1991 Gulf War: The Ill-fated "Strike Package Q" | DCS Reenactment Mission

[@cf453]

Shoutout to that Harrier pilot (Bean?) for being a badass AND a class act. He's just forced me to break my long-standing rule of never saying anything nice about Harriers.

[@kukulkanlordofcas4931]

I love how the crew can fly in formation perfectly, perform all this air combat maneuvering, and control the plane while maintaining situational awareness in some very tight situations. But damn, if some of them can't figure out a traffic pattern or which runway is which.

[@grimreapers]

lol. Landing is optional in GR :)

[@TMo-ow4hg]

1:05:55 such a Grim Reapers moment LOL!!!! Great video guys and thanks for the laugh at the end.

[@Alexaltair972]

This was so fcking epic, i had the impression of watching a movie. The montage, the different views of the different aircrafts, sites and weapons was really amazing. Plus it felt like you made your best to keep the video relatively begeinner friendly. I hope to see more !

[@zdenekoldrichmarek2867]

Another great video with lots of action and cockpit instruement views particularly the data link screen very interesting and a valued learning chance.Thanks chaps for shareing Be Blessed.

[@grimreapers]

thx

[@charlessmith7501]

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[@charlessmith7501]

7PM has been in your business and

[@Aardvark892]

Some of the best tactical playing I've seen. Fantastic job, GR!

[@Knightfang1]

The missiles that the F-16 dodged in the video were a mix of at least 4 SA-2s and at least 1 possibly 2 SA-6s. Craziest of all was after he got back to base he realized he still had a full load of Chaff and Flares. For whatever reason his countermeasures had not dispensed and he dodged those 6 missiles purely by maneuvering

[@gr-skil]

A very enjoyable mission, some formation work, bombs on target, some more formation, then a nice smooth landing. Cheers Cap. :)

[@freemandiy]

Enjoyed the flight as well, Skil.

[@dampsok]

You know the SAM net is serious when you have to bring out the TALD's

[@dannyd7714]

Grump is too good to be a Grim Reaper lol. The Eagle pilot landing the opposite way seems to be on par 🤣 The 3 ship of Vipers in a tight formation on the way home was great to see.

[@kenhelmers2603]

Well done GR!

[@c.g.262]

Space chef was the one flying among the SAMs and Bandits in the F-15. The guy was crazy! - Starscream

[@grimreapers]

cool

[@gooner72]

Wow!! This is absolutely fantastic to watch........ Tally Ho Grim Reapers!!🇬🇧🇺🇸✌

[@johncrichton4341]

I'm watching this from the future Cap and it's great!

[@Retep86]

Gotta love all the aircraft from the gulf war

[@tomriley5790]

24:30 that's some of that "pilot shit" :-)! Topgun eat your heart out :-)! Seriously well done avoiding a spin there! I wonder how much the F16s actually carried - I'd imagine they'd be pretty light - must have been to dodge all those missiles :-)!

[@montys420-]

The F111C and G and mirage 111 plus the hawker hunter are the 3 main jets I would love to see in Dcs

[@Duvstep910]

G'morning from Jamaica; Cap & Reapers 😁 Edit: the audio from the F-16 dodging the SAMs is the menu music for Falcon BMS

[@grimreapers]

cool

[@technofaisal]

V enjoysable video! You guys rock !! :)

[@BWEEOOP]

Some say that Stroke 3 is still defending over Baghdad to this day

[@grimreapers]

lol

[@bendydcs3504]

1:04:07 my engine got taken out by AAA and had to ditch it in the desert and walk home :)

[@grimreapers]

Whoops

[@RyTrapp0]

Well now I feel like we need an excuse to see Harriers laser guide in some ordinance. No idea what absurd scenario would justify that, but, hey, DCS...

[@alanmoffat4454]

WELL HELL BELLS YOUS MADE THAT LOOK FAR EASIER THAN WHAT IT WAS 😉 CONGRATULATIONS.

[@timblack6422]

Outstanding

[@xx-ui2gm]

WHY not rearm and refuel at the divert airfield which is much closer? I realized as soon as the map was shown

[@raymondyee2008]

I saw the yt clip on this it was damn intense.

[@tomriley5790]

You've probably done this but do HARMS home on ship radars? Any advantage to using them in your CV battles?

[@grimreapers]

Home yes but damage no :(

[@alexl572]

Maybe answered before, but why does the rpm percent dial go to 110 on the F-15?

[@alexl572]

F-16*

[@grimreapers]

Good Q. Maybe some models have an over-boost function? Like harrier./

[@darthgator639]

Once you go into AB the dial goes over 100%.

[@voradfils]

I didn't know F-16's could carry Sparrows on the wingtips

[@grimreapers]

errrrr, yeh... Sparrows...

[@bartoszp.7798]

there is gold rule in ground bombardment : just one approach. you broke it.

[@Cybernaut76]

During WW2 it really was like that: Approach twice and enemy AA-gunners will have you by about 100% certainty. However, are you sure it is so critical anymore now that the planes are so fast? I think firing both AGM-12 Bullpups (before the era of laser guided bombs) required more approaches than one.

[@tacticaltoolbox7046]

Why do DCS F-16s use AMRAAM at all in gulf war 1? I thought F-16s at that time only had 9L only? That's why they had F-14 and 15s as CAP, because they had the Sparrows and Phoenix.

[@tacticaltoolbox7046]

And at 42:24 comes the "illegal" firing of two "Sparrows" from an F-16. LOL. I think it's likely an issue of force of habit and practice taking over in the thick of the fight.

[@tacticaltoolbox7046]

@Signore ahhh, A models or C models or both? It's weird in that the AMRAAM was developed because F-16 radar didn't have the STT for Sparrow, or rather the F-16 just waiting for AMRAAM instead up upgrading radar for a soon to be obsolete missile. Anyways, fun mission to watch.

[@howardoneil1917]

@Signore i worked the 16's as a loader at that time. No sparrows, however the weasels out of spangalem ab,ge, had agm 88's that sometimes are mistaken for aim-7's. NO AMMRAMS at all during this time, But pg 2 16's and 15's had 120-b's- respectfully

[@jefferynelson]

Wasn't there the potential danger of releasing radiation when this event occurred ? Anyone know ?

[@grimreapers]

Yeh I thought that also...

[@CMDRSweeper]

No more than what the stack of a coal powerplant spews out. Until a reactor has fired up and been "burning" the fuel, it is basically just Uranium that is isn't very radioactive, and none of the more nasty byproducts of fission. Unless of course a GR member were to land, run over to the fuel storage, take a rod out, take it out of its casing and start eating it... The odds of the radiation doing much is close to nil.

[@jefferynelson]

@@CMDRSweeper ok, I more or less follow the answer, if the power plant were functioning at the time of bombing then the radiation risk would be much, much higher correct ? thanks for your time

[@CMDRSweeper]

@@jefferynelson Even then nothing too great, but you would have more of the nastier isotopes, but for a short while I wouldn't want to be standing near that plant though. The more radioactive an isotope is (Lower half life time) the more dangerous it is, this is because it gives off more radioactivity, so those with a half life of nano seconds are fricking terrifying. But afterwards, the danger is ingestations of isotopes, eating and breathing in the dust around the site. Standing on a piece of Strontium 90 will not do anything to you, but breathing in smoke from a fire burning with it... Well that will harm you substantially. Part of the reason for this is that the alfa and beta particles can be stopped by a piece of paper or a plank and have very short travel distances. Gamma however is more of the pure energy and will travel some distance from the source and is hard to stop, however to get a lot of gamma radiation you need a very radioactivie isotope, so we are back at the half life debate and why those really short half life ones are so terrifying, they basically dump half their mass into energy / particles each cycle of that half life.

[@rags417]

Someone should develop a cruise missile SAM that has a scramjet booster for terminal attack. It could take off and fly like a plane, seek out targets and if it detected a dummy, encountered jamming or was otherwise threatened could call of its attack and return home, otherwise it could go pitbull, fire up the scramjet and zero in for the attack. It wouldn't need a full electronics suite, a pilot or even a weapon load capability (although...) so could be built relatively cheaply for a plane (albeit expensive as a missile), being reusable until expended it would save on missiles required per kill. Now try to saturate a SA-5 site...

[@tomriley5790]

You might as well build a fighter plane and put the missiles on it...

[@rags417]

@@tomriley5790 Sure,but a fighter plane that you could afford to slam into the enemy without wasting too much money

[@roust0802]

At about 44:15, I literally thought a Mig was about to spell Penis in the cons

[@kyriakos2706]

VFA 103 Jolly Rodgers F14s look the best!!!

[@thisismossop]

Mmm. Harriers!

[@Sarndel327]

JSOW in 1991?

[@brandonturientine4705]

22:07🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@ryanpayne7707]

1:03:05: Ahhhh....hey, SEAD, yeah, take back off and blow these SOBs out of the way. I'd like to borrow one of their cars. See ya in three hours.

[@takudzwamacmillannyagano6291]

@ 52:00 Lmao damn right

[@voradfils]

People are climbing transonic with their wings back and flailing about uncontrollably. I hate to say it, but GR tomcats are at it again. Very unprofessional look.

[@MikeyNewman1974]

Tomcats rock!!!

[@cesarespinozaspain]

Why doesn't any self respecting F-16 driver not have the call sign Chappy?

[@grimreapers]

agree

[@Uselessnoobcow]

Cap! Why would you put 9xs on the wingtips, my poor eyes!

[@grimreapers]

Oops, I meant to use M's

[@Uselessnoobcow]

@@grimreapers well that and 120s should be on the wingtips ;) (or pseudo aim7s)

[@akisakis7980]

Poor Sadam he wasted billions hahaha

[@grimreapers]

oops

[@BBCRF]

Desert Storm January 17 - February 28, 1991. Aim-120 adoption September 1991. why the fuck did you hang them on the fighters?

[@youtubeairways8646]

The F-16C Block 50 in DCS and most probably the real world can't carry AIM-7s.

[@GutkowskiMarek]

They explained in the briefing. Those were to represent Aim-7 Sparrows. And that makes no sense as the Sparrow missile was never implemented on F-16.(Yes it was tested but never put in to the field) F-16 radar didn't have the ability to guide the Semi-active radar homing missiles.

[@youtubeairways8646]

@@GutkowskiMarek what did it carry previously to Fox 3s, IR missiles only?

[@GutkowskiMarek]

@@youtubeairways8646 Before Aim-120 AMRAAM F-16 only carried IR missiles, yes.

[@Power5]

Yes they explained that they were using 120B in STT mode to mimic a Sparrow, but if F16 never carried sparrow, it would have be interesting to see this mission run with only Aim9. But IRL I am assuming the F15c were the ones attacking any AA threats. I can only assume that not everyone has an F15 so they supplemented them with F16 and this is why they tried to use 120B in STT to basically be more F15s for those who did not own an F15 module.

[@RipKuda-rk1ke]

Hi