I live right next to Ft Bragg,literally a 1/4 mile to the boundary. I have a front row seat seeing the Apache flying around all the time. It’s such an amazing weapon platform. As a kid, I wanted to be a rotorhead, but my eyesight took a turn down when I was about 14. It was a really heartbreaking turn of events. God Bless all those who wear their respective countries uniform and work to defend us all from the evils of the world. Cheers to all the Brits out there. You guys are pretty badass as well. America may have some vicious fighting men(seals, delta and SF)but they all modeled themselves after the SAS. Who dares, wins! 😉🤙🏻🤙🏻. Much love.
Back in the early/mid 80s I was out with a buddy four-wheeling in the desert outside of Phoenix. We had parked the rig and were sitting just below the top of a sort of cliff overlooking a scenic vista. Out of nowhere, an AH-64 just appeared over our heads, did a 180 and was parked out there looking at us. We about messed our drawers. I couldn't actually see the faces of the crew, but I had a feeling they were sitting there laughing their behinds off. We hadn't heard a thing until they were going over us. Very impressive, to say the least. Been in love with them ever since. I found out later that there was a McDonnell Douglas test area right around there and they were probably just skyhooting around.
wow that this technology was available in 1995 is pretty amazing. ive heard that us mil-tech is ahead of us commercial tech by at least 10 years. the "helmet targeting sensors" seem like it's 20 years ahead.
we have track ir it works pretty much the same way the ihadds does all they use are infrared lights and cameras to get the position of your head in 3d space idk how old track ir is but its the same tech more or less
@@FlyboyHelosim yeah bro I used to watch wings and for xmas I asked for model airplanes and helicopters . I used to build the Cobra, A10 is my favorite
Thank you for posting the video. I don't remember seeing it considering it was probably made around 1995 or 1996. At least that is when COL Brady was in command of 101st Aviation Brigade. CW4 Tim Roderick and I were in the same unit (2-101st) in 2001. I think that is the year he retired. Great guy. Learned a lot from him. We had a British exchange officer in my company during the 2003 Iraq invasion.
The Apache AH-64F Longbow Attack Helicopter is truly BadAss! I was in Operation Desert Storm and I can personally say that their power as A Models were impressive and accurate as they chewed up Saddam Hussein's armor , antiaircraft batteries, scud missle sites and tracked vehicles and trucks. The Hellfire Missles are deadly accurate and toasted anything in their line of targeted sighting. The night vision system is awesome. Highly manager and agility like a Cobra in MEGASTEROIDS! These flight rews along with U.S Marine Corps AH1Z Super Cobras are the elite in military aviation. No infantryman worth his salt will ever be left without protection from air support. Fixed wing bomber, fighter, Helicopter Gunship or VS-22 Osprey Gunahip. With twin 105mm howitzer cannons and twin 7.62 Gatling guns/Minimums. God Bless all aircrews who train hard to fight and win. You are loved and respected by all !
@Flyboy - thanks for posting this! Been looking for a ripped version of this for quite some time. I took a look at the VHS copy that I recorded from back in the day and I noticed that the one I have is narrated by an American voice. By any chance do you have that version and if so could you upload it?
@@FlyboyHelosim I find it hilarious that they used a British narrator. Did our American narrator hurt their ears? Your narrator sounds fancy lol 💷💷 💂🏻👸
@@WhitefolksT Us regular brits dont all sound so "fancy" the variation between local accents on such a small island is quite amazing. We can have 4 or 5 distinctly different accents all within 100 miles of Birmingham,possibly more.
As advanced as this helicopters were even back then,I don’t know why our military didn’t come up with some sort of tracking device or beacon for all of our military ground forces so air support could tell them apart from the enemy.
It was but not installed on many models used at the time This same thing happened notoriously with A-10’s during desert storm due to no IFF systems there is a video of a a-10 strafing a British column and throwing up after learning it was friendly fire
I love the Apatchie it's an awesome fearsome play form but the marine corps viper is just as capable but lest difficult to fly (,marine corps.super cobra)
Given that there is no such thing as an US Air Force Apache helicopter, the documentary shown above was sure as hell about the Army or, more precisely, Army Aviation.
And isn't the UK version a different beast?. We brought the airframes of the US & installed Rolls Royce engine giving them more speed & a higher payload & also gave them more advanced & better avionics. I know the UK Army Apache was very successful. But i suspect that will be kept quiet!!
@@kevinparker461 UK and I think also the Dutch had Rolls Royce engines in the AH64D. Not sure about the "A" model. That is partly why after 911; 3-101st was the Apache unit sent to Afghanistan because the A model had better performance than the D model. Eventually around 2005 the D models did get an upgraded engine, however, even when we were in Iraq 2003, we had some D models that were limited on power. I only had 1 year experience in the A model, but given the choice of fighting a battle in an A model vs D model; the D model gave you so much more situational awareness over the A model. And by 2007 when we had D models with Gen 2 FLIR , it was by far a better aircraft. Especially, when it came to situations where friendlies were "danger close." I'm sure you can find videos on here with the differences of FLIR quality. We would have been much more successful and prevented aircraft losses if we had Gen 2 FLIR on all Apaches during the 2003 Iraq invasion and any Afghanistan battles.
This makes me remember back when I was proud to be an American... Thanks, Biden! Also, if you guys think that the helmet-mounted targeting systems shown here are cool (which they were), you would be blown away by the helmets the F-35 drivers have now. Augmented reality. They can look right through the plane.
There's no doubt in the world United States of America most powerful country in the world . Air ,Sea and land can kick 🦶 butt anywhere anytime . My father was a pilot of the Cobra helicopter in Vietnam 1970-72 . RIP LT Richard Martin .
It is sad that because because of the politics against Lockheed that that be AH56 Cheyenne was canceled. It was vastly superior to the Apache both in terms of speed and it's weapon's systems performance.
I just think having all these toys for war is a weak style of fighting . I know dang well when I'm in a fight usually one 2 or more because thats just the way it always been around here . mostly on a rez I know thats called NeHaBaY
Well you gotta figure that if we don’t take advantage of the technology,some other country will and would put us at a serious disadvantage if we had to go to war.
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" I reckon I can land near it, walk over and drop a Frag in it " the most country boy thing I have ever heard. LOL, Love It
I live right next to Ft Bragg,literally a 1/4 mile to the boundary. I have a front row seat seeing the Apache flying around all the time. It’s such an amazing weapon platform. As a kid, I wanted to be a rotorhead, but my eyesight took a turn down when I was about 14. It was a really heartbreaking turn of events. God Bless all those who wear their respective countries uniform and work to defend us all from the evils of the world. Cheers to all the Brits out there. You guys are pretty badass as well. America may have some vicious fighting men(seals, delta and SF)but they all modeled themselves after the SAS. Who dares, wins! 😉🤙🏻🤙🏻. Much love.
DICK CHENEY REALLY WANTED THAT OIL !!!
That friendly fire incident at the end is tough to listen too. Just awful for everyone
Back in the early/mid 80s I was out with a buddy four-wheeling in the desert outside of Phoenix. We had parked the rig and were sitting just below the top of a sort of cliff overlooking a scenic vista. Out of nowhere, an AH-64 just appeared over our heads, did a 180 and was parked out there looking at us. We about messed our drawers. I couldn't actually see the faces of the crew, but I had a feeling they were sitting there laughing their behinds off. We hadn't heard a thing until they were going over us. Very impressive, to say the least. Been in love with them ever since.
I found out later that there was a McDonnell Douglas test area right around there and they were probably just skyhooting around.
Thanks for posting. My 64 IP was on this initial mission. Learned so much from him.
Appreciate the video buddy! Clear or blurry it’s our men we are watching! God bless!
“I reckon we can land next to it and drop a frag in it” timestamp 30:56 is hilarious dialogue
Thanks for posting, that FF incident was horrible to watch.
wow that this technology was available in 1995 is pretty amazing. ive heard that us mil-tech is ahead of us commercial tech by at least 10 years. the "helmet targeting sensors" seem like it's 20 years ahead.
we have track ir it works pretty much the same way the ihadds does all they use are infrared lights and cameras to get the position of your head in 3d space idk how old track ir is but its the same tech more or less
Completely agree. Also, your name lol
What a horrible thing that pilot must have felt. Go thru life feeling like he killed his own will never get over it and it wasn't his fault.
If that’s how good the tech was then imagine what it’s like now
The Echo Models are nice!
Enough to fight Israel's wars for the next half century!
they are running the same Combat system im sure and Link16 is definitely still onboard
Remember when Discovery Channel didn’t suck? Pepperidge farms remembers..
Fucking yes, love finding programs from my childhood. Thanks for uploading.
Glad you enjoyed it.
@@FlyboyHelosim yeah bro I used to watch wings and for xmas I asked for model airplanes and helicopters . I used to build the Cobra, A10 is my favorite
Oh hell no don't apologize. This is how I watched wings in the 90s.
"(...) forces him (the pilot) to, again, fine-tune his adjustments"
...as though this wasn`t done by the on-board computer for him.
Thank you for posting the video. I don't remember seeing it considering it was probably made around 1995 or 1996. At least that is when COL Brady was in command of 101st Aviation Brigade. CW4 Tim Roderick and I were in the same unit (2-101st) in 2001. I think that is the year he retired. Great guy. Learned a lot from him. We had a British exchange officer in my company during the 2003 Iraq invasion.
The Apache AH-64F Longbow Attack Helicopter is truly BadAss! I was in Operation Desert Storm and I can personally say that their power as A Models were impressive and accurate as they chewed up Saddam Hussein's armor , antiaircraft batteries, scud missle sites and tracked vehicles and trucks. The Hellfire Missles are deadly accurate and toasted anything in their line of targeted sighting. The night vision system is awesome. Highly manager and agility like a Cobra in MEGASTEROIDS! These flight rews along with U.S
Marine Corps AH1Z Super Cobras are the elite in military aviation. No infantryman worth his salt will ever be left without protection from air support. Fixed wing bomber, fighter, Helicopter Gunship or VS-22 Osprey Gunahip. With twin 105mm howitzer cannons and twin 7.62 Gatling guns/Minimums. God Bless all aircrews who train hard to fight and win. You are loved and respected by all !
Incredible service and engineering
@Flyboy - thanks for posting this! Been looking for a ripped version of this for quite some time. I took a look at the VHS copy that I recorded from back in the day and I noticed that the one I have is narrated by an American voice. By any chance do you have that version and if so could you upload it?
No problem! No sorry, I'm from the UK so all of these documentaries that I have are with British narrators.
@@FlyboyHelosim Ah ok well still thanks for uploading it. Please keep uploading more of these oldie but goldies.
@@FuzzyKedama I think I've uploaded everything I have now.
@@FlyboyHelosim I find it hilarious that they used a British narrator. Did our American narrator hurt their ears? Your narrator sounds fancy lol 💷💷 💂🏻👸
@@WhitefolksT Us regular brits dont all sound so "fancy" the variation between local accents on such a small island is quite amazing. We can have 4 or 5 distinctly different accents all within 100 miles of Birmingham,possibly more.
He said say Hello to Ali for me. Blows tank to pieces.
As advanced as this helicopters were even back then,I don’t know why our military didn’t come up with some sort of tracking device or beacon for all of our military ground forces so air support could tell them apart from the enemy.
That was a thing, but only once the AH-64D Longbow came around that was able to utilize the 'digital battlefield' concept.
It was but not installed on many models used at the time
This same thing happened notoriously with A-10’s during desert storm due to no IFF systems there is a video of a a-10 strafing a British column and throwing up after learning it was friendly fire
28:39
"Come on bro 😁🙏"
Lool
Sucks when soldiers are killing by friendly fire. I can hear the others try to justify it. That's why I couldn't be a commander.
War is chaotic and humans make mistakes.
Man I miss when the discovery channel used to be free and the military channel
Back when the Discovery Channel was great
That’s Awesome .
Nice video!!
TOP Video !
I love the Apatchie it's an awesome fearsome play form but the marine corps viper is just as capable but lest difficult to fly (,marine corps.super cobra)
LOL says the longbow.
Isnt the Apache just like a big brother to the Cobra?
Technically more powerful Little Brother as the Cobra was first invented during the Vietnam war in the 70's
@@Pimps-R-us Indeed. The US Army started flying Cobras in 1967 and Apaches in 1984.
simple terms NO
12:50 exactly what i am saying. since modern warfare COD is getting more and more like a video game!
WTF? Side note: Army Apaches were there as well. Typical USAF slightly mention the Army.
Given that there is no such thing as an US Air Force Apache helicopter, the documentary shown above was sure as hell about the Army or, more precisely, Army Aviation.
The way I see it usaf put in a lot more work than the Apache’s
I’m joking 😂😂
And isn't the UK version a different beast?. We brought the airframes of the US & installed Rolls Royce engine giving them more speed & a higher payload & also gave them more advanced & better avionics. I know the UK Army Apache was very successful. But i suspect that will be kept quiet!!
@@kevinparker461 UK and I think also the Dutch had Rolls Royce engines in the AH64D. Not sure about the "A" model. That is partly why after 911; 3-101st was the Apache unit sent to Afghanistan because the A model had better performance than the D model. Eventually around 2005 the D models did get an upgraded engine, however, even when we were in Iraq 2003, we had some D models that were limited on power. I only had 1 year experience in the A model, but given the choice of fighting a battle in an A model vs D model; the D model gave you so much more situational awareness over the A model. And by 2007 when we had D models with Gen 2 FLIR , it was by far a better aircraft. Especially, when it came to situations where friendlies were "danger close." I'm sure you can find videos on here with the differences of FLIR quality. We would have been much more successful and prevented aircraft losses if we had Gen 2 FLIR on all Apaches during the 2003 Iraq invasion and any Afghanistan battles.
This makes me remember back when I was proud to be an American... Thanks, Biden!
Also, if you guys think that the helmet-mounted targeting systems shown here are cool (which they were), you would be blown away by the helmets the F-35 drivers have now. Augmented reality. They can look right through the plane.
Yeah augmented reality is something that could definitely be beneficial for a helicopter, especially as it flies so close to the ground.
@@FlyboyHelosim they say that the “replacement” for the AH64 is on its way.
Hopefully they have that technology
@@Mr.Scootini What, like the 'replacement' for the Kiowa that they still haven't found in over 20 years? 😂
@@FlyboyHelosim hey, I’m just sayin’
I know that our military tends to take forever in coming up with “replacements” 🙄🙄
@@Mr.Scootini I know, that wasn't a dig at you. In hindsight they should have kept the Comanche but stuck to the initial, realistic requirements.
Don't they have a blue force tracker to keep our ground forces safe from air power?
There's no doubt in the world United States of America most powerful country in the world . Air ,Sea and land can kick 🦶 butt anywhere anytime . My father was a pilot of the Cobra helicopter in Vietnam 1970-72 . RIP LT Richard Martin .
“Their all dead 💀 when he finds out its us he’s like I killed somebody” all sad oh no bro keep that same energy a human life is a human life
Shout out to all the Brits flying our gunships
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Good bless military US 💪💪💪🇺🇸🇺🇸🇹🇱🇹🇱
run, run from the comment section
You have ground radar and auto-pilot. Not to deprecate your activities and commitment. Just be honest.
It is sad that because because of the politics against Lockheed that that be AH56 Cheyenne was canceled. It was vastly superior to the Apache both in terms of speed and it's weapon's systems performance.
And now we have the Defiant which revisits many of the tech of the Cheyenne
The guy who is narrating is not the original narrator…the actor Stuart Culpepper did a much better job
Think about that statement. MOPP gear, inside, hot air blowing on you. None of that sounds good.
MOPP4 in a 64 Sim is bad enough. Lose tactile sense, get helmet hot spots, visibility diminished, etc.
Fel kell számolni minden katonai szövetséget és abba kell hagyni a fegyverkezési versenyt!
I just think having all these toys for war is a weak style of fighting . I know dang well when I'm in a fight usually one 2 or more because thats just the way it always been around here . mostly on a rez I know thats called NeHaBaY
Well then we can you can go back to using your fists to attack people and i'll stick with my gun and radio
@@koc988 I agree with you I’d rather be able to shoot back with something much bigger than the enemy has
Well you gotta figure that if we don’t take advantage of the technology,some other country will and would put us at a serious disadvantage if we had to go to war.
42:18 How wrong is that historian's attitude. Sickening.
God bless NATO!