The Strangest Forward Air Control Mission of the Vietnam War
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- Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024
- Based on actual events.
Cambodia January of 1971.
A USAF O-2A Super Skymaster directing Soviet made Cambodian flown MiG-17s against North Vietnamese forces.
"In 1970 I was an O-2A FAC stationed in the Mekong Delta with all my missions in Cambodia. As I was flying a typical four and a half hour mission there were three very old Cambodian MiG's flying above me. Lead call sign was "Dal-tawn" who I had talked to before. He asked if I knew where the enemy was and I told them. Then Dal-tawn asked me if I could direct their air strikes, which I did with white phosphorous rockets." - Mr. Richard Brien (Fmr. Capt USAF)
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Primary Sources:
Vomiting of MiGs
katpol.blog.hu...
Khmer Air Force 1954-1975
khmerairforce.c...
AVRK-EN.html
Cambodia Aviation/Khmer Air Force Aviation Types
www.aeroflight...
aircraft.html
Mr. Richard Brien, Library of Congress Interview
www.loc.gov/it...
River Rats History by Drendel Lou
Aviation Art Inc. 2018
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Music:
Phương Tâm - Tình Mơ (Dreamy Love)
sublime-freque...
Bert Sommer - We're All Playing In The Same Band
• We're All Playin' In T...
Sinn Sisamouth - ដូចជាប្រហែលមុខ (Like About Face)
• ដូចជាប្រហែលមុខ
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Chicago - Lowdown
• Lowdown (2002 Remaster)
Bich Loan & CBC Band - Con Tim Va Nuoc Mat (Heart and Tears)
• Bich Loan and CBC Band...
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Further Discrepancies and Clarifications:
I state "AVNK" as if it was the only iteration of the Khmer aviation branch to exist.
There were three versions from 1954-1971, before the Khmer Rouge took over.
For the purposes of this video I state the correct version "AVNK" for the time period,
since it only existed for a little more than a year before the Khmer Air Force became
it's own entity on 8 June 1971 becoming "KAF."
1954 - Royal Aviation Khmer (L'Aviation Royale Khmère) AVRK
1970 - Aviation National Khmer (L'Aviation Nationale Khmère) AVNK
1971 - Khmer Air Force (Khmère Aviation Armée) KAF
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Enjoyed your video very much. Yes indeed there were some things I could have added. I was stationed my last six months at Bien Thuy and have numerous pictures of Air Base. One picture you may have enjoyed taken in April 1971 while getting ready for a combat mission in Cambodia when Captain Kim Kano (my normal side kick), Royal Cambodian Air Force was also in the picture, My Call sign was Tilly 31 while stationed there. The picture was taken from the front of the O-2 showing full rocket pods. I also had pictures of several Bien Thuy O-2A's with tail numbers showing and I still have most of my Bien Thuy and TASS patches. We never wore patches during missions. We did have rocket attacks at Bien Thuy, but, not many. I also flew the first flight of the day while it was still dark. We owned the south side of the River and the VC owned the north side. We normally took off toward the river. I turned off all my exterior lights and ran the engines at a rpm differential. The difference in the sound of two engine not in harmony fooled the VC for me every time. I never took a hit on takeoff. When Captain Kano was not available, I had a French speaking American Captain who was a photographer. He took lots of photo's of the ground while I was putting in airstrikes. Thanks for bringing back memories. Looking forward to sharing this video with my children and grand children.
Wow!!! Thank you for the reply and for details on Bien Thuy.
Enjoyed video. I flew O-1 BirdDog out of Long Xuyen about 30 miles upriver from Binh Thuy. My mission was to support Special Forces and VN along Cambodian border in 1968-1969.
We were warned not to fly in Cambodian airspace. I had friends up north that had secret missions . This is first time I have heard of this mission.
What a great exposition from just a little paragraph. It shows all the research and time that must have gone into this. I really enjoyed the "DVD" extras at the end explaining everything.
Dick Brian was a pilot training classmate of mine. Great story.
It’s nice to learn of this unique mission. Well done!
Thank you!
Thanks for the video. As an Airman second class I arrived at Danang AB in December 1970 and was assigned to the 20 TASS. I remember hearing the story of a 19 TASS pilot directing MIG aircraft dropping bombs on the NVA. I remember working on the O2A, OV-10, and occasionally the O2B(BS Bomber). We also had M-148 Jeeps with radios. The radio Shop had the radio call sign of Parrot North. The O2s, were Covey. A Cambodian C-47 used to fly into Danang frequently.
Thanks for the reply and the information I appreciate it. Neat to hear that a Cambodian C-47 was flying as far north as Da Nang!
Great effort!
Thank you, I appreciate it.
Bro this is amazing pls do more
I must make a clarification. Around the 20:15 mark I say that Cambodian MiGs visited Pleiku Air Base , when in reality it was Phu Cat Air Base. I should have verified that the tail codes of the F-4Ds in the picture (which show HK 480th TFS, and HB 489th TFS) which belonged to the 37th TFW 66-70 and later 12th TWF 70-71 Phu Cat Air Base, South Vietnam. This was brought to my attention when watching a video about the Have Ferry and Have Drill programs along with a mention of the Have Privilege program by Not A Pound For Air To Ground: ruclips.net/video/OvOCtIHyqhk/видео.html I can't recommend his channel enough!
Wow, amazing piece of work! 23 minutes flew like nothing
Thank you! Pun appreciated :P
An impressive amount of effort went into that video - well done! I think you did extremely well, given what you had to work with!
What a video! Thx 😁
The USAF only uses the term Air Force Base (AFB) to describe major AF facilitates located on US soil. The term Air Base (AB) is used when a major USAF facility is located on foreign soil. Therefore the correct terminology is Clark Air Base, PI at 6:12.
Yes, you are correct. Having lived overseas and CONUS I should have known better. I will be more diligent next time when proofing my script, please forgive my lack of discretion and oversight. I appreciate the feedback.
@@geschirr9190 I only mentioned this very minor point because you asked for critiques. Otherwise, you did a fine job of storytelling.
@@Paladin1873 Thank you!
Great video. Subbed...👍