F-14s shooting down Libyan Mig-23s

[CLITTINI]

Wow...talk about a unfair fight! lol!! Gotta love the F-14!!

[tjohn6041]

Tip of the day: do not engage an Air Superiority Fighter with a Fighter-Bomber

[DirtyBob2001]

1981?

[leobcs]

Stupid humans!

[Stickman53fe]

Look at the vertical stabilizers shake at 2:55.

[tubemejlh]

39 Libyans can't get a tone.

[jeremybear14]

@tubemejlh HEH HEH GOOD ONE

[16rumpole]

@tubemejlh LOL great line

[ohnzee]

Maybe those tow libyan pilots want to defect :D

[RedFoxAce]

Why does something suddenly shoot bright glowing left upon the missile impact at 2:50?

[Stickman53fe]

@RedFoxAce That's the aircraft that was hit by the missile. It was tracking right to left and you don't see the aircraft until impact. Then you clearly see it tracking left because it is on fire. The missile was traveling on a "Proportional Navigation" profile (leading the aircraft).

[industrialcaulk]

"Fox one! Fox one!"

"Ah, Jesus..."

[copperhead46]

Damn this is crazy footage of the Iraq war when we first invaded!

[kinmanyuen]

ancious heavy breathing

[STARCHILD159]

How do you go from the bombcat to the wimpy-ass F-18?What was the Navy thinking?They should have made more Tomcats-they were the perfect jet in every way.BOING makes airport airplanes not Navy jet's that we intrust with our very excistance>

[Xiolablu3]

@STARCHILD159 I am quite sure that the Navy knows a lot more than you regarding the F14 vs F/A18

[MELegion1]

@STARCHILD159 very bad engines and low ground capability, (the bad engines would apply to the f14a)

[grabankles]

@STARCHILD159 yes boeing makes passenger airplanes, but they did buy mcdonnell douglass and they made the f/a-18's the navy had contracts with mcd

[STARCHILD159]

The name,DEMONKILLER would have worked for that meaty,brody,beast of a jet!!!

[STARCHILD159]

Splash them mother fucker's yeah!!!I hope them pilots were jamming metallica-SEEK AND DESTROY!They shot them punks down like it was no thing...U.S.A. all motherfucking day.

[gtothefinest]

Tomcats were the shit

[stormycliffs]

is this the 81 or 89 incident?

[SptifireAce]

this is a million times better than topgun

[deedsie]

"They don't make movies about F-18's; they make 'em about F-14's!" I'm a Tomcat Driver, and you're a HOMO!

[scottvaughan121090]

dunno if its been said but some of the conversation was used in under siege

[123456789aviator]

The Libyans took the first shots in '81 during a similar engagement, hence why the Tomcats shot first this time.  American aircrew do not just go down range carelessly with their finger on the trigger. Know your history and your enemy.

[kdrapertrucker]

you need a soundtrack for this. may I suggest Pickard & Bowden's "Libyan on a Jet Plane" as the obvious choice.

[dsoutherngent1]

And some Lybian pilots learned a harsh lesson. DO NOT face up against an F-14 at what it was designed to do...take out multiple air targets at once. For their lesson, they earned an ejection and a cold bath. Many others here have already said it, and I agree, God I miss the Tomcats!

[DCCENTRAL1FOX]

3:18 "I DON'T HAVE A FUCKIN TONE!!!!" lol...

[CraigTuckerSouthPark]

F-22 Raptor is for pussies. F-14 Tomcat and F-15 Eagle still rule. RIP good fighters.

[iRacingWrecks]

@CraigTuckerSouthPark u r a dumbass

[DevlPB]

@CraigTuckerSouthPark damn truth.

[CraigTuckerSouthPark]

@DevlPB right.

[SKITTL3Z37]

Wtf were those migs thinking. If I even heard the number 14 i would've ejected immediately haha

[CrocodilusPontifex]

1) Pause video at 2:06

2) Open up a second window.

3) Go to Youtube. Look up the song "Dog Fighter" from the Macross/Robotech cartoon series, or copy/paste this (watch?v=NH6ZiySBy_w)

4) Hit play.

5) Return to this video. Play both at the same time.

[MartialDuartist]

@CrocodilusPontifex

Ha, wow :)

[Fangsout1]

"Hey man, lets fly up here and challenge these Top Gun pilots in their Tomcats."

Morons.

[Dancefloor933]

FUCK UNATED STATES OF PINDOSTAN!

i love my vodka, bear and Topol-M!

[drogoscg1]

Man, I miss the Tomcats...sad day seeing th last fly by's

[EnslavedAndOppressed]

F-14s are retired from USN

[BlueRaptorTiger]

Libya is mad bro.

[bobskies16]

GET SOME LIBYA! (again)

[alivewire13]

All people making comments on this video,you do realize it is all re-created,except for the audio.

[sterby1]

2:55 flattering rudders. The F-14 pilot can say thanks in his evening prayers it didn't tear off the whole backside of the plane.

[nfr201]

Additionally - this was over international waters.

And after the fight the Tomcat crews kept looking for 'chutes to makes sure the Libyan pilots were able to eject even as they were bugging out.

[DevilsRockContract]

They said Americans are allowed to take any action in selfdefence??? WTF!!? Who is attacking here and who is defending?

[nfr201]

@DevilsRockContract After the Migs took off the F-14s painted them with their radar as a warning. The did not turn back. The Tomcats then attempted to turn their noses away 5 times, but every time the Migs turned back into the Tomcats (jinked back into them). The Migs were looking for a fight, and they got one. Its like a guy with a knife who keeps coming after you as much as you try to avoid him... at some point you have to fight.

[DevilsRockContract]

@nfr201 But in that case F-14 is a guy with a knife because they are on "enemy" territory, there is absolutely no reason for Migs not to take off. NO ofence but wtf are americans doing there? Spreading justice? or they want a little drop of oil? I know they didnt defend and interrupt other countries that were in conflict, of course they didnt have any oil, so there was no profit from interference. :(

[nfr201]

@DevilsRockContract Not really. International law recognizes 12 nautical miles off your shore as International Waters. Again, the US 6th fleet, and the Tomcats that were engaged above were over International Waters. They don't need a reason to be there, its international waters.

The Migs had 6 opportunities to avoid an engagement, again, over international waters. When they got painted by F-14s and any of the 5 times the F-14s turned away from the Migs.

The Migs were looking for a fight.

[nfr201]

@DevilsRockContract Also - I am all for having an honest international relations/international diplomacy discussion - but once you start the "war for oil" argument I'm out. I mean, I guess Somalia, Kosovo and Afghanistan got the US lots of oil right? nfr201 signing off...

[alivewire13]

@DevilsRockContract You obviously don't know your history of this encounter.1)We are only allowed to engage & fire after being fired upon & it doe's not matter where this takes place either, over international waters or over a foreign air space,unless of course "War"has been declared by either both or one Waring party. In this particuliar case our F14's had already been fired upon,which is not shown in this video.Our boys then pursued the 2 migs & then they, the migs turned around to engage

[DevilsRockContract]

@alivewire13 I think F-14 had a nice cruise on shiny sky over deep blue sea when suddenly the mean-woman-rapist-terrorist-an­tihuman-911-neonuclear-AlahuAk­bar-C4planted Mig-23 opened fire on USA F-14 for Holy reasons. That`s what happend.  Damn that oiled country.

[chu8894]

@berni5400 Cadafi did!!



[lanuzah]

Mr.TheSsoucheck was true.

[lanuzah]

Weak Russian Aircraft shot down by 2 f-14's.They cannot dominate the skies no matter what.

[SuperNjak]

dumb ass americans,take on su-27 or mig 31...pick some one your on size 4 a change...we kick f-117 ass in Serbia...Sorry abot that,but we didnt know it was invisibile..xD

[SkullKing11841]

@SuperNjak Lol one F-117 was shot down, when you look at the amount of sortie's it's done in AAA infested area's and not been shot down it's very impressive. But like shown in 1999, there not invisible and definetaly not invicible, Stealth is the wrong word to use. Reduced Radar Cross Section is a better term. :)

[osp80]

@SuperNjak congrats on taking out 1 airplane with a sky full of AA and SAMs

[lidbeck32]

I was a green shirt V2 div. Air dept. working on the flight deck of the Kennedy when this happened.

[darksamuari]

what show was this?

[TheCelticmaori]

32 libyan pilots disliked this

[TheSsouchek]

I lied. Tomcats 4, Libyan Migs 0!!!

"The Floggers accelerated and continued to approach. At 6 nmi (11 km) range the Tomcats split and the Floggers followed the wingman while the lead Tomcat circled to get a tail angle on them. The wingman engaged with a Sparrow and downed one of the Libyan aircraft. One of the US pilots broadcast "Good kill! Good kill!" The lead Tomcat closed on the final Flogger from the rear quadrant and at 1.5 nmi (2.8 km) the pilot fired a Sidewinder, which hit its target

[TheSsouchek]

This happens 20 or 30 years ago!  Why is this even being discussed? I was in the Navy when this happened, got the patch from Oceana while I was in school with VF-101!

Black Aces 4. Libya 0!

Life is good!!!!

[TheSsouchek]

F-14A, dumb ass. Air Force flies the F-15's, and the still hold the dead stop to 50K climb record.

Any Time, Baby!!!!

[benjyboba]

@TheSsouchek I thought the modified mig 25 held the climb record. The 25 wasn't a handler but could fly at mach 3.2.

[lemob182]

what the fuck were those rats doing in Libyan airspace anyway??

[abdou1995]

@lemob182 no idea??

[leangle1988]

Why did they engage? What did they do wrong?

[TheOriginalBlazin77]

@leangle1988 Because Libyan fighters flew into international airspace, well beyond their typical patrol zone. They were heading directly at an off-shore training exercise involving US Navy A-6s, E-3s and F-14s among other aircraft. Once considered a threat, they were intercepted by F-14s which did exactly what this video portrays.

[leangle1988]

@TheOriginalBlazin77 Well, why would they want to violate someone else's airspace?

[TheOriginalBlazin77]

@leangle1988 Either (A) the Libyans were way off course, (B) they thought the A-6 was either violating their airspace or attacking their country(my guess), or (C) they were simply trying to show force in defending their area of thew world. I wasn't there and I have no evidence to support any of this though, so I can't give you an exact answer.

[icanmyshoetie]

@TheOriginalBlazin77 they were in international waters that Gadoofy made an imaginary line over and said was his.

[thecolorunknown]

@Schizianity They got killed because the Libyan command didn't send a rescue team to get them, but no one dies in this video. Some planes just explode.

[ernie24videos]

this reson is realy becoes the mig-23 flogger was realy desing for air to ground so no fair for them

[RichKilla86ers]

F-22 is NEVER use in Libya bcuz the sortie that the USAF planned doesn't require the use of F-22 since Libyan has small fighter jets fleet and the air-defenses are obsolete. The coalition has AWACs, large number of interceptors, many electronic jammers, and standoff weapons to easily knock out Gaddafi's pussy force.

[nolifemerc]

lol he was on the edge to slap some1.

[suaspontetn]

You don't risk the F-22 against Libyan AF...they just don't have the capabilities to defeat us so you don't even chance losing an F-22 (mechanical issues or whatever...lucky shot from the ground, etc...) for something F-18s can handle.

[bobf27]

I was there in 81

[mike04834]

Maverick i dont like this a**hole get him off of me

[retxed271]

your F-14 is no match to my favorite the F-22 Raptor..........the best of them all..Stealthy.......they would just whoop your ass without being detected...

[LgndryThndr]

@retxed271

STEALTH TECHNOLOGY DOES NOT WORK THAT WAY!

[29Eleazar]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA STOP THE BULLSHIT

THATS MIG IS FRANCE PLANE

LIBYA TROOPER SHOT IT DOWN WHEN THEY COME TO DROP THE BOM

[rainbowopsCHAPLAIN]

highway to the danger zone...

[FMXndMXismylife]

My dad helped build the F-14's, FA-18's, and F-15's he says the F-14's were on of the best built fighterjets and were able to make incredible turns during dogfights, but were dangerous do to the fact they were unstable in highspeeds

[krillzone]

WINGS was such a damn good show!

[tommysch]

I hope they get the opportunity to test the F-22s.

[M4A108]

F-14s training ground libya 80's

F-22 training ground libya 2011

Welcome to Top Gun libya.

[vulpes4]

@M4A108 they engaged Raptors??

[M4A108]

@vulpes4 I was assuming that they will use the F-22 but from what i heard from the news nope they dint use it.

[icanmyshoetie]

@M4A108 theres no reason to use the f-22 now.most of the liyan air force's fighters have most likely been blown from the sky by now.

[ULTRAHITLER]

@M4A108 Unfortunately, someone in the Pentagon decided the F-22 wasn't worthy of that mission. :( Fucking shame. We could've whipped the bastards into shape in minutes.

[libyancomrade]

@M4A108 can't wait for it ,this is the best chance for the US to prove them selves to the world

[zasabiibasaz]

@M4A108 Its not training when its real combat. Libya 2011 is F-22 demonstrating grounds not training grounds.

[MartialDuartist]

@M4A108

F-14's - Kickass

F-22's - Garbage (Do the research...)

[SkullKing11841]

@M4A108 haha yeah but one problem with that, no F-22 was used in the No Fly Zone, they all got grounded after that F-22 crashed in Alaska, There's a problem with the life suport system, basicly the air it is creating for the piliots is getting mixed with Co2, Anti Freeze etc, The transmisions just before the F-22 Piliot crashed were of him sounding like he was drunk, which is a common sign of hipoxia. they don't know how it's happening, but it's not the first time it's happend in an Air craft :)

[Honkynees]

As a sailor myself; leave the bad words in. Its combat and it is the way it is.

[udav471]

Тупые американцы!

[YarisTex]

E os russos só tem manias, mas levam sempre na peidola!

@udav471

[lampacafe]

@udav471 idi naxui

[Menchjah]

Hey Muammar we see you!

Love,

USA

[monkeyfishninja]

That's real TOPGUN for yah!

[whj28ahg]

Don't mind showing people being killed, but always remember to bleep out the bad words.

[thecolorunknown]

@whj28ahg No one got killed, they ejected.

[wh306]

@whj28ahg big brother always knows whats best for us.

[danhoy111]

I want to know why the USA sold tomcats to iran who they believe to be an "axis of evil"?

[danhoy111]

@danhoy111 Oh its okay I know why now.

[jamesonorander]

@danhoy111 that happen in the 70's and the tech reps form mcdonalds douglas mess them up after the shah of iran was over throwned

[danhoy111]

@jamesonorander Thanks man! yeah it's something like the "Iranian Revolution"

[jamesonorander]

@danhoy111 that happen in the 70's and the tech reps form mcdonalds douglas mess them up after the shah of iran was over throwned

[danhoy111]

That beauty really is" HEAVY METAL"!

[mediahater]

look at 2:57 ! the pilots are real brave fuckers for flying with that thing :D

[rwilliams89]

beautiful piece of American machinery.

[rap1800]

This happened in top gun!!!!

[merangkillbots]

THAT was wicked !!!

[MVPimp2219]

This is badass

[StiviGun1]

Does anyone know what missiles did those two F-14s use to down the MiG-23s?

[ZeljkoKG87]

@StiviGun1 Fox 1 is code fora a SARH missile , so i suppose first one was AIM-7 Sparrow (They could use AIM-54 Phoenix missiles, but it was to close for them, Sparrow is way more agile missile,and as so more convinient for this situation) . Fox 2 is Infrared homing missile ,and I'm sure it was sidewinder :)

[StiviGun1]

@ZeljkoKG87 OK, thanks a lot. I just wanted to know if the US pilots had the missile advantage over the Libyan pilots, but it was not the case, since the R-23 missiles their MiG-23s were armed with have the same range and performance.

[ZeljkoKG87]

@StiviGun1 Yes , but in this case Tomcats had an decisive advantage-altitude. This was head to head merge, US pilots were higher above the ground (higher then Lybians) and got the lock tone first ( higher altitude gives you greater range because the missile speeds up using two forces- gravity and engine thrust ).

[StiviGun1]

@ZeljkoKG87 Yes, but that was because of pilots skill, not because of the Tomcat's technological superiority. The F-14 and the MiG-23 have about the same service ceiling.

[Maraudershark1]

@ZeljkoKG87 The Tomcats relinquished the altitude advantage early in the fight in order to get lower than the MiGs. This was done in effort to track and shoot the MiGs. By the time the engagement began the MiGs had the altitude advantage for several minutes.

[Maraudershark1]

@ZeljkoKG87 The Tomcats relinquished the altitude advantage early in the fight in order to get lower than the MiGs. This was done in effort to track and shoot the MiGs. By the time the engagement began the MiGs had the altitude advantage by 6,000 feet higher than the Tomcats for several minutes.

[janssen70]

@ZeljkoKG87 sparrow is and was the only medium range missile the f14 could carry and fire

sidewinder is and was the only short range IR missile the us has till today

so guessing is not really guessing

[ZeljkoKG87]

@janssen70

F-14 could fire AIM-54 too. I said ' i suppose' because it's crazy to employ AIM-54 at these ranges.

[janssen70]

@ZeljkoKG87 yeah but the phoenix is a long range missile and its not used against fighter aircraft its used primairly to intercept tactical bombers

[ZeljkoKG87]

@janssen70 We're talking about the same thing but in a different way. I hope we'll meet somewhere in the middle :D

[janssen70]

@ZeljkoKG87 i dont meet in the middle

[kris1991]

Nothing looks more badass that a pilot in full flight gear with visor down.

[combantrin1]

stupid american pilot.. that stupid american pilot does the first fire!! oh! c'mon!! stupid!!.

[combantrin1]

stupid american pilot..

[mrtuber88]

Yeah statistically speaking guys....The F-14 has never been defeated in air to air combat or shot down by enemy missles. Also American pilots have a modern warfare win vs. loss ratio that dominates any country in the world by a very wide margin.... Thats how we do things...

[cruxader27]

its not about the Russian plane Its about noob Libyan pilots. Let the Russians handle this business. they know this very well

[thefianna]

I think the outcome of this fight had more to do with the skill levels and training of the pilots than the superiority of the planes.

If the Americans had been in the Mig-23's and the Libyans were in F-14's, the Americans probably still would have won.

[FlyinRaspberries4296]

American planes beat russian planes ALL DAY. No chance!!!

[MapleLeafAce]

so did the Tomcats get fired upon first, or was it the Floggers that got fired upon first?

[LgndryThndr]

@MapleLeafAce

Technically the migs were pulling into deflection so you could say the migs fired first.

But the F14's were the first to actually fire anything.

Air combat is very technical and most of the time fights are won or lost not by firing a shot, but by working with your wingman to put the enemy into a no win situation.

This situation however, the migs were acting very aggressive and they decided to take the gloves off.

The first F14 rippled 2 Aim7's and a Heatseeker

[nils4545]

Some intense shit.

[yawn3333]

Time and time again American made planes have proven to be better than Russian aircraft in countless confrontations. You may say whatever you like but not one f-15 has ever been shot down and how many Russian aircraft has it put down?

[MookaTbawlz]

@yawn3333 All russian aircrafts involved in dogfights after WWII are owned by third world countries, It's not a matter of aircraft quality it's a matter of pilot skill and experience.

[oke139]

Rofl at rusbp and stalingrad, your both russians am i right? Even if it was f-22 vs mig-21 you would find a reason why f-22 would be inferior.. Well i dont think all stealth aircraft look a like, look at f-117 nighthawk and b-2 spirit. Pak Fa really looks like its an cheap rip off from f-22.

[taterfamine]

what a bunch of stupids lol

[Rich711]

2 Libyans down, 268 to go.

[Tomcatsux4ever]

My favorite part of the F-14 is when they got shredded up and dumped in the ocean like the piece of shit they are

[PSPfanBOY22]

@Tomcatsux4ever You're pathetic....

[Agentcapture]

Say hello to Allah mother fucka! lol 

[Skybolter]

I LOVE THE F-14, THE BEST OF THE BEST

[ThePaxtonProductions]

@Skybolter

What about the F22?

[Skybolter]

Forget it, The F-22 is not very efficient, no way

[Icarusdecending82]

@Skybolter certainly a beautiful aircraft.

[shingwoo101]

@Skybolter F-22 is best. Got to give credit where credit is due sorry man!

[Skybolter]

@shingwoo101 I know, butr you know waht, i prefer the F-22 as my wingman

[marianopicco]

@shingwoo101 You're an idiot.

[carlosvaldes2007]

@shingwoo101 the best military fighter jet are the MIG RUSSIN LEARN A LOT KID

[plissken83]

@carlosvaldes2007 The air combat history shows otherwise.

[TheMrGuyincognito]

@carlosvaldes2007...is that why everytime MIG's have come up against US planes in the last 50 years in any country they get completely raped?