"TP the three wire !" ... I was on that cruise. The Magic was my first ship and my first cat and trap on a C-2. In the Pac I served as a Russian Linguist aboard USS Midway CV-41(2x), USS Reeves CG-24, USS OldenDorf DD-978 (2x), USS Vincennes CG-49, USS Arkansas CGN-41, and USS Francis Hammond FF-1067.

While it was a long time go, the last F-4's at Osan left in early 1983?

الآن حال و هوای خلبان های ایرانی بهتر درک میکنم

Scott try this video. Great F-16 dogfight at Nellis red flag. Starting at 3:07 he has great timing on when to go vertical to merge with his target and does a great vertical separation roll (high yo-yo) to decrease angle of tail and keep from overshooting. kzbin.info/www/bejne/oYTPn3SeiN2Djbssi=80_Newt62AYrwcAA

I love the shark mouth ❤️🇺🇸

the legend was born.

I cannot fault him but at times it looked like he had lost control of his jet. Doing 200 ks? AnywY that pilot has a pair of huge balls😱

A screaming comes across the sky

Stroke 4, status... stroke 4, status! 😢

not snoe ball or what ever but Zulu is Nuclear ot protect from nucleat very h pri br fpre i gpt tp dpsang they had Zulu area it eas de;ta; 5 min go decurity get the f out the way lol

"It’s the three strikes!"

If Iraq actually had competent airforce and AA batteries, the US would have lost the war. Countless times the US got bogged down by Iraqi forces and had to call in airstrikes. Vietnam was a nightmare for the US Airforce when they actually had to fight properly trained farmers in high tech Soviet jets .

I'm reality the first SA2 wasn't launched at Stroke 3, it was fired at another flight leaving the target area above stroke flight. It's on the Fighter Pilots Podcast channel where the Emit Tulias flight lead talks about the ordeal, after ET got back to base the intel ppl went through the tapes and concluded the 20 surface to air missiles where launched that day. On the way out ETs flight lead was hit by frag from a missile and later ejected and was captured. Their target was an oil refinery

F16 were some mean machines but those that fly them are the real bad a$$ mofos

The thing that always amazed me about this flight was that it was never rehearsed. Gonzo briefed it and we flew it. During the briefing someone asked about "lost wingman" procedures. Gonzo replied as only Gonzo could, "There are none. We won't be in the weather." Within two minutes of getting the formation together, we entered the clouds and didn't come out until we were at the east end of the airfield boundary. "Gunner" Heltsley was the tower SOF (Supervisor of Flying) when Gonzo checked in for the airfield flyby. Gunner advised Gonzo to make the pass "North to West" to stay out of the clouds. Gonzo advised him "that was too late". The two outriggers were RF-4s from the recce squadron that maintained a detachment at Osan from Kadena AB. Just as the video ends, the RF-4s broke formation when Gonzo asked if we wanted to do it again. I was just behind "lead" with an F-4 on each wing. All I wanted to hear from my WSO was if he had lost sight of my wingmen. That meant they had lost sight of me and things were going to get ugly if that happened in the weather. I have no idea what the final contribution this had on the morale of the base personnel, but when we landed any one of us would have taken on Godzilla and whipped his ass.

It’s him, John Ace Combat

Just activated the hud... mommy.. mommy

Американцы - токие паникеры...

Balls of Steel

What do we say to the god of death Stroke 3: …. Not today!

That stroke 3 pilot definitely had 7 strokes that day

unreal.

Steve Austin - a man barely alive….…

6:12 the "HOOOOLY SHIT!!" followed by his budy who saw saying "oh my god!" Gets me everytime

Curious, why would they never climb out in this situation? I was surprised to see they stayed under 15k the entire scenario and I would’ve assumed climbing as high as possible to give more time to dodge the Sam is step 1 so just wondering.

30 years later, chilling in my home and listening to that still makes me pee a little. 😮

After this I can’t imagine my butthole unpuckered

Islam must perish Worldwide, immediately and permanently. Allah my hairy anus…

Hearing his voice break “Stroke four STATUS!” gets me every time. Especially when you hear Stroke four’s transmission cut off right before and then hear the observers say “Stroke four hit. NO CHUTE.” Hits me in the gut every time. Stroke four survived by the way. But he didn’t know that. I tear up every time I watch it.

I don't have time to watch 4 minutes of video, what happened?

he was too high, guess was dropping some laser guided for buddy lase in CCIP above IR sam range. thing is at that high he cant dodge much. sa2s are intended for bombers so he outmanouvered them in thin air with 6.4G max which wasn't that hard prob cos CAT3 G limit was on so he wasnt even on CAT1 for max G at 9+. I feel most of them sht their pants. in any case being at A16 with CAT3 is very bad idea.

The man eats nails and rebar for breakfast and asks for seconds. Fkn legend.

Flir Black hot😂😂😂

Strobe 4 didn't make it.

"How many G's was that?" "All of them"

Is it true that the pilot's companion did not have the same luck?

What's that snake-like line at 9:20 ???

btw it was me who lunched the sam i worked as SAM operator between 1990 and 1995 in Iraq republic guard

I need this in a movie or as a movie. I can't imagine how the events are happening but I can only imagine how fucking awesome js this pilot.

the amount of G-forces he felt must've been fucking insane

This mf can fly 🫡

just goes to show how impressive and skilled these pilots really are

Pakistani pilot

I miss those days. I was stationed at Ramstein AB back in the 80s. Good times!

I actually remember this night. I was test driving a new Corolla when news of the start of the attack came on the radio. I think the reason I remember it is because the salesman said his brother was fighter pilot who was probably part of it.

Fake

Guys what does this white moving line mean? About minute 9 or so

Code 3, chaff flare

6 SAMs (SA-2s, SA-3s & SA-6s) vs The F-16C Answer: The F-16C dodges all missiles.

How could they miss him with those massive balls he has?