1981 Gulf of Sidra Incident 2 U.S. F-14s vs 2 Libyan SU-22s | DCS World Reeinactment

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[@Dash99erOfficial]

"Fitter" is the NATO Reporting name for Su-22.

[@tpfaff]

Hello would you mind if the wikipedia page for this incident was updated with a screen grab from this video? I cant do it without your explicit permission because it requires it be released under creative commons.

[@trumanhw]

Video viewed by ~210 Egyptians, Arabs + Liberals (all equally likely to hate the US) Weren't they 'communicating' in a -4 G dive w the as yet unobserved MiG-28..?

[@2ZZGE100]

Larry 'Music' Muzynski said he pulled 10.4G in the dogfight against the SU-22. It was actually a very fast dogfight taking place close to supersonic speeds. When he landed back, they saw the G-meter pegged at 10+ G and the maintainers were so happy about the two SU-22 being shot down, they did not write him up. They celebrated it with 'Music' instead. (Source: Tomcat Fury).

[@williamfender661]

I remember this incident like it was yesterday. I was on the flight deck that day when it was announced that 2 Libyan migs had been shot down for firing upon our aircraft first. I was assigned to VA-82 Marauders Aviation Ordnanceman. I remember the tomcats missing 2 sidewinder missiles. My first Med cruise so it was a eye opener.

[@scotth985]

I was an 11 year old in Disney World. I'm not being a smartass or disrespectful but I do remember it like it was yesterday. I think I was in Alabama when I heard it over the radio. Thanks for your service.

[@williamfender661]

@@scotth985 thank you sir. Strange how 2 different people can remember the same incident of a moment in time from completely 2 different parts of the world.

[@scotth985]

@@williamfender661 Isn't it though. Too cool. I'm 51 now and the memory is vivid. What's really cool is being able to scribble what I wrote above and have a guy on the deck of the aircraft carrier respond. We live in a new world. It's a good time to be alive despite what anyone else says. Appreciate your response.

[@charlesellsworth6458]

so do I buddy. I was in the IO on the USS Ranger. After that incedent our deployment went from 63 days to over 100. Glad you guys handed their asses to them!!!

[@williamfender661]

@@charlesellsworth6458 you are right something I'll remember for the rest of my life. Strange times then and stranger times now. Take care my friend.

[@ProspectorTripp]

Nicely done! I was aboard the USS Texas CGN-39. We were part of the USS Nimitz carrier battle group as carrier escort. I was in CIC (combat information center) on GCC1 (gun control console 1) when this incident occurred. The part of the story not mentioned but was hair raising is.. a Russian Kashin Class Destroyer was very near by monitoring our two battle groups. I was zoomed out on that Russian Destroyer and as soon as those SU22 splashed, the missile bays popped and I reported Missiles On The Rail! CPT Andres ran down from the bridge and slammed the keys into the Harpoon missile console. Within seconds it was reported the USS Texas, Arkansas, Pebble and Mississippi all assigned Harpoons to this Destroyer! Being a FTG and in CIC for every and anything.. this really was as close as it gets to a really bad moment in history. Slowly over the next few hours the Kashin wiggle off without incident escalation. Latter on that day I heard that someone Shined the Kashin with missile frequency pretty much as the dog fight was taking place. Thus the response from the Russian Destroyer. This would have been a great tragedy was it not for many many cool heads. The Rest Of The Story! Wonderful work! Thanks so much! FTG1 Tripp USS Texas CGN-39 1980-84 ✌️PT

[@SaadAlHezaey]

Libyan regime claims that the 6fleet admiral announced on the 20th of August that F14 crashed due to a technical failure, do you recall such thing

[@ProspectorTripp]

@@SaadAlHezaey I do not remember that. I do remember that we lost an aircraft on this cruise. I was on duty and was watching flight ops on the Nimitz from GCC2 with my Remote Optical Sight. As I was watching an aircraft suddenly crashed into the water just off the ship only a few feet .. my heart sunk, knowing that everyone on that aircraft is gone. About two seconds later the entire battle group went to General Quarters and conducted the search which resulted in only finding insulation floating on the water around the crash site. I couldn’t remember much about it so I looked it up just now. This is what I found: “November 17, An S-3A, assigned to Anti-Submarine Squadron (VS) 24, crashed into the water just aft of Nimitz, about 70 miles northwest of Sicily. CO Cmdr. Phillip L. Reed, Lt. Douglas C. Deem, Lt. j.g. Carey A. Arthur and AW3 Charles Wade were killed.” ✌️PT

[@stevendegain9225]

Me Too was also on Nimitz may 26th 1981 worse night of my life 14 dead 40 injured when plane crashed on deck with to much cough meds in his system they try to blame the Crew and blame it on us for THC in our system you welcome why we have piss test today

[@krackenmaster1191]

*Shoots both of them down* Carrier: You are cleared to defend yourself 102: Uhhhh, 2 are shot down.

[@heyyolistenwhatisayo]

LOL basically

[@danielquinones5493]

hey 102 the101 is in PalmSprings

[@peternystrom921]

@@danielquinones5493 No, didnt they say they where clear to defend themself past the boat(Carrier) etc Not as clear to defend themself from the start?

[@superchickenmilk]

Thats exactly what happened...was looking for this comment

[@johnjacobs1625]

Double Tap..........Splash, splash...

[@dronecounty6516]

This is a pretty cool video you've put together here. I was stationed aboard the Nimitz as an AM2(AW) assigned to VF41 at the time that this incident took place and your description of the sequence of events is just about spot on. Nice job.

[@SaadAlHezaey]

Libyan regime claims that the 6fleet admiral announced on the 20th of August that F14 crashed due to a technical failure, do you recall such thing

[@Subgunman]

And that's how the Libyan navy adopted glass bottom boats...... To keep an eye on their Air Force.

[@VenturiLife]

Libyan Search-and-Rescue, the real MVP here...

[@jimmyzualtea5004]

F-14 is the most beautiful fighter Aircraft for me..

[@ShizukuSeiji]

After the Spitfire of course.

[@chinedou1]

@@ShizukuSeiji just behind the Rafale.

[@anandnairkollam]

Same here!

[@JohnDoe-pm3vt]

l39

[@Will3PK]

Wow, this must have been a LOT of work! Thank you for putting in the effort, it really pays off - I was hooked to my screen like I had seen a plane before!

[@RDrizzleFoShizzle]

These Tomcat pilots were much calmer than the guys in 1989. Maybe "Hank", "DJ", "Music" and "Amos " didn't expect to be fired upon. Probably the Tomcat Drivers in 1989 have been sensitized to that incident. Also interesting tot see that Brevity Code was not that much applied back in 1981.

[@Tank50us]

​@The Doge-Emperor of Dogekind I mean, one has to wonder what was going through that guys mind at the time as to why he thought it was a good idea to fire on a clearly superior plane (the Tomcat is better than a Fitter in every way except cost), but for one guy, we know what the last thing going through his mind was.... a fish nibbling on what's left.

[@MrLordwrecker]

They were probably calmer because he was thinking "did her just shoot at me from that tin can?".

[@higg13001]

@@Tank50us Don't know what the FIRST thing going through that guys mind before firing. The SECOND thing going through his mind was an AIM-9 Sidewinder.

[@Tank50us]

@@higg13001 that as a North Vietnamese pilot that had an AIM-9 enter his cockpit and explode in his lap.

[@USB740]

They likely also heard about F-14's getting shot down by Mig-23s in the 1980s Iran-Iraq war.

[@walterhayes3104]

A brother who fought with me in Desert Storm 1991 was plane cpt.for the Intruder on this mission 1981, I was on the DMZ at this time in Korea.

[@jamesstum9885]

They said the Forestall was the other carrier. It was the Eisenhower, I was there aboard he Nimitz.

[@Dash99erOfficial]

It was? Well jeez.

[@dblgonzo]

@@Dash99erOfficial I was in VF143 on the IKE the Nimitz relieved us in the med. We were flying all the time beyond the line of death. Several times they sent planes up. As soon as our F14's locked them up on radar they would head home.

[@johnjacobs1625]

@@dblgonzo Cool, The puking dawgs were bad azz. I was a Ghostrider from 75 to 79. AE3 Oh and my dad worked for Ike in WW2. Dad was Sgt of the guard at the Berlin HQ. He also stayed with Ike when they returned to England.

[@MrGhendri]

James Stum i was there and I was aboard the FID. I will never forget it because I was due to get out In January.

[@Emophiliac2]

My brother was on the Forrestal at the time in 1981. Looking at the USS Forrestal 1981 Cruise book, it talks about the Nimitz relieving the Forrestal in the Med, and that the shootdown occurred during a joint operation before the Forrestal left.

[@slehar]

History at its finest! I feel like I was there to see it all! Thank you!

[@davidnavarro4821]

Your recreation of the dogfight is pretty spot on. It’s nice to see you put a face and a name on the libyan pilots.

[@nickomatick8394]

My uncle was on the USS Nimitz and also was in the Black Aces. He might have worked on those Tomcats. Im pretty sure he was on the Nimitz during the incident. So cool to think that maybe he had a part in this.

[@kaptainkaos1202]

Lt Venlet was later an Admiral at my base Patuxent River, MD. Great guy.

[@barrybrown2278]

Goose bumps, gives me cold chills. Thank you very much, splash bogey 2 was 20 seconds before you are cleared to defend yourself. GREAT POST!! 🇱🇷🇱🇷👍

[@Kaito74u]

Talk about a last second recovery on that flat-spin, jeez! Good job! major pucker factor on the altitude though.

[@OmerMazaltarim]

"Wanna shoot my guy down? Shoot my guy down!" Some band of warriors generousity right there. It's amazing that 7.5 years later, there's also some communicatiom breakdown between the fighters on the field and the upper links in the chains of command. Awesome reenactment!

[@SupaMan2122]

What he said was want me to shoot my guy down? Not offering kill but confirming he’s green light to go

[@dustinkosman6615]

Finally someone who recreated this incident. I was hoping for an animation of this incident so I have a clear picture of what happened.

[@AaaBbb-ff1pn]

There is a schema at the end of the video. Nothing spectacular as infamous Cunningham vs. Toon. The f14 simply reverse a lot tighter than the fighter-bomber su22 and fox2'em

[@zcrewser]

DJ Venlet went on to become a 3-star Admiral - great American!

[@pontiacGXPfan]

I think his other callsign was Inlet

[@JordanRidener]

These are pretty interesting, hope to see more

[@gblan]

Build am amazing aircraft like the F-14 but they can’t make a radio you can understand.

[@samb8996]

Really well presented - excellent graphics and detailed information

[@avramnovorra]

Nice reenactment! It always helps me understand a situation better when there's actual movement across the screen instead of just following a diagram so cheers mate! Also, I'm no aviator, but I'm guessing the blooper was a flat spin on the F-14's part?? 😉

[@JGCSRT]

I can only hope that communications have improved since then. They seemed to spend half the video trying to figure out what the other had said.

[@briantaylor144]

@Puckman637 But they weren't. The radio transcript and comms show requests to repeat..

[@lnomolas3427]

I was deployed, flying P-3's in the Mediterranean and flew patrols in the Gulf of Sidra during that time frame.

[@mjl1966y]

Did they even have subs?

[@lnomolas3427]

@@mjl1966y No, but the Soviets had a number of subs in the Med during that period.

[@agostonbazmajer1100]

Bit of a random question, but what was the callsign of the Forrestal that the Marshall controller used?

[@zonacrs]

You do great work. I was on West Pac when this happened. Cubi Point beach detachment. VA 147 Argonauts.There were Libyan students studying in Olongapo, made for some interesting moments.

[@RyshusMojo1]

Pulling out of the flat spin in the end was epic.

[@joshuajwars4271]

The Gulf of Sidra incident is very good since it used 2 Northrop Grumman F4 Phantom 2 fighter jets and 2 Northrop Grumman F14 Tomcat fighter jets from both Forrestal & Chester Walter Nimitz to attack 5 hostile aircraft for Top Gun movie it called for 1 Enterprise 2 more F14 Tomcat fighter jets to attack 6 hostile aircraft.

[@chiefbobdavis99]

I was in ‘A’ school in Millington when this happened. A week later the PX was selling Tshirts that had an outline of a Tomcat and saying Navy-2 Libya-0 A great timers be in the Navy!!

[@miked8227]

Home on leave in 1981-82 a friend of mine had told me about this incident or one he described much like it. He was in the navy and told me that things like this happen often without much notice to the media back home.

[@raymondchapman5990]

It's too bad the F-14 Tomcat that was Fast Eagle 107 in this incident was destroyed in 1994 when that female pilot crashed it trying to land it on a carrier. She had no business flying a fighter jet, she had already had a bunch of incidents and was on probation. This was the governments fault though, they were pressuring the military to get a female pilot in the air etc.

[@georgesalmas4582]

Thank you for sorting the facts out and creating these videos.

[@williamjordan5554]

This was probably the incident that inspired the dogfight in Top Gun although I think there might have been more. Of course, the bombing of Gaddafi's tent inspired the Libyans to bring down a Pan Am airliner over Scotland.

[@AviationPlus]

This was very well done thanks for sharing! Keep this up and you will have more subscribers.

[@SuiLagadema]

Niiice recovery. The induced drag, use of air brakes, flaps. I was saying the whole time "come on! stick to the spin and dump that nose!". You sir, had me on the edge of my seat during the spin.

[@Chuckyeager1942]

Black Aces! That was my squadron. Best representation. I enjoyed that.

[@deepalperera4592]

Pilot or RIO? (I'm not a navy guy just asking)

[@deepalperera4592]

@John Irwin Oh I see

[@hightide9513]

Awesome video. It looks like the Libyans couldn’t resist the bait.

[@hilarybenoit2926]

It was actually the Eisenhower aircraft carrier that was there. My uncle was in the pacific doing drills in a F-14 but had a friend on the Eisenhower on standby in his own F-14 that day.

[@kennethellis2666]

IKE was in homeport being prepared for its August cruise. It was Nimitz.

[@jaydeister9305]

I was an active duty squid back then, but a Pearl Harbor sailor. Battle group Ops was the thing. This was a big testosterone moment for the Navy.

[@alexlevine2522]

Very interesting. The level of these pilots' brains, training, and nerves is breathtaking. Their post-military careers as commercial airline pilots must be a great relief. But as we watch these "triumphal" videos let us not forget the talent and commitment of the Libyan pilots, not evil men, who were defending their country and doing their jobs. A great quote from a European chronicler of the Crusades, describing the defenders of Muslim-held stronghold: "...the flower of infidel chivalry was in their town." War is hell, of course, but a good soldier respects his opponents.

[@edwardwagner2871]

I was there i was with va 82 abord the nimitz in hangar bay 3 with my a7e 310 when the annoucement came over the 1mc morale was boosted that day i still remember it as a highlite in my naval aviation career amh 3 ed wagner

[@r.g.doolind5804]

I was on the USS Sylvania a supply ship at that time. We were alongside the USS Nimitz the day before that. Our Captain announced it over the ships p.a. The cheers of joy could be heard through out the ship!

[@ScoutPL]

Good point. They made it sound like just a couple carriers out cruising. There had to be a whole bunch of ships out there.

[@dronecounty6516]

And by the way, you have a comment below from someone named James Stum who I'm afraid is mistaken. The other carrier out there with us was the Forestall. At the time that the Gulf of Sidra Incident occurred, I believe the Eisenhower was patrolling the Indian Ocean south of the Arabian Peninsula but I'm not positive about that.

[@francor688]

Ah I love this. Well done

[@MrPADDYOT]

Just an FYI on the subtitles. "Gerbled" and "Garbled" are two different words with two VERY different connotations. :-D

[@u2mister17]

I liked the flat spin at the end. Very cool.

[@erk396ss]

If you could do some iranian f14's Vs iraqi migs and mirages would be great

[@Dash99erOfficial]

Hmmm

[@MikeBrown-go1pc]

Iranians were the only ones to score kills with the Phoenix 54 missile. Iraqis really flew the highway to the danger zone. The 70 mile away danger zone.

[@erk396ss]

I've seen some documentaries on the iran and Iraq war. It's a shame that history channel didn't include those stories in "Dog fights" series. My hats off to the pilots who flew the Persian Cats.

[@MikeBrown-go1pc]

@Erik Pantoja Well they would have had to get the Iranian pilots to tell the stories on the show and it would be harder to do that because Iranians are bad....we are told.... but Saudi Arabians are good..we are told. Some stories out of that war say that one AIM- 54 Phoenix missile took out two Iraqi aircraft flying in close formation. Not just once, but several times. One story says they shot the AIM-54 Phoenix at a 4 group and it took out 3 and damaged the 4th. I don't think the missiles we have now have the range and payload of the AIM-54 Phoenix.

[@erk396ss]

@@MikeBrown-go1pc I've herd of those stories. In the documentary I watched its incredible what both sides were playing cat and mouse games. Anouther great dog fights computer sequence would be to see the Falklands conflict. That's when the British scored 1st blood for the harrier.

[@crimeon1782]

Fun facts, the AIM missle that shot down the second fitter initial didn’t lock, and after a few seconds got a lock mid flight, pulled a 45g turn and hit the bogey in the tail, all why the bogey was pulling a 9g turn himself. Just goes to show how advanced these missles became

[@SupaMan2122]

Never heard of 80s sidewinder doing that. Near always you have to get tone and it’s heat sinking not “re locking” a target mid flight. Also it’s max overload is 30gs

[@dunkilationzzz]

@@SupaMan2122 No he's right it did happen, I read the first-hand account from Lt 'Music' Muczynski in a book called Debrief: A Complete History of U.S. Aerial Engagements - 1981 to the Present. 'Music' wrote that he thought the missile went stupid before it re-enagaged and pulled that 45g turn. Definitely worth a read if you get the opportunity

[@jjguerra]

Well done, dude!! Great research and production. BZ

[@Ali_Alshahibi]

On the morning of August 19, 1981, that is, on the first day of the maneuvers and after years of routine friction without a fight to the extent that the American and Libyan pilots were flying side by side in actual international waters so that each of them knew what the other was doing, the air clash finally broke out in the Sirte Bay and ended with the downfall of the Libyan pilot Belkacem Misek al-Zintani for the plane of the American formation commander “Henry Martin Clement” and the killing of the latter, while the Americans shot down the Zintani plane and another plane that was piloted by his colleague Mukhtar Al-Ja’fari. .

[@Kdschaak]

That was really a fantastic! Thank you.

[@sebastien3351]

This is a great video of this incident, thank you very much!

[@Dash99erOfficial]

You're welcome Sebastien.

[@rawnukles]

So it is not known if they were Fitters or Floggers? I loved the save from the flat spin in the end. I thought you were screwed for sure, lol. I woulda swept the wings back and hoped that would move the centre of pressure rear of the CG and helped get the nose down, but I'm not expert on tomcat spins.

[@jorgemontero4454]

That is amazing thank you so much for the video, also the blooper is what happened to maverick haha

[@nickgullusci7829]

My dad was on the Forrestal as part of the Silver Eagles. He couldn't believe the Libyans did this, knowing they wouldn't survive.

[@diegoruiz7600]

This isn't like war thunder at all 😭 "do you want me to shoot my guy down now? " 😭😭😭

[@borisbold3477]

This account makes it appear that the S-3 Viking was playing bait to draw out the Libyans for a return match. It looks like they were outmatched this time.

[@thequickbrownfox7289]

You may well be right. My thought is the S-3 was collecting SIGINT (Signals Intelligence), trying to get the Libyans to turn on their electronic defensive measures and recording their responses to analyze. If they responded aggressively then that was just a bonus.

[@stevephlyer]

That’s exactly what happened. But that’s fine.

[@jackdeth37]

If Maverick had watched this before going to Top Gun, Goose would still be alive! LOL! Great video. I love the perspective making it look like you're actually there. 👍🏻

[@croma81]

Subbed! Hope u'll keep making incident videos! Well done!

[@notthatdonald1385]

@@Moonbeamblue F-117 shoot down in Yugoslavia? The day "stealth" proved if you put enough triple A up there you'll hit something.

[@thequickbrownfox7289]

I was hoping for one on the 6 day war, specifically the attack between the Israelis and the USS Liberty intel ship.

[@schweizerluchs7146]

Nicely done👍 hope you get some attention with that!

[@craigsmith8217]

Two days later, one of the aircraft carriers docked in Italy. Kids on the dock were selling T-shirts that read: "US -2, Qaddafi - 0."

[@peterk8909]

Now THAT'S funny.

[@deepalperera4592]

Running it in nice I see

[@pgtmr2713]

Dammit! Now I have to look up minuets.

[@pgtmr2713]

minuet NOUN a slow, stately ballroom dance for two in triple time, popular especially in the 18th century. VERB dance a minuet.

[@deepalperera4592]

@@pgtmr2713 :/ :D

[@oldsoul9932]

Wings in with the sonic boom at 9:35 was a nice touch.

[@Dugout97]

Two Libyans down voted this video.

[@MaidenUtah1]

I’m glad we won that encounter. However, I have lots of respect for those Lybian pilots. No way would I strap myself into some Soviet built death trap only to tangle with two Tom Cats.

[@wms1650]

@@Cjephunneh The United States was taunting Gaddafi. Gaddafi had extended his boundaries and stated he would defend these new boundaries. Reagan put our Navy in international waters and planes in international air. Gaddafi attempted to defend his new boarders. After this incident...... Gaddafi quieted down. We were aggressive when we bombed Gaddafi's house.

[@Ali_Alshahibi]

@trublu97 The Libyans were defending their land despite the difference in armament and strength, and this is what encouraged the Americans to attack !!! Perhaps if that was off the coast of China or Russia, America would not even dare to think about flying near it. It is arrogance and arrogance

[@Ali_Alshahibi]

@trublu97 Forget this nonsense. You are only courageous about small countries. As for the great countries, your calculations with them differ. Just two days ago, Russian Sukhoi planes were harassing a US spy plane in the eastern Mediterranean, and we did not see any reaction or confrontation, as you did with the Libyans. You were satisfied with only resentment and anxiety.

[@Ali_Alshahibi]

Your report also contains many falsehoods. Pilot Belkacem Emsik Al-Zintani is still alive. Also, Emsik, before his plane was hit, managed to shoot down the American F-14 and killed its commander Henry Clement !!! Ask your friends about Henry Clement, where is he now?

[@MrAlepedroza]

@@Cjephunneh ?? Fascist euphoria? Get your facts straight: That was not their coastline. They were several tens of miles beyond what international law defined as legitimate national waters for any country. Gaddaffi thought he could get away by claiming more waters he was legally entitled to. He got what he deserved. The only fascist here was Gaddaffi. Stop deffending his actions; I know its fashionable and edgy to blame the US for the world's evils, doesnt make you any more intelligent nor accurate.

[@brunodavidferreira5781]

And the flat spin att the end...

[@brunodavidferreira5781]

@TurnTimeTable and rudder to other side of the flat spin,shore

[@waynemccuen8213]

Very interesting and well done, thx.

[@daffidavit]

I believe CDR. David Fravor was the "Black Aces" skipper of the entire squadron of FA-18s back in 2004.

[@pontiacGXPfan]

He was. His XO at that time, Dell "Snapper" Bull is a Admiral now

[@notthatdonald1385]

No "puking dogs"?

[@pontiacGXPfan]

@@notthatdonald1385 idk. He's retired now

[@Algorerhythm]

very interesting how the comms could not keep up with events as they were happening in real time. Thank goodness for the Reagan era ROEs.

[@uglyfrog7263]

Outstanding videos, loved them all.

[@chrisg5219]

Hey idk if you make these videos anymore but they're really good and you should make some more!

[@zloy3641]

Aren’t the Jolly Rogers VF-103 instead of VF-84?

[@pennise]

A friend of mine was also in the Gulf of Sidra, unseen, and heard both planes splash.

[@pigeontoebeekeeping7621]

Great Vids! I am quite versed in most military airplanes but somehow not he S-3. Seems a lot like EA-6B but different purpose. Keep it up!

[@markroberts2084]

Right after this exchange, a huge hand lettered banner was erected on the water tower at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery Manie. It read: US 2, Lybia 0.

[@barrybrown2278]

That was on USS BIDDLE GG 34 menu board for our breakfast that morning. .CIC was pretty high strung after it was over

[@youravaragelowtierpilot.8099]

That stall recovery was hot

[@Dash99erOfficial]

As hot as my home. (My ac broke.)

[@greggalemusic]

How did you get the SU-17 to engage you as an air target? I can only select "ground attack".

[@Dash99erOfficial]

I think I used "Attack Unit" by picking the unit and AA weapon. Probably also restrict A/G attack and A/A missile attack ranges.

[@MrPerry61]

Is there a retelling of the F111 attack on Libya in 86? I was at the RAF base that sent the EF111 Ravens. the F111 were from another RAF base

[@uncbadguy]

Thanks for that. I appreciate the in depth information. I was on duty with the 932nd ACWS Squadron at Rockville Iceland. I was the guy that received the message and made the decryption. We partied for two extra days for that.

[@elymayer4860]

11:46. Yeah. Dropping a flair usually stops a spin.

[@esotericyetti327]

These reenactments are so good I thay for a few seconds, I thought the military had figured out a way to film these events.

[@reedscarce4192]

Dig the fences on the Soviet aircraft. After a couple of generations you'd think they would have a better solution. - And props to the sim who salvaged the ac from the flat spin.

[@tonykennedy8483]

Fast Eagle 107 was the plane that Kara Hultgreen would 13 years later die in

[@gameaddict2744]

Almost feel bad for those Libyan pilots. They had to know when they suited up to engage what was an obvious trap that they were outmatched in every imaginable way.

[@johnjacobs1625]

Yeah this was for real and not a Game........... They know what they were getting into.

[@TheGranicd]

Su22 is not a fighter. Its for ground attack. More like A4.

[@USB740]

@@TheGranicd Actually like the F-105.

[@SupaMan2122]

They fired first, don’t feel bad for em

[@joemango9782]

tha c-130 is a bad ass for escaping

[@hansmak7321]

Back in the day I flew on a C-130 out of Hurlbert Field. I believe the jet was moving so fast it only had a second or two to shoot at the slower 130. Once overshot, he never had a chance to re-engage.

[@harrysach5745]

Can the F-14 not sweep the wings back and nose down to get out of a spin and re-light the engines? I'm not a pilot and know next to nothing about flying, but that I guess would be my response.

[@richthofen3]

Wasn’t they were 23s.su-22 were meant for ground attack role

[@Rick-or2kq]

Well they weren't Mig-29's with Russian pilots,because the Russian pilots would have just flown by and waved, they would have never engaged, disciplined, well trained.

[@NeutronRob]

Nice recovery out of the flat spin!

[@30AndHatingIt]

2:28...... is that a battleship ahead of the carrier? Looks like the profile of one of the reactivated Iowas, but wasn't this a little earlier than that?

[@Dash99erOfficial]

Yes sir. i didn't want a bunch of Oliver Hazard Perry frigates in that shot so I just put that there.

[@30AndHatingIt]

@@Dash99erOfficial Badass. Which one, Mo?

[@josephabraham4058]

I can't imagine Russians conducting a freedom of navigation patrol in the Gulf of Mexico and then shooting down two American F-15 Eagles or F-16 Vipers after they were sent out to intercept an electronic warfare aircraft that popped up 15 miles offshore at 10,000'.

[@rainypath96]

so what was diamond cutter 702 doing in the first place if it had no intention of entering libyan airspace? what was the point of flying that race track pattern?

[@user-fp7ds5sy4w]

CAP

[@user-fp7ds5sy4w]

Combat air patrol to protect the carrier group. It's job in otherwords

[@notthatdonald1385]

I thought Tomcat backseater was WSO weapons systems operator. That's what we called them at Grumman where I worked. If I recall correctly.

[@dutchflats]

That's the USAF designation for the back-seater.

[@unusualbydefault]

RIO - Radar intercept officer

[@stevephlyer]

Donald Savage no sir, it’s the RIO because it’s a Naval Aircraft. The Air Force calls their backseat ride a WSO.

[@TyrannoJoris_Rex]

So they correctly identify them as Fitters, then say MiG-23 after

[@The_Honcho]

“Yes sir, I did kill him” that was cold asf

[@dariuszmatt76]

Why didn't you levelled down the external views engine noise from DCS? The radio chatter is far more important

[@Dash99erOfficial]

I was actually doing that. I guess I had my computer turned down and the simulator turned all the way up. Completely my fault.

[@justinmurphy2227]

Splash! My goodness! I was shaking watching this!

[@3HOCFRESKO]

good presentation and content!!

[@AMX-30B]

Great video enjoyed

[@udmbfckx2916]

Zintani and Jantari Were hunted down in a US SAFARI and so was, years later, al-Baghdadi proving there is no escape from the US Military.

[@Ali_Alshahibi]

They lied to you by Kassem Emsik Zintani, who is still alive today