Hey Mike, I just wanted to tell you that I think these videos are awesome. I know they’re all a couple years old but I watch them all the time I think they’re awesome keep up the good work man I don’t know if you’re still putting new stuff out or whatever but all your videos so far has been amazing. Thank you. Take care.
@@stefanhernold345 Fact check every sentence of the script then. Odds are there was a single mistake, and not intentional. And they are absolutely correct in stating "..it first flew more than 50 years ago...."
@craig4867:A-26 went through a couple designations. The A-26(or B-26 as it was originally called, only designated an A-aircraft because Thailand didn't allow foreign bombers) did not do but a couple dozen bombing missions. They started falling out of the sky in '63 or 64'. They did a refurbishment of 40 (the rest were retired) in late '64 and they were MOSTLY used as photo reconnaissance planes. They A-26 (or B-26) dropped less than 0.0001% of ordinance in the Vietnam war by WEIGHT. Lots of good information and details with evidence of where it came from to verify and weigh it's truthfulness yourself: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_A-26_Invader To say it dropped bombs in Vietnam is TECHNICALLY correct. To say the B-52 dropped bombs in Korea is INCORRECT, but it's maiden flight(s) were DURING the Korean war period. Even though it did drop a few turds in Vietnam (the a/b-26) may be technically correct, but in all practicality almost non-existent. 90% of it's flights were with with a visible spectrum camera and an infrared camera taking pictures and not much else....and even that was few and far. The SR-71 could carry MUCH better equipment (that is STILL classified to this day!) in a much safer operating envelope over Vietnam.
Thanks for being an ally. Unfortunate that we were fighting an ideology against people in their own backyard. We have high tech weapons but when your enemy doesn't you're limited on what you can use. Harpoon anti-ship missiles? No ships in Afghanistan to target. Tanks? No tanks to target and if there were you guys or we took them out from above. Taliban had no air force so our only use of our aircraft was air to ground attacks. I mean when you think about it and see US forces on foot it really just comes down to Taliban with AKMs, PKMs, RPGs, DshKs, etc. Vs Coalition forces with M4s, M249 and 240s, AT-4s, M2 browning .50 cals, and 40mm grenade launchers. Put the Taliban vs any coalition group in a firefight and the Taliban is done 99.9% of the time. Guerilla warfare isn't what the regular US army military does well; that's for our special forces. I laugh when people don't think about all the variables of the Afghan war and simply say " the US lost." With your help we all but crushed the Taliban and made them flee to Pakistan as this video points out. The problem is everyone knew that when we truly left Afghanistan would fall. Hopefully you're doing well and got out of there. If not I hope somehow things get much better. "Normal" Afghans deserve to live in peace and enjoy such a beautiful country. It reminds me of Arizona but our desert looked different with all the saguaro cacti and other native plants to the Sonoran desert. Take care of yourself my friend.
Pretty statisfying watching this after Bin Ladens been in the dirt for years. I wish I could assure these people in the video now that ultimate victory lay down the road.
Yea the Russian military is really showing their power in the Ukraine. The Russians were so over rated. Their military is horrible, weak and their soldiers give up as soon as times get tough. They will never be looked at the same again. The Chinese haven’t been in a real war in so many years. They are a military that shows videos of them training hard. That’s all good u til you are in a real combat situation. War teaches you how to develop and better your military from experience. China and Russia are so far behind the U.S military and NATO it’s ridiculous!! They are still teaching out of books from the Korean War. There is no training better then actual combat!
To say the war in Afghanistan was a military defeat would be simply false. It 100% was a political defeat and mess from the start, but to say we didn't absolutely succeed in the invasion is just not true.
Taliban was inside of caves running away in a matter of hours, we installed our own government, whether or not that government lasted or not has nothing to do with winning or losing, we toppled their government installed one of our own and yet you say we lost, LOL
No, the US lost when Kabul fell and the Afghan government fled and collapsed along with the ANA. However Iraq can be called a victory even though some troops are still there. Iraq never fell to an islamic terror group unlike Afghanistan. But then again ISIS was fighting on the flat plains and deserts of Iraq and Syria, and not the hilly and rugged mountains of the Afghan Hindu Kush,
High-tech weapons and advance technology worth billions and yet US had to withdraw against a militarily inferior, ill-equipped, radical, tribal guerrilla fighter force, which were in fact funded by their Middle-East strategic allies 🤣🤣 Moral of the story - Weapons and Technology may not always win wars for you
Hey Mike, I just wanted to tell you that I think these videos are awesome. I know they’re all a couple years old but I watch them all the time I think they’re awesome keep up the good work man I don’t know if you’re still putting new stuff out or whatever but all your videos so far has been amazing. Thank you. Take care.
I believe the pilot sits in the back and the gunner is in the front in an Apache.
Thanks for this amazing video
B-52's weren't used in the Korean War! They didn't have B-52 bombers back then! A-26 Invaders is what that used and in Vietnam!
B52 we're used during Vietnam and we lost a few of them there
The question is: If they cannot even get such easy things right; how are they to be trusted on matters that are really crucial ?
@@stefanhernold345 Fact check every sentence of the script then. Odds are there was a single mistake, and not intentional. And they are absolutely correct in stating "..it first flew more than 50 years ago...."
@craig4867:A-26 went through a couple designations. The A-26(or B-26 as it was originally called, only designated an A-aircraft because Thailand didn't allow foreign bombers) did not do but a couple dozen bombing missions. They started falling out of the sky in '63 or 64'. They did a refurbishment of 40 (the rest were retired) in late '64 and they were MOSTLY used as photo reconnaissance planes. They A-26 (or B-26) dropped less than 0.0001% of ordinance in the Vietnam war by WEIGHT. Lots of good information and details with evidence of where it came from to verify and weigh it's truthfulness yourself: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_A-26_Invader
To say it dropped bombs in Vietnam is TECHNICALLY correct. To say the B-52 dropped bombs in Korea is INCORRECT, but it's maiden flight(s) were DURING the Korean war period. Even though it did drop a few turds in Vietnam (the a/b-26) may be technically correct, but in all practicality almost non-existent. 90% of it's flights were with with a visible spectrum camera and an infrared camera taking pictures and not much else....and even that was few and far. The SR-71 could carry MUCH better equipment (that is STILL classified to this day!) in a much safer operating envelope over Vietnam.
Really interesting documentary but “wings over afghan” doesn’t seem appropriate as it focuses mostly on Green Berets.
I remember all that time I was in northern alliance we was in ground and American aircraft bomber helpe as on the ground
Thanks for being an ally. Unfortunate that we were fighting an ideology against people in their own backyard. We have high tech weapons but when your enemy doesn't you're limited on what you can use. Harpoon anti-ship missiles? No ships in Afghanistan to target. Tanks? No tanks to target and if there were you guys or we took them out from above. Taliban had no air force so our only use of our aircraft was air to ground attacks. I mean when you think about it and see US forces on foot it really just comes down to Taliban with AKMs, PKMs, RPGs, DshKs, etc. Vs Coalition forces with M4s, M249 and 240s, AT-4s, M2 browning .50 cals, and 40mm grenade launchers. Put the Taliban vs any coalition group in a firefight and the Taliban is done 99.9% of the time. Guerilla warfare isn't what the regular US army military does well; that's for our special forces. I laugh when people don't think about all the variables of the Afghan war and simply say " the US lost." With your help we all but crushed the Taliban and made them flee to Pakistan as this video points out. The problem is everyone knew that when we truly left Afghanistan would fall. Hopefully you're doing well and got out of there. If not I hope somehow things get much better. "Normal" Afghans deserve to live in peace and enjoy such a beautiful country. It reminds me of Arizona but our desert looked different with all the saguaro cacti and other native plants to the Sonoran desert. Take care of yourself my friend.
thank you .
Thx for posting. I haven't seen this yet.
i thought this was WINGS over afghanistan not green beret training
Pretty statisfying watching this after Bin Ladens been in the dirt for years. I wish I could assure these people in the video now that ultimate victory lay down the road.
Are you serious
The talibans are in power.
According to my traitorous government, Bin Laden is under water....but only idiots believe he jad anything to do with the inside job of 911 anyway.
Nothing big was achieved
I think you’re a little confused on reality of what happened and now exists.
Bro in the first second did not have that tube secured whatsoever blew straight off his shoulder I was like no way I just watch that
But at the end US lose the war that conclude weapon are not imported for wars. Nation are imported for war not advance weapon.
Merica!
39:32 why was a Navy Seal employed as a rear gunner on a helo?
Yeah fighting the Afghans with those weapons is like fighting caveman. Let's see what will happen against The Chinese and the Russians.
Yea the Russian military is really showing their power in the Ukraine. The Russians were so over rated. Their military is horrible, weak and their soldiers give up as soon as times get tough. They will never be looked at the same again. The Chinese haven’t been in a real war in so many years. They are a military that shows videos of them training hard. That’s all good u til you are in a real combat situation. War teaches you how to develop and better your military from experience. China and Russia are so far behind the U.S military and NATO it’s ridiculous!! They are still teaching out of books from the Korean War. There is no training better then actual combat!
should of had some super penetrator bunker busters for vietnam tunnels
Nuke
Keep it up!
Why don't they have that laser honing device on the gunners on the ships?
modern ship guns are laser targetted. like tank guns
Wow!... He really sajd after week 2 of the air campaign there was barely any thing left to destroy. Imma say jt loider for the ppl in the back. WOW!
Evently Us and their allies escape from afghanistan repeated mistake just like escape From Saigon
Sleep deprivation. Starvation, and extreme body fatigue does nothing to help a soldier maintain perfect operations. That's ridiculous
turn the volume up
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All that fire power and still got beat! The US learned nothing from Viet Nam.
not really, since they left the country. they didnt really get "beaten" they just handed over security to the ana
Correction, the US learned plenty in vietnam. Our "officials" didn't learn shit.
To say the war in Afghanistan was a military defeat would be simply false.
It 100% was a political defeat and mess from the start, but to say we didn't absolutely succeed in the invasion is just not true.
Taliban was inside of caves running away in a matter of hours, we installed our own government, whether or not that government lasted or not has nothing to do with winning or losing, we toppled their government installed one of our own and yet you say we lost, LOL
Also it's tough to win Technically when people are cowards and just run into caves and stay in there until we leave
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The Americans failed with the war on terrorism! A war twice as long as Vietnam and lost just as much !
No they didn't. they keep them busy over there so that you can walk outside and take public transit without the fear of being blown up.
Hey shithead, we lost just shy of 3000 people on 9/11, and lost less than half of that in combat deaths in 20 years.
jeese
Did americans win in afganistan???
No, the US lost when Kabul fell and the Afghan government fled and collapsed along with the ANA. However Iraq can be called a victory even though some troops are still there. Iraq never fell to an islamic terror group unlike Afghanistan. But then again ISIS was fighting on the flat plains and deserts of Iraq and Syria, and not the hilly and rugged mountains of the Afghan Hindu Kush,
We lost because Joe Biden wanted a photo opt.
Did soviets/russians?
The main winner was shareholders of us defence companies
Frontline...
Will Lyman is also the narrator of frontline
Defeat over Afghanistan.
Such a waste of life and money...all for nothing but the benefit of military industrial complex.
The british empire, the russians, the US and their allieds, including the german army....afghan tradition.
All for nothing at the end.
True....if you want to be the puppet/slave of another country.
The USA Military should have left after Osama Bin Laden was eliminated 😮
amazing video.
and still, we the West lose each and every war we start.
Sure, ivan
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wings over a warzone with no anti air.... what a war.......
First
This documentary didn't age well at all.
turns out, a complete waste of money, for taxpayers, and blood.
High-tech weapons and advance technology worth billions and yet US had to withdraw against a militarily inferior, ill-equipped, radical, tribal guerrilla fighter force, which were in fact funded by their Middle-East strategic allies 🤣🤣
Moral of the story - Weapons and Technology may not always win wars for you
Super heroes bombing unarmed civilians with no air defence.