America Obliterates Half North Vietnam's MiG-21 Fleet In 13 Minutes - Operation Bolo

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The more I learn about the Vietnam War, the more I'm convinced that several people in our government wanted us to lose.

"You know what technology doesn't fix? Politicians being fucking stupid." I replayed that bit no less than 10 times and laughed my ass off each occasion.

One of my favorite pictures is Robin Olds climbing out of the cockpit of an F-4 and someone has just handed him a martini. Dude was a legend.

The last statement at the end by Olds is badass personified. "The migs came up, they were aggressive. We tangled. They lost". Deadly serious the whole time saying it.

This is literally what Rambo meant when said "somebody wouldn't let us win".

Hearing politicians telling the military to not bomb anti air and making them take a specific path and only that path genuinely angered me.

There is a new memorial for Gen. Daniel “Chappie” James, Jr. here in Pensacola, his hometown. His statue and an F4 Phantom are in a plaza at the foot of the newly named Chappie James Bridge spanning Pensacola Bay. He grew up watching new Naval Aviators being trained over Pensacola Bay, and it inspired him to pursue aviation.

Im a retired F-15C pilot, I was a little too young for Vietnam, but my father was a fighter pilot in WWII, Korea, and Vietnam, as was my uncle, although we lost him in the skies over Korea. Two of my older brothers flew in Vietnam, one an F-4 pilot in the US Air Force, the other flew A-6's in the Navy. Another brother was a LRRP Ranger and helicopter pilot in the Vietnam war. Dad knew Robin, although he didnt fly in this battle. He was leading an F-4 squadron of his own at the time. You did an excellent job with this video, its rare that people get the facts right. Thank you for your attention to detail and accuracy.

All I'm really hearing is, politicians are why we lost the Vietnam war.

“Black Man and Robin” is the dopest duo name I have ever heard. 💪🏻💪🏿

I heard about Operation Bolo about three or four times a year during my AF career (1970-1981). One thing that was never mentioned though was the use of the F-105 radar jammers on the F-4s. Thanks for filling in that one piece of info to complete the puzzle.

My father was stationed in Vietnam and participated in Bolo. A portion of the F4s came out of Da Namg. He was tasked with wiring the 105 pods into the F4s. As a result, he missed the holiday Bob Hope show to get the job done. In the 80s I was at an airshow and my father was talking to an airman about his unit. The airman knew all about Bolo and kept asking questions. Later I asked my dad why that guy kept questioning him about somthing called Bolo. :)

I'm a Vietnam vet who just turned 74 today. What a great birthday present to be able to sit and watch this story. We (Vietnam vets) often hear about how we "lost the war." My answer is that the FUBAR politicians in Washington lost the war; we were just innocent bystanders. The F-4 is still my favorite airplane, and the Huey is my favorite helicopter. Btw... Your channel is the best channel on YouTube. It always makes my day when I see that you posted a new video. I've never been disappointed. Keep up the good work brother. A quick story..... about 10 years ago i had the honor of meeting one of the Tuskegee airmen. One of the nicest men I've ever met. When I met him, he walked over and put his arms around me gave me a big hug. He then whispered in my ear, "You and I are brothers!" I hardly ever cry, but I got tears in my eyes when he said that.

Still waiting for the Destroyer that faught like a battleship. USS JOHNSON, and Uss Roberts.

My father was a crew chief on F4C when he was in country in 1966-67 and when he returned to Edwards AFB he work in the F4E test program. I remember one time during the program he was working longer days. I found out later that during the first test fight and firing the nose cannon the exhaust caused one if the engines to flame out. My father got his start in WWII as crewman on a P47 so he got to work with some interesting planes until his retirement in 1973.

This story only scratches the surface of just how badass Robin Olds was. As he neared his 100th sortie, (at that point they sent you home) Olds continued to erase the flight numbers on the blackboard so he could keep going up.

"...they can probably fuck up boiling water." A man after my own heart and mind when it comes to politicians, cackled like a goblin after hearing that!

Politicians: you cant shoot down enemy jets until you can physically identify them as enemy jets Pilots: Aim7s are on sale today boys, buy one get 3 free. Politicians: how did you ID those jets from 10+ miles away? Pilots: Sir, chow hall serves carrots 3x a day and no allied planes were in the sky. Only enemies were positively identified.

Robin Olds' memoir "Fighter Pilot" is also an amazing read. I highly recommend it.