USAF Fighter Ace BG Steve Ritchie
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- Опубликовано: 31 авг 2014
- Fighter Ace Steve Ritchie's presentation about how he became the only Air Force fighter ace in over 50 years, and some lessons learned based on his insight. BG Ritchie is one of the most decorated pilots in military history. Produced by Jarel & Betty Wheaton for Peninsula Seniors www.pvseniors.org
Every high school kid should listen to this. Take note politicians, he was talking about you!
I was stationed at Kadena AB Okinawa in 1979 when your F-4 463 came through on its way to its home base at Homestead Florida, I have pictures of me and that Historical F-4 in my photo album General Ritchie. I was a 43151C 1 and 2 engine jet mechanic crew chiefing the F-4 Phantom one of the toughest fighters of its day and the pilots that flew it were just as tough. I have a scale model of that jet tail number 463 with your autograph on it . My Wife asked me "why did you spend all that money on that!!" I just said that "You'll never understand" . When you wear the uniform of any branch of the military of this country you enter into a Brotherhood that those who haven't just don't understand. God Bless You General Ritchie!
Its like a war poet reciting for an hour. This is more than a simple reading of the slides
This was like a sermon on patriotism, ariel combat, duty, honor, and commitment. Truly a wonderful speaker and aviation legend. An excellent watch for sure.
My dad flew with Steve, the first time I got to meet him I was exiting my F-16 my he and my dad were there to meet me I saw who it was. When I took the first step out I missed the step I did a good job on my knee. I have had the pleasure to meet him on multiple occasions. My dad teases him because he has one star over him. Glad to see him on u tube. For every one to see
@Thunderbolt I was a maintenance tech keeping EC-121 in the air. I always believed we were a team.
I could listen to him talk for hours and hours and would love to hear more stories of his dog fights
Mee too
How hard it must be to have expended so much effort in defense of the nation and to have accomplished so much in that effort only to see the the danger to increase so dramatically from within.
Thank you General Ritchie!
Throughout my Marine Corps career, I had been bestowed the Honor and Privilege of having had bestowed upon me, Great mentoring, and, Not all of my mentors had been Marines. Not all of my mentors, had I ever served in combat with. Although, my mentors had and have done this Marine the most zealous of giving to me. Thank you Brigadier General Steve Ritchie. "Semper Fi Sir, Semper Fi Indeed"...
one of the best talks ever on this channel.
Congratulations Gen. Ritchie once again. I met you back at Nellis when your son worked for me during the summer. It is wonderful t see that folks still remember your accomplishment. I am just as stoked writing this as was when you shook my hand during our meeting. All the best.
Thank You 🙏 Brigade General Steve Ritchie For Your Service to Our Country Sir 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Not just americans but people the world over...
i was an A1C and Sgt at Udorn RTAFB for 2 + years. I was a WCS mechanic (radar and weapons). I was there from Sept 1970 thru January 1973. I try to explain to people how we bombed the be-jesus outta those guys in Dec 72, 24/7, every kinda aircraft including B-52s. Next thing ya know, it's Feb 73 and they release our POWs! I am proud of my part in that I remember that July 8th, 1972. And was surprised to see the "E" model. It looked different, didn't have that bulbous undernose the "D" model had. (This was around the same time the SR-71 was parked in a hangar for repairs.) Ritchie, after his historic MIG killing flight, was surrounded by a small crowd. I snuck my skinny ass between a cpla fat Sgts, and shook his hand as his guys (crew chief, partner, other pilots) were patting him on the back. A few months earlier, he had lost radar at altitude, landed, wrote it up. Went back up and had same problem. No radar meant you were blind AND had no weapons. So, they sent me out cause I was good at figuring out why stuff broke and how to fix it. Which I did. And a cpla months later, he is an ace. Yep....EVERY missile fired, EVERY bomb dropped, EVERY Wall-eye, EVERY gatlin spun up, EVERY bogie spotted on radar......my stuff! So, to hear he had 3 good Sparrows made my day! Also remembered Roger Locher in May. It was a big deal. I wasn't allowed in the "O" club, but the Budweisers flowed like crazy for everybody!!! Today, I live in Udorn. Married a sweet little Thai girl, bought a house and settled in a cpla years ago. I think I ran into Ritchie in South Tampa in the mid 80s is my best guess. I wasn't doin real good round that time. If you are ever in Udonthani, Thailand, General Ritchie, drop by. Email is jonbsails@yahoo.com. My wife makes good Pad Thai! Sawadee, Krap! And Welcome home!
Jon
You were one of millions who have served, were unsung, and unrecognized. But without the maintainers there would not have been the victories, and the heroes. I was in Ordnance Maintenance in the Marine Corps so I know what that was like. So thanks for your dedication to the mission. It’s what you did that helped him become a legend, and live to tell about it. You’ll never know exactly how many guys lived to fly another day because of your work. The guys he killed never had the chance to take another American life. We can never estimate the value of our work third, and fourth order.
You live in udon? So do I, i'd love to hear more over a beer. Fascinating. I love the history.
Job well done. I was a Airman first class did two TDYs to Koraht Thialand in 1972/73. Worked and kept the EC-121s flying as a propeller tech. I always believed we were partners with the air crew.
USAF 1966-1992. Trained on AN/APQ-109 Fire Control Radar, and AN/ASG-22 LCOSS. Assigned to Williams AFB after Tech School. Worked AN/APQ-153 FCR and AN/ASG-29 LCOSS on the F-5E Tiger 2. Later worked AN/APQ-120 on the F-4E at Seymour Johnson AFB, Osan AB, Korea. Instructed at Lowry AFB , CO (deceased, R.I.P.). Went to Ramstein AB Germany where I cross trained to the F-16C. It's good to hear from another WCS Tech, and better to hear you made Ritchie an ace!
What a man. Talks sense and from the heart. As a kid I watched a fighter ace video and listened to the MiG21 story. Love the key lessons. Please forward to others who need it!!!!!! Go well Ports
Must share. More than fighter aircraft talk, very patriotic and needed in 2016 to 'learn from history'.VERY honest to give thanks to the men and women in the aerospace industry of the United States.
which seemed to be what vietnam war was all about: an opportunity to test out the latest military aerospace technology at the expense of countless lives.
History tells us to give thanks to all service personel in all of the countries that stand up and say no to evil all around the world
Why can't we get people of this extraordinary character to lead our country?
Amazing person! A real American warrior.
I joined Air Force in October of 1972 my second permanent assignment was Udorn Air Base Thailand. I arrived in middle of June 1974. The Triple Nickel Squadron was based at Adorn at that time. In fact I believe that's the base that the general flew out of, at least that's what I was told when I was there. It was not unusual for me to see or even pass by a particular F-4D. It had the tail no. 555 and six red stars painted on the varyramps in front of the air intakes of the engines and still had Capt. Steve Richie's name painted under the Pilot's canopy. I only got to work on that aircraft one time that was an April of 75 if I remember correctly we were told that it was headed back to the States to be put in the Air Force Museum at Dayton. I did a few minor repairs on it and then I don't remember ever seeing it again. I have tried a couple times to find out what happened to it but have never been successful there is no mention being at Dayton nor any photographs of it there that I can find. The only photo of an F4 that I can find that has an any stars painted on it comes from the Boneyard. I believe it may be a D model but I'm not sure. The photo only shows a little bit of the fuselage and the lower half the left very ramp. But that ramp has four stars painted on it. I'm aware of no other Air Force F 4D that should have four stars painted on it. And if I understand correctly the first star have any painted at that time on an aircraft would have started in the upper left-hand corner of the very ramp not the lower right hand corner. So in my mind that almost has to be General Richie's D model. I do not know when that photo was taken and if that aircraft is still there. If it is the same aircraft I and sincerely hope it. I hope it will finally end up where it belongs. In Dayton.
I had the extreme privilege of meeting many of my heroes, including General Ritchie, during my time in the Air Force. I have heard BG Ritchie accused of being arrogant and unapproachable, but, in my experience, he is as genuine and friendly as he comes across in this video. He is very intent on sharing the lessons he has learned in his amazing career and has very little patience for any lack of integrity, so I can understand why some would find him hard to deal with. Arrogant? No. He is not inclined to false modesty, but that's all it really would be, if you considered his accomplishments.
By "arrogant" they mean Gen Ritchie does not suffer fools easily.
One of the great men and what an amazing talk.
That was a fascinating story! A good friend of mine flys out of Seymour AFB in N. Carolina so I thought I would listen to a story and a couple minutes in I hooked! Super proud to be American,
Thank you General Ritchie for sharing your experiences with us. May God continue to bless you.
Great talk, thank you.
Just watched this! ! OMG Hope the BG is still around! I'll bet he would have a hay Day with today's Political stuff going on ! Well Done Sir ! Thanks for your service !
This was amazing respect sir 🇬🇧
That is so good!!
Great talk!
The Generals Fathers poem to the General and again given to his Son, IF ONLY all Fathers could read that poem to their Sons - and mean it.
I met Brig. Gen. R. Steve Ritchie at the Little Rock AFB Open House in October 1998 and had my picture taken with him.
Great speech, inspirational.
INSPIRING in every way, a big THAN YOU
Great talk Thank You!
Brilliant!
The greatest man / hero alive IMO
Good to hear someone shoving up the politicians:I bet he could tell some unreal truths off the record.if I ever had to have a general,I want this guy
Humble. A lot of trust to strap a rocket on your back and fly in to combat. Great Pilot and American. Semper Fi, Sir
What an inspiration this man is, he should be president.
Great speech.
Yes i think he would be a great president as well. 😇
The thumbs down are from Mig-21 pilots. I salute you sir!
Hear, hear General, we could indeed use those old values today, hear, HEAR.
When I grew up I thought everybody thought this way, we were certainly taught so. Boy did I get a education. Kinda tragic actually, look what 1/2 our country has become and the fact that half is much younger than than our half. The future looks dim for this country of people for the people.
General Ritchie,
I came upon this while searching for a copy of "Anything Else is Rubbish". If you know of anyone who has a copy, could you please ask them to post it on You Tube?
Thanks!
Charlie "Diesel" Deano
USAFA '76
FWIC 81A
7:00 And how many times did Sparrow missiles fail to work. Do you suppose those pilots are thankful for Capitalist quality control?
BG Ritchie fired two Sparrows on his first successful engagement of which the second missile fired killed the target by proximity fuze warhead detonation. They were the second and third missile that he had fired in that battle, as his first Sparrow missile shot at another Mig 21 had failed due to the rocket motor on the missile failing to ignite when launched. Four missile were ripple fired in his second kill of with only the last missile fired being successfully. Both missiles on the third kill and the single missile on the forth killall actually scored direct hits on the target. On his last kill, it again took four Sparrows to get one kill, though in the weapon's defence, all four missiles were fired at extreme range and the only reason the forth was successful was because the Mig 21 turned into it to avoid the third missile in front of it. Therefore he fired 14 missiles to get 6 hits (on the engagements that he is known to have actually killed something as he did have one claim disallowed and how many missiles he fired in that engagement is unknown). Of those 8 missiles that failed to intercept, 3 rounds worked correctly, but failed because they couldn't reach the target. One failed to ignite its rocket motor on launch, one failed to guide correctly and passed the target outside proximity fuze range. One failed to guide at all and two missiles suffered premature warhead detonation as soon as the missile's arming sequence completed at rocket motor cut off. For a 1950's era missile using thermionic valves and a complicated Semi Active Radar Homing system, 5 missile system failures out of 14 isn't bad at all.
What a fantastic public speaker, as a Brit his style reminds me of Tony Blair.
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Hey Ritchie, pull back on the stick.
13:03 Remember who ?
5:00 How do you explain it? Perhaps there is no explanation. Sometimes you just get lucky.
I know a woman who was in a plane crash. Of the four people in the plane, only she survived.
She was badly hurt in the crash so they dispatched an air ambulance to fly her to the hospital. As the helicopter took off from the crash site it struck power lines causing it to crash, killing everyone on the helicopter.
Why was she the sole survivor of a plane crash only to die later that same day in a helicopter crash?
If you want to attribute that to God, fine. But personally I think if God wanted her dead, he could have done it in a more efficient way.
Maybe it's not god at all. Humans hate to admit when they don't know, so they assign paranormal explanation to the "unexplained" even though such explanations are not explanations at all.
This must have been the most inspirational speech I've ever seen.
This guy should be president.