6 Intense Aerial Dogfights ✈️ Smithsonian Channel

A look at 6 intense aerial dogfights from Air Warriors, including F-15s, Phantoms, and more.
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[@Mtlmshr]

I was training as a aircraft mechanic in the US Airforce in 1979 and got to train on F15’s at the time I had no idea how not only lucky I was but just how advanced these planes actually were. The other plane that I got to see when I got to my duty station at Dover AFB was the A-10 Warthog! I never saw one up close but for awhile, every Friday these two black aircraft would fly up and down our very long airfield (Dover was a C5 base at that time) I had no idea what I was seeing because those things were not even public knowledge or in the inventory at that time! I was a very privileged young man and had no idea!

[@sidv4615]

8:50 - AIM-7 is not a heat seeking missile. it's a radar guided missile, the AIM-9 is a heat seeking missile

[@fornax333]

Yes and I expected that the Smithsonian Channel at least would have corrected that obvious error by now, truly embarrassing.

[@radioactive9861]

Thank you, Sid Vicious...now I don't have to post that exact same information.

[@sgt.rexpowercolt3221]

Came to the comments right after I heard that

[@sidv4615]

@@radioactive9861 your welcome RA

[@skykid1075]

Its magic

[@mcdonnell-douglasdc-1056]

I was hoping to see Swede Vejtasa's dogfight in an SBD Dauntless dive bomber against 3 Japanese Zero fighters.

[@Brock_Landers]

Yes sir! That will ALWAYS be one of the absolute most epic dogfights!

[@shaider1982]

I think I watched this on the History Channel show, Dogfights

[@oceanhome2023]

I want to see Jimmy Thatch use his “Weave “ to great effect on the Zeros !

[@ZAN-THE-GOAT]

I wanna watch Kim Jong Un fly a plane without any training with the lady from North Korea giving the commentary comments

[@briancooper2112]

There is a book about him on amazon.

[@brendasays2324]

🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽 Thank you for keeping the skies safe and coming home safe. My family are immigrants from laos… They have stories for days about what they went through. My favorites were always the ones about them seeing the jet’s flying over. They felt safe and ended up in the states in the late 70’s. We’re now going on 2nd generation born laotian americans. 🥰🥰🥰 Can’t wait to have one of my own serve our country.

[@courybrown5265]

Welcome to this great country and we would be proud to have anyone in your family serve in our military

[@jebbait1669]

I applaud you in your praise for the death of the enemy. When I saw a 5 year old lose his father, I yelled, "America! Fuck yea!" They're the enemy so fuck that kid.

[@jebbait1669]

I would have loved to see the face of his wife when they told her that he was shot down.😂

[@jebbait1669]

Could you imagine the pain of his three children? That would be fuckin hilarious😂

[@brendasays2324]

@@jebbait1669 what crawled up your butt??

[@confuse9]

To be clear, the AIM-7 is a RADAR guided missile, not heat seeking (roughly 9:00 in the video)

[@BruceK10032]

Seems to be a bit of confusion in this video between MiG-17s and MiG-21s. They don't look at all similar.

[@lordbridstow]

Came to the comments to say just that.

[@apothecide.1]

@@lordbridstow same

[@roberthickerty390]

It is annoying when they make such an obvious error. Makes you wonder if they do their homework. Also makes me wonder how accurate their report is.

[@pauldeatherage6112]

Yea they might not have real footage of one for this video, maybe.

[@arislabra3929]

All respect for the victors and the fallen!!!

[@jebbait1669]

I love this message. No matter what side you're on in a war, someone loses a family member.

[@robertmaybeth3434]

Well, this Smithsonian thing is ok I guess, but meanwhile we still have "Dogfights", really the best series on air combat ever created -

[@abrahamlevi3556]

The narrator talks about the second F-4 shooting a MIG 21 in Vietnam , but the footage shown in black and white is taken from a dogfight from the Six Days War in 1967. The gunsight is that of a Mirage IIIJ of the Israeli air force. This was definitely a French gunsight.

[@Brock_Landers]

Two dogfighters that will forever be etched in my memory is Georges Guynemer and Manfred Von Richtoften. Back when dogfighting was visceral and personal. No missles, no trickery, no jet engines, just aerial combat. I'm not saying that dogfights didn't exist after WWI, but the bi-planes and tri-planes of WWI were awesome. The monoplanes of WWII made an entirely different set of dogfighting skills and there were quite a few awesome stories of dogfighting that resonated through history.

[@brandonmoore8998]

in any fight there is trickery involved --- it is simply called out witting your adversary --- pls go away with the revisionism

[@Aalto63]

Second WW Finnish pilots were top pilots. One shut down 94 enemies getting no bullets to his plane. Other shut down in 4 minutes 6 enemies.

[@Donkeymaster9000]

More dogfights more air combat, this is exactly what we enjoy

[@florencemodina6293]

Enjoy watching in a video like a 5 year old?

[@Donkeymaster9000]

“Watching in a video”…yes

[@rosswilliam2472]

Sounds like Douglas Bader was a SERIOUS badass. Respect!

[@James-nl6fu]

Bader sustained terrible injury from his aircrash. Only his incredible force of personality could could overcome death and go on to become one of the most famous British fighter pilots ❤️

[@sebastien3351]

I prefer Rico's first interview after the kill of the MiG, he showed the brashness, cockiness of a fighter pilot. A good fighter does not go into a dogfight timidly, they charge in with the mindset of being aggressive. That is they only way to continually survive, is the force the fight!

[@realufosbykeithchapman3638]

much respect to the military thank you🇺🇲🦾🖖

[@jesseraina1614]

I can only imagine the adrenaline of dogfighting 2 fighter jets in a row. Its scary because youre in the sky, you got air guns and missiles ground missiles trying to kill you, and if you bail and you make it to the ground without being shot youre in enemy territory and every enemy within what 60 miles will see and or hear youre dog fighting then youre slow parachute to earth. I know army navy airforce paratroopers are trained to deploy low to the ground (i was in the Canadian armed forces) but parachutting from a fighter jet in a dog fight youre not going to wait till youre at the perfect altitude because you excavate when youre about to crash or about to be hit or already hit. And everyone hears the jets guns missiles roaring accross the sky.

[@stanburk7392]

That'd be a fun moment, You're in a mig 21 a jet that s beaten by F4's and then you get to go up against an F15. Be like stepping into the ring expecting the village tough guy and Mike Tyson shows up.

[@sufianansari4923]

0:16 Colonel Bud Anderson - thank you for everything

[@allgood6760]

If it feels right it probably is... trust your instincts! ✈️ Douglas Bader visited down under my dad met him I have the book called Reach For The Sky.. thanks from NZ 🇳🇿

[@deltahavoc1224]

the AIM-7 Sparrow is a radar missile not heat seeker

[@henryborence9955]

8:49 'Rodrigueses wingman's HEATSEAKING Aim-7 Missile' Bro the Aim-7 is a fox 1 radar guided missile and this just proves that dogfights is better!

[@16rumpole]

Chuck Yeager, remember him? He said that Bud Anderson was the best fighter pilot he ever saw.

[@tranterminus]

Um... Smithsonian? The aircraft that collided to the ground in the Desert Storm part wasn't a MiG, it was an A10!

[@Brock_Landers]

An A-10 Tank Killer? Edit: I'm not questioning, I just always knew the A-10 as the Tank Killer.

[@tranterminus]

@@Brock_Landers Yes, an A-10. Also, you're not wrong on the name.

[@peterjones596]

Highly abridged story of Douglas Bader... His squadron thought he was dead for about week, then they got a letter asking for some more 'tin legs'... Which were made and sent... He was a complete nutter and hero rolled into one, find his story and be amazed, forget John Wayne's True Grit, Bader's story deserves the title far more.

[@graemehorseface8578]

Bader was a git who made everyone else's life in captivity miserable through his pathetic antics which achieved absolutely nothing.

[@cressida00]

Bud Anderson ,the quintessential fighter pilot.

[@arober9758]

Very good job fellows!! Congratulations! Well done and I was hoping to see Swede Vejtasa's dogfight in an SBD Dauntless dive bomber against 3 Japanese Zero fighters. Extra much respect to the military thank you. 🇺🇲🦾🖖

[@robertoliver2473]

I like this this this real life😅😮😊❤

[@stevenklair295]

This is what Heros are made of.

[@SPQR38]

Merci pour cet excellent reportage. Par contre les publicités toutes les 30 secondes c'est franchement horrible...

[@codystout5353]

The p51d is the best prop plane ever

[@karlchilders5420]

8:55 - heat seeking AIM-7??? The Sparrow is RADAR GUIDED. c'mon, that's a bush league mistake, I expect more from Smithsonian level documentaries...

[@vilmomoccolosso9824]

Joseph C. McConnell is not the highest scoring ace of Korean war it's Nikolai Vasilyevich Sutyagin with 22 kils

[@Generaldisorderly]

I noticed the comment about the AIM-7 being heat seeking, I am pretty sure the sparrow is radar guided

[@nylkul9933]

Indeed it is a SARH (semi-active radar homing) type missile that needs guidence from lunching aircraft.

[@leroyb8442]

Thank you

[@Darksagan]

Amazing stories and footage.

[@infeedel7706]

MiG 17 vs F15? That is a turkey shoot, not a dogfight.

[@intelprointelpro4452]

👍👍👍 Respect

[@fiveseven15]

isnt aim-7 a radar guided missile not heat seeking?

[@zepter00]

Yes it is! There is no heat seaking aim-7 sparrow

[@msms121xd2]

Haven't you heard of ahmed al Mansouri?

[@nomanvai3880]

Where is F.L. Saiful Azam?? The Living Legend also TOP GUN holder...🇧🇩🇧🇩🇧🇩????

[@LtNduati]

Have to say the legless RAF pilot is an all time badass, we *_NEED_* a special, or a movie, on him asap

[@well-blazeredman6187]

'Reach for the Sky', starring Kenneth More.

[@incrediblemichael]

the aim 7 sparrow is a semi activ radar guided missile it had only a radar reciever build in the plane who fires it must light the target up with its search radar we want be specific right ?

[@mickemike2148]

"Top seller, the MiG". Okay? Which model? "Heat seeking AIM-7" Really?

[@pauldeatherage6112]

One thing bout it, that russian/china made junk burns really good. That russian jet blew up in the prettiest fire ball ive ever seen

[@DRAGONSLAYER1220]

Heat-seeking AIM-7?

[@roostersideburns3440]

wish they could recreate these with compter models.

[@louwvandermerwe178]

Where are Sailor Malan?

[@AwesomeNinja1027]

I was the first gulf of Sidra incident would be on the list

[@alexanderatup6197]

Nice story.

[@hectorvelez3541]

HOLA A TODOS USTEDES MIS AMIGOS Y QUE DIOS LOS BENDIGA MUCHÍSIMO 😇😍 Y 💯-PRE AMÉN!!!, UNO DE MIS FAVORITOS AVIONES DE COMBATE EL ((F4-PHANTOM)) SIN DUDA ALGUNA ES UN CAZA ATERRADOR MÁS LOS OTROS AVIONES POR SUPUESTO.

[@monmifilms1916]

As a Vietnamese, I know it's just a simulator but...I hate my country's airplane lose and fell down😢 Sorry if my English is bad😅

[@tobi2233]

Heat Seaking Aim7?

[@a_s_mikael]

You forgotten dogfight between Iranian F-5 tiger vs Iraqi Foxbat that F-5 shoted down Foxbat by its M39 cannons 20mm caliber

[@miajaimson5862]

Ghost of kiev could have taken them all on, at the same time.. LMAO slava zucchini.

[@robertwatson818]

What is a "hot seat"?

[@joblessgamer3127]

Seems like an West sponsored video

[@fernandlarosche1213]

1:13 that,s not a Mig 21 rather Migs 17 ..!

[@jebbait1669]

It's nice to know that everyone was safe. Besides the enemies and their families. I just don't understand. Each pilot on both sides were fighting for something they believed in. One of them could have the absolute right idea or both of them were absolutely wrong. Another option is that each side is partially correct/wrong. No matter who you talk to, you will disagree about something. I have my own ideas about these outcomes, but I don't know the absolute truth. I'm sure I'm wrong about my opinions on this video. I'm ignorant, but so is everyone else about something.

[@gregorymceaddy8884]

The Aim 7 is not thermally guided...

[@manwithnoname691]

F-15 is undefeated in combat

[@nosaltadded2530]

Joseph C. McConnell was a B-24 Navigator in WW 2. He did not have fighter pilot experience in that conflict. Combat experience yess. Air to air experience no.

[@janvandekerk6877]

This is why I cannot understand . Why does man wants to turn against his fellow man ? !

[@janvandekerk6877]

What is it inside of these men that drives them to commit such murderous acts ? !

[@lindawild6568]

United States Air Force has long been the best in the world!

[@saftevand]

Especially when you only show the fights they won…

[@philipketchell8369]

You are dreaming....Wake up.

[@saftevand]

@@philipketchell8369 my point is simply that these shows are only from a US perspective, nothing wrong with that :-)

[@FranciscoPartidas]

Its funny to find such a mistake on a smithsonian channel video. AIM-7 arent heat seeking, they are semiactive radar

[@sefindeblow]

We are not stupid, a MiG - 17 is not a MiG 21

[@haylocktransport6695]

Haaaahaaaa! Who was that British expert on F 4 ? It was flying bus that could go fast in straight line ? I saw F 4 in 2015 that made impressive pitch ,twist , turns that showed it was no bus ride.

[@qssgamer7158]

Hi

[@lord_dequavis9552]

can someone explain how the mechanics of guns work on a ww2 fighter plane and how the bullets dont hit their own propeller.

[@pranavsivakumar3873]

this was a problem in ww1. anthony fokker synchronised an interruptor gear in the gun to the plane's propeller so that bullets fired went in between the propellers. another solution was to mount the guns outside the range of propeller blades for uninterrupted firing.

[@lord_dequavis9552]

@@pranavsivakumar3873 thanks

[@starfighter1043]

Is it just me but the migs are NOT facing them headed towards them the very first missile se see that missed was launched from behind the mig in an advantageous position, NO? LOL ☠️ and it looked like it was pretty close engagement as well, he also wasn't no MILES away in the first shot either lol 😆

[@nebojsanesic5326]

What all the "war scholars" forgot 2 say was that all 6 of them were made by 2 to 5 times more expensive planes than the planes they were shooting down, while having numerical superiority, while they were terrorizing villagers whose land they were stealing (ww2 dude not counting).

[@williamjavier1653]

BULLSHIT........

[@MrSimonw58]

F15 vs Mig-21 ..... hahahaha, hahaha, hahahahaha

[@Cailean556]

"Heat seeking AIM-7 missile"... Smithsonian, you can do better than that...

[@Trading_Jits]

wtf is a ME 109

[@kylestoddard2881]

Way to many inaccuracies.

[@amazingwildlifchannell89]

Not mog 21

[@chasnaj]

Wow, the melodramatic narration with the tough guy voice is embarrassing!

[@badmasis]

In ww2 SBD Dauntless dive bombers pilots was best

[@swarmk5809]

thats sad that smart capable men are killing other smart capable men

[@l0z586]

MiG 21 is nothing compared to the legendary F22

[@michellebrown4903]

Well that's hardly surprising. The Mig came out in 1959 , the F22 in 2005 . That's more than 45 years later . It's like comparing a Sopwith Camel , with.... a Mig 21.

[@dcollier7239]

American's never get enough bragging where as Canadian's are just as effective but quiet in their sucess.

[@andrewnicholson4811]

09.30 ooooh how brave to fight a single mig with a 2 on 1 scenario fucks sake if they felt that was dangerous and risky , why are they pilots ??!!

[@lifestylemaster6186]

What about Indian Gnat and Migs creating havoc amongst U.S made pak sabre jets

[@sian4314]

So where is the Iraqi pilot who shot down an f-18 with his mig 25 foxbat

[@rolandohistoria3532]

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[@PavelAVasilevich]

That was mig-17 not mig-21

[@richardschwarz7071]

Aim-7 is radar guided..aim-9 is the heat seeker...just saying

[@karloyu3484]

❤️👍

[@MadAdventure919]

The funny thing is that the American never shows his own planes being shot down in the wars that were dozens. Good marketing propaganda.

[@TheKeithvidz]

isn't told nearly enough most drivers were NOT trained in dogfighting - a Mig can easily take any of those western jets down. A US TOPGUN 4 week school worked for america - it would for Arabs or anyone else.

[@thatdudeinasuit5422]

I've gotta say the actual quality of production for something like the Smithsonian channel is pretty piss poor. He mentions heat seeking AIM-7s Sparrows (which are Radar Guided) many of the gun camera images mentioning fights with MiG-21s are clearly of earlier MiGs (15s, 17s, 19s, etc.) I mean the actual stories of the dog fights are cool but if you're a historical channel representing an actual event then try to do so with some degree of visual accuracy.

[@rolandohistoria3532]

Siapno Magdalena Cendaña Aster may Batangas Datu Puti may aliping namahay at aliping sagigilid ayaw ng dagger Luftwaffe by Willie Kasner (Jaworski) Boy Sayo from Anyang 🇺🇸 Angelou de Leon sa pagkawala ng lalaki Generoso Historia (Dennis)🇵🇭In general (textile Mills) Mapua institute of technology is my ladder

[@markhausmann6203]

spell sortie correct

[@syedasim9807]

Dog fights without name of Squadron Leader M.M.Alam (Pakistan Air Force) destroying 5 Indian Airforce hunters in less tahn 90 seconds is in complete. I wish the channel also covers this pilot

[@harshagarwal8170]

Did he ever did that ? No. All his claims are utter imaginations. On 7th September,1965, IAF carried out 6 raids on Pak airbases( Mostly on Sargodha). Strike no 1: 7 Mystere aircrafts ( 1 loss ) Strike no 2: 8 Mystere aircrafts ( 0 loss ) Strike no 3: 5 Hunter aircrafts ( 1 loss ) Strike no 4: 5 Hunter aircrafts ( 2 loss ) Strike no 5: 4 Mystere aircrafts ( 0 loss ) Strike no 6: 2 Mystere aircrafts ( 1 loss ) It was during strike no 4 that MM Alam and PAF claimed to shoot down 5 Hunters on the raid. First proof :- Only 2 aircraft wreckages found. In no way other Hunters could have crashed in India because they were 55 miles away from the Border. So Pakistan was able to produce only two wreckages. Second Proof :- Strike no 4 was led by Wg Cdr Zachariah, with S/L Lamba and S/L Sinha escorted by S/L Bhagawat and Fly. Off JS Brar. The three of the pilots returned back safely and in fact S/L Lamba and S/L Sinha later went on to become Air Marshals of IAF and Zachariah is in UK. Only two escort Hunters flown by S/L Bhagawat and Fly. Off JS Brar were shot down by MM Alam. No other pilot in PAF claimed the kills so MM Alam was awarded the kills. Third Proof:- PAF regularly kept changing the names of the pilots victim to MM Alam to prove the fake five kills. First they took names of S/L Devayya, F/L Guha and S/L Kacker. As we all know, S/L Devayya and F/L Guha were Mystere pilots and not Hunter pilots. S/L Devayya was part of Strike No 1 and was shot down by F/L Hussein and F/L Guha was part of strike no. 6 and was short down by F/L A.H Malik. S/L Kacker was indeed a Hunter Pilot but was part of strike no 3. There was a gap of 18 minutes between Strike no 3 and Strike no 4. So, how can Alam intercept both the strikes at a single time ? Also it is reported that S/L Kacker’s Hunter had an engine failure and therefore he ejected. Maybe this can be false, but MM Alam can clearly not shoot down aircrafts from different strikes at different time simultaneously. Later they again changed the names and said that S/L A.K Rawlley and F/O F.D Bunsha are those who were shot down. Yes, they both were Hunter pilots but none of them engaged MM Alam on 7th September. AK Rawlley faced MM Alam on 6th while F.D Bunsha engaged MM Alam on 16th September. On 6th September, MM Alam in a three jet formation went on to raid Adampur IAF base. They aborted the raid because four Hunters intercepted them, who were themselves going for a raid at Pak Army Installations. It is here when MM Alam faced AK Rawlley. MM Alam successfully shot down one Hunter and claimed to shoot down one more Hunter flown by AK Rawlley. But he was himself not confident whether he shot down AK Rawlley or not. AK Rawlley was flying very low and while performing a maneuver, he cart- wheeled into the sand. Once again, MM Alam was given credit for two kills though he shot down only one. On 16th September, MM Alam in a two jet formation was intercepted by F/L Pinglae and F/O FD Bunsha. It was here when MM Alam shot down FD Bunsha and also claimed to shoot down F/L Pinglae. He was again credited with two kills but F/L Pinglae landed back safely and narrated the dogfight. F/L Pinglae shot down MM Alam’s number 2 and even chased him but MM Alam cruised to his base as he was low on fuel. So, even after PAF desperately tried to prove 5 kills, they failed. MM Alam scored only 4 kills throughout the war and not 9. PAF CLAIMS: 6th Sep: 2 Jets 7th Sep: 5 Jets( In 30 seconds, LMAO ) 16th Sep:2 Jets REALITY: 6th Sep: 1 Jet 7th Sep: 2 Jet( Brar and Bhagwat ) 16th Sep:1 Jet Many people believe S/L Kacker to be shot down by MM Alam on 7th September but it’s literally impossible. There was a gap of 18 MINUTES between Strike 3 and Strike 4. I think PAF had S/L Rafiqui better than MM Alam. Neither PAF/ MM Alam nor their boot licker John Fricker was able to prove 5 Kills in 30 seconds. Quora article by Ayush Jha

[@renatogasperin9285]

Ustica

[@dad-ms8mz]

By the way Indian shoot down F 16 using old mig 21 just informaing.

[@rogerthat4545]

Sorry, never happened.

[@dad-ms8mz]

@@rogerthat4545 Ok don't believe no problem.😊

[@shakyabanukaprabuddha2398]

So in every dogfight the western pilots wins...😏

[@rodiksafro3387]

אם ישראל חי

[@ahmedbishr3422]

14 October 1973 .. Egyptian f Israel. It was great air war ...it called Mansoura air war

[@tonylane8813]

THESE REPORTS ARE SOOOOOO BIASED.

[@rogerthat4545]

"BIASED" isn't the same as fabricated. Sorry if the presentation hurts your feelings.

[@edcew8236]

Head up display because the pilot's head is up. "Heads up" means look out. You should know that. And lots of erroneous videos. And the AIM-7 is not heat seaking. Typical Smithsonian sloppiness. Lousy writing. Yucch...