Air Cav is here...Apocalyse Now the air assault..

[sabredriver]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLRj5erj ... ed&search=

Anyone here know of any of the aircrew in this filiming? Were they US Army or cilvlian pilots?

darn great stuff hope one day we see a movie with a massive Huey and Loach gaggle again..

[Jerry O'Neill]

I believe that most were Philippino Army or Air Force Pilots, since they were air assets of the Philippine Military. There may have been some US pilots, either civil or military involved in the actual stunts, such as when a chopper is hit and there are pyrotechnics involved.
Jerry

[N3Njeff]

Philippean Army. I have seen the movie on the making of the film. Copola was having issues that the army at the time was engaged in a battle of its own and would often pull the helicopters and have them return to base during filming.

Also a Typhoon had struck during filming. Some scenes during the storm were taped. These are now shown in the FULL version of the movie as it was intended and re-released as Appoclypse Now Redux.

[maxum96]

Easily my most favorite seen from that movie. I loved watching the OH6 Loaches buzzing around when I first saw this as a kid. When I got to fly in OH6's as a Border Patrol Agent it would always make me think of this scene. The OH6's we had were actual Vietnam vets and at least one of them had bullet hole patches in it.

Here's a longer clip of that scene that has the entire assault in it.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHjWDCX1Bdw

[Shay]

Oh crap was that "The Gunny" (R.Lee Ermy) piloting the Little Bird around time: 3:40?

never new he was in the movie if it was.

Shay
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[maxum96]

Oh crap was that "The Gunny" (R.Lee Ermy) piloting the Little Bird around time: 3:40?

never new he was in the movie if it was.

Shay
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Semper Fortis

Yup, that's him. I just recently realized that too.