Did you know there was a new BF3 TV commercial released just yesterday? Look up the new TV spot. It's a full animation of the BF3 marine on the cover of the game moving and shooting! I think it's ridiculously awesome.
this was during the Package Q strike. The goal of the mission was to destroy the remnants of the Iraqi nuclear reactor that was blown up by the Israelis in 1981 (Operation Opera). It was a sucess however unfortunately 3 F-16's were shot down and 2 pilots taken POW. This was the only time Non stealthy aircraft flew over baghdad in the persian gulf war, due to the heavy air defenses
@Equilibrium9415 Probably. There were plenty of Goas in Irak. But there is a part where they say "no spike, low" and I think that it could be a MANPAD.
You could hear the RWR too though. I don't know much but it sounded like a Long Track or a Gun Dish from a Shilka or something.. Maybe even Strelas, cause No Spikes are usually IR-Missiles, which don't give a Warning.
@sukamugen AN APACHE CANT MAKE THOSE TURNS,AND THE HUD OF THE APACHE ISNT LIKE THIS ONE,YOU FUCKING FAIL DUDE WHAT THE FUCK!READ THE FUCKING DESCRIPTION YOU MOTEHR FUCKER YOU!
Heart stopping video footage from the hud of an American F-16, as it uses evasive manuevers to dodge Surface-to-air missiles over Baghdad in the 1991 Gulf War.
@sukamugen and the original vid says F-16 dodging 6 iraqi sam,no apaches were used in the first gulf wa rin 1991 YOU FUCKING HOMOSEXUAL FUCK YOU IGNORANT BASTARD
@manchesterfellow sorry but.... what Cold war?? two guys hate each other and then they say they're tired of fighting. Guy number 1 Wins....why.......???
@siamfd201 I think you will find we have repeatedly tried Russia's weapons. Where do you think the RPG designs come from? Calm down, you will give yourself a hernia.
1:55 to think it would be ripped from the bf3 teaser, OOOH SHIT!!! *mom comes in with shotgun* mom: Boy i thought you were studying, wtf r u doing!? *before i answer she unleashes a full clip right into my head*
Those pilots have huge balls! I would've been crying for my mama! Only thing was I didn't get was the very low airspeed. Thought you needed to keep it up working around the SAMS? Kudos to these guys though!
What you hear in this video happened to me exactly the same ,i was riding a bike and my neighbours dog name was (sam) chased me so lucky to be alive :D
Look at the number above the airspeed indicator on the left--he's pulling over 5 g's on some of those manoeuvres! Amazing video--god bless our pilots!
Pilots were lucky because old SA-2 missiles from early 1960s (used by iraq air defences) were very sensetive to radar guidance and were not very maneuverable. They could not had any chances to evade missiles if enemy used more modern SAM (such as Buk or S-200).
Yeah!! 614th Lucky Devils from Torrejon AB Spain. The best F-16 Unit ever!!, Nobody was better. Best commanders, best pilots and support personnel in that time in history.
Who the hell would compare a fucking video game to actual combat operations. Thats like saying since hes good at Modern Warfare 2 he could do the real thing. Like Really?
@4theemperor Exactly. I'm a fan of the series myself, but I actually know there's a big difference between AC, with it's WWII style dogfights, and real life, where it's all about who fires a missile first.
SA-2 / SA-3 is old radar-guided SAM from early 1960's. It's not "fire and forget", it's weapon of old soviet era. It's very depends on crew training and their skill level. It's not so easy to detect targets, lock on targets and track missiles to targets.
In Vietnam Soviets had real trouble how to train uneducated vietnamise peasants to use SA-2 effective. Some times Vietnamise used missiles without any effect because they lacked real experience to use it.
not to be disrespectful, but the SEAD strikes sure did a lousy job of blowing up the enemy radar. Maybe the AGM-88C HARM wasn't implemented yet and they had the SHRIKE.
Of course they wouldn't have had the 88C. Even a quick search would show that it wasn't fielded until two years after the war ended. Also, one significant reason that SAM sites were still operational after SEAD strikes is they had plenty of backup radar trailers that were only used after the initial radar was taken out. Thus, a site could be hit and considered "neutralised", but in fact, a new radar controller was put in place.
2 or 3 planes loosing a day is a normal average. in the first gulf war it was even higher because the iraqi air defence didn`t turn off for hiding radarsites. they fought open against US airforce and lost immediatly after few days... but in my estimate us airforce was loosing 5 - 15 planes a day.. so just take a look at korea war or vietnam. its nothing extraordinary
The 3-4 short rings that sounds like 'TU TU TU TU' means the F-16 Threat Warning System , had detected a Sam lauch that have been fired onto the Aircraft in which the alert is running at. North \ E\W\S 'Sam Launch' Radio-call means the SAM (surface-to-air Missiles) lauch positional, symobls north as bearings 350-10, and so on refers to other direcations in this path.
Hope it would help you to get some knowladge with the basics of flying in an F-16.
I would imagine a fighter pilot to me more scared of ground to air missiles then anything else, they can come out of anywhere and kill instantly. Did I here right, one jet was shot down in that all?
hey not one.. 74 exactly. it`s a fairy tale that is`t so hard to down a plane.. US Airforce will loose constantly 2-3 airplanes a day against defences like the iraqi, serbian, iranian or similar. . . you heard it right. one was down in this aciton.
actually, if you play a sim like Falcon 4.0 + OpenFalcon mod you will find that it pretty closely resembles this. check this vid : /watch?v=VC2Pxq2-BiU
all those gs are right!!! the corner speed (ideal speed for hardest turns ~ >8gs) of an f-16 is approximately 330 to 440 knots. this pilot dropped below that speed a lot, and had to afterburn to get back to cs.
ordinarilly, you would put an incoming missile on your 9/3 line (9 or 3 o'clock of the plane), but this must have been extremely difficult with so many missiles in the air. they also had their radars set to silent mode making an immediate counter attack impossible (i.e. blind).
Stroke 8 reports that he is 'blind', which normally means he cannot see the enemy, but in this case it means he sees none of his flight members anymore.
Then more SAM-locks are reported, all coming from the same sector (on the radar warning receiver this is visible).
Right after that more SAM launches are reported.
A hair raising sortie this must have been, one that is probably talked about a lot.
Must say that the flight worked very well together, shows the benefit of good training.
The flight lead then tries to get his whole flight to egress the area in the direction South.
The amount of G's on the plane are not that much, in the top left corner you can see the current G-forces all the time and on the left hand bar you can see the airspeed, which has dropped to around 250 kts (which is in itself a very good cornering speed, but does not give you any distance from the missile).
What you basically hear is flight members helping each other evade SAM's by telling the others when to break and which direction to break.
Idea in SAM evasion is to make sharp, tight, turns at the last moment to break the lock of a missile. When a missile is locked it means the missile is directly aiming for a specific target and won't stear away without taking action.
Damn, all those turns are putting a lot of Gs on them. You can hear them trying to talk then switch back to controlling their breathing to keep from passing out. Crazy.
They are now... in this video though there were F-4s working on sam sites... the problem was that they only had so much fuel and by the time this flight reached the target area they had gone.
Stroke 3 go Southeast now.........
Erazer19811 1 week ago
I bet that guys butthole is still tight as fuck from that.
XillegaltoastX 3 months ago 2
Lawdrun he actually says 'oh shoot!' if you listen, doesnt want to swear on the net.
26wordy 3 months ago
commander send this pilot just for decoy :) nice.
RobotN001 4 months ago
Why is the Ohh shit from BF3 trailer on this? is it the exact same or just very similar?
mt2oo8secondary 4 months ago
@mt2oo8secondary
It's exactly the same! I was mind blasted when I found out where the sound came from... Absolutely mind blown!
ShadowZezima 4 months ago
@ShadowZezima Wow that's crazy.
mt2oo8secondary 4 months ago
@mt2oo8secondary
Did you know there was a new BF3 TV commercial released just yesterday? Look up the new TV spot. It's a full animation of the BF3 marine on the cover of the game moving and shooting! I think it's ridiculously awesome.
ShadowZezima 4 months ago
@ShadowZezima Is it the 99 PRoblems one? i can't find any other one
mt2oo8secondary 4 months ago
THANK GOD WE GOT GREAT PILOTS LIKE THIS!!,..AND THANK THEM!!,..YOU DO A GREAT JOB GUYS!!,.MAKE US SLEEP GREAT AT NIGHTS!!
Lizard5571 4 months ago
The heavy breathing was for preventing G-loc right? Defying G-loc and sams wow man what a day for these fellas.
NavarroBase 5 months ago
/watch?v=2zw8SmsovJc&feature=player_embedded
at 11:50
wolimSe 5 months ago
If anyone didn't get chills watching this then you obviously don't know the difference between a video games and reality.
All I could say is wow. :l
FancyJesse 5 months ago
уххх!
argon338 5 months ago
where is Bf3
dufydf 5 months ago
@dufydf
1:56
treejoe4 5 months ago
battlefield 3!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Dioxholster 5 months ago
Not Ohh shit, it's holy shit.
MrTirien 5 months ago
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NakedAvanger 5 months ago
:O
Xbox360MasterChief 7 months ago
1:55 BF3's trailer "OOH SHIT"
Lawdrun 7 months ago 34
@Lawdrun
actualy he says (in the video above) Holy Shit !
if u listen closely :)
NakedAvanger 5 months ago
@Lawdrun what trailer ?
WassimSp 5 months ago
this was during the Package Q strike. The goal of the mission was to destroy the remnants of the Iraqi nuclear reactor that was blown up by the Israelis in 1981 (Operation Opera). It was a sucess however unfortunately 3 F-16's were shot down and 2 pilots taken POW. This was the only time Non stealthy aircraft flew over baghdad in the persian gulf war, due to the heavy air defenses
intrepidrock123 7 months ago
1:55 reminds me of that dude saying the same thing in the BF3 trailer at the jet part.
Throwedcatt 8 months ago
whoa i think I'd shit my pants if my RWR goes like missile incoming.. Does anyone know what type of SAM this was, SA-3?
Equilibrium9415 8 months ago
@Equilibrium9415 Probably. There were plenty of Goas in Irak. But there is a part where they say "no spike, low" and I think that it could be a MANPAD.
Stover36 8 months ago
@Stover36
You could hear the RWR too though. I don't know much but it sounded like a Long Track or a Gun Dish from a Shilka or something.. Maybe even Strelas, cause No Spikes are usually IR-Missiles, which don't give a Warning.
Whatever, they live, thats all that matters :D
Equilibrium9415 8 months ago
I'm not English ... could someone write what the pilot was saying??
p33092c 9 months ago
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sukamugen 9 months ago
@sukamugen ITS A F-16 NOT AN APACHE IDIOT!
ilias2oo6 9 months ago
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sukamugen 8 months ago
@sukamugen AN APACHE CANT MAKE THOSE TURNS,AND THE HUD OF THE APACHE ISNT LIKE THIS ONE,YOU FUCKING FAIL DUDE WHAT THE FUCK!READ THE FUCKING DESCRIPTION YOU MOTEHR FUCKER YOU!
Heart stopping video footage from the hud of an American F-16, as it uses evasive manuevers to dodge Surface-to-air missiles over Baghdad in the 1991 Gulf War.
ilias2oo6 8 months ago
@sukamugen and the original vid says F-16 dodging 6 iraqi sam,no apaches were used in the first gulf wa rin 1991 YOU FUCKING HOMOSEXUAL FUCK YOU IGNORANT BASTARD
ilias2oo6 8 months ago
@sukamugen 25 Angels at the beginning of the video (25000 ft). I have no clue on what part of that is "low"
Stover36 8 months ago
Pilots mental pressure at that time.....!!!
JineshJK 10 months ago
Hard to understand what's happening : o
SoulEraser000 10 months ago
Goosebumps, shivers, this is.. eye opening.
lockinate 10 months ago
@siamfd201 Explain to me your point then crazy Ivan
manchesterfellow 11 months ago
@siamfd201 I'm British - oh the irony!
You tried to Invade America? You tried to invade Britain? No. Then you have no point. The Soviet Union lost the cold war. Get over it.
manchesterfellow 11 months ago
@manchesterfellow sorry but.... what Cold war?? two guys hate each other and then they say they're tired of fighting. Guy number 1 Wins....why.......???
Mesuisboss 10 months ago
@Mesuisboss No that is not what happened. One of those guys - the Soviet Union, no longer exists!
manchesterfellow 10 months ago
@siamfd201 I think you will find we have repeatedly tried Russia's weapons. Where do you think the RPG designs come from? Calm down, you will give yourself a hernia.
manchesterfellow 11 months ago
1:55 to think it would be ripped from the bf3 teaser, OOOH SHIT!!! *mom comes in with shotgun* mom: Boy i thought you were studying, wtf r u doing!? *before i answer she unleashes a full clip right into my head*
zerox505 11 months ago
Those pilots have huge balls! I would've been crying for my mama! Only thing was I didn't get was the very low airspeed. Thought you needed to keep it up working around the SAMS? Kudos to these guys though!
MegaBuckBuck1 1 year ago
Teamspeak?
Ado555555 1 year ago
wow wow wow.this is awsome.great video.thanhs
snipereliete 1 year ago
1:55 "Oh sh..." ripped to the Battlefield 3 Teaser Trailer :P
bladefinor 1 year ago 7
SAMLAUNCH SAMLAUNCH!
Hardmetal1993 1 year ago
stroke 4 got powned
MO4B 1 year ago
@MO4B
Idiot
Badair91 1 year ago
I bet this guy was the man when he got back
areallylongassname2 1 year ago
"ohhhhh SHITT!" as he goes abeam and yanks
3IDLukeK 1 year ago
What you hear in this video happened to me exactly the same ,i was riding a bike and my neighbours dog name was (sam) chased me so lucky to be alive :D
kurda08 1 year ago
Look at the number above the airspeed indicator on the left--he's pulling over 5 g's on some of those manoeuvres! Amazing video--god bless our pilots!
2012rcampion 1 year ago
this buzzing it the background is creepy :/
IwindmanI 1 year ago
1:56 Its Ryu off of Street Fighter !!??
tspcrowther 2 years ago
0:45 whats you report status ?
pilot: WHAT'S REPORT STATUS !? #$%¨&U%¨&! ROTFL
idiot questions...got idiot answers LOL
TaltuvaUlundurArgnie 2 years ago
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Scike 2 years ago
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....that's not what was said at all.
Forward Air Observer or Mission Controller: Strobe 4, status? (Strobe is flight callsign)
Strobe flight member: Strobe 4 status? (he was repeating the flight controllers question)
Scike 2 years ago
@TaltuvaUlundurArgnie no, he asked "stroke 4, status?"
3IDLukeK 2 years ago
@3IDLukeK Right and "Stroke" is obviously the callsign for his flight package, number 4 being the 4th ship in the formation.
van1980 1 year ago
@TaltuvaUlundurArgnie Thats not what was said...
Ground HQ asked: Stroke 4 status?
.. no response...
STROKE 4 STATUS!?
still no response.
darkl3ad3r 1 year ago
@darkl3ad3r I think the second "Stroke 4 status" was a response from Stroke 4.
snaileri 1 year ago
@snaileri The way to answer a status request is to say position, fuel, weapons and damage, not your callsign.
Stover36 11 months ago
shit that beep in the background makes it somewhat creepy :/ like the ring video tape :/
IwindmanI 2 years ago
it starts defensive break with a good energy advantage to defense himself...
listen RWR: it sounds 3 times to tell the pilot that missiles are in buond his plane, but after he continues to reports Sam launches. Am I right?
cipri91 2 years ago
Pilots were lucky because old SA-2 missiles from early 1960s (used by iraq air defences) were very sensetive to radar guidance and were not very maneuverable. They could not had any chances to evade missiles if enemy used more modern SAM (such as Buk or S-200).
ukrainesuperpower87 2 years ago
Buddy it takes me like 5 seconds to evade a SAM in Ace Combat 6.
segregator236 2 years ago
Yeah!! 614th Lucky Devils from Torrejon AB Spain. The best F-16 Unit ever!!, Nobody was better. Best commanders, best pilots and support personnel in that time in history.
scary35555 2 years ago
wow. you should be in the marines :D
IwindmanI 2 years ago
Hahahaha, nobody else appreciated this comment (hence the thumb down I just cancelled out) but I found it hilarious!
00000Dean00000 2 years ago
sure from the comfort of your couch with your feet up on the coffee table with the ability to hit the 'pause' button whenever you like.
clearedapproach77 2 years ago
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3IDLukeK 2 years ago
Who the hell would compare a fucking video game to actual combat operations. Thats like saying since hes good at Modern Warfare 2 he could do the real thing. Like Really?
RSprtn117 1 year ago 4
@RSprtn117 Ace Combat for the xbox 360 is pretty cool and just as MW2
mxco87 1 year ago
estupido de merda!
altoeespadaudo 2 years ago
@segregator236 ESTÚPIDO DE MERDA!!! ESTÚPIDO DO CARALHO!!! LAMBE PIÇAS!!! LAMBE-ME O FORRO DOS COLHÕES POR DENTRO!!!
altoeespadaudo 2 years ago
Lol...Ace Combat...fuckin' shooter game.
It has nothing to do with real aerial warfare.
4theemperor 2 years ago
@4theemperor C'mon Ace Combat is the best air combat game ever, i've played those games since ps1 to xbox 360!
mxco87 1 year ago
@mxco87 Ace Combat is a japanese crap set in some fictional world, its NOTHING like a true dogfight.
4theemperor 1 year ago
@4theemperor Exactly. I'm a fan of the series myself, but I actually know there's a big difference between AC, with it's WWII style dogfights, and real life, where it's all about who fires a missile first.
AbortFlight 1 year ago
War isn't a joke. This video is life or a potential death at its finest.
Can't replicate this in video games and I really doubt I'd want that. Will just keep playing them for entertainment. No more, no less.
SpraxIAKS 2 years ago 48
1:56 OHHHH SHIT or OCEAN
wildwindsca 2 years ago 3
they were lucky that iraqi SAM crews were poor trained
ukrainesuperpower87 2 years ago
The hell are you talking about?
You click a button and it's gone.
No skill is needed if you have a fire and forget missile which they are... seeing they're SA3's.
ScottScutari01 2 years ago
SA-2 / SA-3 is old radar-guided SAM from early 1960's. It's not "fire and forget", it's weapon of old soviet era. It's very depends on crew training and their skill level. It's not so easy to detect targets, lock on targets and track missiles to targets.
In Vietnam Soviets had real trouble how to train uneducated vietnamise peasants to use SA-2 effective. Some times Vietnamise used missiles without any effect because they lacked real experience to use it.
ukrainesuperpower87 2 years ago
what are you saying, can you fly a fighter plane?
cutterschoicenotmine 2 years ago
i would shit my bridges.
cdwordsworth26 2 years ago 3
Technology in 1991 wasn't as bad as the quality of this video.
I'm wondering if the quality is a result of the massive amounts of EM jamming in the air or if the quality really was that poor.
spleenblender 2 years ago
Well, I guess this was recorded on a magnetic tape, so the high-g and vibration certainly affected the recording head's position against the tape.
jednoucelovy 2 years ago
what year was this???? and what plane???
balcrstephens 2 years ago
are you a retard? read the description f-16 1991!
zand3r73 2 years ago 4
This was in 1991 ans it was an F-16...The pilot dodged 6 SAMs locked on to his plane...the changed his call sign to Dodger after this mission..
dmanf16 2 years ago
source?
Agent0range67 2 years ago
It was my unit..I was there...First hand
dmanf16 2 years ago
holy shit!!!! I would of bricked myslef!!! he sounded so scared.The army should give him a medal.
memidonw00tw00t 2 years ago
heh...you shouldnt get a medal for staying alive...guys survive IEDs in Iraq all the time and they dont get a damn thing.
Icarusdecending82 2 years ago 3
IEDs don't chase after your ass (but the terorists dhould man-up and stop using pussy weapons like the IED)
flyboymike111357 2 years ago
Voice sounds scared at 15 seconds through 28 seconds.
HAWXPlayer 2 years ago
well so then the pilot is human, good to know
OhGnosticOne 2 years ago
Yep...
HAWXPlayer 2 years ago
u would be too if ur ass was dodging 6 missles...
dmanf16 2 years ago
Yeah it is intent. But the missiles don't "follow you" entirely they head straight for you like 3 or 4 times as fast as you :( scary.
wolf1010 3 years ago 4
Just shows how difficult and intense air combat is.
You are sitting in the jet and missiles are chasing you.
Scary stuff.
fred9099 3 years ago 2
At 1:33 where the camrea pitched down and I could see all the contrails I was like "Wholy hell"
I'm seriously glad I had my feet planted on the ground during my deployment!
Battlepaw 3 years ago 22
@Battlepaw i take it you don't know english well.
Contrails is Chemtrails.
Wholy hell is holy hell
and camrea is Camera.
itachisan02 11 months ago
Scarry vid, but nice one
where can I find more of these recordings?
Grtz
blackbirdbe 3 years ago 2
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go to hell yanquee!!!!
long live Iraq!
canabalgalaico 3 years ago
Fuck Irag...
ferbmx1 3 years ago
Its from the Lucky Devils Squadron based in Doha, Qatar at that time.
KaMhuKhako 3 years ago
missed!
australia4howard 3 years ago
holy shit thats scary soundin
SizzleingBurger 3 years ago 2
Holy Sh*t! People under pressure!
chloroxjello 3 years ago
This was from Major Emmett Tulia (ET). If I am not mistaken he dodged about 6 SAM's without any Chaff or Flares.
Slayix312 3 years ago 4
That was insane ... 6 G !! Wow
Kid574 3 years ago
6.5G is the maximum in cat3 mode.
But 6 G is nothing for these guys,
if they have some speed they can easily pull up to 9G's.
Grtz
blackbirdbe 3 years ago
Wow. That's insane.
medunlop22 3 years ago
yeah my bad. thought it was co pilot but it musta been someone in another plane giving him intel
TimmahUK 3 years ago
imagine being there and going through all that. that pilot was amazing. and i think the co pilot was shitting himself lol
TimmahUK 3 years ago
What co-pilot?
piloti337 3 years ago
HAPPY PATRIOT DAY 11 SEP 08
GO FALCONS!
stevenstreets3 3 years ago
you can see a sam mov across the hud at 1:45
Familyguy098 3 years ago
Great footage!
Tsagia 3 years ago
As close to dead as I ever want to be, must have done a lot of video games to have reflexes that fast.
1944george 3 years ago
Wow
Gezoes 3 years ago
holy shit good evading right there
lemob182 3 years ago
So the beeping noise identifies that a SAM has been launched or a SAM is targeting? Launched right?
supahnoobie 3 years ago
SAM has been locked.
normanmj 3 years ago
what piloting!
cutterschoicenotmine 3 years ago
SECOND ONE BREAK!
donkamillo4 3 years ago
not to be disrespectful, but the SEAD strikes sure did a lousy job of blowing up the enemy radar. Maybe the AGM-88C HARM wasn't implemented yet and they had the SHRIKE.
semperfidelis777 3 years ago
Of course they wouldn't have had the 88C. Even a quick search would show that it wasn't fielded until two years after the war ended. Also, one significant reason that SAM sites were still operational after SEAD strikes is they had plenty of backup radar trailers that were only used after the initial radar was taken out. Thus, a site could be hit and considered "neutralised", but in fact, a new radar controller was put in place.
Arecibo 3 years ago
this bigist problem the pilots had was sa-7s, sa-14, both ir and there is no warning if its coming, only if u see it
guitar231 3 years ago
2 or 3 planes loosing a day is a normal average. in the first gulf war it was even higher because the iraqi air defence didn`t turn off for hiding radarsites. they fought open against US airforce and lost immediatly after few days... but in my estimate us airforce was loosing 5 - 15 planes a day.. so just take a look at korea war or vietnam. its nothing extraordinary
Avengadfly 3 years ago
it had to be SA2 they where to close to the target site and manpad
Superstarent 3 years ago
zuuuuuuuun!
xD
lol!
JulyMirage 3 years ago
what is that noise? looks like a fly
joaofga123 3 years ago
The 3-4 short rings that sounds like 'TU TU TU TU' means the F-16 Threat Warning System , had detected a Sam lauch that have been fired onto the Aircraft in which the alert is running at. North \ E\W\S 'Sam Launch' Radio-call means the SAM (surface-to-air Missiles) lauch positional, symobls north as bearings 350-10, and so on refers to other direcations in this path.
Hope it would help you to get some knowladge with the basics of flying in an F-16.
140VFS 3 years ago 6
I would imagine a fighter pilot to me more scared of ground to air missiles then anything else, they can come out of anywhere and kill instantly. Did I here right, one jet was shot down in that all?
wolf1010 4 years ago
hey not one.. 74 exactly. it`s a fairy tale that is`t so hard to down a plane.. US Airforce will loose constantly 2-3 airplanes a day against defences like the iraqi, serbian, iranian or similar. . . you heard it right. one was down in this aciton.
Avengadfly 3 years ago
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go out introuders of yankees
saladinhmz 4 years ago
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I hope you get blown the fuck up
joeyshoots 3 years ago
nothing like the video games man, this is some real crazy shit
bokwin 4 years ago
actually, if you play a sim like Falcon 4.0 + OpenFalcon mod you will find that it pretty closely resembles this. check this vid : /watch?v=VC2Pxq2-BiU
thelawenforcer001 3 years ago
yea and Lock on Modern air combat is also a good idea
intrepidrock123 3 years ago
Holy shit.
This guy is a legend.
iceonfire2232 4 years ago 10
wow! that's nuts!
fldsryn 4 years ago
My goodness !!! That's enough to give you nightmares. Stuff like that you do not forget.
DIAMONDBIRD4 4 years ago
Jesus, what SAM was this? SA-2?
mellylavi 4 years ago
Christ, that's intense.
ArmAVidz 4 years ago
what kind of sam is it? sa-9/13? or sa-6
immortal4942 4 years ago
I dont know man but if you freeze at 01:32 you can see 3 missile trails and they all missed him. That's very intens.
2012andBeyonD 4 years ago
At around 2:24, is that a sam that flys in front of him on his hud?
DarkestHourRock 4 years ago
Stroke3 tally missile.. damn.. thats fucking heavy.
2012andBeyonD 4 years ago
Hairy!! Respect to those pilots!
RickyboyH 4 years ago 5
all those gs are right!!! the corner speed (ideal speed for hardest turns ~ >8gs) of an f-16 is approximately 330 to 440 knots. this pilot dropped below that speed a lot, and had to afterburn to get back to cs.
ordinarilly, you would put an incoming missile on your 9/3 line (9 or 3 o'clock of the plane), but this must have been extremely difficult with so many missiles in the air. they also had their radars set to silent mode making an immediate counter attack impossible (i.e. blind).
toribaltimore 4 years ago
He was shot down and captured by the Iraqis, i bekive he was relised after the war.
officerfloop 4 years ago
my spelling sux!
officerfloop 4 years ago
how long do they follow for?
LittleDevil0071 4 years ago
Stroke 8 reports that he is 'blind', which normally means he cannot see the enemy, but in this case it means he sees none of his flight members anymore.
Then more SAM-locks are reported, all coming from the same sector (on the radar warning receiver this is visible).
Right after that more SAM launches are reported.
A hair raising sortie this must have been, one that is probably talked about a lot.
Must say that the flight worked very well together, shows the benefit of good training.
mambo4269 4 years ago 6
The flight lead then tries to get his whole flight to egress the area in the direction South.
The amount of G's on the plane are not that much, in the top left corner you can see the current G-forces all the time and on the left hand bar you can see the airspeed, which has dropped to around 250 kts (which is in itself a very good cornering speed, but does not give you any distance from the missile).
mambo4269 4 years ago 6
Stroke 3 is then told to fly in the direction SouthEast, which he does. At the same time 'stroke 8' reports he has a missile locked on him.
Then it becomes a bit of a mess on the radio, since other flights are on the same freq and are directed by Awacs.
Stroke 3 in the mean time dodges 2 missiles succesfully.
mambo4269 4 years ago 6
First 'stroke 3' (callsign) is instructed to 'break right' to evade a missile.
At the same time 'stroke 4' gets hit. Flightmembers ask for his 'status' i.o.w. 'how is he doing', but no reply.
While they are sorting this out you can hear other traffic on the same freq, but this has nothing to do with the whole fight.
In the background you can see the smoketrails of at least 3 missiles and other flight members get locked on as well.
mambo4269 4 years ago 6
What you basically hear is flight members helping each other evade SAM's by telling the others when to break and which direction to break.
Idea in SAM evasion is to make sharp, tight, turns at the last moment to break the lock of a missile. When a missile is locked it means the missile is directly aiming for a specific target and won't stear away without taking action.
mambo4269 4 years ago 8
Damn, all those turns are putting a lot of Gs on them. You can hear them trying to talk then switch back to controlling their breathing to keep from passing out. Crazy.
RangeSafetyOfficer 4 years ago
wow very intense. did they attack the sam sites or they just doing a recon??
jeremiecuenca 4 years ago
at the min 1:12 you can see the missle shoot by don't IRAQ have SA2 SA6
Superstarent 4 years ago
Hello, i need some help, can somebody please write the dialogue? i cant't undertsand too much of the recording thanx.
locorokito 4 years ago
impressive piece of flying. what happened to the warthogs here? don't they try to clear out the SAM bases before the F16s com in?
swede42 4 years ago
The A-10 is not primarily used in the role of suppressing enemy air defenses. They are too slow. The F-16 is the primary SEAD platform for the USAF.
jetman1988 4 years ago
They are now... in this video though there were F-4s working on sam sites... the problem was that they only had so much fuel and by the time this flight reached the target area they had gone.
Pilotgecko 4 years ago
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no, they just fly in all at once like idiots, invade the country, occupy it and then get slaughtered in another quagmire ending the American empire.
gavingoo 4 years ago