I love that he said “I did some exciting flying” aka, he received a DFC in Vietnam. What a hero.

Some of the humblest men make the greatest soldiers. I have so much respect for these Vietnam vets. Thank you for sharing this with us.

Brings back a lot of memories!! I served as crew chief/door gunner on loaches with HHC 3rd Brg 9 th Inf Div at Tan An air base Nov 68/69. Welcome home to all my fellow vets!!

Thank you for your service on this Veterans Day

Thanks Erik! I've been waiting for you to get around to an OH6.  I'm an old BLM Helitack guy. I flew Fires for a good number of years in a wide variety of Helicopters. I have my favorites and my not so favorites. The OH6 is the only one though that I absolutely love to fly in. With the right Pilot flying in a Little Bird can be the most fun you will ever have in your life. There is truly nothing else like it.

Bless the humble and valiant for they have truly held the fabric of America together piece by piece and moment to moment.  Blessings on Veterans Day!

Great video. My late Dad was a helicopter pilot in the 11th ACR Black Horse in Viet Nam from roughly 1969 - 1970. His name was Dewey Rowe.

Thank you to all who have served happy Veterans Day!👍🏼💙

I was trained at Fort Eustis on the UH1-D, MOS 67N20 as a crew chief. We were given the rank of E-4. I then was given the choice to train on the OH-6A, MOS 67V20, as a crew chief. We were given the rank of E-5 after the school.

I went to Vietnam in 1968 to the 765th Maintenance Brigade. I was taken to the hanger to show them how to take the transmission out of the OH. Nobody had manuals. We were told to take our (20) maintenance manual to Vietnam. I was then sent out on the private aircraft carrier assembling Cobra gunships for two weeks.

The company commander, where I was supposed to have gone, had been looking for me. Hahaha 🤣. He was madder than hell because the 765th had tried to steal me. Major Alford was the real deal. We were in 1st Aviation.

I've got many stories. I'd sit in the right front seat with my M-16, as the pilot liked flying from the left seat. I had 3 ammunition magazine taped together with 20 tracer rounds in each magazine. I stand on the skid and shot up stuff you wouldn't believe. I can tell you that the stink from dead bodies was awful.

We ran out of gas in Indian county. I wasn't watching the fuel gauge. I learnt my lesson. The pilot sure wasn't watching. Hell, it's easy to lose track of time when your busy. I laughed when he talked about the JP-4. Nobody could come get us or bring fuel. Finally an Australian crew in a UH-1D brought us gas. I got drenched in JP-4 when I lifted the pump out of the barrel. We got it cranked. The trick is to lower the tail boom while cracking the OH to start.

The OH-6A Cayuse is powered by a single Allison T63-A-5A turboshaft engine, which produces 317 shp (236 kW). I loved that aircraft. My last OH had 13 for the last 2 digits.

I spent a fortnight in a Vietnam field hospital. Men were laid on stainless tables, naked, opened up like a watermelon, crying for their mama,candy crying for water all night long. No GD health care workers. I'm very bitter.

I'm 110% total and permanent disabled. I was drafted. My next door farm neighbor, Alexander Zsigo was killed Vietnam the month I got drafted. My high school buddy, Dwight I Ade was killed in Vietnam. My Army buddy, Jesse Carmona, Jr. was killed in Vietnam. I saw 4 men die at the same time and did not know their name. I saw a guy sitting next to me killed on the train the first day in the Army. My V.A. health care sucks. I was put to sleep on the V.A. operating table and they aborted the operation. I'm missing a right kidney. I have a bad back. My next piece of real estate will be the National Cemetery.

His emotions in the beginning, and his pride.
Love it.

Great tour of a cool machine.  Interesting to learn that the boom and tail bits time out and have to be completely replaced.

Still one of the best looking helicopters 🚁 even emoji agrees. So sporty looking and of coarse TC from Magnum P. I. had the best paint scheme 👍🏼👍🏼

Thanks for your service to our country!

Love the Story, his competency and courage! His humility, and humor. America needs more people like him! Mr Johnston, as always great videography, and thank you for sharing this with us!

I loved the OH-06 Loach.

I love this Helio and love to fly it

Excellent walk around! Thank you for your service Sir!

I absolutely loved the story of the company commander that looked like O.J. Simpson!

Thank you for this video! I love this little bird.

Thanks for the walkaround.  It's a beautiful bird.  I was very fortunate to get to fly in several OH-6's during my time working for the federal government in the 1990's.  I was lucky enough to even get some stick time courtesy of the pilot I was flying with.  What a hotrod the OH-6's were.  The pilots I worked with preferred flying the OH-6's over newer MD-500's.

Awesome video Erik as always