Deep Intel on the REAL Consecutive Miracles Strike
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- Опубликовано: 13 июл 2023
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Retired Vice Admiral Ted "Slapshot" Carter returns to the channel to go deep on his mission in Iraq where he was part of a two-Tomcat strike against a command bunker in Iraq that employed the "two consecutive miracles" tactic that influenced "Top Gun Maverick" decades later. 
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ward , whats going on BIDENs called up 3000 troops to europe
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@WardCarroll What a small world!!! Adm Winston "Mad Dog" Copeland was my first permanent duty station CO in the Navy(VF-102 Diamondbacks). He was seriously intense. I don't recall him ever smiling back then. When Capt Marc Ostertag relieved him, Capt J "Sparky" Lyle became the new XO. Mr Lyle was a great officer.
4 days across the Atlantic. Let that marinate for a second then think about that.
This is utterly mind blowing!!! I had no idea the Maverick story was ripping off anything but Star Wars. Wow!
Star Wars ripped off The Dam Busters.
Amazing
@@Amar7605and valerian
Right? 😉
Classy move by the Admiral giving a shoutout to all the ordinance folks. Pilots may fly the plane and get all the glory, but if the Ordies don't load the weapons, it's not worth launching the birds.
Great episode as always, Mooch.
It takes the whole ship! Blue shirts rarely get the credit they deserve.
@@aaroncarr5725 I absolutely agree. All the crew are vital.
Without maintenance or ordnance personnel, pilots are just fancy pedestrians with cool sunglasses.
Not just classy, he is just a good leader. Be it military and civilan, appreciating your people and making them feel valued and appreciated is one of the most important skills a leader needs to have.
@@TheNecromancer6666 I agree. The measure of a true leader is how they treat those underneath them.
It's incredible to hear about these missions from the actual guys & gals that flew them! Thank you!
As a JTAC, it was interesting to hear the aircrew take on this. I’ve lazed in combat and had “deadeye” missions as well as successful missions. Also had missions when the plane couldn’t “see” my laser and self-lazed. Great story! Semper Fi gentlemen!
What timeframe and location was that?
@@madcapHPS Iraq, from 2003-2008…
Amazing! I had no idea the miracle runs from TG:M were based on a real life USN mission and to top it all off, Slap Shot was part of it! How cool is that? This channel really delivers! Mr. Carroll, stand up and take a bow! You're giving us awesome content!
Indeed - How cool is that! Doesn't get any better than to hear the real story from those who made it happen!!
Also really appreciate that no potential classified information was released. I really hate it when people say things they shouldn't have because of the excitement of the moment or the desire to be seen as more important than they are!!
Thanks so much Mooch and Slap Shot. We truly appreciate all you've done and are doing. You're both making great contributions!!
Man, Slapshot is awesome. We are so lucky to have men and women like him in our armed forces. Univ. of Nebraska should feel some gratitude for landing him in their executive group. (Did you catch the tail hook tie clip?)
Slapshot is an uberachiever. Seriously, how many people can accomplish what he has?
I saw that tie clip right off the bat. Sweet!
How awesome would it be if someone like him ran for president instead of the toads in the political circus?
@@IndianArma Nice idea but along with president you gotta have the other branches toad-less to get someplace. I think that even this man would not want the headaches of trying to herd those cats.
@@glennstasse5698 ahh yes the dreaded 'beauracracy', a foe more fearsome than the baddest of military adversaries.
Certifying the GBU series weapons on the F-14 was the highlight of my flight test engineering career at Pax. Some of the best chase photos adorning my walls came from those flights.
Did you have to modify the Phoenix pylons that much to get ejector racks on them for the GBUs? The photos show a weird ejector I'm not used to seeing.
We did JDAM development on F-15E at Edwards before it was even called JDAM.
@@LRRPFco52 The Navy made inserts that adapted to the weapons rails where the BRU-10’s originally went. In these adapters were BRU-32’s which were being used on the F-18A/C at the time. This provided a high enough ejection velocity to get these boys away from the tunnel. The airflow down the tunnel was not great for weapon separation.
@@gpdaelemans I'm guessing the rear tunnel stations posed the biggest problem. Were there AOA limits for the separation profile? The F-15E did some crazy things with certain heavy weapons that were only carried on the centerline hardpoint. Wing stations could carry an enormous load too. They made improvised JDAMs with certain thick-walled pressure containment vessels and did separation profiles that far exceeded my expectations.
@@LRRPFco52 The release limits were more focused on 'g'... more is better. AOA could be easily overcome by higher g release.
Retired USAF here - in late 1990s at Air Mobility Command we used to say it was consecutive miracles when two or more C-5s took off back-to-back.
Retired USAF here also. In 1986 I slept on a concrete hanger floor for two days at Thumrait Oman because the C-5 that was coming to get us broke before it got there.🤣
Pay no attention to me, I'm just sitting here laughing in C-130 ;)
@@johnburger3287Did it break in Spain by chance?
@@LRRPFco52 Yup!
@@johnburger3287 I'm shocked. Just shocked at that. A lucky guess on my part...😎
This show is a prime example of what makes your channel great. One of the best on RUclips. Real aviators that been there and done that. Information organized, explained and more complete than other channels. Thanks!
Since World War II the United States military has killed or helped kill some 20-million people, overthrown at least-36 governments, interfered in at least 86-foreign elections, attempted to assassinate over 50-foreign leaders, and dropped bombs on people in over-30 countries.
Over the past twenty years the U.S. Airforce has dropped more than 330,000 bombs and missiles on other countries-an average of forty-six strikes per day.
This endless bombardment has not only been deadly and devastating for its victims, but it has seriously undermined international peace and security.
And diminished the United States’ standing in the world.
And shamefully Americans, real aviators like you @oceanmariner, come onto RUclips channels like this one and brag about it. It's unconscionable.
This demonstrates the true power and flexibility of a carrier in able to respond very quickly to unfolding geopolitical incidents.
Kudos to Slapshot for giving the Ordies credit. I was the 421st Fighter Squadron weapons (Ordie) Flight Chief during Desert Storm. The 421st FS was deployed to Al Minhad UAE. The squadron flew combat missions every day during the air war. We flew on the first night, 17 Jan 91, and every night until the end of the air war on 23 Feb 91. We were the only F-16 squadron at the time with the LANTRN pod so we flew exclusively at night. During that time we only had one hung bomb. It was a MK84 2000 lb dumb bomb. It came back as a "one luger". The front hook on the bomb rack release but the rear hook did not. Fortunately the bomb stayed on the aircraft when it landed.
I'm a retired Grunt, I was at Ali Al Saleem in Kuwait in '95. I was a Platoon Sergeant driver, I was driving him to a Battalion meeting and he points off in the distance and tells me to drive over to check it out. We got about 100:feet from it and I slammed on the brakes. I'm an E-3 he's an E-7. He says WTF? Why did you stop,? I said Sergeant those fins sticking yeah those are MK 82 or 84 fins and we are already in the kill radius. First time I ever saw EOD do there thing. It was a MK 84 Live and had been dropped in 90 or 91 during the war.
Never preferred to have a one lugger, but having been on the load team we also hoped it would be the rear lug that released so nothing with the nose fuse was effected. I wasn't a normal ordnance person. I was cross trained in the Navy. They did this for two reasons, one to help the Ordies load all the planes by giving them an extra non ordnance personnel load team. It also allowed me to go on more detachments because I was cross trained. We had four regular ordnance personnel load teams and one non ordnance personnel load team. The only oldies were the QASO for the non ordnance team. Lots of times we just intermixed everyone. I was a team member and team leader. Later on in my career, I ran my normal shop and the ordnance shop at the same time because our senior ordnance person in the squadron was an E-4 besides our one E-6 that was in QA.
Was it just a CAD malfunction or something more internally with the rack itself? Been safer just to jettison the whole rack over Water or the middle of BFE.
@@georgesykes394 It was a rack malfunction. The pylon/rack is not jettisonable on the F-16.
Holy crap that's crazy. That could have sheared off and caused a catastrophic loss to the whole airframe.
Block 40 was a big step for the F-16's evolution in many ways.
Fascinating interview. I absolutely love the description and the fact that they planned and executed this mission themselves. Incredible incredible story.
I suppose that when you do every last bit yourself starting with a blank sheet and some buildeing specs by the time its worked through you know the whole thing in incredible detail.
Still a phenomenally impressive achievement - the more so given you're having to fly steady the final section whilst the opposition chuck the kitchen sink at you.
What an unbelievable privilege to hear this conversation between such distinguished airmen. Thank you, Mooch, for all you do to acquaint the RUclips community with just what it is that the USN and USAF does for the world. ❤❤❤
Now I need to buy Top Gun: Maverick... I've been fortunate to live in Nebraska since '12 and listen to Admiral "Slapshot" Carter speak at numerous events for Veterans locally. Cornhuskers are lucky to have him as University President!
Thank you Mooch and Slap Shot for an incredibly informative blog stream.
Thank you Sir for your shout out recognition of the Ordnance Personnel professional work. It’s truly appreciated Sir (s!
AO’s are an underestimated bunch of warriors. Bravo Zulu.
I got to El Toro in 83 as a newly minted ATC radar tech and got to see VMFA-314 get their F-18's, but I just love hearing these Navy stories because I know that our boys were always right there with you guys. There's not a better fighting force out there than the Navy/Marine Corps team.
Haha neat, my first unit as a comm guy was MACS-2 out of CHPT in 04
Bravo Zulu to those Ordies. They seldom get sufficient recognition for their work and accomplishments.
Wow! Admiral Carter has had, and continues to have, an amazing career. Thank you Mooch, for bringing such amazing people onto the channel!
He was my dad's CO during Kosovo on the Roosevelt. Tophatter bombcats
I remember Slap Shot and Tuna came to our airshow sometime in the mid 90's (not sure of the year) and flew the Tomcat Tac Demo.. They did an awesome job as the crowd really loves the noise of that monster!
What a great story about that mission, thank you for sharing that with us!
I love this channel and the interviews with retired military personnel. Each time I hear one of these interviews I am amazed at how dedicated, talented and intelligent these folks are. This interview was a good example. The most amazing part to me is how calmly they go about their work and don't even mention that their lives are in imminent danger throughout the mission. In this case, they flew great distance wingtip to wingtip at high speed over enemy territory and during parts of the mission were under direct fire. Simply amazing. We are so lucky as a nation to have these exemplary individuals working on our behalf to protect our health and welfare. I was also very pleased that as a commander, "Slapshot" made an effort serval times to acknowledge and thank those that served with him at all levels and made this particular mission and their entire deployment possible. I have heard at least one other interview with "Slapshot" that was also amazing. Thank you Ward for your continued service bringing us this content and educating all of us on just how incredible those that dedicate their lives to our military are.
Really digging that tailhook tie clip sir!
Made of 100% Pure Awesome!
The Tomcat has been and always will be my most favoritist of all our fighter platforms. (Though, I do love them all 🙂.)
Thanks Ward and Slapshot for the excellent interview and amazing stories!
Very nice to congratulate the AOs. Sounds like this is one CO who actually cared about his team.
The best CO’s knew every sailor in their command. The dividends were immeasurable.
Great episode. Was glad to hear the mission was carried out by the Top Hatters. They were on board FDR flying Phantom II when we cruised the Med in 1964 and 1965. BZ
Mega. A great story to relate to the public. Everyone knows the movie version, and this is the definitive example of real world use of the tactics. Superb war craft.
Dell Bull was also featured in the PBS miniseries “Carrier,” as the XO for the Black Aces that were flying the Super Hornets.
Slapshot, Scooter, Slammer & Snapper, love it!🤣🤣🤣
Thanks for the shoutout to the Ordies! IYONAS!
The powers that be arranged for me to visit CVN 75 while she steaming off the coast of Florida, and I had dinner W/ Commander Ted Carter. As a guy that sells model airplanes for a living, the trip blew my mind.
Loved the shoutout to the fight deck crews.
Mooch!!! Thank you so much for bringing a non-military guy (but still an aviation lover and A&P) these stories. Just goes to show that real life is better than the movies!
Great story Mooch! Thanks for setting it up and many thanks to Slapshot for taking the time to tell it!!
Fantastic episode!
As a Nebraskan, I’m glad we have Slapshot as President of the University of Nebraska!
After that mission, how hard can running a University be?
I had no idea the Maverick mission was based on a real one... incredible! Can't get this content anywhere else.
did not know the Navy was not planning on an F Hornet as part of the carrier deck. This mission apparently helped preserve the purpose of the WSO, nice to know, good on ya Slapshot for that proof of concept. Wish the Marine Corps would have learned that lesson. Marine Corps now going to all single seat F-35's. Our criticism of the Hornet initially, (being from the A-6 world), due to the Hornet A & C models always being fuel critical, was from the Aviation Week & Technology ad showing a Hornet canopy silhouette, and caption reading "One Plane One Pilot" . We had that ad on our ready room bulletin board, and said "One Plane One Pilot, One Bomb, One Hour, One Way! The F-35 ad would be "One Plane, One Pilot, One Bomb, One Hour, One Way, One Engine..!"
Amazing story. I'm glad TG Maverick wasn't so far fetched.
Thank you for your service gentlemen.
Thanks for another great presentation Ward . When listening to your strike mission stories, I often wonder how my old fave, the very distant cousin of the Tomcat, the F-111, would have done in comparison.
But then of course I realise the logistical problems of not being able to operate from a carrier.
Holy sunset ! That sunset photograph looks like one of mine taken at the Lillian bridge on the Florida and Alabama line on Pensacola Florida side around 2013-14. Wow ! If it is … I’m honored that it’s in his office.
Shout out to the Ordies! Thank you!!!!!
Mooch - there are a lot of folks that don't realize how awesome the Tomcat was in so many ways - not the least of which was maneuverability.
I been doing research on things like turning radius stats (ITR and STR), and not surprisingly coming to the same conclusion every time - the Tomcat (all models) has the best ITR of all (even better than the F-16), and the B and D models with the big dogs out (NATOPS prohibited move) had an even better STR than anything else (including the F-16).
From what I'm finding, the only thing that could do better in these areas than the Tomcat, are thrust vectoring units like the F-22.
Are my findings wrong?
Shoot me a message on my channel somewhere… I’m in the later stages of research for a major Tomcat video project (basically boosting the F-14’s legacy, it was better than people realize like you said) and I would love to chat with you about your findings. Any help I’d appreciate! Thanks!
Did you include the latest Russian Mig's and Sukhoi's in your research my friend?
@@DennisMerwood-xk8wpOnly U.S. fighters were referenced. However anything (U.S., Russian, etc.) with thrust vectoring is clearly going to be superior.
@@EveryoneIsFightingSomeBattle Yep. Thanks
Cool. My daughter is a sophomore at UNL so cool you got the U President on
Terrific information. Thanks to the Admiral and all involved for keeping us safe. Thank you Ward for the professional presentation.
This was excellent, Ward! Thank you both for the fascinating description of this mission and for putting it in terms that those of us who are non-military aviators could understand. Outstanding.
As a civ, I am stunned to learn that TGM was a shadow of a real event. To know that there are lives that dedicate themselves to the skills displayed in realife ldaves me in awe! THANK YOU TO EVERY SOUL INVOLVED!
Moochapalooza Annapolis 2023! Ready to rock!
What a incredible story.
From the newest seamen to the most senior officer on that deployment sounds like they did it right. BZ
Ward ,as always thanks for doing this video and sharing this historic and heroic mission.
I wish herd this story at a pub from the Admiral himself this round is on me Sir.
Mooch, you have the BEST guests with the BEST stories!
Ward, thanks for a great interview and tale of the tape. I did not realize when I saw the movie that it was based on fact, and it seemed silly. Now I appreciate the purpose of the mission.
Definitely one of the best episodes!!! Great job Mooch & Slapshot!!!!
Amazing!
We are so spoiled by this channel. I had so many questions I wish could’ve been answered, like how they were able to avoid being shot down while maintaining the guidance for the bombs, if any other assets were assisting, what exactly was so important about that bunker at that time... But I imagine “that’s classified” gets boring to hear after the third or fourth denied question 😜
What a blessed man! What a career! Wow
You dont often if ever get to here what these guys are saying, Not sure I could even approach an appropriate Thank you for the Mission. You men and Many others who have served are the reason we call ourselves Free. I served A.F. I worked Ground equipment Mechanic. I loved the work. I loved serving my country more then all!!!! You Men are reason we can have confidence in the near future. The changes are in works as we type, I will always say and Pray, God, Save the Country!!!!
Great! Great! VLOG! Thank you so much for sharing this story with me. As a Vet I am aware how so go on through life as unsung hero’s. These great pilots deserve that their story be told and shared. This is a example of why the American military while not perfect is the most feared in the world. And when we bring it the enemy will always regret the fact the ever met us in the air, on the ground or at sea. Again great great story. I can not say thank you enough for sharing!!
"The American military, the most feared in the world". Yanky hubristic belief in their own self-proclaimed genius.
And when they bring it to the enemy in the air, on the ground or at sea. They lose every war that they have fought since WW2.
Another great video Ward, keep em' coming.
2 minutes into it and it's great? You haven't watched it yet.
@@JSFGuy I'll watch the rest later when i have time. It's a WC video it'll be great.
@@andrewsmith2404Right..
@@JSFGuy actually you were right, it wasn't great - it was brilliant! Thanks again to WC & Ret. Vice Admiral Carter Jr.
@@andrewsmith2404 Sure, once you watch the whole thing it's rather obvious.
Still miss my “Ordie days” !!!
Thanks! We need to be more patriotic than ever - not because of vulgar national pride - but because of our decency and national character. The world needs us to be strong more than ever and I so appreciate Ward's decency and his character.
FINALLY Some love for us Ordies! IYAOYAS! B/Z
You keep bringing great content with the actual personnel that made a difference in our Armed Forces. Your channel goes beyond just the cool sunglasses, flight suit gee whiz information and document history that the general public would never hear about. Thank you for your service and for your work here.
“Slapshot, Hozer, and Nasty” episodes are all⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️. Come to think of it, all episodes are ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Well done, Mooch!
Admiral Jimmie Taylor of Murfreesboro TN passed away last week. Just forwarding the info along for those who knew Admiral Taylor
Never disappointed with your videos Ward. Awesome!!!!!!
Mooch, another great video with rock stars of the Tomcat community. See you at Hook ‘23!
Amazing interview. Thank you both!
Vice Admiral Ted Carter is the BEST. Thanks Mooch and Slapshot.
Outstanding! As a lay person I love this. Thank you.
Crazy man, was on the Kearsarge for all that then deployed into Kosovo. I was standing by the island on the flight deck when the harrier went down on approach.
Fascinating tale. Thank you and "Slapshot" for sharing it.
Excellent interview! Keep up the great work. Thank you for this!
Love your channel Ward. Keep the great stories coming.
Wow, thanks for sharing. Mooch Congratulations to all involved in that mission and a shout out to the new Maverick. Can’t wait to see it.
Fantastic episode! Thank you!
Friday and a new upload from Ward? Man, I live for this!
Hi Ward, since I watched your channel for the first time, I did not miss a single one of your exellent videos. Thanks for all of your absolutely brilliant reports. Looking forward to the next report of yours. Greetings from across the Atlantic Ocean, Wulf "Buddy" Beeck.
Thanks for watching, Buddy!
Wow what an amazing story, I had no idea the movie was based on a true mission in the F14!
Wow, awesome achievement by amazing men.
Congratulations to all involved to execute this mission.
Great content. Thanks Ward
Adm. Bull was our flag when I reported on board the U.S.S. Constellation CV-64 in Jan of 1987. I was a SINS tech providing your guys alignments. I was on board from Jan 87 till Jan 91. Got out during SLEP in Philly.
Thank you, Commander Carroll, for another amazing episode! Your channel keeps getting better and better! 👍
Exceptionally great conversation Mooch. Thank you!
Awesome presentation and backstory.
Thank you.
Thank you, gentlemen! Our country owes our veterans an immense amount of gratitude. Amazing story!
Fascinating discussion! Thank you, gentlemen.
Amazing! Thank you both.
Thanks for the support!
Ward, just wanted to tell you that after a previous video I looked for your Punk books, I read all three back to back, I really enjoyed them!
The cream always rises to the top. Impressive man with credentials to back him up.
Why can't we have a man like this as our country's leader instead of you know who?
See you tonight at Moochapalooza. I got my tickets in hand. Can't wait to finally share some beer.
Great to meet you, Tom. Thanks for coming out.
@@WardCarroll The pleasure was all mine. Thanks for letting me be “That Guy” wearing my leather flight jacket in the middle of summer. Lol.
Great stories, always good to hear what the Vice Admiral has to say. My fathers side of the family all got driven out of Bosnia in the first war in the early to mid 90's before Kosovo, They're all over the world in Australia, Canada and the USA. My mother's side are all still in Serbia, mostly Beograd (Belgrade). They kinda disowned me, a says all you need to know about Serbs I guess. Me, I ended up in Ukraine eventually and the doom seems to have followed me here. That's the way it rolls in life sometimes, like that French/Bosnian journalist who got killed here recently, tragic.
Fantastic interview! 👍
great content, thank you Mooch!
Great segment! Keep up the good work!
Fantastic! Love Slammer stories! He told a similar story on Tomcat Tales how they flew a GBU through a vent in a mountain carved hanger in Montenegro to destroy the planes inside.
Awesome video. I imagine seeing that monster fall right next to your wingtip is pretty awe inspiring.
Great interview.
Uber professional and skilled people pushing themselves to do better, always a story worth listening to. Thx Mooch
Great episode! Nailed another one Mooch!
Just watched this episode a second time. Just as interesting the second time around.
Another outstanding interview, Mooch !
my deepest respect, Sir- what a feat! thank you for your service!
Another outstanding episode: great content, well-paced and highly engaging. (And I say that as a former F-111 WSO.) Thanks as ever, Ward.