Can US Navy Pilots Strafe?

[@Daniel-jq4qk]

Thanks for another great re-enactment video!

[@showtime112]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@Tarkovfoos]

This channel deserves more love

[@showtime112]

Oh, I'm sure it's coming 😁 Thanks for the positive feedback!

[@gamer_f1043]

Some good hits there!

[@showtime112]

Thanks for the comment!

[@timg2088]

Excellent video! I really enjoyed it! I'd rather have an evening setting than a nighttime. Hard to see on my phone!👍

[@showtime112]

Well, I thought a little bit of flexibility might help here :) Thanks for the comment!

[@LockOnNow]

Damn it those Popcorns🍿 times keep em coming so lean back fasten your 💺 seatbelts and enjoy the show 🎥 once more. Thanks😉 for another historical aviation event video. Watching your videos is like reading a good book 📚 you enjoy every page you turn over. 📖 About night-time missions, they are not really my favorite when it comes to the visual effects I love to see what I am watching without having to guess 🤷‍♂️ what it could be. Of course, I know in the real world missions are also flown at night but here on KZbin, I prefer daytime missions so I'd rather have an evening or daytime setting than nighttime. Just my thoughts.💭 📖

[@showtime112]

Thanks for sharing that opinion. In the recent history of aviation, so many missions were flown at night. So it may come to sticking to historical accuracy, making some compromise for the sake of overall effect, or avoid night missions altogether.

[@renatoandricevic8638]

Jedan od najboljih videa do sad, uživao sam 🥇🏆👍👍🤘

[@showtime112]

Hvala! Već dugo planiram napraviti nešti iz OIF. Osim F-18 i F-16 i Harrier su imali zanimljivih misija. Znam da video neće imati puno pregleda ali nema veze.

[@DiaconescuAlexandru2024]

Another 16 minute video that felt like a 5 minute video to me. I could keep watching your amazing videos all night if it wasn't for school lol This also reminds me that I should fly a bit more in the F18, I've recently only flown FC3 planes...

[@showtime112]

Thanks for the comment, glad you liked it. And yeah, high fidelity can be more rewarding. Eventually 😁

[@DynoosHD]

I like the historycal context you give.

[@showtime112]

Thanks! I believe that helps to understand what the action is all about.

[@christophern1302]

Awesome stuff 👍

[@showtime112]

Thanks 👍

[@maximilianmax6996]

Amazing channel, you have got a new subscriber, I must though make some observations regarding terminology and more specifically the term "Gulf War". The first and almost completely forgotten time this term was used was during the Iran-Iraq War of 1980-88, which was almost universally called at that time "Gulf War". The term "Iran-Iraq War" started being used when "Gulf War" became the established term for the events of 1990-91, that is the invasion and eviction of Iraq from Kuwait. Some people do use the term "Gulf War II" from the events of 2003 and onwards, that is the invasion and occupation of Iraq, most commonly known as the Iraq War, while others call the Iran-Iraq War "Gulf War I", the 1991 war "Gulf War II" and the Iraq War "Gulf War III". As a historian by training, I think that the term "Gulf War" should be discarded altogether, as the only time during all those conflicts that have taken place in this region that the Persian Gulf itself was truly a battlefield was during the Iran-Iraq War and more specifically during the so called tanker war, with Iraq attacking tankers carrying Iranian oil and vice versa. The most appropriate term for the events of 1990-91 is the Kuwait War and for the events from 2003 and onwards the Iraq War, although this is still a rather artificial distinction, as there was never any peace between Iraq and the US during the period between 1991 and 2003.

[@showtime112]

Thank you for your thoughts and comments. The term 'Gulf War' is used quite liberally. I somehow associate it with 1991. and 2003. Iran-Iraq was always exactly that to me. But maybe I'm just subjective because Desert Storm happened when I was old enough to understand these things well.

[@PappaBear_yt]

Cool video! 👍🏻 BTW, we mostly like night-time missions, but YT encoding makes it nightmare to watch. I've watched some cool night vids on YT, but the quality depends on so many things, but I noticed that full moon helps a lot, for instance.

[@showtime112]

Thanks! As for night videos, I will certainly try to do some more. Moonlight probably helps. Maybe some gamma correction too, I need to experiment a bit.

[@davorandric6150]

Super, daj još malo Horneta Vipera i te generacije!

[@showtime112]

Mislim da će biti. Moram se malo pozabaviti 16-icom, predugo stoji u virtualnom hangaru.

[@ronaldwatson1951]

Good video, I definitely noticed the altitude quite high for a strafing run with no ADA in the vicinity. Understandable it's a reenactment, I also have joined your channel finally. 😁

[@showtime112]

Thanks for the comment and for subscribing! As for the strafing, this really was a rare situation in OIF. That's why I thought it might be interesting to reenact.

[@ronaldwatson1951]

@@showtime112 it was unique, that's why I enjoy your videos and research on different events.

[@harrypotterxl9326]

I didn't know you could strafe from that altitude and hit.

[@showtime112]

That was the first time I've heard about it. They opened fire at about 10.000 ft.

[@zsus1]

Practically impossible with that much accuracy

[@showtime112]

@@zsus1 Oh, I don't know. I fired all those shots within parameters described by Cmdr Hubbard and I scored hits mostly within the parameters of that parking lot. Perhaps a single vehicle would be hard to hit but multiple vehicles grouped together, it's quite possible.

[@Daniel-jq4qk]

I mean.. You can change the distance parameters on the gun which closely resemble Altitude. Hornet comes set standard at 12,000ft.

[@nicedog1]

Whoever trained the rookie pilot obviously had an obsession with saving ammo.

[@adityamookerjee.]

What if a fighter aircraft dispenses flares before missiles are fired upon it from behind by an enemy aircraft? Will it be easier for the pilot being targeted, then, to evade the enemy's radar by maneuvering his or her aircraft?

[@showtime112]

It should present an advantage since the missile seeker might have harder time locking up between the real target and the flares.

[@adityamookerjee.]

@@showtime112 Is it easier to evade beyond visual range air to air missiles, than it is for short range missiles, and medium range missiles? Have you ever encountered BVR missiles on DCS simulations? What controller do you use for the simulation?

[@rezasaeedi5616]

Could you please cover the Jalalabad war in Afghanistan following soviet withdrawal in 1989. Democratic Republic of Afghanistan Airforce had an excellent campaign in this war, it would be great if you could cover it. Cheers!

[@showtime112]

Thanks for the suggestion. If I find out some details about the campaign, I might make a video or two about it.

[@rezasaeedi5616]

@@showtime112 As your only Afghan viewer, I would really appreciate that. This war was particularly significant as stinger missile was at its most brutal at this stage. Despite Pakistani airforce with their F16s being actively involved in supporting those terrorists, the Afghan airforce played a critical role to determine the outcome of this war

[@showtime112]

@@rezasaeedi5616 Can you indicate some good sources for this campaign? A book, magazine, web page...?

[@chups1447]

👍

[@showtime112]

😉

[@gorka7824]

What images of the bombs being dropped. It reminded me of the Pearl Harbor movie

[@showtime112]

I will have to re-watch to cause I don't remember well. I may have subconsciously copied it :)

[@sohrabroozbahani4700]

Until they add a proper NVG filter for the expectator camera in DCS...

[@showtime112]

I think the experience could be improved with some adjustments. But of course, night scenes will never be able to compete with day scenes. Thanks for the comment!

[@seeky907]

The pilot didn't understand how Gatling guns work?

[@showtime112]

Yes, it seems he wasn't trained well on how to use it, according to the flight leader's words. They didn't cherry pick pilots for OIF, they just sent squadrons including rookies who had just finished their flight raining and their first operational flights were combat.

[@patrickcloutier6801]

Concerning the F-18, I was surprised to learn that its top speed was 1,189 mph - considerably less than the F-4 Phantom's 1,430 mph. The F-16 was somewhat slower, at 1,320 mph. What were the requirements faced by Douglas and General Dynamics, in their designs, that allowed for a lower top speed? Was the threat from high speed aircraft reduced? Was it the result of being designed as multi-role aircraft? Or in the case of the F-18, was it expected to stick close to its carrier, rather than tear-ass around in enemy skies? Just curious.

[@showtime112]

Top speed was getting significantly less important over time. It's very hard to achieve anyway. As far as I know, F/A-18 was designed to be multirole so it could defend itself. But it didn't need to intercept the MiG-25. Latest generation puts more emphasis on supercriuse for example. That's way more useful than Mach 2.

[@nekilik1895]

Lako je uništavati t-72 od rezervnih delova

[@alexandermakrianis]

Not to be a jerk but the USS Saratoga was long since decommissioned at the time of this war. Other than that great reenactment as usual.

[@showtime112]

You got me worried. Fortunately, the mistake is in the description only. Corrected and thanks for the warning.

[@alexandermakrianis]

@@showtime112 no problem, I enjoy your videos.

[@jiceBERG]

The dangerous weapon in the world? A marine and his rifle.

[@hackerjohnt]

That’s not strafing. That’s unleashing a cloud bomb on a target and leaving.

[@waswolltihr1526]

I'm a bit shocked to learn that a US front line combat pilot doesn't know all the weapons of his plane.

[@showtime112]

I suppose that the pilot's training is really completed after their assignment to an operational squadron. In this instance, they had no time to do it because they were deployed to Persian Gulf. And it seems that gun wasn't given a high priority in training because the rookie pilot had no problems with JDAMs and LGBs.

[@waswolltihr1526]

@@showtime112 It seems like that but it's still strange that the US Navy would consider a pilot combat ready when he doesn't even know how some of his plane's systems work. I would expect that from a faction that's doing a last stand but not from the USN.

[@showtime112]

@@waswolltihr1526 I was a bit surprised myself. I think it's just circumstances.

[@hateca1]

How is it that you go through training and never fire the gun? Seems like that would be something the pilot should know how to do.

[@showtime112]

It's not that hard to believe. Ever since Desert Storm, focus was shifted from low level unguided weapons to medium-to-high level guided weapons. Had the squadron not been deployed to war, the pilot would have probably been trained to use his gun there. Or maybe not. Perhaps it was standard and only the old hands were proficient in the gun use by the time of OIF. If anyone knows more, feel free to contribute in the comments.

[@hateca1]

@@showtime112 That logic is like teaching someone to drive a car but no telling telling them where the brake is. Here jump in we'll get to everything later on. This is why you are seeing hand wringing when it comes to future armed conflict with our military.

[@showtime112]

@@hateca1 I wouldn't compare the use of gun to car brake. Pilots rarely used guns in the last 20 years or so (with maybe the exception of A-10).

[@estellemelodimitchell8259]

I would have thought that the very purpose of Navy’s Top Gun school was to teach naval aviators to dog fight, and the lesson learnt from Vietnam War meant that to dog fight meant having to use guns up close and personal when the situation calls for it.

[@qc_ploum-zoum2]

Abrams with Sherman engines?

[@showtime112]

I'm not sure what they used for the engine sound.

[@pontiacGXPfan]

VFA-151 Vigilantes Switchbox 300

[@showtime112]

The skin is not time accurate, it's from the period after Constellation. But it's close enough :)

[@pontiacGXPfan]

@@showtime112 CSG 9 John C Stennis

[@showtime112]

@@pontiacGXPfan They did move to Stennis in 2013. And the carrier used here is the Stennis because Constellation is not available.

[@pontiacGXPfan]

@@showtime112 Cdr. Mark "Mutha" Hubbard(VFA-151 CO) and Lcdr. Rick "Lucky" Thompson

[@BorisZech]

8:46: Suddenly an F-14?

[@showtime112]

Forward Air Controller (Airborne)