U.S. AIR FORCE AIR STRIKES IN NORTH VIETNAM in 1966 BOMBING OF HANOI 23384
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This declassified film details attacks by the USAF in North Vietnam and Laos in 1966. Some of the attacks include F-4s and F-105s, some flying out of Korat Air Base. Includes rare footage of a North Vietnamese MiGs being shot down by cannon fire. Seventeen MiGs were shot down in 1966, including a MiG-21 shot down by a sidewinder missile.
At the beginning of 1966, the number of U.S. military personnel in South Vietnam totaled 184,314. South Vietnamese military forces totaled 514,000 including the army (ARVN) and the Regional Force and Popular Force (the "Ruff-Puffs") militias. The North Vietnamese Army (PAVN) numbered 400,000, most still in North Vietnam. 50,000 North Vietnamese cadre and soldiers infiltrated South Vietnam during 1965. Group 559, charged with transporting supplies down the Ho Chi Minh Trail to supply communist troops in both South Vietnam and Laos, numbered 24,400 personnel.
The U.S. estimated the number of Viet Cong (VC) and PAVN soldiers in South Vietnam at nearly 280,000 by June 1966, including part-time guerrillas. A bombing pause of North Vietnam had been announced by President Johnson on December 24 and was in effect.
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One thing that I take from this video : the f 105 sure was a work horse for the US air force
Marcos Costa dam straight.
This sort of footage always goes better with Rolling Stones soundtrack.
What an outstanding set of footages!
Repeatedly bombing empty (and easily repaired) road junctions and bridges while the airfields, SAM sites and Hai Phong docks were all off limits.
You won't find a better example of how not to win a war.
agree, with the possible exception of our current mess in Afghanistan.
During the Civil War and World War 2, cities were bombed while civilians were still in them. Of course, there were no airplanes in the Civil War but artillery fire rained down on Southern cities. Same destruction of civilian targets.
@@doorgunnerAmerical Where are you seeing civilian targets here?
it's been a while since you commented this but could you elaborate please? @MrScootmcg
I never realized the Thuds occasionally won some dogfights.
What`s an underwater bridge ? Does the narrator mean a tunnel ?
Sorry I am a bit late to this. Underwater bridges were a common tactic in WW2 especially. They are crudely constructed and comprised typically of logs, dirt, and/or sand. They don't come above the surface of the water so as not to block the river or be easily spotted. But they come up enough from the bottom of the river that heavy equipment and some vehicles can cross the river without having to tread too deep of water. It was an especially effective tactic employed by both the US and North Korean forces in the Korean War, and the VC used them extensively to cross rivers without relying on more conventional bridges. With an underwater bridge, you can cross a river just about anywhere without too much work.
F- 105 was not designed to be a “ Dive - Bomber “ But look just how good the results are ! Damn -
Not to mention the US war crimes committed in Vietnam. Despite all their superiority in weapons and technology, the Americans underestimated one thing: the morale of the Vietnamese and their stamina and will. The war ended in disaster and flight for the Americans.
YOU MUST BE A VC OR NVA!!
We did'nt flee fool.
UTTERLY SICK!
Hanoi should have been bombed everyday of that war into a moon crater.
No
Every day a number of bombers will be killed with their planes in Vietnam.
would you say the same about bombing per harbor? #iance8080
Reported result : Fair …. WTF ? What do you want , egg in your beer ? Excellent shooting men !
Excellent footage ! Thanks - Hammered …. See ya at the club .
Vietnam, a lost war…a waste of life, money & time.
America = Mongol Empire version 2.0
Straffing ships with a 105 - Wow , Just Wow man - I am very impressed !
All those bombings and all those Vietnamese civilians and soldiers casualties didn't work because they didn't cause any impact on the North Vietnamese army and Vietcong guerrillas morale for 8 long years, quite the opposite, they made them fight even with more determination until the U.S. just had to quit.
The U.S. made a huge miscalculation in Vietnam.
I'm an expat American living in Asia, all the natives here call it "The American War" and belive Americans are all warmongers
Legion: Well your claim is incorrect from its' basis. These were tactical bombing intended to destroy structures, equipment (and a few forces). They were never intended as morale breakers.
LEGIONARIO1970 no buddy your wrong read how devastating the B52and F105 strikes were against there moral. The terror was complete ..
I think USA lost the war because theydidt want Chinese invasion USA could have invaded north but us politicians fear thta might have caused the Chinese to sent their army and also cause tension between Soviet union
Compare the bombing of German cities during World War 2 where German civilians were military targets. Most of the bombing in this film is of roads and bridges, and river ports. Most of the targets are in Laos, not North Vietnam.and Hanoi isn't bombed at all. Haiphong isn't bombed which was a major sea port where ships unloaded war supplies from China and Russian. Were Russian and Chinese ships carrying war materials ever bombed during the Vietnam War?
War is a necessary terrible fact of life 🤔
its called route denial cut supply routes
well turn out it doesn't work. the supply routes still work up till 75.
andy hunter actually it’s an interdiction mission . Denying the enemy access to roads and a bunch of other stuff F105,s knocking them dead 💀.
It did work. North Vietnam signed the Paris Peace Accords when President Nixon stopped spinning wheels and really bombed Hanoi and Haiphong. What happened is the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese Army were left in South Vietnam after the permanent peace agreement was signed. China and Russia helped North Vietnam rebuild their armies but the US Congress cut off military aid to South Vietnam. And when North Vietnam attacked South Vietnam, we did not enforce the peace agreement as promised, instead we abandoned South Vietnam. Shameful.
That was a lot of beautiful kills there... Think of the guys on the ground that did the Recon and was there to see it
" beautiful kills" isn't that an oxymoron
Recon is not about killing but intelligence gathering. How can 5 American soldiers take on companies and battalions of North Vietnamese.
you called in spooky to do the killing
Macv-SOG
eat shit usa you pieces of trash deserve the worst, may 9/11 come again, the whole world hates your shithole
What a waste.
HOSPITALS, ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS , STORES and the rest.
I read somewhere that Prez Johnson personally had to approve targets, so as not to make NVN mad, or some damn shit.
TheMajestuoso exactly correct. The targets for Operation Rolling Thunder were selected very carefully to keep civilian casualties down to almost zero and keep China and or the Soviet Union from entering the conflict.
LBJ still caught hell for it in the press and during demonstrations.
TheMajestuoso Keeping China and Russia out of the war so that the US military couldn't continue with this bullying, shooting fish in a barrel behaviour? Ever wonder why the North Koreans are so fanatical? Because the US continued to bomb them long after it was necessary. More bombs than were dropped in the entire WWII.
@@suchadagg8857 The Vietnam bombing was silly, but the Korean air war wasn't. We absolutely stopped bombing as soon as the cease fire went into effect. Before that, if it had value, it was on the list to bomb.
@@TheJMascis666 LBJ and Robert McNamara both deserve all the shame accorded them for their prosecution of this war. Their policy of gradualism was insane and the targets they selected were not of great value until much later in the war; their Rules of Engagement (ROE) were pitifully restrictive to US aircrew who frequently lost their lives because of them.
To enter a war without a goal of winning is a pointless and painful endeavor, and Vietnam is the go-to example of how not to conduct one.
Turn Turn Turn - The Byrds🎺🎺🎺
NOTHING CAN $TOP THE U.S AIR FORCE !
Do this by Illinios, on Lake Machigan water. I woulnt tell nobody.
Those locals. How dare they.
We glad someone came threw and drop the bombs.
What them people on north Korea eat?
On the u.s.a. on curtain highways that a be cool.
Without traffic.
Trying out new weapons is what war is all about . Hitler did it in WWII
Lmao do yourself a favor and pick up a history book ya imbecile 😂
What a way to lose a war. Fly multi-million dollar jets with highly skilled pilots to drop bombs and missiles on dirt roads and wooden bridges!
😂 that country still doesn't have a leg to stand on
Fantastico .... with love and respect from Vietnam. Allahu akhbar.
Vietnam: the place where empires go to die. Japan. France. And the US.
@@orneryokinawan4529 China too
Love the F105 knocking the hell out of them.
Long live vietnam
Есть вот такие доказательства преступлений а преступники спокойно сидят ( кто еще не подох) по домам.
This video is fake Real US has none Air Force .
Sa Hoang you are living in fantasy land buddy
What's it like having no brain ?must feel weird