USAF rewarded him him with an Bronco OV-10 FAC mission in 72... So proud of my Dad "Covey 68"
Well remembered flying unbelievable low, mostly as pairs in the low flying zone here in Northern Germany. One got it to cut the top of a spruce tree here near my hometown.
It always amaze me! You have an airplane that can fly at mach 2 but its filmed with such a shitty camera. War indusrty will always be at the top. Crazy.😂
Interestingly, the F-105 had 25 gun kills during Vietnam. The F-8, the plane everyone calls "The last gunfighter," only had 2 gun kills in Vietnam. Commentators get it wrong when they say the primary dogfight weapon of the F-8 was the 20mm cannons, but that is not true. The F-8 was designed as a missile fighter, and that is the way it got the vast majority of its kills. The F-105 was not designed to use the Sidewinder (though later it was added) and the 20mm was indeed intended to be its primary weapon in dogfights. History has done a disservice to the F-105. It should be called "the last Gunfighter" because unlike the F-8, it used the 20mm gun for almost all of its kills. I know that the F-8 was called the last gunfighter, but it did not earn that reputation. The F-105 deserves the credit for being more of a gunfighter than the F-8 ever was.
The 105 was the reason they put a gun in the Phantom...Too often F-4 guys would be WVR and not get the kill because of no gun..My cousin got a gun kill on a MiG17 and was the youngest pilot to kill a MiG at age 23...RIP Karl Richter
I flew in them as a navigator at the test establishment at Holme on Spalding Moor in Yorkshire. I can say it was a wonderful ride and the low level pass and then the near vertical climb we used to call it the Christ Almighty.
It's incredible that the OV-10 can land under such harsh conditions that would most certainly doom just about any other plane (4:06). The fact it can slam down on a variety of improved and non-improved runway's and hit the equivalent to a 4 inch high oblique curb and not collapse the forward or rear landing gear is unreal, just bouncing down the runway, continuously hitting more obstructions, absorbing the obstructions like they were hardly any problem for the aircraft whatsoever. That alone makes the OV-10 unlike just about any other aircraft. Certainly a VTOL can do it but the OV-10 does it while landing like a conventional aircraft which is nuts. I wonder if Bob Hoover (who was a test pilot for North American Aviation/Rockwell) had any input into the design characteristics? Hoover was a famous test pilot and is considered one of the best aerobatics pilot's of all time. The OV-10 flew similar to an aerobatics type of aircraft and had rapid turning, vertical climb, and diving characteristics which allowed the aircraft to excel in it's intended role of Forward Air Controller Operations. They look very similar to the Grumman OV-1 Mohawk other than the Mohawk had a side by side seating arrangement and the OV-10 had the front/back in line seating arrangement making the cockpit and center nacelle of the aircraft much more narrow although retaining the incredible visibility of the OV-1 with it's large "bubble eye" or "bug eye" type of cockpit which the pilot and co-pilot/observer sat very high up inside of allowing the "dome" of the glass to go up and around the operators in such a manner it provided some of the best visibility of just about any modern day aircraft similar to the design of the German WWII night fighter, the Heinkel HE-219 which also allowed excellent visibility in which the pilot sat high up in the cockpit surrounded by a large glass dome. The amount of different types of weapons and armament this aircraft can deploy is staggering and in the hands of a skilled pilot, these machines were absolutely lethal. Their one bad quality was they were slow compared to the high-speed jet fighters but their maneuverability off-set this attribute somewhat. They were very vulnerable to being shot down due to most of their missions being ground attack and support missions at low altitude. Another feature that was unique was the large "box" type of design of the center nacelle section allowed the OV-10 to carry troops in the rear (although in cramped conditions) in the cargo bay under the aircraft for deployment in special operations. Although retired officially many years before, a few of these were brought out of moth balls and refitted for special operations in the middle eastern wars of the 2000's. NASA also used the aircraft for some of their operations and were some of the last official users of the aircraft. A few civilian organizations still utilize surplus military OV-10's such as CAL FIRE. Surplus aircraft now in the hands of civilians are also very popular for the airshow circuit around the world.
My dad was a Mohawk night (SLAR) pilot in Vietnam. Flew 60% plus of his missions at night with the 73rd ARC our of Vung Tau. Later trained Technical Observers, (TOs) at Ft. Huachuca, AZ in early to mid 70's. Awesome machine!! He later served as a project officer at AVSCOM in the 90's to re-engine the Mohawk. He loved the Hawk.!!!!! Beautiful bird.
Special aircraft. The folks who designed and built this considering production started in 1950s made these people a different gravy.. Britain at its best
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ok so how do the refuelers get refueled in the air aswell or do they need to land or wait for another one to take over then land? i have always wondered that. that looks badass i would love to see an A10 WartHog come up to the pumps. those are my favorite fighter planes all workhorse not like those flashy F whatevers. (those are pretty badass too though)
