U.S. AIR FORCE " THERE IS A WAY " F-105 THUNDERCHIEF IN VIETNAM WAR KORAT AFB 24924
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Part 1: • U.S. AIR FORCE " THERE...
This U.S. Air Force recruiting film "There is a Way" is about the Fighting Cavalier Squadron and their F-105s Thunderchiefs in Vietnam. This is Part 1 and was filmed in November 1966, most of the base footage is from Korat Air Force Base in Thailand. This film came about in a peculiar way: in 1965 with F-105 losses mounting, 469th TFS Thud pilot Capt. Tony Gangol started saying after each mission, "There ain't no way" to complete a tour. The use of the phrase spread among F-105 pilots and alarmed commanders. "There Is A Way" shows pilots successfully completing 100-mission tours of duty.
Part 2. Pilots are ready for the next mission and board their planes. F-105s taxiing and in line, ready for takeoff. Pilots in the cockpits adjust their helmets (:09- 2:03). F-105s take off. Other airmen watch. F-105 races down the airstrip and into the sky (2:04-3:45). F-105 ready for takeoff. F-105s in formation in the sky. Air crew sit on the ground below and wait. Pilots fly and radio one another. Base monitors what's going on. Their target, an SA-2 anti-aircraft missile system, can be seen through the clouds (3:46-6:15). Bombs are dropped from the air. Explosions on the ground below. Numerous bombs are dropped. Planes fly in the sky (6:16-8:09). Roscoe the dog rests in the base below. F-105s evade missiles fired at them. F-105s are back near one another in formation as they head back toward the base. Air crew watches the F-105s land (8:10-10:10). Crewman wave the planes over and direct them on the ground. Pilots remove their helmets and exit their 105s. Pilots walk over and get into truck that drives them (10:11-12:01). Pilots discuss. Over dinner, the men sit around and talk. An officer drives in a car and talks about pilots. Pilots talk on the tarmac (12:02-14:26). An officer drives in a car and talks about pilots. Pilots discuss the mission inside near the Mission Summary board. Pilot named Robinson talks about a particular mission (14:27-16:26). A pilot speaks about staying in the U.S. Air Force. Pilots sit around in civilian clothes (16:27-17:34). A pilot talks about staying in the USAF. Pilots talk about being careful with their bombs. A pilot talks about being hit with a missile and getting away, he had to eject (17:35-20:26). Pilots talk over dinner, they joke and laugh. A pilot is leaving and giving a speech about remembering the others. F-105s on the tarmac ready to go (20:27-22:12). Pilots happy after landing, having completed 101 missions, one drinks from a bottle of champagne (22:13-23:15). End credits (23:16-23:49).
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Thank you for preserving this great footage. My dad Lt. Col. Marv Jensen flew 100 THUD missions out of Korat and Takhli.
I was at takli afb at this time ,could have sent your dad off on the flight line and was there when he came down. We did all take offs and landing for the pilots.
God Bless your dad!
1st Lt Karl Richter, a true American aviator hero…..Dedicated and passionate about flying, answered the call and gone too soon at 26…..
Those guys had steel nerves and balls….Respect
RIP
I was nineteen years old then, am 76 now can't believe its been that long!!!!!
My God, I was stationed at takli afb not to far from there the same year and month.!!!!!! Was doing aircraft recovery . !!!!!!
17:37 Lt. Karl Richter gifted pilot such a sad ending to a nice fella. All those young dreams left unchallenged
Fantastic video of these brave pilots . To see a SAM coming right up toward the plane - that was really something .
My father was a medical officer stationed at Korat in 1968.
That's also really cool that they included the interview with Lt. Col. William Robinson. That guy was a minor legend.
I believe the mission he's talking about in this footage, is the one that got him Awarded his Air Force Cross.
The sheer balls of those guys, even attempting to dogfight the MiGs in those things!
The F-105 was an “elite” airframe at the time many of the best and most experienced pilots in the Air Force flew Thuds. And some Thud pilots had combat experience all the back to WWII.
@@tristanholland6445 F100’s were known not to dogfight
Loving those 'staches. These guys had balls!
Often called a "Bulletproof Mustache".
Wish this version of the teak lead song was available, god bless those guys
03:40 (Red River Valley) Best Song ; Best F-105 。紅河谷 是 一首 歌 ，紅河谷 是 一部 電影 。
Wonderful video thank you.
I was a Weapons Spec. 355 TFS. F105's Takali in 1970.
For those interested; the great book “When Thunder Rolled” by Ed Rasimus tells the day by day life of these pilots at Korat. Some of the pilots you see in this video are also mentioned in the book. It’s a fantastic read.
Not enough of em got to say "there IS a way". Half of all Thuds produced were shot down.
The song in minute 4 is "Jarama valley", sung by U.S. people that came to fight in Spanish Civil War enlisted in the "International Brigades" Jarama river valley is near Madrid. The song starts: "There's valley in Spain called Jarama..."
It's actually The Red River Valley; an old American folk song about Texas. It's fitting because there is also a Red River in North Vietnam that American pilots flew missions over on a daily basis during the war. The original song was a favorite of film director John Ford who used it in The Grapes of Wrath and Midway.
@@iansmith5174 And sung by Dana Delaney in "Tombstone".... OL J R :)
Anybody know this amazing tune played throughout the video??
Everyone in this film is either very old or dead. So haunting. If we knew then what we know now....
What balls. Flying day and day out into the most heavily defended city in the world. Plus all the restrictions imposed on the pilots by our government.
Brave pilots. I wonder how many of those shown in the film were KIA or POW.
I know Karl Richter was shot down and died.
Can someone tell me the name of "Detroit" I can't recall his name, He just passed away not to long ago?
Does anyone know the whereabouts of Lt.Col. Pete Cerrow? He was one of the lieutenants in that unit at Karat. He was also my commander at Reese AFB. 64th Student Squadron. He told me he shot down a couple of MIGS while at Karat.
I want one of those hat. To my knowledge the guy at Kurat and Takli were the only one to wear those hats
Turns out there wasnt a way, just a tragic waste of magnificent young men and fine aircraft. Did anyone know Ed Bracken who flew 130 Thud missions on two tours in 1965 and 1966?
Stationed in Korat PC 102
Notice one
03:40 ttt
03:40
Such courageous and dedicated pilots who gave their all to defend the world from Communism. I hope they will never be forgotten by the, sometimes ungrateful and selfish, US citizens as almost all of these patriotic American pilots are shopping at the big BX in the sky.