My Husband flew LOacH with F Troop 8th Cav. My fears were great. He was shoot down three times, but made it home and we had a wonderful son and daughter. The cobra saved his life more than once.
Thank you for presenting this to the US Citizens who have no clue, I am supporting a military member through the times of personal life at under the stress , hope and constantly wondering if or anything to at least give some direction or anything to make it somehow the ability to go through to the next day
I was a gunner/observer on LOAH's with Btrp. 1/9 Cav., Ftrp 9th Cav. and Htrp. 16th Cav. Best job I ever had, serving with the best troopers you could fly with. My honor to be able to be with each and everyone of them.
Thabk you for your service! I brought a military Loach/OH 6 and converted to a civilian 500C. Replaced lots of military parts and replaced the old rear doors..... awesome birds with a C20 Allison
@@davidneidel436 the one I converted, repainted, etc we used during filming of the Green Mile in Nashville as well well as a Soley conversion H 125. Had a nose mount , remote camera.... such fun.
THANK YOU to the slick, little bird ,cobra pilots and their observers. Because of their sacrifices. My Father made it back and met my Mom and they produced me.
My father was in Air Cav in Vietnam, he told many stories of the hunter killer teams, he rode front seat in the Cobra, he was "Charley Horse 42". If anybody knew him or flew with him let us know. He was pretty well decorated and saved a few Loaches.
I actually flew front seat in a Cobra for a mission. It was a lot different from being tree top level to around 1500 ft. above and starting a gun run. Further to fall if shot down. It was fun but one time was enough. Not enough action for me. I guess I was an adrenaline junkie. I believe that it took all 4 groups to do our job safely and to protect one another. Enlisted, Warrant Officers and Commissioned Officers were close to each other. We flew, talked with and even ate together. Closest I ever felt in any other unit.
My grandfather Fowler Lamar Goodowens Sr flew the Patrica Ann, named after my aunt, his firstborn in 68, (serial numbers suggest that was the first combat active cobra in Vietnam arriving shortly before Tet) he passed away Christmas Day, 2019. I’ve thought about him every single day since then, I have a trove of treasure from his three tours, if anyone is interested I’ll be more than happy to show you anything you’d like to see from then.
We had Cobras in Desert Storm, usmc...somestill had bullet holes and the gun pods were cracked...you could see the patches. Nothing else sounds like a cobra gunship.
I had the privilege of flying scout for the 3/4 Cav, it was up close and personal, there were 1,419 LoH built, 842 were destroyed in Vietnam, most shot down and many others succumbing to crashes resulting from low-level flying. In contrast, of the nearly 1,100 Cobras delivered to the Army, 300 were lost. Your mission was to draw fire. We were all a little crazy.
I always wanted to fly the OH-6. I was in high school during Vietnam and watched the news every night so I grew up watching this stuff. I did get to fly the OH-58 and Cobra, but that was post VN. Never got to fly the OH-6.
My grandfather used to fly in these when he was in D Troop, 7-17 Cav during his time in Vietnam. Every morning, an officer had to do a Loach flight before exiting the post. They would have the pilot and the officer would have an M60 machine gun on a chain and they would go hunt the VC. The loaches were mean fighting machines. Wish the Army still used them as the Cavalry scout helicopters.
What has always seemed so devastating is the Loach/Cobra teams that were working from 1968 on. Loaches draw fire and Cobras dive in and lit the shooters up. The VC and NVA were scared shitless if that tactic.
The Infantry and combined arms of then made us better soldiers today. Vietnam era NCO’s trained me. They were the best. Yesterday, today, tomorrow: US ARMY.
Loach Crew Chief/observer 69-70 D Trp 3/5 Cav out of Dong Tam, then Vin Long. Team of two loaches (lead and trail) and two snakes (AH-1G Cobras). Its as real as it can get. Used a M60 with bungie cord to help hold it; baseball grenades; CS Gas; C4 Bombs (bunker busters); occasional phosphorus grenades (nasty things); smoke grenades; pilot controlled mini gun shooting 2000 or 4000 rounds per minute.
Don't forget the concussions. We used them a lot down in the delta. They were great in those irrigation ditches. They would hide their weapons in the weeds and go down in those ditches with a hollowed out tube of cane. A concussion would kill them about 100 foot on either side. Just turn their brain's to mush. I'm 69 and still have bad dreams sometimes.
@@douglasgay4497 we strapped three half sticks of C4 on concussion grenades; bunker busters. Frags weren’t powerful enough for most bunkers, but our homemade bombs did the trick
@@Defender78 Nope. Never claimed to be a VN vet. Served 79-84. Flew OH-58A&C with 1/10 Cav. We had S model Cobras. Forgot that the predecessor was the G. It has been 36 years after all.
We got the loaches around 4/68 if I remember right, we were a gun company being used as scouts for the Americal Div. We didn't get any cobras until later in that year or maybe the first of 69/ loved the loaches go anywhere you wanted them to.
I knew the man whom tested the Cobra air craft for the US army he also tested their new seeking missiles and all of it's armament. I have the official images of this classified testing with him named as the pilot who will be Manning the control for the test flight. Rest in peace Mr David Avard I will see you in Valhalla sir.
I was assign to the aero-rifle platoon in the 7th Squadron,l st CAV air, at FT KNOX,KY 1967 and later to Dian and later to vinh long l968 with the Blackhawks. SFC Joe lona
I flew this cobra. In 1968, Vinh Long, Vietnam. It was a great ship to fly and did a great job. More important, I want to say a big thank you to all those that serviced our aircraft day in and day out. You made our mission possible. Armament, avionics, airframe, hydraulics, engine and systems. They always worked because of you. Thanks for your hard work and dedication. I never worried about the aircraft because of your support; I just worried about the mission. Thanks, Comanche 69 aka Cobrapilot45 aka biker41445.
Well said, I was there in 72/73. I flew missions during the day and worked on them under klieg lights at night. I never did get a ride in a snake but didn't need to. If you fly a mission in a loach nothing can outdo it. Lol, I didn't even puke my first time out. I spent so many nights replacing fuel cells in loaches. I could string one in faster than anyone in our company (C 16, 164'th combat aviation group) I learned a lot about life and respect over there. As the motto of Fort Rucker says, Above The Best.!! Times were certainly different back then. I joined the army when I was 17. My Daddy reluctantly signed for me. Turned 18 in boot cam at Fort Knox. Turned 19 in Can Tho RVN. I was definitely a changed person when I came home. Same with my Brother in Law and two Cousins that served over there. And my Uncle Clyde Melton did two tours on those river boats. Lol, we used to buzz those poor Sailors. Get close enough to bend those whip antennas with our skids. I think they got a bigger kick out of it than we did. I have a lot of respect for those sailors. Their mission was as dangerous as ours. Those boats were fast but some of the rivers they patrolled had all kinds of stuff under the water to gut those boats at high speed. I never really realized how dangerous their missions were until my Uncle Clyde and I were out squirrel hunting one day and were discussing our experiences over there. That was the only time that we ever discussed it. Didn't need to. He and his family lived at our house for a while when their house was being built. We would be watching the news and they would announce the body counts, we would just look at each other and nod. Nothing needed to be said.
My 2d tour I flew Aerial Rocket Arty in A/4-77. We had 12 AH-1G heavy hogs with 76 Rockets and dual mini guns in the turret, 101st Airborne Division Phu Bai. Flew cover for the 2/17 many times and shared a hangar with them.
patricia ann was a 7/1 air cav cobra. there were 3 separate air cav squadrons in nam..all 3 formed up at ft knox 7/17, 3/17 and the 7/1 ( blackhawks). 7/1 was the last to leave..early feb 68. we were on the boat and missed tet. first at di an and then moved to vinh long. the squadron was in country about 4 years.
Some high ranking officer flew out to our position in a Loach to picked up our company Captain (C 1/7). I had never seen anything like this before, can only guess at the purpose. This was in the boonies, the middle of nowhere, and just our company. And I was freaked out with Snoopy on the ground and how much the NVA wanted to get any helo. Any way, our 6 got in but he had his helmet on and they handed him a flight helmet. Well he tossed his steel helmet out, underhanded. Except he held it too long and it went up and hit a rotor. Now there was a shutdown Snoopy on the ground and it could not fly. So the crew started taking the damaged blade off. After about 30 min, a Cobra shows up with a blade strapped to it and it lands. Now I'm really freaking out -- a Cobra on the ground in the middle of no f***king where. I expected NVA to be coming out of the woodwork. Any how, the Cobra left, they got the new blade on, the Loch left, and our 6 was left with us. All that for nothing. Got to love the Army. But any way, all my love to you pilots. I've seen you guys do amazing things for us grunts. All respect, always and forever. And a special shout out to Blue Max.
Sweet! I recognize where you ripped the swf from. Mox nix. That's a Blue Max AH-1G cobra going over the green smoke and a Robinhood gunship at the end.
Someone said: " The image and sound of helicopters Huey UH - 1 is a part of Vietnam war ". Yes, it is true as for me personally. The image and sound of helicopters Huey UH - 1 starting up, taking off and landing everyday at a small helicopter airport in front of my Quoc Hoc high school after " TET Mau Than " 1968 have engraved upon my mind. And many Huey UH - 1 helicopters were shot down by V.C from 1968 to end of Vietnam war. Especially, I saw directly a crash of a Huey UH - 1 right after taking off and was sunk deep at the bottom of Huong Giang river in Hue city ( behind the Quoc Hoc stone stele ), very very sorrowful there was a pilot of VNAF died at that time.
Missions. I crew chiefed the oh-58 back stateside. The 58 couldn’t have survived our missions (and there would have been more dead pilots and observers/gunners
I thought it strange as well, I was stationed in CA when it came out. You kind of expect something from 68 or earlier, but it's all good and a great song and video. I joined in 72 on my 17th B-Day so Vietnam vets are like big brothers to me... MUCH RESPECT!
I spent a lot of time in these machines,to say I loved them would be an understatement. Thank you to the men that kept the birds in the air, that rearmed, and refueled them so I could get out of one and into another and go back to work providing cover and support for the teams in the weed's.i owe these men a debt is can never repay.i can say that I love and respect ALL of them and will always try to be worthy of the life they made possible........
When the front of the Cobra turned towards the camera I was thinking to myself Louie baby I'm glad I've never seen anything like that in a landing zone taxiing towards me. Should have had to. Could have had twins. Get some 🇺🇲
Disabled Vietnam Veteran Looking for A Camper To Live In. I have COPD and due to my roof leaking there is Black mold in the House Need one with a working furnace
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They tried their best and failed miserabely fighting this unnecessary war, million of American lifes lost for for nothing, this war should have never been fought..
My Husband flew LOacH with F Troop 8th Cav. My fears were great. He was shoot down three times, but made it home and we had a wonderful son and daughter. The cobra saved his life more than once.
Thank you for presenting this to the US Citizens who have no clue, I am supporting a military member through the times of personal life at under the stress , hope and constantly wondering if or anything to at least give some direction or anything to make it somehow the ability to go through to the next day
Thank u.they were awesome and had some wild rids in the loch
Wow, bless you and your family!
I was a gunner/observer on LOAH's with Btrp. 1/9 Cav., Ftrp 9th Cav. and Htrp. 16th Cav. Best job I ever had, serving with the best troopers you could fly with. My honor to be able to be with each and everyone of them.
I went to Iraq with 1/9 Cav in 2003.
Thabk you for your service! I brought a military Loach/OH 6 and converted to a civilian 500C. Replaced lots of military parts and replaced the old rear doors..... awesome birds with a C20 Allison
@@markmay1655 I say that I am here today because of that birds crash worthiness. I loved it. Glad to hear that you love yours.
@@davidneidel436 the one I converted, repainted, etc we used during filming of the Green Mile in Nashville as well well as a Soley conversion H 125. Had a nose mount , remote camera.... such fun.
I remember the first time I saw a Cobra up close on the ground. I was amazed at how thin it was and how small. But what a beautiful beast. ‘69-‘71
Huugh rawwwe bro love the pink teams. Saved my ugly butt a few times
THANK YOU to the slick, little bird ,cobra pilots and their observers. Because of their sacrifices. My Father made it back and met my Mom and they produced me.
My father was in Air Cav in Vietnam, he told many stories of the hunter killer teams, he rode front seat in the Cobra, he was "Charley Horse 42". If anybody knew him or flew with him let us know. He was pretty well decorated and saved a few Loaches.
I actually flew front seat in a Cobra for a mission. It was a lot different from being tree top level to around 1500 ft. above and starting a gun run. Further to fall if shot down. It was fun but one time was enough. Not enough action for me. I guess I was an adrenaline junkie. I believe that it took all 4 groups to do our job safely and to protect one another. Enlisted, Warrant Officers and Commissioned Officers were close to each other. We flew, talked with and even ate together. Closest I ever felt in any other unit.
My buddy Sock flew with the 7/17 in 70 and was one that did not make it. Miss him today as much as I did 50 years ago.
My grandfather Fowler Lamar Goodowens Sr flew the Patrica Ann, named after my aunt, his firstborn in 68, (serial numbers suggest that was the first combat active cobra in Vietnam arriving shortly before Tet) he passed away Christmas Day, 2019. I’ve thought about him every single day since then, I have a trove of treasure from his three tours, if anyone is interested I’ll be more than happy to show you anything you’d like to see from then.
We had Cobras in Desert Storm, usmc...somestill had bullet holes and the gun pods were cracked...you could see the patches. Nothing else sounds like a cobra gunship.
I had the privilege of flying scout for the 3/4 Cav, it was up close and personal, there were 1,419 LoH built, 842 were destroyed in Vietnam, most shot down and many others succumbing to crashes resulting from low-level flying. In contrast, of the nearly 1,100 Cobras delivered to the Army, 300 were lost. Your mission was to draw fire. We were all a little crazy.
Welcome home sir. Thank you for your service and sacrifices. 👏👏👏👏👏👏💝
Hi, I was a Huey crew chief for HHT 3/4 Cav in 74 and 75. Stationed at Schofield, Hawaii and worked over on Wheeler AFB. 🙂
Thanks for this post. My father flew the loah and the Cobra gunship circa '69-'71.
Brings back many, many memories. Old Cobra pilot
Another Greatest Generation right here on this film !
Thank you all for your service and sacrifices. Some of us will never forget you. ✌️💝👏👏👏👏👏
I always wanted to fly the OH-6. I was in high school during Vietnam and watched the news every night so I grew up watching this stuff. I did get to fly the OH-58 and Cobra, but that was post VN. Never got to fly the OH-6.
My grandfather used to fly in these when he was in D Troop, 7-17 Cav during his time in Vietnam. Every morning, an officer had to do a Loach flight before exiting the post. They would have the pilot and the officer would have an M60 machine gun on a chain and they would go hunt the VC. The loaches were mean fighting machines. Wish the Army still used them as the Cavalry scout helicopters.
What has always seemed so devastating is the Loach/Cobra teams that were working from 1968 on. Loaches draw fire and Cobras dive in and lit the shooters up. The VC and NVA were scared shitless if that tactic.
If your loach didn't come back with branches or bamboo in your skids you were flying too high...
@Yourtube everytime! Luring the VC to get out of them bunkers and call in the gunships
how true
Over 40ft was a nose bleed
The Infantry and combined arms of then made us better soldiers today. Vietnam era NCO’s trained me. They were the best. Yesterday, today, tomorrow: US ARMY.
this war was not something to be proud of, it was not justified.
@@ChristopherGray00 you’re a moron that clearly don’t know shit cuz you probably never served. And if you did you gotta stay off the medical marijuana
Loach Crew Chief/observer 69-70 D Trp 3/5 Cav out of Dong Tam, then Vin Long. Team of two loaches (lead and trail) and two snakes (AH-1G Cobras). Its as real as it can get. Used a M60 with bungie cord to help hold it; baseball grenades; CS Gas; C4 Bombs (bunker busters); occasional phosphorus grenades (nasty things); smoke grenades; pilot controlled mini gun shooting 2000 or 4000 rounds per minute.
Don't forget the concussions. We used them a lot down in the delta. They were great in those irrigation ditches. They would hide their weapons in the weeds and go down in those ditches with a hollowed out tube of cane. A concussion would kill them about 100 foot on either side. Just turn their brain's to mush. I'm 69 and still have bad dreams sometimes.
@@douglasgay4497 we strapped three half sticks of C4 on concussion grenades; bunker busters. Frags weren’t powerful enough for most bunkers, but our homemade bombs did the trick
I Tip my Hat to the Air Cav “Pink Teams and Blues”. Used to get a first light recon from them when we were in the Bush! A 1-12 Cav 71-72.
Those A model cobras are such beautiful birds.
John Van Dyke wrote, “those A model cobras are such beautiful birds.“. Um buddy there were no “A” model Cobras.. are u a fake Vietnam vet?
@@Defender78 Nope. Never claimed to be a VN vet. Served 79-84. Flew OH-58A&C with 1/10 Cav. We had S model Cobras. Forgot that the predecessor was the G. It has been 36 years after all.
We got the loaches around 4/68 if I remember right, we were a gun company being used as scouts for the Americal Div. We didn't get any cobras until later in that year or maybe the first of 69/ loved the loaches go anywhere you wanted them to.
I knew the man whom tested the Cobra air craft for the US army he also tested their new seeking missiles and all of it's armament. I have the official images of this classified testing with him named as the pilot who will be Manning the control for the test flight. Rest in peace Mr David Avard I will see you in Valhalla sir.
Happiness was being part of the pinks. Branches in the skids and knicks in the blades.
I was assign to the aero-rifle platoon in the 7th Squadron,l st CAV air, at FT KNOX,KY 1967 and later to Dian and later to vinh long l968 with the Blackhawks. SFC Joe lona
Crewchief D troop 3/5 cav '67-'68 939/937
I flew this cobra. In 1968, Vinh Long, Vietnam. It was a great ship to fly and did a great job. More important, I want to say a big thank you to all those that serviced our aircraft day in and day out. You made our mission possible. Armament, avionics, airframe, hydraulics, engine and systems. They always worked because of you. Thanks for your hard work and dedication. I never worried about the aircraft because of your support; I just worried about the mission. Thanks, Comanche 69 aka Cobrapilot45 aka biker41445.
Well said, I was there in 72/73. I flew missions during the day and worked on them under klieg lights at night. I never did get a ride in a snake but didn't need to. If you fly a mission in a loach nothing can outdo it. Lol, I didn't even puke my first time out. I spent so many nights replacing fuel cells in loaches. I could string one in faster than anyone in our company (C 16, 164'th combat aviation group) I learned a lot about life and respect over there. As the motto of Fort Rucker says, Above The Best.!! Times were certainly different back then. I joined the army when I was 17. My Daddy reluctantly signed for me. Turned 18 in boot cam at Fort Knox. Turned 19 in Can Tho RVN. I was definitely a changed person when I came home. Same with my Brother in Law and two Cousins that served over there. And my Uncle Clyde Melton did two tours on those river boats. Lol, we used to buzz those poor Sailors. Get close enough to bend those whip antennas with our skids. I think they got a bigger kick out of it than we did. I have a lot of respect for those sailors. Their mission was as dangerous as ours. Those boats were fast but some of the rivers they patrolled had all kinds of stuff under the water to gut those boats at high speed. I never really realized how dangerous their missions were until my Uncle Clyde and I were out squirrel hunting one day and were discussing our experiences over there. That was the only time that we ever discussed it. Didn't need to. He and his family lived at our house for a while when their house was being built. We would be watching the news and they would announce the body counts, we would just look at each other and nod. Nothing needed to be said.
Brings back memories. U.S. Army Aviation 1970-1973.
OH6 and Snake. Best killing team in Vietnam. Had to keep the Loach guys from killing all the bad guys. LOL
A Troop 3/17 Air Cav
gunsaway1, 3/17 what year bud?
67 - 69. If you aint Cav, you just aint shit! Long Live the Cav
A Troop 7/1st Air Cav. In the delta out of Vinh Long. Business was good 1970.
My Dad Gary Sewell served in D troop ( Blue Tigers) 3/17th Air Cav in 1969
Love that Hughes 500...
Operated 93 Sniffer Missions 1st Cav, Spring 1970, prior to Cambodian Incursion. Slick, LOH, Cobra team. Low and Slow.
Welcome home sir. Thank you for your service and sacrifices. 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏💝
Respect!
A Trp 7/1st Air Cav. ‘70 Launched into the Parrots Beak from Muc Hoa into Cambodia May ‘70. Helluva day. Business was good.
1 word...SWEET...THANX
" I'll Always Love 💘you Hayden Panettiere "
My 2d tour I flew Aerial Rocket Arty in A/4-77. We had 12 AH-1G heavy hogs with 76 Rockets and dual mini guns in the turret, 101st Airborne Division Phu Bai. Flew cover for the 2/17 many times and shared a hangar with them.
As a alumni of the 2/17th. Thank you for your service sir.
Alumni of the 2/17 are my favorite people on Earth!
Welcome home sir. Thank you for your service and sacrifices. 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏💝
patricia ann was a 7/1 air cav cobra. there were 3 separate air cav squadrons in nam..all 3 formed up at ft knox 7/17, 3/17 and the 7/1 ( blackhawks). 7/1 was the last to leave..early feb 68. we were on the boat and missed tet. first at di an and then moved to vinh long. the squadron was in country about 4 years.
Were you in the scout platoon? If so, do you remember McCauley, Thorne, Zerillo, Conover?
I saw Radar and he still hasn't aged a day!
Excellent!
Some high ranking officer flew out to our position in a Loach to picked up our company Captain (C 1/7). I had never seen anything like this before, can only guess at the purpose. This was in the boonies, the middle of nowhere, and just our company. And I was freaked out with Snoopy on the ground and how much the NVA wanted to get any helo. Any way, our 6 got in but he had his helmet on and they handed him a flight helmet. Well he tossed his steel helmet out, underhanded. Except he held it too long and it went up and hit a rotor. Now there was a shutdown Snoopy on the ground and it could not fly. So the crew started taking the damaged blade off. After about 30 min, a Cobra shows up with a blade strapped to it and it lands. Now I'm really freaking out -- a Cobra on the ground in the middle of no f***king where. I expected NVA to be coming out of the woodwork. Any how, the Cobra left, they got the new blade on, the Loch left, and our 6 was left with us. All that for nothing. Got to love the Army.
But any way, all my love to you pilots. I've seen you guys do amazing things for us grunts. All respect, always and forever.
And a special shout out to Blue Max.
Sweet! I recognize where you ripped the swf from. Mox nix.
That's a Blue Max AH-1G cobra going over the green smoke and a Robinhood gunship at the end.
This song was used in The Movie "Air America".
Its amazing how long and how far tbe COBRA has evolved
listen to a great interview with a LOACH pilot Gunnar Hagstrom on you tube " Vietnam Voices " show
Ah finally found this again.
Respect brothers.
Someone said: " The image and sound of helicopters Huey UH - 1 is a part of Vietnam war ". Yes, it is true as for me personally.
The image and sound of helicopters Huey UH - 1 starting up, taking off and landing everyday at a small helicopter airport in front of my Quoc Hoc high school after " TET Mau Than " 1968 have engraved upon my mind. And many Huey UH - 1 helicopters were shot down by V.C from 1968 to end of Vietnam war.
Especially, I saw directly a crash of a Huey UH - 1 right after taking off and was sunk deep at the bottom of Huong Giang river in Hue city ( behind the Quoc Hoc stone stele ), very very sorrowful there was a pilot of VNAF died at that time.
All I Had Was a PRC - 74 M - 16 and Cobra 🇺🇸 101st Airborne Recon / Pathfinder 1972
Spent many hours in a OH6 (Loach) in Vietnam 1969
Pink Teams thank Boyos always
Absolute kick-ass !🇺🇸
Holy shit, Bruce Cambell was making cameos in Vietnam too. 0:11.
These men (and now Women) are some brave, brave soldiers! I ain't kiddin either
FNGs. Look how clean their uniforms are.
OH-6 Cayuse (Loach) was far superior to the OH-58 Kiowa. But Lady Bird Johnson had stock in Bell Aircraft, so the Army got stuck with the Kiowa.
Plus Bell is in Texas and you know good old boy LBJ.
The OH-6 was the absolute best for aeroscout
Missions. I crew chiefed the oh-58 back stateside. The 58 couldn’t have survived our missions (and there would have been more dead pilots and observers/gunners
93 Sniffer missions with 1Air Cav. I found ‘em. Loach confirmed. Cobra dealt with ‘em.
Hold on there! Edgar Winter's "Free Ride" was released in 1973. You're off by a few.
Great song though
I thought it strange as well, I was stationed in CA when it came out. You kind of expect something from 68 or earlier, but it's all good and a great song and video. I joined in 72 on my 17th B-Day so Vietnam vets are like big brothers to me... MUCH RESPECT!
I was looking for some of my Vietnam IP that were at Mother Rucker.
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Man those first cobras were sexy
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Who flew the Patricia Ann ??
Anyone remember a cobra with "Ran Ho Mang" painted in big white letters on the side of it?
Saw Squatter Swatter.
I spent a lot of time in these machines,to say I loved them would be an understatement. Thank you to the men that kept the birds in the air, that rearmed, and refueled them so I could get out of one and into another and go back to work providing cover and support for the teams in the weed's.i owe these men a debt is can never repay.i can say that I love and respect ALL of them and will always try to be worthy of the life they made possible........
The Marines still fly Cobras. Seen alot of them in Iraq.
AH-1S Cobra Gun Ship CE D Troop 2/10 Air Cav. . Ft. Ord CA.
When the front of the Cobra turned towards the camera I was thinking to myself Louie baby I'm glad I've never seen anything like that in a landing zone taxiing towards me. Should have had to. Could have had twins. Get some 🇺🇲
Disabled Vietnam Veteran Looking for A Camper To Live In.
I have COPD and due to my roof leaking there is Black mold in the House
Need one with a working furnace
+Robert Nicholas How's your living situation now Troop?
Was it necessary to include the muzak?
Mute quickly!
My uncle flew Loach’s then Medical
Why was the Cobra not named after a Indian tribe?
The Cobra was originally a USMC asset. The Army liked them so much though, they started using them as well. It was never officially a U.S. Army asset.
These choppers look so primitive when compared with the modern military hardware...
Primitive but absolute death machines and if you were on the receiving end of one of these then your underwear would definitely turn brown
Love the Loach but check out my picture. Bastogne 1970 just outside Camp Eagle.
Is SS in German? SS, Schutzstaffel ? 🤔
MD 500
Dude Free Ride didn't come out until 1972
I was wondering the same thing. Wiki says it was released 8/73.
Anyone ever hear of Vietnamese being trained in Cobras?
No
go Snoopy
if your loach didnt come back ya didnt know how to fly
คิดว่าฉันหลอกท่านก็เอาผู้หญิงคนนั้นไปไปจากชีวิตฉันไปต่างประเทศมันนำเชื้อไรนี่มันสงครามอาวุธชีวภาพ ปกครองนักคิดหลายคนติดเชื้อโรคเอดส์
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ถ้าจะตั้งเลยมันไม่ยากหรอกมันมีชุดเกียร์มันยังเหลือที่ห้องโดยสาร
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The ABCs of Salvation, or how to be right with God, and know you're going to Heaven:
A-dmit that you're a sinner, and need a Savior.
As it is written: There is none righteous, no, not one. Romans 3:10
For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. Romans 3:23
B-elieve that Jesus Christ died paying the penalty for your sins, and rose from the grave.
He Himself bore our sins in His body on the cross. 1 Peter 2:24
For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received, that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, and that He was buried, and that He was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures... 1 Corinthians 15:3-4
C-all on the Lord Jesus Christ to save you, and trust only in Him for your salvation.
If you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. Romans 10:9
For whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved. Romans 10:13
The moment you "believe," or, put your trust in what Jesus has done for you, God saves you and your eternal destiny in Heaven is assured. You go from spiritual death to eternal life the moment you believe.
Jesus said it this way: Most assuredly, I say to you, he who hears My word and believes in Him who sent Me has everlasting life, and shall not come into judgment, but has passed from death into life. John 5:24😀
They tried their best and failed miserabely fighting this unnecessary war, million of American lifes lost for for nothing, this war should have never been fought..