F-16 dodging 6 Iraqi SAM launches on Jan 19 1991

F-16, callsign Stroke 3, dodging 6 SAM launches during Desert Storm. This was one of the largest daytime raids during Desert Storm. Details at www.airforcemag.com/MagazineAr.... The vid starts out with his premission arming before takeoff as he narrates into the video. The SAM action begins around the 3:00 point. The radar waring receiver tones and chrips can be heard often. In some cases you can see the missile smoke trails.

[@superchickenlips1]

You think the pilot's stressed? Imagine being the guy who shot 6 missiles and the American dodged every one of them.

[@fredrickalexander7023]

XD underrated comment

[@JWilliamsLangley]

Old joke. Soviets built excellent surface to air missiles. Coulda been a lot better at being surface to aircraft missiles.

[@superchickenlips1]

@@JWilliamsLangley That was not a poke at Russian technology, so go back to sleep Vladimir, and stop using that fake account. It was an observation on how annoyed you would be if you fired 6 lock-on's and none of them had any effect on target. That is all.

[@bikeguy3034]

Yea - dude was like dammm my boss is gonna kick my ass!

[@davidbutler1857]

He might’ve gotten.... fired

[@Viper555]

The coolest part is that the chaff and flare dispenser on his F-16 had malfunctioned so he dodged 6 SAMs with only maneuvering

[@finnmusicstuff]

If anyone doesn’t know, chaff and flares confuse radar guided and heat seeking missiles by messing with their tracking and such.

[@clasherclan9222]

Further explanation: Chaffs are small pieces of metal that disturb radar missiles Flares are just hot, so they distract heat seeking missiles

[@cefb8923]

Pretty insane pilot skill.

[@maxmulsanne7054]

Thank you gentlemen for explaining that. 👍

[@PotatoeJoe69]

@@finnmusicstuff Chaff is highly reflective metal particles that are supposed too reflect radar waves better than the aircraft being targeted, in an attempt too confuse the missile into locking onto the chaff instead of the plane. Flares are very hot... well, flares, that are supposed too confuse the IR seeker head on infrared guided missiles into believing the flares are a jet engine, instead of the actual jet engine. Are these fool proof? No, definitely not, but they're better than nothing.

[@ALSPEHEIR]

Lets just think of the information we got from the HUD for a moment. He got the signal he was a target at about 25,500 feet (ruler on the right side of the HUD). Now he obviously could not outrun the missiles, so he had to dodge them. Unfortunally, for any high G turn, the aircraft looses speed for obvious reasons, and the engine is not powerfull enough to come back to the initial speed like a video game. So the only thing he could do was to trade his altitude for speed using gravity as an aid. Unfortunally, by doing so, he would getting closer and closer to the SAM launcher on the ground that was trying to kill him. My boy did probably one of the most dangerous plays of his life: everytime he dodged a missile, he would have to go down to recover the speed he lost doing the manouver ( speed is on the left ruler on the HUD) giving him even less time to react to the next incomming missile. And he did that for 6 whole minutes at high Gs. Man, if I was his commander, I would be wait for him in the tarmac with a cold ass beer just for him. That fucker deserve it.

[@balazskorcsmaros8792]

What you're saying is partially correct. Dumping your nose gains you speed and it drags the missile in denser air which bleeds it's energy. Also turning left and right bleeds the energy of the incoming missile. Dumping your nose while cranking left and right are very basic defensive moves. And if he didn't want to get close to the sa-2 he could've done a split-s and just turned cold and recommit later.

[@genarojimenez5094]

What nerves of still!

[@jd291]

Tom Cruise ain't got nothing on this dude. 😏

[@thespaceelefant2441]

To make matters even worse, I believe he said it was an sa-10, which is a soviet s-300, the grumble, those radar systems are fucking Hefty aaand the missiles have like an 80-100 mile range or something and travel at nearly 2000mph at peak velocity, true fcking nightmare scenario. What's interesting to think about is if they knew about the site tho, those things have super long range search radars and should be pretty noticeable on rwr, unless they were connected to a much closer ewr to signal to power up the Sam site radar. Also I wonder if they had any sead or ravens in the air with them

[@krishanuphukan80]

@@thespaceelefant2441 no. They were using Sa2s and a few Sa6s. Sa2s are old and have less maneuverability, but a missile is still a missile.

[@kindofawizard8681]

Seriously. I don't think people appreciate the actual physical aspect to how hard this dude was working. Imagine holding your muscles tense and having to literally force blood to stay in your upper body so you don't black out while actually dodging fucking missiles.

[@ISAFSoldier]

All while your own body is going anywhere from 3x to 6x its weight.

[@icarus2257]

They where probably pulling an average of atleast 4 gs the whole time

[@zer-zd4gc]

​@@icarus2257He hits 6.4 at one point

[@InvestIntelShorts]

@@icarus2257someone calculated it and it was 3.4g. Nice guess bro

[@TheMelbournelad]

@@InvestIntelShortsI have no idea what HUD info says besides guessing the right is attitude, left is maybe air speed, the moving lines in middle is the horizon showing attitude to the ground. I’m sure somewhere there is a G counter, that they are referring to Oh edit: saw other comment explained there is a g counter. On the left near top is current G pull and further down is total Gs pulled for mission. He does average around 2-3 Gs but maxes to 6.3/6.4

[@JamesSmith-ho7kg]

Sustained an average of 3.6G during that whole ordeal with a max of 6.4G, that’s insane.

[@pepe7drum]

Everything goes just for survive man

[@wecomeinpeace5082]

That is unreal to keep that much energy up, that consistently for that long. All while defending.

[@MrFarnanonical]

He's flying a viper, which can be a dangerous jet to fly because it'll pull 9Gs. he has to have a good g-tolerance. g-loc is a serious possibility. It's a badass, powerful little fighter.

[@Tmccreight25Gaming]

Not even Astronauts take that during Launch and Re-Entry

[@hiijjh100]

Not to mention his chaff and flare launchers malfunctioned. He dodged all those missiles with no countermeasures. Just sheer flying abilities

[@OneMoreDesu]

Jet was built in the 70s and people are complaining about video quality. I heard it was a fighter, no a camcorder.

[@angeloc1340]

I’m probably wrong but don’t they bring down the quality after because the one of the f14 could see a target many miles away

[@triggerhappySOB]

@@angeloc1340 Late on the reply, but not as much as you might think. Simply put, there was no reason to have a high resolution camera on the F-16. The F-14 had the most advanced imaging in the US arsenal until we brought in the F-35, not counting rotary aircraft and targeting pods, and that was because the F-14 was specifically designed to have that functionality, much like how the soviet and now RU jets have integrated thermal imaging that is specifically designed to be used in a fight. My personal experience is with F/A-18 Cs and Es, and the imaging really is just a product of the time when it's being used and why it's included in the first place. The F-16, in comparison to the other active american jets from the same time-frame, was designed to be the "cheapest" platform that could be fielded with relative ease and low maintenance cost without losing too much of the weapons capability. Imaging wasn't a priority for the design process. If I were to make a more direct comparison, the F-16 is to the F-15 and F-14 what the F-5E was to the F-4E during the vietnam conflict; a cheap, easy to maintain, and easy to learn multi-role fighter. Even in the more advanced jets of the time, the only reason to have the imaging at all was to find out things that went wrong, confirm BDA, and to gather flight information during combat to be used in debriefings and training. Add on top of that the camera for this thing in 1991 would have been the equivalent of someone shrinking a 1980s hand-held motion camera into the size of a film cartridge (if you know what that looks like), and you wind up with pretty horrible resolution that costs pennies when compared to the rest of the platform. It served its purpose here. The audio is there, the flight information from the HUD is all there, and you can correlate data from the hud with the flight recorder and all of the navigation/radar information. For what it was designed to do, this camera was just the right fit for the job. The ones we use now are much higher resolution and can hold additional information on them.

[@NotTheCIA1961]

@@triggerhappySOB Also, the quality can be heavily degraded when it's actually being put on tape. The image that the pilot sees might be infinitely better than this, but due to combination of data capacity and possibly degradation in the recording system, the tape quality is awful

[@triggerhappySOB]

​@@NotTheCIA1961 that's true, most 4th generation aircraft flight recorders used tape cassettes, even in 2014 when I deployed with F/A-18Es. Though I think in most cases, it's just a recording device, I don't think the pilot can see what's being recorded there. Couldn't tell you for certain. They might have digital stuff now with the fifth generation aircraft, but in this case it's

[@aksmex2576]

Built in 1970 but always upgrade, I hope you don't think that the current f16 fleet is still as old as 1970s, other wise the US air for wouldn't be as good.

[@nathancroud3730]

At 7:00, you can hear "Stroke-3 defending 6! ....... AHHHHHH, WOAHHH!!!" This was because a SAM passed so close to his F-16 that he could hear the rocket motor behind his seat. Insane maneuvering

[@kiddReyes]

Bro thought that was it he was braising for impact it’s crazy

[@ultimobile]

may be the rocket smoke trail going up mid front at 7:13

[@pablohorgiy2377]

​@@kiddReyes yeaaaaah the choked up aaaah it tells that he was really bracing hahahahaah true that

[@Yourmom-sb9lk]

"Engine"

[@Damn-good-deal]

the "STROKE 3 DEFENDING" is one of the coolest things i have ever heard. and the fact that he finnished his mission even with all those missiles is absoulutely stunning

[@tristanyoung9673]

Followed by a very stressed "FUCK!"

[@thatcarguydom266]

Even more impressive when you realize he dodged all six with zero countermeasures. When he landed back at base they realized the countermeasure pods were still full - they’d failed to deploy

[@keent]

@@thatcarguydom266 is flares one of those countermeasures?

[@stormtrooper4386]

@@keent Yes. Chaff and flares.

[@leprianto4930]

​@@keentin the case of SAM u will most likely use chaff they are to mess up with the radar lock

[@ray32245mv]

The reason they kept getting a lock on Stroke3 was because the radar cross section of the giant nutsack hanging beneath his aircraft made it hard to target anyone else. Especially after he kept swinging them in their face.

[@austinrebello]

Hammerschlägen M fun police is here

[@asdf7219]

I think hes talking about the payload.

[@jojomojo3908]

Lol😂

[@alefpvc.r.4540]

@Hammerschlägen M it was very funny to me

[@J8den]

@Hammerschlägen M you sir probably have huge balls but not because you're brave or anything but because your age, How do I know you say? Well you have no sense or humor and your grumpiness shows like the *GIANT PAIR OF STEEL BALLS* in that aircraft

[@sethcunningham2138]

Major Emmitt Tullia, 401st Tactical Fighter Wing, is Stroke 3, and was awarded a Distinguished Flying Cross for this mission. He actually dodged 7 missiles that day.

[@ruturajshiralkar5566]

I thought his name was Jeff Tulia

[@guyfromthe80s92]

Should get the nickname missile dodger.

[@henrya1052]

Idgaf....this guy at this point is immortal...that was some of the most awesome pilot shit I've ever seen. The sheer adrenalin and emotion was overwhelming me as a listener. Damn....damn.. damn....

[@asherwiggin6456]

@@ruturajshiralkar5566 No, you must be thinking of Jeff Tice, his wingman who was shot down on this mission. I’m not totally certain if he was stroke 4 or Stroke 2

[@nicholasleclerc1583]

* Ultra Instinct theme starts *

[@brandonspencer6834]

Just so everyone is aware these missiles are huge like 30ft long and travel at like Mach 4. So this dude dodged 5 huge pillars that travel faf, hit his target. All while having his lungs crushed and blood rushing in and out of his head. Still having the wherewithal to to worry about his wingman. This dude is crazy good.

[@brothergrimaldus3836]

Only the 1st 2 were the older SA-2 telephone poles (35ft). The last 4 were SA-6, which are half the size of the SA-2.

[@johnnyberman4768]

I’m convinced at this point that these pilots are fucking superhuman. Absolutely insane the skill it takes to do that many things at the same time.

[@Guitar_Guy783]

​@@johnnyberman4768 Stroke 3 reached 6.5 Gs, and was constantly pulling anywhere from 4 to 6.4 throughout the video. That man deserved the flying cross that he got

[@johnnyberman4768]

@@Guitar_Guy783 i would sure hope he would get the flying cross!

[@KenshinExpress]

So how do 10ft missiles explode into flares?

[@BoostedR130]

I didn’t know dodging a SAM without counter measures was even possible let alone 6 of them. Might be the most impressive man and machine combination I’ve ever seen!

[@dew7025]

f16 can pull 9 gs it is a insane aircraft

[@belgianfried]

@@dew7025 Machine can pilot cant

[@shepherdrm8486]

​@@belgianfriedCorrect heck there been design that could pull over 15 but what's the use when it can't be piloted altho with all the ai tech these days it won't be long.

[@elkrumb9159]

@@belgianfriedAmerican Pilots are rated to take 9Gs

[@bartholomewdan]

@@elkrumb9159 For a moment sure but sustained? I don't know.

[@TanzanianRoots]

Dude was still talking about hitting the oil refinery after dodging the second SAM. Badass.

[@thothheartmaat2833]

It's all about th mission.

[@LtRiot]

He’s not gonna go home without his buddies without getting some payback

[@STOOGEN]

He didn't jettison / leave A/G until like 4:30

[@shakenama]

He's in CCIP mode... (continuously computed impact point) for unguided bombs. On the HUD is the 'DIL) (Displayed impact Line). At 4:11 it looks at though he was lined up and ready to drop some iron.

[@aksmex2576]

Yeah I was wondering why he is in air to ground mode.

[@ihatecrackhead]

imagine how pissed he's gonna be when he gets back and finds out his counter measures didn't work

[@colorfulsouls4050]

Imagine how pissed he was when two of his friends didn't return with him

[@Matt-ej7sl]

Colorful Souls i heard that they where taken prisoners and then released later on and are fine, but i cant even imagine what was going on in his head at the time.

[@Dogge444]

@Asian Caillou well he didnt die he eject but the plane was destryed

[@jjlim3768]

Rip flares

[@josepablolunasanchez1283]

I would have felt lack of confidence in the ground crews for such a countermeasures failure.

[@basickarl]

3:11 Stroke 4 defending SA-2 3:15 Stroke 3 defending SA-2 5:38 Stroke 3 defending ? 6:20 Stroke 3 defending 6:58 Stroke 3 defending 6 (SA-6) 7:12 Stroke 3 defending 8:12 Stroke 3 defending again

[@basickarl]

@@fastsheep3964 Whoopsie! Fixed!

[@bobjoe8613]

thank you for this

[@mikel1062]

Never did get the status on Stroke 4 :(

[@basickarl]

@@mikel1062 at 4:51 you hear "Stroke 4's hit", but yea, Stroke 4 never did reply.

[@tomahawkv2476]

@@mikel1062I saw someone mention they got hit but survived, not sure if its true but hopefully

[@royhills]

This is amazing - can't believe I've only just seen it. I was a software developer for the F16 C/D HUD software in the early 1980s, and that symbology is still very familiar to me. I've seen lots of training videos but I never thought I'd see footage of real combat, especially SAM evasion.

[@Isegawa2001]

Any "secrets" you can share? I'm curious about how CCIP and CCRP functions are programmed.

[@mastro4886]

@@Isegawa2001 guess not

[@Myname-il9vd]

Woah cool! I occasionally see pilots in the comments of some of these kinds of videos, and maybe even a ground crew or two, but I never get to see anything from the people that actually worked to develop the aircraft, thanks for your service!

[@airborne0x0]

I am very curious about the moving 'snake tail' that appears in the HUD toward the end of the video, with a target dot in the middle similar to the pipper, is this the visual representation of the calculated gunnery path or something else?

[@royhills]

@@airborne0x0 I think it was called the CCIL but I could be wrong as it was a long time ago. It's a true historic line that shows the path that bullets from the gun have (or would have) taken. The tic marks are time of flight indicators - I think 0.5, 1.0 and 1.5 seconds bicbw. There was a video (not sure if it's on KZbin) showing a the gun firing at night and you could see the tracers follow the line accurately even when the pilot was throwing the plane around and the line was whipping around the display.

[@xxx489Rockstar984xxx]

that heavy breathing was sound of the human body being pushed to the limit and living on the edge

[@Thjarkvaldur]

Your numbers are incorrect. :)

[@dementare]

+Francisco Gomez

[@Thjarkvaldur]

Fransisco! Your awesome and informative response was so unexpected! Thank you for making my day better! :)

[@lasenyo10]

Creo qe el copiloto sufrio un desmayo en un momento ,, si no me equivoco

[@viriatoborges5876]

Francisco Gomez Don't forget to say about Gzx any human will not support 30 Gszx

[@wecomeinpeace5082]

The lowest I see him defending at is 8,000 Ft. Could you imagine being on the ground looking up and watching this pilot dodging these SAMS that are absolutely massive. That had to be unreal to clearly see this from the ground.

[@RCAvhstape]

I wouldn't have wanted to be anywhere near this area, since it was raining bombs and shells or was about to.

[@josephgallo5170]

What I'm astonished by is that he kept that high altitude against Sam's. I woulda hit the deck. Must have been very flat terrain

[@spheren]

@@josephgallo5170 They want you to hit the deck so you come within range of IR and AAA SAMs

[@timothyanadon9993]

@@spheren Lots of triple A that day. My aircraft came back with bullet holes. 87-0246

[@Soulxlight]

@@josephgallo5170 Bad move. You can use angles and loose altitude to regain speed while you still have altitude. Down low you can only use turns or go up. Going up bleeds speed and so do turns and you can't get it back except from your engines. You're also vulnerable to small arms and AAA fire as well as manpads and short range SAMs

[@brendanadair5131]

Consistently pulling massive Gs for over 6 minutes. Absolute trooper.

[@josepablolunasanchez1283]

That must be exhausting. It is like heavy lifting to defeat a dumb merciless Terminator to stay alive.

[@ATSaale]

@@josepablolunasanchez1283 you can hear his breathing get slower and more labored, the dude pushed himself insanely hard, bet he slept for 2 days after this.

[@josepablolunasanchez1283]

@@ATSaale It is so good he would be sleeping, but alive. The alternative would have been rest in pieces. I watched a DCS fan movie where they face a supernatural "ghost plane" and viewers called it horror. No. Horror is a SAM. It is a silent, ruthless, efficient Terminator. It is not like those cheap villains that push, hit and throw the hero across the hall. No. The most scary villains in movies were those that kill upon first sight. SAM is one of these. Pure horror.

[@williewilson2250]

​@@josepablolunasanchez1283 watch "ELI 21"

[@eriklindros2968]

The first SAMs were SAM-2, older but huge missiles. The last few were SAM-6, very lethal weapons systems. 2 other flights were hit and the pilots survived as POWs. On the HUD you can see the top left number is current Gs, further down is the max Gs made during flight. He was sitting at 2-3, all the way up to 6.4. That's a crazy workout. Lastly the exclamation from that pilot meant that missile was really really close, as these guys are calm in almost any situation.

[@knucklesisnotbetterthanson9693]

S2s are about the size of a telephone pole too!

[@samsunguser3148]

@@knucklesisnotbetterthanson9693 the fuck

[@dukeoversteer]

The SA6 caused huge problems for the Israeli Air Force in the 1973 Yom Kippur War. Respect to this pilot.

[@Nguyen181]

Viet Nam - Ha Noi - Linebacker II (1972) - Sam 2 - 34 B52 has been shootdown​@@knucklesisnotbetterthanson9693

[@5SporksGaming]

Right around the 6:11 mark literally sounds like somebody playing DCS, I can visualize it now. Seeing that in real life must be beyond terrifying. He probably thought he was about to die. It missed.

[@dastardlydaring5142]

All the pilots in this video survived. The two that were shot down were taken prisoner and released 7 weeks later when the fighting ended.

[@eurybaric]

DastardlyDaring Thanks for sharing !

[@davidburke8682]

Deadass heart sank wen stroke 4 didnt respond

[@gustavvingtoft2362]

Where in The video can you hear this?

[@syroxide]

@@gustavvingtoft23625:03 good to know they're ok though

[@1337blackmage]

@@gustavvingtoft2362 @ 4:50 stroke 4 is hit. Couple of seconds later they ask for a status from stroke 4 but get nothing. Probably ejected by that point

[@Jackofhearts214]

and you think your day was stressful

[@emelito888]

Man, you made my day

[@Asadullah21]

What did you do today? O nothing much, just had to dodge a couple of SAM's.

[@MajesticDeathray]

Phelipe Massa [Butthurt intensifies]

[@LeiterTX91]

Phelipe Massa murdering* Dipshit.

[@xLiLtEmPeR]

Technically it is .. we all face our own obstacles.

[@successfulusername]

What’s not mentioned here, he was also under AA turret fire. So not just the missiles tracking him, but AA cannons blasting the air around him.

[@ser_igel]

i'm not trying to undermine pilot's performance but AA cannons weren't blasting the air around him, they were blasting the air below him (yes, bullets can hit on 10k feet but it's like comparing a flick to mike tyson's punch) he had a great awareness because he lost from 23k feet alt to 8k feet, and he managed to get up and stay at 10k to get out of range of AA cannons

[@captaintoyota3171]

​@@ser_igel he got below 10k at 1 point

[@0_xyy0]

@@ser_igelyou are undermining pilots performance. He literally is in war going through this just because the science of the aa wont reach his altitude doesn't mean he wasn't targeted dude

[@0_xyy0]

@@ser_igelShow respect where its due not "im not trying to undermine" you literally are since thats your first worry on what you are trying to explain

[@0_xyy0]

@@ser_igeljust be honest and say aa cant reach his altitude so it wasn't much of a worry IN YOUR OPINION. cause again. The one in the video is doing this. Not you and i truly doubt you would've handled this as well as he did. I wouldn't as well. But the undermining in itself is disrespectful while you are commenting on a video

[@Vespyr_]

You realize you've all been given a video on par with being able to see Achilles on the field of battle. Like this is rare, real footage, of basically the kind of display of combat that is told in legend. The people in this flight, their squadron, and even the enemy on the ground will never forget this I promise you, and neither should we. This very feat, may never even be performed again in the history of man. Contemplate that for a moment.

[@DonutHolestien]

Way to completely brush over Stroke 4 giving his life in this mission

[@Ev0l_Prod1gy]

@@DonutHolestien Are you sure that happened? I only have doubts because of all the other posts talking about him becoming a POW, and later being released.

[@DonutHolestien]

@@Ev0l_Prod1gy Stroke 4 is listed as the first coalition casualty and has had many locations/bases named after them

[@nachtderuntoten3682]

@@DonutHolestien Stroke 4 actually was taken as a POW along one other pilot that was shot down but they were traded in a prisoner exchange.

[@davidsnyder4176]

@@nachtderuntoten3682 Stroke 4 bailed out and made it safely to the ground. He turned in his wings that day and started growing weed in Kuwait. He is still there, some say smoking more than he sells.

[@ciaranbrowne2]

Crazy to think this is almost 30 years old. Almost feels like the first gulf war only occurred a decade or so ago.

[@imam3801]

Ciarán Browne Probably because two trillion dollars and thousands of lives later, nothing changed

[@skuterixas91]

Something did change, arabs now know USA cannot be beaten by conventional means

[@matthewhoney362]

I had to check on google (she knows everything) I am amazed as well. Ignore the other comments. You are obviously a lovely person and their comments are not relevant to your point.

[@aksmex2576]

@@skuterixas91 Arabs? Wasn't the USA there to defend Saudi Arabia and liberate Kuwait, Arab countries? You must truly be a f**king idiot dude.

[@kcimb]

Imam Kuwait and Saudi Arabia are safe from saddam. Now we have to work on Iran

[@Dahbz14]

"Son, I dodged 6 Iraqi SAMs in the winter of '91"

[@pepe7drum]

Lol imagine that situation

[@akaMyThought]

Kid says, okay Boomer. His dad then snapped his fucking neck

[@JuanZapata04]

@@akaMyThought Lmao

[@khaiophirgrad7717]

Its not about a dodge, its all about the Almighty Lord have save his ass with good destiny at that time

[@husqv.7017]

@@khaiophirgrad7717 everybody speak about dodge But he actually outrun the missiles...

[@1stdebunker]

Former 6531 in the Corps here. This makes you realize the depth of meaning behind something like performing operational checks on all weapons systems prior to launch. Ordnance performing checks to ensure chaff or flare will deploy properly. Gives me chills to think about making a mistake that could cost a pilot his life

[@abandonedaccount123]

5:03 the pure emotion in that person's voice, checking on stroke 4 this must have been an extremely intense situation for all

[@BlackBirdBlitz]

Stroke 3 should have free drinks in any city in America for the rest of his life.

[@BlackBirdBlitz]

+Grunoloj My initial response to your comment was a bit aggressive. Let me ask you a question. What foreign nation did this pilot attack? Why was he there and who was he fighting? Until you can answer that question you should keep your opinion to yourself and your mouth shut.

[@lachlan7181]

+Grunoloj Get out

[@LordBaldur]

+BlackBirdBlitz He was there because Iraq attacked Kuwait, a supplier of oil to the US. He was fighting the Iraqis. Well not really fighting, more like exterminating.

[@BlackBirdBlitz]

+Lord Baldur Sigh. The USA produces over 60% of its oil and has massive oil reserves (unlike most nations including EU countries) so you can miss me with that "US needs oil" bull crap. Over 30 nations formed a coalition to defend Suadi Arabia and free Kuwait. Sick and tired of know-nothings blaming the USA for everything that happens in this world.

[@LordBaldur]

BlackBirdBlitz Oh right because we are allied with these middle eastern countries because of their democracy and track record. Also I don't think you know much about economics, but the loss of 40% of anything is crippling.

[@aidanpysher2764]

"You're saying that none of the *six* SAMs you launched hit? *SOLITARY, NOW* "

[@luizviniciusvieiraalexandr4979]

Nice work triggerd

[@thomasvleminckx]

Always a solid idea to give your prisoners fighter jets armed with 60+ air-to-everything missiles. Nothing could possibly go wrong.

[@someguy120100]

@@thomasvleminckx Prisoners use nothing without supervision...not even a pencil. - Bandog

[@AdamCasada]

Well, sadly one did hit Stroke 4

[@youtert]

Straight to jail.

[@RsRj-qd2cg]

7:06 is the sound of a man who is pleasantly surprised that he's still alive.

[@abdullaalsayed7276]

Being an F16 pilot in the UAE AF I would have shit my pants if i was in his seat this man is brave ,,, another note he actually evaded an SA-2 ,SA-3, and an SA-6 and after he landed he found out that his countermeasures never fired off this video really teaches you alot

[@ireallycant4416]

While watching this video it made me shit my pants

[@abdullaalsayed7276]

Same here bro

[@DarkButz]

Legend says Stroke 3 got his callsign changed to Mobius 1.

[@jw9737]

Other way around. 😊

[@Leonidae]

"yo, buddy.. Still alive?"

[@Leadgutsv2]

@Sol SOLITARY NOW!!

[@blaze6400]

Nah it got changed to Trigger. Trigger had to deal with the most missile spam

[@Jevrosons]

Spare 15

[@U9B]

Stroke 3 had at least 3 strokes in this video

[@Combinebobnt]

were can i download this wad ? ?

[@MotherGoosebumps]

@@Combinebobnt If you want to download this video, I'd reccomend mp3skull

[@AndhikaG]

What is stroke?

[@tonymontana2095]

@@AndhikaG its like a faint... Except its more dramatic?

[@killian9314]

@@AndhikaG a like a heart attack but for the brain

[@atsunorismith66]

“another SAM launch” it’s the worst thing you want to hear when flying

[@julianmeyer549]

Relating to the Operation Room Video he did this and after it they found out that his flare and chaff dispenser didn’t work. What a legend dodging six sams without chaff

[@Sbinott0]

Sams are usually heat seeking, and even if radar guided chaffs are pretty useless

[@lunatic_3521]

5:04 this part is just so sad to listen to. It's overwhelming really. Stroke 4 got hit and two of his friends call for his status, instead of waiting the second pilot even screams "stroke 4 status?" and seconds later they have to just live with it and stroke 3 moves onto egressing. Must be the hardest part of flying fighter jets, losing a friend. Well, he didn't die but you definitely are tormented by the thought that your friend is falling from the sky atm

[@dawsoncarter9708]

When was the other jet shot down? Besides stroke 4?

[@lunatic_3521]

@@dawsoncarter9708 i dont know i just Notices that they said "stroke 4 hit"

[@CG-cw3ps]

Package Q Strike 2 Downed F-16s 2 POWs This is the reason they began using the F-117 a lot more. I believe they were released in a prisoner exchange, but don't quote me on that.

[@GiskardRevenlov]

@@CG-cw3ps they were

[@jedeye7631]

@ODST533 4:40 ... Stroke 3 defends SAM launch. "Stroke 3 brake right, SAM launch!". I guess at this point another SAM fired a missile at Stroke 4. One of the squadron members state at 4:50 "Wait somebody got hit!"... 4:51 (Unknown?): "Stroke 4's hit!"

[@Gung_Ho_Vids]

That's some intense wartime footage. You can hear the pilot virtually struggling to stay alive. Because he knows if one of those SAMs hits him, it's all over. Best pilots in the world... USAF. I hope stroke 4 made it. God Bless.

[@lavabeard5939]

@@mladtheimpaler what a dumb comment. he said he hopes stroke 4 made it because they lost comms. and yes he was fucking stressed

[@fortunatebum]

Virtually? More like physically

[@StabbyJoe135]

Not just that, the G force involved in dodging alone... he's fighting to stay conscious

[@joshy7759]

@@mladtheimpaler Stroke 4 was shot down and taken POW Not sure about Stroke 1

[@Kris_T_]

@@lavabeard5939 Stroke 1 & 4 Ejected safely. They became prisoners of war, but not for long.

[@nikkoval8490]

All the years of his training and discipline was put to the test in just 9 minutes. This is life to the fullest.

[@BGF18]

I interviewed the pilot, ET, in 2010, for my weapons school period of instruction. A very humble dude. He did such a great job keeping energy on the jet needed to pull the requisite G on top of keeping sight of multiple missiles. Generally, it's the missile you can see that gets you. Tons of lessons learned to be gleaned from this event.

[@kablooey60]

When they asked this man what he wanted to be as a kid, I'm pretty sure he said badass.

[@j.a.3138]

he was shot down

[@emmetttullia9555]

@@j.a.3138 No, he was NOT shot down....I should know...I am married to him...!

[@blackbird8632]

Emmett Tullia haha holy crap, awesome reply. Point for you and props to your husband for awesome skills.

[@tlamn1905]

Mr. Badass!

[@ethanbolger6690]

@@irishwarcrimes how would you know

[@reillybrangan2182]

On top of this his countermeasures actually jammed and weren't working during the encounter. He purely out maneuvered the 6 SAM's From the Article: Walking around the F-16 afterward Tullia and his crew chief discovered that his chaff and flares had not dispensed. He had avoided those missiles without countermeasures, utilizing his flying prowess alone. “I was kind of surprised,” he says, drily.

[@j.a.3138]

he was shot down

[@TheMyth1312]

Joaquin A. Not stroke 3 stroke 4 and another was stroke 3 out maneuvered without his countermeasures

[@KiddGalaxxy]

Well, that makes this even more amazing!

[@gwanerka6]

KiddGalaxxy finding out he did this all without countermeasures blew my mind. Man was locked onto and fired on 6 times, to think jets get hit using countermeasures and knowing this guy outmaneuvered missiles without the help of them at all is surreal.

[@PlexHvH]

@@gwanerka6 5:48 You can see countermeasures.

[@user-s_PSuMnfh.S6V4xH]

F-16の持つ性能の高さと、アメリカ空軍のパイロットがいかに鍛練されているかが良く解る 死が間近に迫る中で、とてつもないGを体に受けながらSAMを回避し続けるなんて至難の業 本当に素晴らしい

[@Godlyspameater]

Agreed.

[@braxeton671]

This brought tears to my eyes... he was able to fight for his life and accomplish his task. Mad respect to the pilot 🏅

[@MrPaglissi]

"Stroke 3 you're on your own......."

[@combativeThinker]

The last words you wanna hear.

[@Kay_213_]

“You’re on your own” Well...fuck

[@pentagonlandscaping]

Whats a “stroke 3” and what was meant by “you’re on your own”?

[@dawsoncarter9708]

Michael Scott where the pilots shot down killed?

[@undefinedhuman7404]

@@pentagonlandscaping stroke 3 is the pilot's callsign

[@TheMasterTrader]

"Stroke 3 defending... Again!" Must have been at his wits end.

[@terryboyer1342]

Why ME!!!

[@boyhitzcar]

You do not understand military life. He would have gladly done it 100times.

[@thomaseccles627]

@@boyhitzcar To a certain extent I'm sure you're right, he probably would have kept it up all day if it meant his buddies wouldn't get locked. But OP's point is: even someone like that must be thinking 'why is this happening to me...' or 'give me a break'. Even defending one SAM would have been exhausting both mentally and physically, 5 defends later I'm sure he would be close to breaking point...

[@boyhitzcar]

@@thomaseccles627 Fair enough.

[@alucardleashed]

If you read the article linked in the description, you'll find that this pilot evaded all these missiles WITHOUT the use of any chaffs or flares. No countermeasures, all piloting skill.

[@whiskeySe7en]

Looking at the camera it feels like he is flying in EVERY direction at the same time. Insane footage

[@amberwest7846]

Like i can't tell where the horizon is AT ALL. Like what is up and what is down?!?!?! Absolutely insane

[@androidynamit]

Imagine what's that iraq sam operator thinking *BRO THIS GUY'S FLEXING AT US*

[@Cybernaut76]

Probably cussed like a sailor...

[@ebs777]

"He'S hAcKiNg!!! MoThEr$%&#^#"

[@hairypaulsack]

In Order of Auditory Occurrence starting at action 3:00 3:08 - *STROKE #* - pilot designated call signs 3:09 - *SA-2 LAUNCH* - SA-2 SAM launch (see below for SA-2) 3:12 - *DEFENDING* - Taking evasive action againsts SAM threat (or A2A threat in other circumstances) 3:24 - ???? *SPINE OUT/SPUN* OUT ???? 3:35 - *AGGRESS/AGGRESSING* - to start a quarrel or be the first to attack 3:44 - ???? *SPLITS/SLITS* ???? 3:51 - *BOGEY* - An unidentified aircraft; in contrast of term "BANDIT" 3:58 - *EGRESS/EGRESSING* - go out of or leave (a place); aka GTFO 4:01 - *BLIND* - No visual contact with friendly aircraft; opposite of term "VISUAL" 4:37 - *CHECK RIGHT* - A directive statement made to momentarily monitor (direction/specified items/systems) 4:38 - *BREAK RIGHT* - A defensive combat maneuver used when a plane is attacked from the rear. It is performed by turning sharply into a pursuer’s line of attack/direction of imcoming threat in an attempt to make him/it overshoot. 4:57 - *SQUAWK* - Operate IFF as indicated or IFF is operating as indicated (Ssee below for IFF) X:XX *Nose 5 Low* - ??? I'm describing something off my nose at 5 o'clock low ??? then why mention nose? or what the 5 for? *SA-2* - S-75 (RU: С-75; NATO: SA-2 'Guideline') Russian made/(and in this case) Iraqi owned ground based SAM (surface-to-air missile) threat *SA-3* - S-125 (RU: С-125, NATO: SA-3 'Goa') Russian made/(and in this case) Iraqi owned ground based SAM (surface-to-air missile) threat *BANDIT* - identified airborne contact as HOSTILE *VISUAL* - I see whatever it is you are describing *IFF* - Identification Friend or Foe I got bored but here is a handful, if anyone else wants to fill in the blanks or help me finish that be cool cause there some I would like to know as well

[@laetrille]

Thanks!!

[@hairypaulsack]

no problem. now download 'falcon bms 4.33' or 'digital combat simulator's f-16 module' and get in the action!

[@hallerd]

It's "egress" not "aggress"

[@artificernathaniel3287]

He mentions "STROKE 3 DEFENDING 6" somewhere around his 4th sam encounter, could it be that he also outmaneuvered sam 6 missiles as well?

[@GZA036]

5:18 "Stroke 8 SAM Launch Nose, 5 Low" - hmmm he could be calling out 2 sams, one on the nose and one 5 o'clock low 3:24 "Stroke 3's final" - he's on the final leg of his attack run, 3:53 switches to CCIP and drops bombs at 4:16

[@nikefiend-3878]

6:13, That “Oh shit” was in Battlefield 3’s teaser trailer😭

[@TheMelbournelad]

6:10 “Ohhhhh Shgaaaaa” Appropriate reaction after about 4 or 5 SAMs by this point

[@croma81]

Legends says Stroke 3 still defending around Baghdad...

[@shafinrahman2199]

More like invading

[@sharlsherif5710]

@Dd ds - invaders.

[@shafinrahman2199]

@Dd ds - Aww, truth hurts?

[@rossiFandallas]

I heard he's a senior captain on the 787 at American Airlines making $400,000/yr.

[@funfacttrivias2121]

And legend says the operator of the sam sites are still stroking to this day😂

[@casportflyers]

these old gen sams were easy to lose but killed your energy(speed) and endurance(sustained gs ) heres what happened and why. the description links a good read too. if you listened as soon as he entered kurdish airspace a SAM launched. What he did was fly in a zig zag until the missle was half way to his location. since its moving at many times the speed of sound it look at the F-16 and flys itself in the direction its heading. The zig zag will kill off the SAMS energy since their engines flame out before impact. His wingman then instructed him to break. He put the f16 in a dive going from 30,000 to almost 8. This drives the missle into the ground. You see one explode as it hit the ground about half way. More massive G's are puled leaving the dive. he did this 6 times. every time he poked his head up they fired. he eventually drops his payload and RTBs

[@janfrank3453]

Thank you for that understandable explanation. As a civilian I have no idea what I'm looking at here.

[@connorwraith8998]

Thank you sir, new knowledge received :)

[@Komnenos1234]

I don't understand your second paragraph. How does zig zagging kill of the SAM's energy?

[@kawrx2002]

+Komnenos1234 the missiles rocket fuel burns out after a few seconds. After that the missile is coasting upward; the more you can make the missile turn, the more speed is bled off. The missile flies an intercept course, not directly at the target jet....so the more changes in direction, the more the missile has to adjust its pursuit course. The more speed is bled off, the more lead it has to pull, and so on.

[@MasoDrifts]

as Kawrx said like anything the missile has energy (speed) missiles only have a so much fuel for its motor so once it burns out it is left with the energy (speed) from the motor leaving it in like a glide except its supersonic. Imagine a bullet, you pull the trigger the gunpowder is ignited and propels the bullet forward after a amount of distance the bullet loses energy (speed) and falls into the ground, same thing happens when defending missiles, when zig zagging its making the missile constantly change direction ultimately bleeding its speed and making it lose its energy faster, once a missile loses most of it energy it cant keep up with the aircraft. If that makes sense.

[@Aisthetes24]

F-16: (Dodges 6 surface to air missiles) Comment section: “UGH THE CAMERA QUALITY...”

[@Damn-good-deal]

i havent seen a single one of thoose comments XD

[@Aisthetes24]

Look a little more thorough next time.

[@thegrayseed2792]

If i remembered, the camera quality is actually pretty clear, but when this footage got declassified they purposefully makes it looks like shit.

[@Alcapone3176]

Just shows what an amazing aircraft the F-16 is.

[@jamesmcgee1566]

A plane is junk without its pilot

[@MM-tn3qs]

I don’t know your name but I wanna thank you in hope that this will find you. I was an 11 years old Kurdish boy at that time in Urfa terrified of Saddam. You saved my people’s lives. Now I am turning 40 in America. Became a citizen and having a career to serve -now proudly saying- my country.. You risked your life to save a lives from a bloodthirsty ruthless dictator. Thank you, sir.

[@UndoingRuin08]

Congrats on a better life my friend. happy holidays!

[@alcatraz2010]

Sure ,they saved you just for means of humanity . Yes,Kurds in Iraq living better know but the rest of Iraq is in ruins,how you gonna justify that?

[@marc4159]

Ahmet Batuhan Dinç Pussy

[@alcatraz2010]

@@JerrysJets not during invasion of Iraq

[@alcatraz2010]

@@marc4159 why?

[@MrNeumie]

That missile alert is one of the scariest fucking noises

[@couldntcomeupwithanamesoth5831]

I knoe, (ArmA 3 Pilot)

[@MrBritishbacon]

Couldnt come up with a name so this is it. Get the fuck out. Don't compare a game to this shit.

[@tlwhite0311]

***** He's probably joking dude chill out

[@couldntcomeupwithanamesoth5831]

I was kiidn man.. chill

[@matthysfourie1962]

MrNeumie Scariest thing is the people's tense voices. Not something I'm used to and makes clear that this is not a Let's Play video.

[@Aeronaut1975]

That's some seriously tense stuff. Good job!

[@kasonutz541]

What a little bravery and being in the moment can do in times of extreme stress and immense danger Love these guys pushing their and their aircraft’s limits to make it home they are bravest and most amazing pilots I’ve ever seen

[@antonybooth3293]

You know that old saying: "You don't want to be stroke 3, but it's better than being stroke 4"

[@deanrhinehardt2717]

Stroke 4 was not KIA and was released 7 weeks later after the fighting ended

[@cooliotopnotch6287]

@@deanrhinehardt2717 Good to hear

[@matteuklol]

because in ww2 they used film

[@ukkomies100]

I dont get it

[@shadowkillz9606]

@@ukkomies100 cuz stroke 4 got shot down

[@Ryan-xe8ud]

this is a sign of the quality of training us air force pilots have . keep in minded those were all never in combat before so they had zero combat experience good job.

[@drinkingandfifa1406]

+Ryan Freeman Jesus, I didn't think of that

[@adrikubel]

+Ryan Freeman I would say "Had". The US Air Force has been much less focused on SEAD and more focused on ground attack since the cold war ended. The Gulf War happened at the height of US Air Power just at the end of the Cold War. Today we can't even bomb ISIS at a steady low intensity pace because we didn't replace the last of our Cold War era ordnance that was expended during the 2nd Iraq War.

[@Ryan-xe8ud]

John The Patriot agreed and our multi billion dollar airplanes cant even defeat an f15 in combat!!

[@Ryan-xe8ud]

konatown5 yes ....

[@Ryan-xe8ud]

konatown5 those people just did everything out of training and that proves that American training is really good

[@TBoNdBRFOX7]

I'll envy this guy's human cognitive and physical performance until my grave. This is brutal.

[@emmanuelquerol]

6:34 he wouldn't die of SAMs, he would die of heart attack.

[@Poop1996lol]

Wife: how was work honey? Him: ah just dodged six missiles today I guess it could’ve been worse

[@LtRiot]

4SIX8 yea he coulda done all that and then had to land on a boat hehe Yut

[@MrBenG3]

Bitches still questioning why the dishes aren't done

[@Wildjesta]

yeah could have been 7 missiles.

[@colinm213]

"Stroke 3, status" - "The seat took a heavy impact from my bowels and my underwear is now damaged beyond repair, but otherwise the plane is fine. Stroke 3 heading south"

[@timothygollan7443]

I remember crying the first time i saw this just the pure talent and hearing him battle for his life. This man did something few or none have ever done before.

[@OhMeSoFunny]

The heavy breathing over the audio is what persistent, courage, poise, and survival sound like. It is the noise of winning. It is the beat of freedom. Thank you for your hugely immense and dense balls.

[@hugoseguin8040]

Heavy breathing is the sound of a guy trying to get oxygen to the brain so he doesnt past out from the intense g's

[@kingofscotland2295]

man that g force must have been tough to deal with

[@FearDBro]

that adrenaline is way tougher to deal with after the engagement

[@conelrad1447]

Yeah, you can hear it hurts in his voice.

[@c.m.2150]

+CONELRAD Its limited to 5ish G in this vid, I don't think that was his problem...(think of a shitton of smoke trails going PN at you...yeah, you get it :D)

[@noob360]

+CM-aka Sweeper Actually, if I'm seeing the HUD right, his pulling 6.4-6.5 Gs for almost 5 minutes (starting at 4:37) straight. But yeah I'll be breathing hard to if all those missiles were chasing me :D. So, I guess its a bit of both.

[@c.m.2150]

+Timothy Lazaro Ah yeah, after he drops his bombs he goes Cat I on the limiter...didn't even notice that at first!

[@SolitarySpade_Davon]

Stroke 3 is a damn ace combat protagonist

[@user-dd8vo7or2d]

The pilot with the 3 strokes

[@user-kx4xs2xd3k]

He got plot armour

[@davidaustin8424]

I’m so glad that Top Gun: Maverick producers seemed to watch this video, because they did an excellent job with that movie 😉

[@airforcerules1]

6:14 when the guy says, "oh shit," I realized EA used that exact voice in their Battlefield 3 teaser. At the end of the teaser as you can hear radio chatter you can very distinctly make out the "oh shit" voice.

[@jasonwongofficial]

+airforcerules1 got a link to that teaser? Im interested in hearing it

[@sturmovik1151]

+Jason Wong /watch?v=MLGnf0XzGXY around 0:25.

[@pcbit1776]

Wow you are incredibly observant...

[@american23t]

+airforcerules1 He didn't say Oh shit. He was Praying. He Said,"Oh JESUS!" At 6:14. and The other guy said,"Oh GOD"

[@fms911]

No he definitely said "Oh shit"

[@luizviniciusvieiraalexandr4979]

6:14 that "holy shit" was use in BF3

[@pyencdocde5716]

Luiz Vinícius Vieira Alexandre I was looking for that time stamp thanks m8

[@luizviniciusvieiraalexandr4979]

@@pyencdocde5716 no problem

[@SonicWizards]

Damn I knew I recognised it from somewhere

[@TECHnoman753]

I'll half to play it again now lol ware in the game was it?

[@raptorshinryu]

@@TECHnoman753 It's not actually in the game as far as I know. It was in the first teaser trailer, and at the end of the Fault Line trailer.

[@craigzeigler124]

Well done sir. Thank you for your service.

[@johnquincyadams3774]

Excellent cockpit performance sir.

[@JP-xn7si]

Missiles can't destroy balls of steel.

[@LMaudy]

JP how did he take off with the weight of his balls?

[@crad5476]

They can still kill the flesh that is surrounding them.

[@nataliakruschev5078]

@@crad5476 Eh. You can patch flesh up. Mostly.

[@crad5476]

@@nataliakruschev5078 That would really change anything since he would be dead anyways. But yeah good luck to them finding all the pieces.

[@nataliakruschev5078]

@@crad5476 That which is American never truly dies.

[@hektoriuz]

its not easy at all, if you pay attention he drops from 20 000 plus feet to 9000 feet often upside down so he can visualy c the missile coming towards him. this pilot is an absolute beast.

[@BigParkProductions]

Alejandro Riquelme According to multiple fighter pilot combat veterans what you say is nonsense. He didn't go lower to get a look at them. Ridiculous

[@02R96]

@@BigParkProductions Could he mean he could visually see the missiles as he dropped from 20K to 9K since he was often upside down? Wording can make all the difference.

[@TheRedRaven_]

He dropped altitude because he was defending, pulling G’s like that slows the airframe, he dropped altitude to keep his air speed and roll momentum up.

[@spacejam5410]

Inverting yourself to dive down means the blood goes to your feet rather than your head, since gravity pushes blood down to your feet that's how we have adapted that's just more natural.

[@Andrew-ph9np]

𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐑𝐞𝐝𝐑𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐧 he also did that to guide the missiles into the ground if you pay attention he zig zagged to cut the missiles speed then dove forcing a correction to the missiles flight path further lowering its speed, then you see him pull up pulling g’s which the missiles couldn’t pull forcing it into the ground, amazing pilot!

[@saint5203]

That's hard-core. Thank you for your service pilot

[@christopherjames836]

Great video, thanks for posting! :)

[@tstorm83]

I will never complain about a stressful day at work ever again.

[@youhavenoprivacyandownnoth8289]

yeah, dont think. pay taxes, obey the law. an example of a true citizen.

[@austinaragon3110]

@@youhavenoprivacyandownnoth8289 I think your mom just yelled down at you in your basement that the chicken tenders are done

[@rtwonmac]

They are panting because of the the high g pressures they are experiencing when doing evasive manoevers, NOT out of stress.

[@drutalero2962]

It's a breathing technique to not have the blood completely rush out his head

[@GrapeFlavoredAntifreeze]

Dru Talero No it’s not. Breathing heavy is not the technique. Nowhere in this video can you actually hear the technique. It’s a quiet hiccup sound. The heavy breathing is when he comes out of a high g turn and just needs to breathe for a sec

[@pj7362]

The breathing is from elevated alertness and elevated blood pressure/ heart rate from adrenaline and his brain giving his muscles all they need . The high G breathing technique is called the HIC manuver. The heavy breathing is also part of the technique because it insures oxygenated blood to the brain. And yes when your being painted and defending there is stress I don't care who says what. Some is delt with better than others. This pilot flew his falcon befitting a USAF falcon driver.

[@Kay_213_]

You also have a g suit too so

[@ZicajosProductions]

Grape Flavored Antifreeze I think at around 5:42 you can hear the hiccup technique.

[@azazzelx]

such an amazing event that he was able to outmaneuver a lot of sam's surviving it...albeit some of his flight mates were shot down but still lived...

[@joeMFG]

truly amazing how calm they are for the situation

[@MiZrY101]

4:48 "Wait, somebody got hit...." "Stroke 4's hit!" "Stroke 4, status?" ....... "Stroke 4 status?!!" :/

[@mr.blummelhochstpersonlich1150]

The pilots survived, they got prisoner for 7 weeks...

[@howard5030]

Mr. Blummel höchst persönlich he got released doe?

[@sillylittleowlguy2392]

177 013 more likely POW exchange

[@howtogaintime739]

@Pilot Omaha I think he said "I got a chute"

[@deangelojeremitriusvickers6319]

@@howtogaintime739 it sounded like a no chute to me as well. In another thread it said they were all POW's who got exchanged so I think they all lived

[@flaplaya]

The high pitched buzz is 400 Hz interference from the on board electrical system. Much more efficient than 60 Hz which is found on the grid. Fun fact.

[@lachychops2]

Efficient =/= practical. Either way take the stick out of your ass Anne

[@obfuscated3090]

@Anne Isopod Retired maintainer here who worked on 33 FS F-16s out of Al Dhafra during Shield and Storm. He is correct. Most aircraft AC is rectified to DC when powering radios, avionics etc and 400hz when rectified produces a much smoother output. 60hz is a legacy artifact but works well enough.

[@windowsxseven]

@@perfumedmanatee6235 was about to say that, the amount of people talking about stuff they don't really know about in this video's comment section is incredible

[@edmaher3612]

Another fun fact is someone did a poor job of resolving the problem. Shielding not grounded or connector not safety wired.

[@rykehuss3435]

did someone say rectify? FULL BRIDGE RECTIFIER

[@hazeflawless5481]

I cant even imagine how hype the ground crew was when this man stepped out of this jet

[@Tigershark_3082]

They probably weren't hyped. More concerned for the pilot's safety, relief that he came back in one piece, and likely frustration at the thought of having to check the airframe over for any damage. Good thing the F-16 is rated for a max of 9Gs, though.

[@EduardoHernandez-di8kl]

My respect ✊ for all your courage your ability to handle so much presión! I love the work you guys do!

[@grgspunk]

I can only imagine Maj Tullia's reaction when he got back and had his jet inspected for maintenance. I would've killed every maintenance crewmember in my squadron if I realized I just went though a SAM nest with an inop countermeasure dispenser. That should've deadlined the aircraft in my book.

[@blafishing7581]

He'd for sure be screwed with no crew for his next mission !

[@shmeckle666]

Anything that can go wrong, usually does. Most battle plans work-until first contact.

[@firstnamelastname6699]

Parts and systems degrade over time, simple truth. Not feasible for MX to op check every system before every flight. Chaff / Flare gets op checked every 90 days and its not like you actually fire off the buckets on the ground. You just run the CMDS testers and test LRU reaction to simulated RWR detected threats. If the buckets themselves are fucked you couldn't tell on ground. You can't really truly op check it because you use them up. Pilots tripping out about MX doesn't really bother us. Its only usually 1LT pilots because as pilots deploy, or depot do they realise how complicated MX really is. Pilot squawks they over Gd on a training sortie, they come out to depanel the jet, about 20 mins in they tap out and never squawk an over G again lol.

[@aksmex2576]

@@shmeckle666 "no plan survives contact with the enemy" -some ww1 German dude or general.

[@ThinkCriticallyNow]

I'd pay money to see the tactical of this.

[@tahadurmus5699]

Fucking this

[@joe18425]

So would the pentagon. This aint in no playbook.

[@ascherlafayette8572]

Forgot to install tactile while watching video sorry

[@ThinkCriticallyNow]

@@ascherlafayette8572 You don't know what "the tactical" is, do you?

[@ascherlafayette8572]

@@ThinkCriticallyNow well autocorrect changed Tacview to tactile. But I have seen the wrong reference.

[@andrewberg9611]

I like the annoyance in “Stroke 3 defending again” like he’s just been stuck with the dishes as he’s fighting for his life

[@qwerty4685]

1,300 dislikes are form the dumfounded Iraqi SAM operators.

[@isaacdepaula2103]

Stroke 3 avoided 6 SAMs Iraqis: Im a joke to you?

[@bsgfan1]

Stroke 3: “Yes.”

[@mayankmyk7071]

Stroke 3 : Yes Bitch 😆

[@melissag1364]

“Damn, Russia boned us again with their soviet era equipment”

[@retrocny5625]

It's extremely eerie hearing his RWR screaming like this, knowing that this is the real thing and not just Falcon BMS. At 3:39 that's the tone of an enemy threat radar searching for and temporarily locking up stroke 3's F-16, but no missile launch yet. He starts defending at this moment. At 4:13 you can hear a slightly different tone, and I believe this is because it's a different type of SAM radar, like an SA-6 instead of an SA-2 that's tracking him briefly. That's why it sounds slightly different to help distinguish the type of threat. Still no missile launch yet. At this point you can tell he's descending rapidly and he's in Air to Ground mode, which is why you see the vertical line through the center of the HUD. You can also see his target marker as the diamond in the hud. This is the CCIP mode for air to ground bombing. The small circle at the end of that vertical line on the HUD is what they use as their aiming point. So he hasn't started to egress yet, and he's still committed to the target. It's then at 4:40 into the video that you hear the ominous "beep beep beep beep beep" tone, and that's the missile warning tone, meaning Stroke 3 has just been fired upon...and it's at this point that he goes full defensive and pretty much forgets about dropping his ordnance. I'm not sure if he punched his stores off in order to help defeat the sams or not. I don't know the specifics. But carrying a load of bombs creates a lot of drag, and makes it harder to maneuver the aircraft, and he probably had a g-limit of like 5.5G or so versus the 9G you often hear talked about with regards to the F-16. The F-16 is usually configured in two modes, CAT 1 or CAT 3. CAT 3 means he's still carrying all of his weapons I think, cat 1 is a clean plane or vice versa I can't remember. He was launched on at least 4 times from what I can tell from this video, possibly more.

[@sarcasticommentator]

RetroCNY BMS is incredibly accurate, it’s no wonder it got USAF certified.

[@towedarray7217]

Solid reply. Fist bumpage.

[@fgeorge7434]

CAT 1 is A to A missiles and center line fuel tank , CAT3 is A to G ,

[@fgeorge7434]

simple put if jet is heavy with full load then performance is around 60 percent in maneuverability and to not depart from controlled flight there is a switch in cockpit and must be put in CAT 3.If no bomb hanging under the wings then put the switch in CAT 1 AFTER YOU DROP THE BOMBS. Now full 9 g turn jet will help to evade enemy jet by turning in 2 second at full capability ( 9 g) if the speed is 450 knots and make a full circle in 26 or 28 second or more rapid .that way you turn with the face to enemy jet or missile and this throw the aim of those two.

[@TheRedRaven_]

Thanks for the details, did you serve btw? I served back in 2004.

[@MR_00_3]

Fake. No way the Iraqi's got 6 guys name Sam and even if they did, I find it hard to believe they could have a human cannon sophisticated enough to target an F16.

[@AgentWest]

lol

[@macsx_1966]

It is crazy that he manage to evade all of the 6 SAMs all by himself without using chaff or flare

[@DavidLister6000]

For his actions in the sky that day, Major Emmett “ET” Tullia was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross. The citation reads as follows: “The President of the United States takes great pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Flying Cross to Major Emmett A. Tullia, II for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight as an F-16 Pilot assigned to the 401st Tactical Fighter Wing (Provisional) in action supporting the coalition forces of Operation Desert Storm. On 19 January 1991, over Iraq’s capitol of Baghdad, Major Tullia faced the enemy’s most concentrated array of surface-to-air missiles consisting of more than twenty-five known sites and untold numbers of anti-aircraft artillery batteries, and skillfully maneuvered his aircraft to attack a critical strategic target. Undaunted by the defenses which shot down two other aircraft near him, he continued his attack, delivering his bombs precisely on target. After destroying the target, he then was forced to outmaneuver five enemy surface-to-air missiles which were fired at his aircraft in rapid succession, requiring the utmost of pilot ability and maneuverability. The effectiveness of his strike was proven as the world viewed the results on the evening news. The professional competence, aerial skill, and devotion to duty displayed by Major Tullia reflect great credit upon himself and the United States Air Force.”

[@mpclepto182]

And for the President's participation in creating the conflict, he committed treason.

[@terra2805]

That's some flying skills in a high pressure situation. To have to avoid six incoming missiles one after the other like that is impressive. That's some top gun shit right there. The Iraqi's must of been pissed missing six times. LMAO.

[@Ks-qd1tx]

they yelled allahu akhbar like a thousand times and still failed.. lol

[@kokotaughs]

+josh pagutayao The Iraqis were Kurds dipshit. Fucking pick up a book.

[@Ks-qd1tx]

Hooligan Δ Sorry maN i read a wrong Book =)

[@anon-iraq2655]

not really the sa-2 was very outdated took 50 missiles on average to hit an aircraft at vietnam this is intended as harrasment

[@danahearn656]

SA-2 is outdated unless one is coming at you

[@The_Mad_King]

Man i had at least three strokes just watching this bro... WELL DONE !!!

[@MegaJasonic]

I come back to this video and watch it whenever my job starts sucking. Puts me in my place and the problems at my job seem so incredibly weak and pointless.

[@BigFatCone]

Man do I wish we got to see this in third person. That's some crazy ass flying. Very impressive.