1986 Operation El Dorado Canyon: USA Attack Libya | DCS Reenactment Mission

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[@Bjoern211]

The Harrier formation was pure porn.... I still have problems with my Harrier but i looove it. The only fighter i would fly instead of the Harrier will be the Eurofighter once it is released.

[@lmack002]

1979th CS, '86 - '89. It's a shame that DCS does not have the F-111F in its inventory. They were magnificent aircraft.

[@heikojakob6491]

Would be cool to do the Aardvark zippo in DCS

[@VET0264]

i agree, crew chief f4e Ramstein AB 81-83

[@UncleSpiceDaddy_01]

They were called Wonder-Lemons as I recall, per my mates at RAF Lakenheath.

[@TheLesporter]

@@VET0264 Hey Chief thanks for your service. On the subject of aircraft, I worked at the end of the runway at Barksdale AFB in the late seventies and when the B-52's had a scramble, real mission or training you could not hear yourself think for a good 30 minuets. It was almost like placing your hand over your heart when we say the pledge of allegiance. What a great feeling. Thanks again, Les.

[@VET0264]

@@TheLesporter ty

[@edwardaspinall9438]

I was a member of the 48th TFW/548th AGS/492nd AMU during the Libya raid. We covered the operation by having a local SALTY NATION exercise. They informed us of the operation by pulling the entire squadron to the middle of ramp and briefing us. We flew our normal exercise sorties minus the 24 aircraft (18 strikers, 6 air spares).

[@grimreapers]

Awesome

[@DE-rd1zl]

Nicely done. These longer missions are always fun to watch :D

[@cousinjack2841]

The Harrier is just one of the coolest things ever, not just cool amongst planes, but one of the coolest of all things. Makes you proud to be British; again. Great flying, great video; thanks.

[@colinmcgrath2392]

Great video Cap, awesome flying! Anyone would think that you guys knew what you were doing!

[@mrgamerlion9591]

Great video, Cap. I have just been going thru the comments of this video and there are some USAF pilots actually watching this reenactment , which is incredible! Anyway, for anyone who doesnt know , I am the fella who requested the reenactment of the US airstrike against the Gaddafi regime aka this video

[@grimreapers]

I remember you! Thanks Lion x

[@mrgamerlion9591]

@@grimreapers Fun fact : The strike allegedly killed Gaddafi's very young daughter, Hana. However, this claim has been disputed over the years and some say that she didnt exist while others claim she wasnt killed in the strike

[@cf453]

@The Beast It was the Italian Prime Minister, actually.

[@richardsandoval2899]

Love your corrections on grammar. It’s a voice over in my head every time I read anything.

[@paulraymond3622]

This is the best video I have watched all of this year! You are all awesome! Thank you.

[@GamingwithHenry]

Great video!! Love these longer mission videos

[@arth0044N]

It's a pleasure to watch you cooperate in such professional manner. I hope I can take off with you guys one day. ;)

[@RJM1011]

Some of the F1-11's also took off from Boscombe Down I lived there at the time and it was GREAT to hear them all take off.

[@shuntera]

And that Syria map is gorgeous

[@ChucknDeuces1]

Great video with great ending!

[@arzofire]

I absolutely love the cat grownling sound when the engines revving down a bit!

[@thefrustratedtheologian6238]

I was there, in the Gulf of Sidra, Jan. and Mar. 86, USS Caron DD-970.

[@cubethai]

Yeah, me too!

[@grimreapers]

Cool!

[@cornbread5144]

@48:12 Is that Mav's control surfaces moving - Wow !!! Great Video. :)

[@grimreapers]

All missiles now do that :)

[@charlescsmith1213]

Absolutely brilliant Harrier formation on the way to Incirlik

[@deadwolf2978]

amazing flying! and you guys are fun!

[@adamsmith5151]

38:48 is that a cat? LOL

[@cornbread5144]

*** Audio turned up on the Super Secret TACAN . :)

[@grimreapers]

Mr Pickles make same noise as harrier.

[@kenhelmers2603]

I enjoyed that :) Thanks GR!

[@Hairysteed]

Those would be F-111F:s. The B variant was the failed Navy variant

[@CueDriver]

Those take off shots were beautiful.

[@timrobinson7104]

I was stationed in Rota Spain supporting this mission in 1986. One of the F111's had a problem after the mission and landed at Rota. Was a crazy time!

[@edwardaspinall9438]

Bleed air malfunction is I remember

[@edwardaspinall9438]

I knew the aircrew. Worked them on a redball in Turkey

[@hoghogwild]

Rota was a Space Shuttle Abort Site as well.

[@johnvvoorthuijzen2653]

Great vid cap! That harrier really sounds like you're torturing Mr Pickles though 😂

[@grimreapers]

lol

[@randlebrowne2048]

I wandering if that sound was the cat crying or the actual sound of the jet!

[@lohrtom]

I was stationed at NAS Rota Spain when that went down. One of the F111 was damaged and had to land in Rota. It had a big honking hole in it, probably from AAA.

[@montys420-]

F111 were dubbed" whispering death" by the Libyans during these strikes and the strikes were so effective that Gaddafi had to back down!

[@cubethai]

Me too!

[@TEACypher]

Was a real fun mission, harrier is great when you get a bunch flying together.

[@APV878]

Whenever I hear/read "RAF Mildenhall" mentioned, I invariably think of the Pink Floyd song "Let There Be More Light" from Saucerful of Secrets....

[@shuntera]

The Harrier is slow and can’t really take a hit, but it really is a good bomb truck, great for A-G

[@TEACypher]

Its only slow if you are used to be super sonic (which you can almost do when clean), try the C-101 or A-10 now that's slow!

[@lucaallemann5941]

@@TEACypher yep right, harrier is pretty fast considering it hasnt an afterburner

[@tomriley5790]

Can only find two cases of harriers being hit by manpads - both quite close together...

[@matthewwainwright8844]

Stunning weather.

[@asser5547]

very nice

[@grande521]

I'm related to one of the two casualties, Fernando Luis, he was shot down over sidra.

[@Alcorethefluffy780]

Very nice Exfil Formation flying Harriers

[@ricktow66lcc83]

"All we need is a Harrier Ta Ta Da Da DA..." LMAO!

[@Steve-ou9ed]

Brilliant I'm new to this I have so much to learn .I have photographed the Reapers and mad hatters through the Mach Loop many times. My Aim is to fly the loop when I can get my F15 off the ground 🥴😊👍.really good vid love it

[@grimreapers]

Awesome Steve!

[@tomriley5790]

f14 was known to have engine problems so relatively realistic!

[@redssracer4153]

@55:17 Only Cap would decide to do some sight-seeing during an op... Lol!! :)

[@montys420-]

At least we could hear the Harrier's engines for once

[@therealdebater]

52:50 "Cap Winchester, and feeling sexy" :-)

[@grimreapers]

Official RAF brevity...

[@martinm3509]

Watched yesterday on the big telly. Awesome bombing runs Cap. I’m a Harrier believer now!

[@gwrich01]

You need to do one of the Shock and Awe missions in Iraq in 2003

[@PHILMKD95]

Is it just me or does the Harrier engines seem to meow alot.

[@grimreapers]

Pussy Cat engine

[@alexpincock]

was born in upper heyford, my dad flew f-111 but i think we had moved right before this.

[@grimreapers]

cool

[@alancrowley7991]

outstanding base recovery!!!!

[@michaelpark9802]

We finally got mentioned in something

[@montys420-]

48:45 was a shocking bomb run needs to practice a bit more!

[@One_Piloty_Boy]

XD that was me. I crept up on an active SA-10 or 11 site (cant remember) and was on edge to stay as close to it as possible, thats why i stayed to do gun runs, i needed to make sure i made up for my horrid cluster bombing.

[@matthewdowd4686]

It’s the dapper capper! Sup cap!

[@andreyugarov1853]

Cap can we have your wallpaper or is it already somewhere?

[@grimreapers]

Sorry I don't even know where it is on my PC. Will look.

[@egnbigdave]

I remember as an air Cadet having a Yank officer come in as a guest to do us a talk from Lakenheath. His opening line was "What does Libya stand for guys? Lakenheath Is Bombing Your Ass"

[@johneckert1690]

Top notch flying is an understatement, and the mini airshow as the end was great. I do wish the correct aircraft where available for these missions, but we can't have everything. I would love to see more World War 2 naval assets like F-4F Wildcats, F-6F Hellcats, F7F Tigercat, F4U Corsairs, TBM/TBF Avengers, and SBD Dauntless'. (NOTE: I did not include the F-8f2 Bearcat as World War II was over before the aircraft saw combat service.)

[@Josiah_Trelawny1]

Grim Reapers seems to be the only one who knows how to flight. The other ones drop their first bombs ever in these missions. F14 trys to drop bombs on

[@alialibeyoglu7532]

1:04:45 I can watch that all day

[@lacku2677]

I was trying to recreate the same exact mission before I saw this video, but I suck at making them.

[@HauntedXXXPancake]

1:25:30 - Flawless landing-sequence, Cap. If that's not how it's written the RAF handbook, it can only be due to health & safety gone mad.

[@grimreapers]

Couldn't agree more. Back in my day all landings were like that...

[@matthewwagner47]

Harrier= short take off / vertical landing, use your vectoring on take-off so your up in the air very quickly. Is there a video of anyone actualy doing this the way your supposed too?

[@tomo_ka3040]

hi cap

[@Galm1]

1:28:00 that F14 won the game of chicken.

[@lenn55]

Hey Cap can you guys do the US invasion of Grenada in 1983? Thx

[@grimreapers]

thxx Lenn

[@sixhawks]

Cap, the border fence says hi.

[@grimreapers]

Why put a fence there!!??!?

[@randlebrowne2048]

@@grimreapers Consider it a surprise final exam for new pilots.

[@matthewwainwright8844]

It's like no one paid attention to the SAM threat though lol.

[@MF-og1ct]

For your new computer you need to get a CPU with the highest possible clock speed. 4ghz+. Dcs doesnt use multiple cores, so the clock speed is what is limiting performance.

[@grimreapers]

Thanks

[@John_SlideRule_Bullay]

Video Valued by Valued Viewer!

[@adamsmith5151]

25:07 Nice hookup!

[@Mariner311]

LOLs - I keep hearing the oddest mechanical device constantly spooling down - then I realized it was Pickles the Cat. I just realize she meows in a HARMONIC of the Harrier's engine.

[@imadequate3376]

The guys flying the F111s had a hell of a time during the real thing. The auto pilot didn't auto level so refueling was done with the pilot holding altitude manually and in radio silence. It was many of their first combat missions. Too bad the Ardvaark isn't in DCS.

[@louiseflanagan5790]

The commander of the mission: www.aviationheritagepark.com/aviators/arnie-franklin/

[@GumbosFlyingCircus]

Very nice! That was some sexy Harrier action there...well done to all. After all, only real pilots fly the Harrier ;)

[@cornbread5144]

*** GR/CAP , How about an Airplane Taxi Race. Whoever is the fastest without leaving the ground. :) .... I may have requested this before.

[@grimreapers]

Yeh it's sitting in the idea hopper Corn, jst can't seem to find time...

[@Darkdally]

Apparently, this was the first time the F/A-18 saw combat. I thought that was interesting - just read that.

[@Warman_12]

RAF Lakenheath produced stickers Cap for the Op which said "Lakenheath Is Bombing Your Ass" (LIBYA) I had one on my little spotters notebook. lol Those were the days.

[@grimreapers]

Wicked

[@pogo1140]

Funny thing is that the F-14 really was is the closest thing to the F-111's, the A actually had the same engine as the F-111.

[@hoghogwild]

Both TH30 engine family, just different variants. the F-111Fs that flew the raid used the TF30-P-100 engine that at max thrust. 25,100 for the while the F-14A used the TF30-P-414A engine making 20,900 lbs thrust. Both TF30 engines use a afterburner design with 5 zones of augmentation.

[@razor75250]

Can you guys work on not hitting the same target over and over again and wasting weapons? I'm not taking the piss ,just an observation.

[@Ventura60kts]

59:22 best bomb run ever

[@flighttherapybullisticfpv133]

Im new to DCS, do you know what actually caused that to happen?

[@Ventura60kts]

@@flighttherapybullisticfpv133 My guess would be diving to target and releasing bombs then hitting their own bombs mid air.

[@flighttherapybullisticfpv133]

@@Ventura60kts ya i thought that might be it.. dropping bombs below their arming height will do that i guess lol

[@PHILMKD95]

59:24 lol

[@jimboAndersenReviews]

Meeeeoow 🐅

[@razor75250]

Cap, if you live near Mendenhall, that means you live on the coast!!!!.... I'm very jealous!!! The southeast English coast is one of my favorite places!!!!!!!!

[@grimreapers]

Yeh about 80min drive from coast.

[@razor75250]

@@grimreapers fens????

[@timothygermann780]

Fun fact: Libya didn't claim responsibility for the attack until 2003 when they agreed to pay Germany compensation for the attack and also to the families of the non-American victims. The Libyan government refused to pay compensation for any Americans killed in the discotheque bombing.

[@michaelpark9802]

No way I’m from Newfoundland

[@keep22]

Herr Cap should have landed und done little shopping.... boy shopping because that is vat Limeys do, ja?

[@razor75250]

Are they ever going to let us have the intruder in DCS????......grrrrrrr!!!!!!!!

[@One_Piloty_Boy]

I think its in development by a third party.

[@UncleSpiceDaddy_01]

I was stationed at RAF Mildenhall when this Op was staged. We were on 12 hour shifts for 30 days+ straight. Hundreds of KC-135 Stratobowsers and KC-10 Extenders came into Mildenhall to support the aircraft that Spain and France refused to let fly over their countries. We bombed the what-ist out of Libya, as we should have... FYI, it was this in retaliation of the bombing of a German Dicso but the Lockerby Scotland flight of a TWA flight

[@UncleSpiceDaddy_01]

FYI The Spanish and French Gub'ments would not let us fly over their countries due to retaliation concerns,

[@UncleSpiceDaddy_01]

Of course the SR-71s were beautiful taking off before sunrise the morning of from Mildenhall...

[@seanpreston3653]

Ok the jets sounding like caged. Kittens would absolutely kill ke

[@montys420-]

Common cap stop hating on the green button hornet!

[@grimreapers]

I'm just pulling your leg x

[@randlebrowne2048]

@@grimreapers I must have missed the origin of that joke. What green button are you referring to?

[@lcp2237]

listen to the cat

[@cannedcorn9344]

i love your vids but im sad that the discord server is 16+

[@grimreapers]

I have no choice :(

[@seanpreston3653]

Me.

[@Urugami45]

Was this the attack for which France would not grant over flight rights, so they had to fly an extra thousand miles or so? Oh, and the French embassy wound up getting damaged? Le oops....😅

[@bearsmith3655]

Yeah it was. My dad was a USAF intel officer involved in the planning at the time. I remember how much it pissed him off that the French did that.

[@LordBurek]

look at all that tax money go up in flames

[@zenonlopezwallace568]

Jave your fun..... Some day you will pay.

[@anathardayaldar]

Who keeps meowing like a cat?

[@m600blu]

shoot the harrier next time

[@RR-kd3vq]

It's computer sh**t not something real

[@t74guard78]

Did we loose anybody. hahahhahahhahahahah maybe one or two. hahahhahaha the real mission only lost 1. You guys lost practically a whole squadron. Many bombs hit open dirt. Can't say when was the last time you guys bombing was so bad. There was one hornet who kept hitting a radar over and over again with 20mm and that damn thing wouldn't blow up and kept spinning. Super Radar this one was.

[@deadwolf2978]

amazing flying! and you guys are fun!