Who Are the Best TACPs in the US Air Force?
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- čas přidán 16. 12. 2021
- The US Air Force’s Tactical Air Control Party (TACP) specialists are some of the deadliest service members in America’s arsenal of weaponry. Because of the sheer volume of violence they are capable of raining down on America’s enemies, they are among the only service members officially designated as a weapon system on the modern battlefield. TACPs specialize in synchronizing air assets in ground combat operations, routinely embedding with Army, Navy, and Marine Corps maneuver elements to manage large areas of operations, maximize the lethal and nonlethal effects of airpower, and minimize risk to friendly forces and noncombatants.
Once a year, each of the Air Force’s Air Support Operations Squadrons sends its best members to participate in the Lightning Challenge, a grueling five-day competition in which pairs of TACPs represent their ASOS as they test their technical and tactical competence, physical endurance, and ability to work as a team. Coffee or Die was given access to the 2020 Lightning Challenge to capture all the action as 14 two-man teams competed for the title of best TACPs in the Air Force.
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This is better recruiting material than what most of the Air Force itself puts out!
Yh I think the air force has very little interest or need to put much effort into recruiting
This IS recruiting material. Maybe the military, in general, and the AF, in particular, is a little slicker than you might think.
That's because this isn't representative of any other thing the AF has, just the Army
I wish I could share my interactions with Air Force recruiters. Absolute smug clowns 😆
I was an old school TACP back when we were still called ROMADS and accomplished our missions with the equivalent of bearskins and stone knives. Back then , after Vietnam ended, the Air Force was still trying to decide what we were to do, The Army saw us as an extra jeep driver, radio operator and extra warm body for their extra duties.
Old Ground Radio 304x4 here, spent 3 years at Ft.Polk attached to TACP before going Special Tactics. Airborne in 97, did a lot of work at the TACP schoolhouse while i was at Hurlburt since half the instructors were at Ft.Polk with me and they needed some help. Love my brothers, damn sure hate to see a female wearing that beret.
I ha a few TACP/JTACs augmented with my unit on my last deployment. Truly some of he best dudes I have ever had the privilege of working with.
We used to have a term I haven’t heard much lately: Force multiplier.
It seems to fit these folks.
"Hardest part was carrying my partner's heavy... self..." This cracked me up!
Colonel Willis, USAF, is spot on in calling the Air Force TACP Airman as a " Human Weapons System", for these Battlefield Airmen have 2B good at what They Do( " Dropping Warheads on Foreheads) with Conventional Forces, both Marine Corps and Army, as well as SOF Operators in Action and Active Combat Operations Downrange.🇺🇸🦅🗽📜✈️💣💥
Although true but she's most bred for servicing men in the bedroom like most empowered women lol
Outstanding. Absolute professionals.
14 ASOS Bringing it home to Ft Bragg again! So awesome to see the same traveling trophy we brought home in 85 and 87.
Bragg? Memories are awake.
Feel free to Bragg about it if your name is on the trophy.
Who is the best TACP? Flannel Daddy… that’s who.
best tacpo fo sho
Can't argue with that
finniest comment on the internet
Jarred Taylor! I remember him from one of the "a grunt's life episode" on VetTV
The winner is always Jarred Taylor.
Incredible how fit these guys are.
If you've ever looked for the best and expected to see flannel go ahead and hit that subscribe button. Head on into the comments section, it's out of control
18:46 Was wondering where he was. Nice that you joined the party.
Arguably one of the baddest members of a SMU. Cbq and shooting qualified, call in cas and artillery, also is the air traffic controller for all aircraft and medical evacuation. Like the one coffee or die vid where dude was calling in stuff from the top of the valley
Thank you, shared!
Takes those ground guys to call in airstrikes on target. Key asset!! 💯❤️💯
Gees man, the freakin mask, and outdoors
Great challenge 👍
“Wingman, Leader, Warrior”. Huraaaah!
I'm going to share this with my friends every time I hear chair force jokes.
My experience with those folks is they have never served in operational units.
"warheads on forehead" reference for the win!
An important takeaway is the mention of mesh networks.
1. Women are in now?
2. Raptor or Falcon?
3. Where the hell is Flannel Daddy and JT?
That sunset shot with them walking off looks like the one from Sicario when the team is about to hit the tunnel.
Nice we got a jt showing I was wondering
Awesome
I knew that TACP rained down destruction from anything with wings or rotors regardless of branch. I did not know they worked with field Artillery. Does this also mean they can use Naval firepower, conventional or guided?
Yes. we always worked with the Fire Support Officer in my battalion. I took a naval gunfire spotters class. Never got to do any naval gunfire because the ship wasn't able to take us out to sea.
Yes
Yep. TACPs can call in naval fire too.
Late to the party, but rugged stuff and well done.
What jacket is he wearing at 7:53? Seen those zipper pulls before but can't place it now.
Go look up the battle of Do Ab Valley 2011.. that is the power of embedded TACP/JACTs
Have you covered Air Combat Command’s Peacekeeper Challenge….similar to this but for AF security forces.
TACPs are special warfare operators. I don't know why this reporter avoided saying that even once in this video. Except for water survival and drow proofing, they follow the exact same path as any other special forces in the US military.
Because as it currently stands TACPs are mostly assigned to conventional units
CCTs are all assigned to SOF units
TACPs dont go through SF selection in their pipeline. You can go SF after your pipeline
11:14 That frame would make a nice poster
kinda wanna join special forces. scared as fuck of death but when am i gonna have another chance to be that badass
6:04 That's what she said? 😂
was hoping for a Garand Thumb cameo😔
Her beret looked terrible
If that's the worst of it, I'm certain the colonel can continue to do just fine.
Tony
Surprised Garand thumb isn’t in here
10:42 Is that a Spawn patch???
Stuff that guys like our uncle pioneered after D-Day in Europe........Jeeps full of comm gear & weapons! Driven by young crazy guys.
😍🔥
Dumb question: why are they still using the Beretta sidearm instead of the Sig?
Probably not current videos, have heard some of our special warfare troops don’t carry the SIG.
This was 2020
Because budgets
ok make EVERY service take every other services PFT in one day. Col needs to learn how to wear a beret.
Welter.....
TACPs still use Berettas? I thought they phased those out?
Nope
11:55 always someone who can’t wear there beret to make it look good…always the officers
And with her tops unzipped like that she looks like a bad military movie extra 🤣🤣
She's not even a real TACP. She's a rated officer who went to do a ground stint and thinks she can wear the beret. Never went through the TACP pipeline.
@@andrevertucio772 the colonel flew combat missions over Afghanistan and Iraq. End of story. Thanks for your critique.
@@markbeames7852 That’s not how that works.
@@j.d.flores780 Apparently it is. In a most obvious sense. The proof is right there. Thanks and have a good day.
Gung Ho brothers
God bless em, def saved plenty US Army anal housing groups from not going home evah...tx
Tacp with a ranger tab. High speed
Fix that beret, Colonel!
Who among you has the balls to tell a colonel to their face, they're wrong?
Can't tell if hands red because of blood or cold
Both
Where is Garand Daddy?
What kind of cap is that woman carrying? A beret cap? :S
It’s a tam o’ shanter.
with a job like that, they must be fired up everytime they wake up to go to work
My only knock is the land-nav section needs to begin with parachute insertion because well, we at ft Bragg jump.
All of my peeps that are in the ground what they shot made a Bloody mess and it’s looking like it’s Circling back around Psaki
Glad to see the AF is finally catching up to the USMC ANGLICOs. We've been doing this crap for decades. Semper Fi guys...
I first knew of these guys in Vietnam where they served with Army infantry and coalition forces. They are not to be confused with Combat Controllers or other Special Tactics operators under JSOC.
@@speedracer2336..You’re conflating a BUNCH of issues. We were “special operations-capable” when I was in and were capable of supporting conventional and spec ops units. We were trained in (and were required to maintain) or airborne, scuba, SERE, etc quals. Marines were never under SOCOM until the Raiders stood up in 2006 but we’ve ALWAYS supported our sister services. When I was in, I did ops with Army SF, Rangers along with USMC Recon and Force Recon units.
@@paulmorris6177 I was trying to explain the difference between TACPs and Special Tactics operators, but I get your point.
Every 18 y/o fister wondering if he’s a weapon system now too 😂
Did that Col. Learn how to wear a beret from watching 80s movies?
To the moon an back space force,the best branch of our armed forces,keeping Aliens away from earth ,
Is this an angry cops meme review
Dude said 2020, I’m guessing he meant 2021.
😂
12:46 quota promotion detected!
Almost as skilled as Rittenhouse
I was surprised to see they were running M9’s and standard GI Mags in their rifles.
I wonder if they hate JT? I like all the BRCC dudes don’t take leftist interviews.. Bitches be lie’n! I went to my first BRCC shop in Bourne like a week ago. It was a great location on Main Street in that little town co-located with a nice NFA gun shop.
No chicks in the comp? Glad they haven't dropped their standards yet
I still cant believe a guy with an ak, robes and sandals will actually beat these
Only because we have to be careful who we shoot, they blend in so well! They have free rein because they can identify us easily. Not exactly fair.
The "Pray and Spray Man Jammies Brigades."
So these are the guys to blame for all those "accidental" wedding bombings hahaha jkjk
omg thats the same gun Kyle Rittenhouse used. so scary
Dude, where's my bicep?
Chill, Hombre : Kyle Rittenhouse, unless he's a convicted felon, like the Drug Cartels and Terrorists that They are, do NOT have access readily to the M4A1 SOPMOD in 5.56mm x 45 NATO.
Most of this stuff is what we Marines had to go through in boot camp! Marines blew em away on that fitness test! SEMPER FI! RAH!
Hahahah, riighht
🤡🤡🤡🤡
We scored high enough to get INTO the USAF. Thanks.
I thought Air Force hired catering company’s from 4 star restaurants in the field or during training ? MRE’s? Woah. No actual silver made utensils? This is an outrage.
>_< most Chair Force cats... sure.... but these fricking guys!? Nah... These guys are all part of the Air Force's contribution to JSOC... Catering? They'd rather be in the shit with the grunts, a pile of brass surrounding them, directing Air Superiority Fighters onto target to dispense JDAMs, guiding AC-130s to raze entire grid squares, and finishing off any stragglers by calling in the A-10s to close the fireworks by spreading the Gospel of BRRRRRRRRRRT to the bad guys of the world. These guys are worthy of having the POG label removed. They're grunts with Bachelor's degrees in Lead Slinging, Master's Degrees in communication, and PhD's in Accelerated Explosives Placement as well as Advanced Forever Box Logistics. We freaking loved the TACP/JTACs from the 14th that were embedded with us when we were downrange, they saved our asses in more than a few fights. Some of the most versatile warfighters the US produces, and through their capabilities are probably the best force multiplier we've got today and in the years to come.
12 miles thats easy lmfao l would run whole way.
Ha
Go for it bud 😂
@@RandomWrongDeletion already did
@@berserker6818 Prove it kid
@@RandomWrongDeletion check out my yt banging out 30 pull ups now doing 35 jelous pussy ;)
All that baddassery to be completely undone at the end with the fucking face diapers and chick with the elbow bump and salute! This woke ass military is getting weaker as our enemies get stronger! Sad to see, i am really worried about the future
Appearances aren't always as they seem. The female officer they showed is just a rated pilot. The pipe hitters are still out there doing their thing
Boi those guys in North Korea look more serious in my opinion....even the Chinese looks like they on a next level..we are so gonna loose if our government don't start hiring real hard-core men
bruh lmao
12 year old detected
Tactical Air Control Party ( TACP) : Air-Land, Air Strike. Special Warfare Airmen dropping warheads on foreheads, as the Air Force Special Tactics premier Weapons System ( WPNSYS)🇺🇲🇺🇸🪖💣💥✈️🪂🤿🇺🇲🇺🇸‼️‼️