F/A-18 Hornet Dogfight Kill on Mig-21 Plus Bombing Gulf War

[@tyc4231]

Narrator: "Believed to be the first time that an aircraft has scored an air-to-air kill while carrying bombs." WWII Bomber Gunners: "Am I some kind of joke to you?"

[@foxxy46213]

In Iraq a f15 took out a Heli with a jdam....fucking hard core

[@The_Mimewar]

@@foxxy46213 god damn that’s awesome! Bombed a fucking helicopter hahah

[@TR-qs1qc]

👍

[@tyc4231]

@@foxxy46213 from concussive ground effect or literally dropped a bomb on em?

[@foxxy46213]

@@tyc4231 Litrally hit them like a missile look it up it's an insane story...Infact the 2000lb bomb had more range than the sidewinder he was doing 700mph an cos it was close to the ground back scatter made it hard to lock on..Even the SF team they was helping..the helos were dropping off troops to ambush the SF team radioed an said did we just see what we thought we saw....yep The only f15 eagle with an air to air kill it's called Lucky cos of it now..legend

[@EpsilonVegaAlter]

"FLARES FLARES!!!...fuck me...EJECTING" 2nd Mig: "Wait we had flares?"

[@friedrichnietzsche2529]

KYLE X HALO LOL

[@RodSupreme]

KYLE X HALO lmfaaaaaooo 😂😂😂

[@rosesforrevenge2600]

+James Morris really

[@fathnoori1212]

and they are human in old airplane trying to Defends their country

[@kn3186]

lol. that cracked me up. (Ik thats whats lol means). That guy confused af while he drifts down.

[@SeanP7195]

Could you imagine in WW2 where a couple hundred planes were in the sky at one time? Including bombers with 10 machine guns blazing and fighters all over the place with nothing but bullets. That must have been surreal.

[@dirtypete372]

The sounds from the ground was insane too I heared

[@lv.99mastermind45]

Yeah, modern air combat takes "quality over quantity" to an incredible level.

[@northwestprof60]

"couple of hundred?" Try raids of 1000s of B-17s and B-24s against the Krauts.

[@SeanP7195]

@@northwestprof60 I Believe the largest air attack ever was Hamburg which was just over 700 planes. I’ve never heard of an air attack that had thousands of planes.

[@VaughnLower]

@@SeanP7195 I’m listening to day by Stephen Ambrose and he mentioned 800+ allied planes carrying troops on dday. Not sure what the support was. It’s within the first 25-5-0 pages

[@thegeek3348]

this video was like 90% B-Roll taken from NatGeo and 10% actual footage.

[@rolltidelbc2832]

I was crash & salvage on Saratoga at the time, not once did I see any actual pics/footage of either of our yard dart squadrons. Rampagers or Sunliners.

[@dartmaster501]

@@rolltidelbc2832 I have both of these kills at www.reddit.com/r/GunCameraClips www.reddit.com/r/GunCameraClips/comments/hq7qml/lt_nick_mongo_mongillo_in_an_fa18c_from_vfa81_off/ www.reddit.com/r/GunCameraClips/comments/hqd0hw/ltcdr_mike_mrt_fox_also_of_vfa81_with_the_other/

[@rejimcdaniel9777]

Yes I was assigned with VFA-81 when this took place. "Fox" and his wingman "Mongo" was the only Navy Kills. Yes you are correct only 10% was actual the combat footage. "Sunliners" forever....! Rest In Peace LT CDR SCOTT SPEICHER "Spike" We made him proud I'm sure of that!

[@EagleDescent]

Full actual footage is probably classified

[@lillitot]

The first time an aircraft carrying bombs made an air-to-air kill... he must've meant after WWII.

[@rednovember2205]

lillitot He means fighter aircraft, ww2 aircraft jettisoned their load when engaging in a dogfight, same with in Vietnam and korea.

[@neovo903]

So I guess bombers never existed or never shot down attacking aircraft?

[@Mattetcesttout]

Neovo903 he is talking about fighter aircraft wheres your brain

[@neovo903]

@@Mattetcesttout In my head, where's yours? r/whoosh

[@Mattetcesttout]

Neovo903 still got the point boi

[@muerteenlostalones]

In Spain we are very proud of our Hornet and the pilots who fly them. When they reached the Air Force, the F-18 was one of the best fighter-bombers in Europe, and since then have been the backbone of our military aviation. A few years ago were modernized, and have been integrated Taurus and Iris-T missiles, besides the Litening II and RecceLite. We currently have 84 aircraft (62 A and 12 B) over 6 squadrons, one operational conversion and 5 fighter. I love our Hornets!

[@brodmeisterman]

The US loves that you love them

[@princegroove]

Que viva La Armada. 🇪🇸

[@knightlife98]

They are very formidable Aircraft! Was Spain at one time, playing around with Hornets that had thrust-vectoring nozzles?

[@survivalSC]

We thank your government for buying our jets. We also recommend you take a look at our new f15x and surface to air missile and our tanks. You can never have enough.

[@knightlife98]

@@timgressler3654 There are a few Russian Fighters, that have thrust vectoring nozzles, as well.

[@muzzy10135]

I see the all the youtube fighter pilot / aerospace engineers are hard at work dissecting this engagement from their living rooms...

[@becauseiwasinverted5222]

well, it's not like there's another way...

[@deepharrow8520]

I try to do it from the space station but they chase me away everytime

[@jaceallen3270]

Lol yea...

[@usnva5638]

That's not entirely true. Some are doing it from their basements.

[@darktower51]

wkwkwkwk

[@Monkeypoopface]

Took it down then continued the bombing mission...I bet that dude felt fuckin awesome

[@yoloman5610]

killing someone while almost being killed isnt a good feeling its scary.

[@Monkeypoopface]

Hey thanks sir buzz killington...but it was obvious in the video that he felt pretty fuckin awesome, as would I.

[@yoloman5610]

Adam i think he was more happy to be alive

[@nickolasmcmahan7554]

Vice admiral Fox used to give speeches about this dog fight while I was underneath him at NAS Fallon.

[@Napalm38382]

If by "almost killed you" you mean, we totally killed them before they ever knew that flying in our direction is an awful idea --- while we did something else entirely - You'd be right "yolo man" -- Rewatch, entire Iraq air force decimated. (2 planes)

[@mc-ps-playa5569]

An F-18 vs mig-21 is like an Abrams vs a T-62

[@gagida1829]

you meant a mark 1 not a t62

[@mc-ps-playa5569]

각이다 TV Yes, my bad.

[@gagida1829]

+MC-PS-PLAYA yup

[@TheKeithvidz]

nah, chalk it up to poor training - the mig is faster and agile, get close, the hornets would jettison bombs to manuever. Of course the Mig driver must get past the radar guided AIM 7.

[@The_Honcho]

Yeah if the T62 was 400 miles per hour faster than the Abrams

[@fogskiss3137]

I used to work on F-18 A-D and E/F super hornets in the navy. They're incredible machines with a very intuitive cockpit and were lots of fun to work on.

[@colegrish9732]

boot

[@mundodopedro11]

​@@colegrish9732 wdym?

[@andrewcrockett3044]

Imagine seeing Top Gun in 1986, and then 5 years later, you are in a war conflict requiring air combat...you'd probably feel like a bad ass for life, granted you survive.

[@vivek27789]

True.. Very True 😂

[@ToyotaTacomaOfficial]

You can be my wingman if you want

[@No-wayJose0]

Still a badass for the rest of your life either way

[@justalpha9138]

Sadly wasn't the case for my dad. :/

[@justalpha9138]

@@No-wayJose0 Quite the contrary for my father.

[@Megalodon64]

3:20 jeez thats a hard ass landing

[@CDRhammond]

It looks like a hard landing but it really is'nt as bad as it looks

[@andygarcia7845]

Wonder what an LSO would give that landing.

[@SangheiliSpecOp]

A hard ass landing for a hard ass plane

[@unusualbydefault]

tbh, the gear can take a punch but this was pretty much on the limit. the airframe is now in for some extensive checking

[@oron61]

A good-ass suspension

[@stawksop]

2nd generation jet vs 4th generation jet lol

[@zanderdob9977]

I thought the later versions of MiG 21s (the ones probably used) were gen 3

[@riftus87]

20 years difference in their first flight it wasn't even a fucking contest.

[@Napalm38382]

And what about training? Who drew straws to take that one up? Uh, sorry you two, you're going against the US AirForce who isn't even ready for you, but I suspect that doesn't matter, since they were ready for migs 30~ish years ago....

[@robertsmeagles1030]

It has been said it's not about the aircraft but the person flying the aircraft. I think we'll make a small exception in this case. ;-)

[@robertbrown6933]

Just target practice for the f/a 18.

[@ItzOver9k]

old comments be like "not a fair fight, old tech vs new tech". oh im sorry, war is fair? haha my god this isnt bf/cod.

[@aerovids3845]

right

[@LeatherCladVegan]

But the Muricans were using hax... obviously. They should be banned. Or at least, restricted from chat for a week or so. Also, Lego. It's made in Sweden, so... your argument is shit.

[@Michael-hc6rg]

no ones making that claim because they think war should be fair they are saying it because others are saying this is proof mig 21s were shit even though they were one of the most advanced jets of their time

[@oron61]

I think they're more disappointed that it isn't a same-generation engagement since it doesn't confirm their preconceived bias between the F-teens and the MiGs of the last few decades. Nobody can use this to say that Americans are better than Russians and they find it disappointing. Others are defensive about the MiGs and so they quickly point out it wasn't an "even" match. I don't really know enough about aircraft history to know the jet fighter generations backwards and forwards.

[@elmex9040]

Pay2win

[@deafanddestructiononthepis3149]

Haha like a real bully. The ammo probably cost more than the MiG

[@markmoten-connor1854]

Yeh to fkn right m8t.

[@random-b-i2480]

Why y'all so angry lmao

[@N75911_]

It's hard to compete with planes built by slaves when it comes to cost

[@TheMilitaryFeed]

yea the ammunition individually doesn't add up to this MiG-21 but with all of it on the plane together excluding the planes price it's usually higher depending on the ammunition it's equipped with.

[@TheMilitaryFeed]

@@random-b-i2480 because they killed our people

[@Woodytobiasjr]

The bravery of those Iraqi pilots, taking on an F-18 in essentially a biplane...

[@EnhanceRaptor]

Reminds me of that one Dos Gringos song about World War III - "Their suicidal bravery made us feel bad for them. So Tuesdays it was heaters only, Wednesdays BFM."

[@thedictationofallah]

At least they can fly a plane unlike you maybe

[@metalgearlikersupreme]

The fishbed is a jet, a pretty good one for its time it's just that its time was fourty years ago

[@Stafernisy]

2:35 First time to score an air to air kill while carrying bombs? Lets have a moment of silence for our b-29 b-17s crews sacrifices.

[@Petidani0330]

He meant it for a fighter, more precisely a multirole. Fighter planes used to detach their payloads when they engaged in a dogfight, even in Vietnam. The First Gulf War saw the first ever confirmed air-to-air kill for a fighter plane with the bombs still attached, although I'm pretty sure some fortunate kills happened in said circumstances way back in WW2 also.

[@XP3RTL3G3ND]

Hell ya tail gunners rock!

[@northwestprof60]

And B-25s AND B-24s, etc.

[@BrianMetz-i3c]

No mam. F-18 was my jam for my peanut butter. I was a tester for the 22 Rappers but they couldn’t even win the fight because they are all about the electricronics versus looking out the windscreen. I am completely impressed that you know about me before we have even met. Come take the E7 Master Chief.

[@johnhanson9245]

Clearly you don't understand the significance of a fighter with bombs shooting down a fighter....If you understood that a F/A-18 was designed for both rolls you would have understood he was talking about fighters

[@jfs5873]

I remember renting this disc at the library when I was 8 years old, this footage got me into military aircraft and then made me get more and more intrested in military and now I want to join the military in the future. Soo many memories in this video

[@Yeetyeti69]

FUCKING JOIN KID YOU WONT REGRET IT

[@shanks0307]

Did you join?

[@marioaleksandrov7859]

Mig21-1959; F/A-18-1983.Fighting 24 years older export version of the 60,s desine interceptor. Good fucking job.

[@IxianMace]

Mario Aleksandrov Well said. I'm surprised they got within sidewinder range though, considering they were carrying sparrows and the sentry had identified the MiGs as bandits.

[@k2477456]

It's those damn rules of engagement again!

[@vjamesd]

Mario Aleksandrov butthurt russian

[@naes9999]

Mario Aleksandrov the mig-21bis was produced in 1985.

[@EnhanceRaptor]

Mario Aleksandrov The MiG-21's still considered a maneuverable aircraft. You take a MiG-21 with with just two air-to-air missiles vs an F/A-18 with two or three tanks, plus 4 1000 pound bombs and four air-to-air missiles, you're looking at an interesting match.

[@stephencannon3140]

The pilot in the video LCDR Mark Fox became my squadrons XO a few months later.

[@Kraken9911]

I met him in D.C. while I was stationed there as a corpsman. He was an Admiral already and I talked about F18's for a minute with him because I saw his Aviator pin and at the time I was playing FSX. I had no idea he had air to air kills until I googled him a few days later out of curiousity. Mind blown having met a badass pilot.

[@georgemorley1029]

@@Kraken9911 I met him when he was CCMF and in command of fifth fleet in Bahrain CENTCOM. Genuinely nice guy. Edit - it was NAVCENT that he was CO of, and the CCMF which had UKMCC in it. NAVCENT is the US maritime component of CENTCOM.

[@trentwright4073]

f-18 vs mig 21 is like sheep vs wolf.

[@IcespherePlaysGames]

it's more of geriatric sheep with no teeth vs an Alpha wolf, it's not even remotely fair. They brought a knife to a gun fight, a rusty knife used by their grandparents and payed the price.

[@trentwright4073]

IcespherePlaysGames TRUTH LOOOOL

[@jude_the_apostle]

+Trent Wright mig-21 is older

[@bilalmalik5002]

Wolf versus sheep BC you said f-18 first.

[@zeromegalez5670]

😂 racist as fuck! 😂😂😂

[@LukePinna]

"Believed to be the first time an aircraft scored a kill while carrying bombs" So that whole WW2 thing just didn't count then...

[@cdstrngr]

+Robert T Bomber planes of WW2 still had a shit ton of machine guns on them that scored plenty of kills.

[@hazmasterocks]

+Cody Stringer Yes, but I am pretty sure they meant fighter aircraft, not bombers

[@newtyang9711]

+Robert T OR it's simply a comparison for the F-14A Tomcat's array of bombs as "purposed weaponry".

[@newtyang9711]

+Newt Yang …with the F-14 Tomcat most well-known, seeing at any of the major air combat situations of today.

[@9999AWC]

+Robert T Yeeaah there are hundreds of fighters in WW2 on all sides that got AtA kills while carrying bombs.

[@zoriox8667]

As a Russian person who has pride in the mig21, I have to say, the mig-21 was in the era of F4 Fantoms and not these 100,000,000 dollar monsters. A mig-29 has much higher chances of winning the dogfight, but even at that, it’s whoever shoots the AIM-9 or sidewinder first

[@leebaker2588]

I was with a Marine Corps F-4 squadron in Viet Nam. The MIG 21 was held in high regard and never underestimated by those who were actually in combat

[@tolmie1141]

Russia's Air Force today is not good.

[@motorcyclestig8539]

Even when we shoot down mig29s which we have you turn around and say oh but they were Arabs. Why don't you go watch your Russian propaganda videos on youtov and leave the KZbin to us.

[@judyogriobhan5762]

True. You have to take into account that inbreeds were flying them.

[@HirurgXX]

@@motorcyclestig8539 когда это вы сбивали МиГ-29? И чем и какие силы при этом были задействованы? Может быть в Ираке? Да хрен вам. Или в Югославии? Тоже хрен. МиГ-29 любого своего современника один на один разберет на запчасти.

[@tessarix]

I am eternally stunned at how these amazing pilots can land on a carrier with just a freakin' steel cable to slow them down and keep them from falling off the end of the runway into the sea! I've seen that that does happen sometimes, falling in the water, but when the rope trick succeeds, it is exhilarating to watch them come in hot and stop by just a freaking cable! Lord, I love watching these ace pilots doing their job with such finesse and courage for our country! THANK YOU, PILOTS, FOR YOUR SERVICE TO AMERICA!!

[@rolltidelbc2832]

There’s also water and pipes that go along with it to slow/stop aircraft.

[@kirayoshikage4057]

If you don't catch the cable you speed up and try landing again lol, you have to be an idiot to fall into water. Once the pilot feels the wheels hit the ground, he is supposed to go full throttle, either he will be stopped by the tross or he will have enough thrust to immediately take off and try landing again. Which is rare because for that to happen you have to be a terrible flier and miss your landing spot, or just unlucky enough for several hook skips (hook somehow bouncing off the wire) to occur, there's more than one "wire" to catch you. There's no magic in it, just obvious safety rules that everyone follows. If you want to be impressed by something like that, think of prop planes, with those you couldn't just go full throttle because their rudders and ailerons couldn't handle it in those specific conditions, you also have to adjust for torque of your motor, but all of this is a downside of a turboprop and luckily long gone.

[@MrFarnanonical]

They were equipped with 2,000-pound bombs and probably 2 bags full of fuel, so they'd have been g-limited to like 4.5Gs or less. They're not "dogfighting" shit like that. These were head-on shots, no turning invovled. Still pretty awesome. They are 2 out of 3 of all the air-to-air kills the Hornet/Super Hornet has, but in the hornets defense, they weren't flying CAP very often, most of the air-to-air kills the US has since Vietnam, have been in the F-15C, because that's all that airplane does, it was the primary air superiority fighter the US had. When awacs picked up a bandit they didn't vector hornets in, because they probably were carrying bombs and multiple fuel tanks. If nothing else this proved the whole Multirole self escorting thing works.

[@rooster6271]

great military technology vs a cessna plane with mounted machine guns... hmm wounder what will happen

[@bigtroglodyte]

The poor cessna wouldnt even see the hornet before his death not knowing a aim 120 amraam was locked onto him because he lacks rwr

[@Dwight511]

@@bigtroglodyte What... wrong the cessna would it engage its secret hyperspace drive and teleport behind the hornet you big dum dum.

[@bigtroglodyte]

Daniel Pogosyan mustve paid extra for your Cessna

[@rmbzbrenden7739]

Sucks to suck.

[@MidnightmoonRR]

the Cessna obviously

[@billdillon8139]

Although I retired in 1984, this makes me want to reenlist! Go Navy!

[@stealthtomcat4739]

Were you a F-14 pilot

[@Barnacle392]

@@stealthtomcat4739 no, I was enlisted, not a pilot.

[@stealthtomcat4739]

@@Barnacle392 Thanks for your reply sir. Actually lam a huge fan of F-14.

[@theicetea4405]

Make love no war

[@odeonarsenal6597]

YOu never did

[@tonymonxana992]

This is a great video! Amazing fighter pilots🇺🇸💯

[@randymartindale6854]

I love the best avionics in the world, Good on you McDonell Douglas 👍💋❤️

[@TheDeathCheck]

They weren't even keeping 313 airspeed.

[@anaguerrero6974]

+BC Mercrow ayylmao battlefeld add me on origin Ryuzetsukun xDDD

[@jhawkmarine8723]

Exactly

[@FeroxX_Gosu]

+BC Mercrow LMAO!

[@Ghost-tw7xw]

aye bro

[@Ghost-tw7xw]

+Jhawkmarine you're bad

[@user-ti2hq7fy6h]

Never realised how realistic Top Gun is till I watched this video

[@165Dash]

Five years ago I had an Uber driver here in Connecticut who was a former Iraqi fighter pilot back in the 1980s. Very nice guy. Saw much action in Iran / Iraq war and had been shot down twice. Received all of his training in the Soviet Union. Couldn’t really understand why US had invaded in 2003. He said the US navy had provided the Iraqi Air Force with much radar support in areas out of range of Iraqi radar and saved his ass on a number of occasions. Fortunately for him he didn’t fly in 1991 and after.

[@northwestprof60]

There you go. Their pilots become Uber drivers. That says it all, doesn't it???

[@Spozetti11]

@@northwestprof60 I don’t think Iraqi military earnings were enough to sustain him financially, especially in light of how the country is faring overall now, even if he had domestic investments, they’re probably not worth much; I think his current profession doesn’t have any reflection on his skills as a fighter pilot, it’s just financial. Get over yourself. I doubt you could even fly a kite.

[@lepsychiatre8455]

Says the guy whose country is illegally invading and destroying states. At the same time you proudly present symbols of a nation in a similar situation of iraq lol. what a joke

[@XKclassHater]

Mig-21: **sees F-18** Pilot: guess I'll fucking die then lol

[@kylerlemieux9267]

Everything about this video is legit man. From the rock music to BonghitBrian 🙈🤣. Good game buddy

[@Totalavulsion]

Love the background music. Nothing like glamourising war. USA! Fuck yeah...

[@rednovember2205]

Totalavulsion Oh wow.

[@VB-3]

We commit the coolest looking war crimes. No one else comes close.

[@cesarrodriguez8975]

HIGHWAY TO THE DANGER ZONE

[@John.Skelton]

YOU KNOW HOW BADASS YOU ARE TO HAVE A DOGFIGHT WHILE ON YOUR WAY TO A BOMBING MISSION AND WIN AND CONTINUE ON TO THE BOMBING! 🤘🏻💀🤘🏻

[@gmac9987]

For all the crap talkers..... the significance is that the hornet was the first DEDICATED multi role fighter (from inception to deployment because it was supposed to replace both the f-14 and a-6 for the navy) and it f8nally was able to prove itself in combat. This aircraft performs the role of two different aircraft in one platforn and can do it wothout modifications and huge expenses to change an existing platform

[@TKCoutside]

The F-35 II will be filling three roles, possibly more, for the Army, Marines and Airforce. The F/A-18 is still in my top 11 all time, with the F-22, F-35, F-117, 16, 15, 14, 4, A-10, B-1 and B-2 👊🏼💯

[@isaacurrutia4691]

My favorite dogs fights are the WW1 dogfights. I also like them with Zeppelins involved.

[@itsriceking]

MiG pilot: *sees US Navy pilot approaching* US Navy pilot: “locking onto target” MiG pilot: “CAAAPPPTTTAAAIIIINNNN” His wingman: “w-what?” MiG pilot: “LLLLOOOOOOOOOOOOKKK” *sidewinder missiles launch, panic ensues*

[@Redlegarty]

Why is it such a thing with you youngsters to do these whole stupid scripts?

[@jamesshunt5123]

To OP. What a silly comment.

[@binvlone238]

R.I.P to the pilots who died 🙏🙏

[@IliyanTrayanov]

yes

[@peanutbutter1562]

The American pilots passed away?

[@flienlow6281]

@@peanutbutter1562 Referring to Iraq Pilots.

[@theholycarp8044]

Yep. Respect your enemy. They’re humans too

[@alexunderhay6185]

No, they might be enemies but they're still people with their own lives possibly with family

[@mysticdragonwolf89]

What mazes me is the differences in the military throughout the years after WWII - prior every country seemed to have its own weapons, tanks, planes - now nearly every country more or less has the same technology with only minor varying levels tech and software.

[@cjohnson8126]

The strike eagles did not down shoot down multiple enemy planes on the first night of the war, that was the f15-c eagle which was strictly a2a fighter

[@-_Nuke_-]

the amount stock footage on this is cringeworthy

[@Trebare]

What do you mean by that?

[@fatherofdragons5477]

@@Trebare I think they meant that its embarrassing that the production crew of this video didn't take a time machine and film the engagement on their own.

[@-_Nuke_-]

@@fatherofdragons5477 They are pressenting the footage like its original. If its not then a disclaimer should be shown.

[@elbronco80]

"I can't! I don't have a F&#*in tone!" - oh....wrong dogfight video....

[@kem9952]

"He's janking into me for a 6th time!"

[@buryitdeep]

Interestingly the F18 camo and pilots kept changing as well.

[@NotMissingLink]

LOL

[@tacticalteletubby5560]

as far as ive seen the camos havent changed.

[@RoninMike-DR]

It's technology

[@Luek84]

You know the pilots gangster when he's got the aviators on.

[@itszor]

just a late question but at 02:07 are these 2 parachutes? or are they just coming from the OSD ? thanks in advance

[@Eastsideweezy]

Lets all remember that the reason that they got the kill is because the Migs were running away from a flight of F-14Bs.

[@ayodawg7653]

Wow is this really true?

[@RDTashjian]

Brandon Oum no- nobody ever ran away from a tom kitty

[@XlightNtrEnx]

Brandon Oum Yes, America went from being noob plane makers in WW2 to dammingly awesome plane makers in the 21st century

[@andygarcia7845]

Iraqi planes have been running away from Tomcats since the first Persian gulf war (Iran-Iraq war). They know firsthand what the AIM54s are capable of.

[@seantomori830]

Loved the Tomcat. Navy wishes it still had it I bet.

[@mitchasics]

How much of the footage is actual? I didn't realize they had on board cams then. I"m 43 now. I remember when the Gulf war started, the local radio stations in Tampa stopped playing music and had war broadcasts.

[@77Avadon77]

That's a battle? They were carrying their bombs through the whole engagement. lol That was more like a mercy killing.

[@TheTabellarius]

That's called barely trained 3rd world pilots

[@obuix2005]

TheTabellarius not all the same, the egyptian pilots in the 73 war did really great against the IAF . took a lot of airets down with mig-21 and mig22

[@CDRhammond]

***** as I've said it comes down to pilot training not just the aircraft they fly.

[@Eric-ue5mm]

LCDRhammond They were clearly not engaging, This was truly a mercy kill. Seems like they ran, maybe out of ammo entirely? Maybe commanded to run, maybe scared? Whatever it was, it wasnt a fight...

[@CDRhammond]

Nope Nopenope Doubt they were out of ammo being commanded to run or scared seeing the 18's is possible but they made a fatal mistake what they should have done instead was to turn into the 18's that would have given them a better chance. If I had been in the F-18 I would have done the exact same thing and shot them down before they even knew I was there I would'nt give them the chance to even start a fight exactly how every fighter pilot has tried to do since WW1

[@ThePatrioticTurtle]

And that my friends, is why its called the F/A18 instead of the F18 or A18

[@Rildar]

What does F/A stand for?

[@ThePatrioticTurtle]

kenobi102 Fighter/Attacker The F in F22 stands for Fighter, The A in the A10 stands for Attacker and the B clearly means bomber. The FA18 is a Fighter and an Attacker.

[@ThePatrioticTurtle]

Miam ga It has the capabilities to do the same thing but it is primary a fighter aircraft. it will work as an attacker in emergency time sensitive situations but its main mission serves as a fighter. F/A-18's will be sent on both missions.

[@toddwill2313]

@@ThePatrioticTurtle well I'd say if your attacking your fighting, and if your fighting you would be dumb to not attack.

[@praisejesus6750]

@@toddwill2313 attack planes fight ground targets and fighters air targets

[@jackiepwn]

First time a aircraft is carrying bombs that gets a kill WW2 pilots: OH SO WERE NOT GOOD ENOUGH FOR YOU HUH

[@25JoeBiden]

Fighter aircraft dummy

[@lonniebailey4989]

Whoever decided to put this in my recommendation is a legend. For real, I actually like footage like this.

[@willlasdf123]

You understand that roughly 90% of U.S. dogfight victories have used missiles since Korea. Outside of the Israeli Air Force very very few engagements since the Korean War have ended in a gun fight (and even then, it has been a small percentage). And at that point, absolutely no kills have happened with a minigun ever(well against fixed wing aircraft). This ain't battlefield bro. Don't hate on the professionals

[@Sniper5354]

Did the MIG pilot know that his fighter jet was locked by a missile? I guess the radar was also out of order.

[@leee2593]

Sniper5354 The radar does not pick up missile launches. The RWR does. The Mig-21's RWR is weak, old and with a high risk of failure. Also, the hornet launched an Aim-9 Heatseeking missile first which hit before the radar guided Aim-7 sparrow, and as the AIm-9 is not guided via radar, it didn't give away the launch and combined with the very, very poor and restricted rear visibility of the Mig, it was a sure easy kill.

[@JaZoN_XD]

Sniper5354 RWR does not pick up ir launches, but the mig is REALLY old compared to the f18 anyway so they didn't really stand much of a chance

[@leee2593]

Jason Jia Yes, Yes it does. There are sensors scattered across the aircraft corpus which detect the energy generated by a missile launch. That basically means that any good-sized missile launch, like an Igla or a TOW missile will be detected by the RWR.

[@JaZoN_XD]

I don't think it does. Depending on aircraft and it's configuration, maybe, for example, A10Cs have those sensors but for the F15 or not to even mention the even older Mig 21, there's no indication of an ir launch, only radar launches will give you a warning.

[@leee2593]

Jason Jia I did say that the Mig's RWR is old and weak. I was talking about western RWRs. Pretty much any western aicraft currently in service with a fully capable RWR has those sensors.

[@8aleph]

With the F-16 no need to flip a switch it can fight and bomb at the same time and is probably the most agile fighter in the world pre F-22

[@CDRhammond]

I loved the F-14 and the 18 but of all the military aircraft I've flown the best was flying the P-51 mustang in a air show

[@speedbird1598]

An ex air force pilot? Do you mind if I ask you a question? Do you receive instructions to protect civilian life in combat? Not accusing you of being a "LITERAL SS OFFICER!!!!111" but genuinely curious

[@giannis9833]

Very brave pilots! They shot down obsolete Iraqi Mig-21 without radar, RWR and chaffs..

[@johnhanson9245]

More brave than anything you will ever do in your life

[@lurtzy_]

i don't get how this is impressive to anybody? this is like bringing a rocket launcher to a knife fight.

[@christopherfischer6998]

3:22 that landing gear has to be so strong

[@theoriginaltroll388]

Lol dont got much runway all landings gotta be hard

[@christopherfischer6998]

@@theoriginaltroll388 yes obviously

[@BlackjackCZ]

F-18 is a badass fighter!

[@jackfrost2288]

I see 153 former Iraqi Pilots dislike this video. lol

[@NotMissingLink]

HAHHAA

[@Ahmed-cn6hj]

Fuck you

[@FingerStink420]

@@Ahmed-cn6hj haha!!

[@phil5992]

Me: 700 hrs clocked on DCS world. Recognizes HUD, DDI menus and Sidewinder audio que. Also me: Thinks he's an ace who can actually fly. "good job boys. I'd have handled it the same"

[@Mysticals897]

Appreciate the camera man to filmed the whole fight in the plane

[@daddyeyez740]

The Hornet doesn't get the respect it deserves.

[@alastair9446]

The Hornet is still remebered as the reject who lost to the F-16.

[@baguasrr]

1950's tech vs 1980's tech

[@nethanelmasters5170]

Simon Robinson the hornet was designed in the 70's and introduced in the 80's an the mig 21 is no slouch in the Maneuverablety department.

[@lapuntadifeza]

yankee pride, lol. grenade, vietnam, panama, iraq etc

[@maxrobbins8598]

puntadifeza yankee pride is right. It gets tiring being the most feared military force on the planet 😴

[@mathieu4432]

@@maxrobbins8598I don't know about that.... I just finish an EX with American troop (im a maintainer) and the American infantry looked at me confused when I jumped on the MG, nobody other than infantry came shoot anything else than rifles. If you ask me the US Forces is just a glass canon with training that poor.

[@maxrobbins8598]

​@@mathieu4432 Where are you from? Because if you're in any country that is allied with us, chances are we had to bail you out from being taken over by a foreign power in the past 70 years. I wouldn't call a nation with the M1 Abrams tank, 5th gen fighter jets, and the largest military in the world a "glass cannon." You European nations should just keep your mouth shut unless you guys want to stop buying our technology and asking us to bail you out of every sticky situation you guys get yourselves into. Normally the brits and french are cool guys, but you're probably just a 18 year old grunt straight out of basic, so I'm not going to put much thought into you

[@AccordGTR]

Mig-21's dont have the radar range or the frontsl-attack missiles the Hornet has. Like taking candy from a baby

[@MeanMarqus]

Nico Montinola go and swim with your cats weirdo

[@squidiz496]

Lmao what a freak people check this Nico guys weird ass channel.

[@thundersword2733]

@@squidiz496 bwHaha

[@thundersword2733]

@@MeanMarqus haha

[@FingerStink420]

@@squidiz496 Let me help. Those are called cats and dogs.

[@mikeg3950]

When I see footage like this it strikes me that the fireball they speak of is another very skilled and smart human dying horrifically

[@kirayoshikage4057]

If he was very skilled and smart he wouldn't be dying horifically.

[@jaystockman6403]

My favorite fighter since I was a kid. Aside from it's versatile uses, it looks so badass.

[@EnhanceRaptor]

The MiG-21's an old plane, but it's considered to be a pretty maneuverable one. I think the F/A-18s still had the edge overall, but it might have been tougher had they been slinging those bombs while in a close-in gunfight.

[@twentylush]

The mig-21 is actually a very good airframe/craft, but the countries that use it are very ignorant on its potential when it's upgraded. The Chinese upgraded versions of these (J-7 fighters, I think?) come with upgraded avionics, radar, and an updated airframe. Still not as capable as an American fighter, but it can stand on its own.

[@firepower7017]

EnhanceRaptor a F-18 ain't a fuck around, if it can go toe to toe against a Su-27 then all MIGs and Su Designs older than it is crap because no way in hell can a MIG-21 down a superior Su-27

[@rick7424]

Not as relevant as sensors in a BVR fight.

[@mikedejesus7064]

The MiG-21 can be maneuverable at higher rates of speed, especially for its age. However, in a lower speed fight, the small wings and control surfaces become a major disadvantage. I'm sure it could definitely outrun and outclimb a Hornet, but in a turning fight it would have little chance. That's why the MiG-21s in Vietnam would do fast hit and runs and ambushes from high altitude on strike aircraft, and generally try to avoid tangling with the F-4s in a straight-up dogfight.

[@animalmother1522]

thats my dad ship! vs-30 plane 700. his name was sean larson uss saratoga rank e 5

[@animalmother1522]

thank you

[@TALKINGtac0]

Dude, tell your father he's really cool.

[@MsSnowedin]

sweet

[@dlagaming8226]

Nice

[@LeatherCladVegan]

You probably shouldn't give out your father's service details on a public, global site like KZbin.

[@shmammered3842]

“GOOSE! GOOOOOOOSE!” -Top Gun

[@Lumen_571]

The F18 is so cool. Probably my favorite fighter jet.

[@-.____________________________]

Same

[@ArcherAC3]

Why did he shoot a sidewinder first and then a Sparrow later?

[@berbeccristian]

Thank you! Looked for this comment in the whole comm section

[@Flightsworldwidevideos]

great video!!

[@daniescopmk]

this remind me to the campaign mission in bf3 going hunting

[@tacticalteletubby5560]

yea its an intresting mission but not very realistic.

[@ComMander0525k]

Heat rockets lel noob, i would've destroyed it with the machine gun

[@johnnyhun1]

+ComMander0525 battlefield swag...

[@mc-ps-playa5569]

There's a reason they don't use cannons for dogfighting

[@ComMander0525k]

MC-PS-PLAYA y?

[@mc-ps-playa5569]

ComMander0525 Do you know how fast and maneuverable fighter jets are and how the cannons only fire in one direction and cants move.

[@ComMander0525k]

MC-PS-PLAYA EXACTLY !!! THAT'S WHEN THE WORLD '' SKILLS '' COMES

[@mmdrake8371]

It’s not the plane,it’s the pilot

[@ToyotaTacomaOfficial]

Exactly

[@BlvaKadavrah]

more like both

[@tavo2422]

F4, Tom Cat, Eagle, Falcon, Hornet and now The Raptor. God is on our side.

[@edwardgray2695]

F4 tomcat p41 he'll cat f14 God bless America

[@FighterPilotPodcast]

Love the reverse-image stick and throttle footage at the 2:29 mark. Oops!

[@smunro1977]

Why can't the greatest military in the world invest in some better cameras? Half of this could pass for a UFO video.

[@rowandoggo]

1:37 "Locked On" sound

[@kellywilson8440]

AIM-9 L

[@kausikkar2587]

Love USA from India....🇺🇸❤

[@tillholder2400]

What??? Lt. Commander Fox?? Straight from a movie. What a guy.

[@SaltusEtiam]

No credit to the pilot? C'mon

[@louiegutierrez8244]

The plane dead fly by it self Fantastic job By a great American pilot

[@gregedwards1087]

3:08, "....the Hornet could fight its way to a target, brush aside the opposition and then bomb with precision." Narration is a bit Hung Ho and misleadingly patriotic. Against a 1950's airframe, obviously upgraded with better avionics, but still an earlier generation fighter design than the Hornet, put the Hornet up against a MiG 29 or a Sukhoi 27 of the same era and it would have been a totally different outcome. The Hornet is an excellent aircraft but its pilots are not stupid enough to put a loaded aircraft up against a more capable fighter, had they been up against later model MiG's or Sukhoi's, they would have jettisoned bombs and tanks while manoeuvring out of there with their asses on fire, the only smart thing to do.

[@w.dieterich7077]

who else ironically things he could do this, just because he has had a dogfight in gta online😂🤦🏽‍♂️

[@tacticalteletubby5560]

takes more skill then using your thumbs bud.

[@w.dieterich7077]

@@tacticalteletubby5560 yea I guessed that

[@hardmachine]

Ground Control:Lt. Your smiling and happy to be back Lt: Yes, dont mind that bulge in my flight suit

[@smartdoge4626]

Everybody gangsta till the bomber turns into a fighter with the flick of a switch

[@PotatoStandVids]

Crazy to see how far we've come since the p-51

[@pontiacGXPfan]

This is why the navy still flies the Hornet

[@davidn3442]

Because they can kill outdated jets from the 50s???

[@pontiacGXPfan]

No. The Tomcat has done this before as well. Because none of the Tomcat's five air-to-air kills involved carrying 8,000 pounds of bombs. You wouldn't know of any other airplane scoring a Mig kill without jettisoning its bombs first. If so, please tell me.

[@xBlkPhantomx]

David N No because the hornet can do everything, its a multi-role fighter, it can do a variety of missions and get the job done, also it's easy to maintain unlike the f14 was, the f18 is perfect for the Navy and what they do and this is just the C/D variant the E/F Super Hornet is even better its the best Naval fighter in the world

[@pontiacGXPfan]

Exactly my point. Tomcats only carried LGBs, JDAMs, dumb bombs and Maverick missiles. Hornets can carry all of those, and more. It was outfitted from the outset with its own laser targeting pod whereas the Tomcat had to use one the Air Force was already using.

[@Jay-fq8uz]

David N haha your stupid they were not outdated the migs are actually the only jets that give the usa any competition in the world. We had smarter pilots

[@jacktheehat]

Haha everyone's complaining about it being an unfair fight! Not like they won't shoot them down if they had the chance... It's a war you don't not kill the enemy because there stupid enough to come near you if they didn't shoot them down I'm sure they would go on to kill others or die trying anyway

[@louiegutierrez8244]

It’s kill them or they going to kill you would anyone out there like to hear that a Americans pilot lost there life in the line of duty protecting your kids your family and most inportiently your freedom your rights so be grateful you’re still a country called home and God bless that pilot and his family for those of you that number served your country you will never understand where you are willing to sacrifice for others to be grateful go sign up and fight the good fight dye caring your part of the risk and burden in stead of letting others take your portion of the dangerous risk in short put up and sign up or shut the hell up more grateful and respectful of our troops all of them or more to another country and see how you liked it I am a combat veteran who also lost family and friends To what Appears to be an ungrateful country

[@tc1817]

I haven't seen almost any comments complaining about the fight.

[@forestmonstre6322]

I don't think anyone is suggesting they should not have shot down the Migs because it was unfair. I think they are commenting on how the narrator is acting like this is a great achievement for the multi-role fighter by citing an example where an F-18 shot down a plane that surprised everyone it could even fly. Had the F-18 shot down something like an F-16, then I think that would be a better example of how the F-18 is tactilly superior as multi-role fighter.

[@derpwaza1852]

Its like a kid in a wheelchair 1v1 micheal jordan.

[@Rich-hy2ey]

M-21? Did the F-18 go back in time to the 1960's?

[@鉄骨極死]

this is how ace combat feels like in the real life.

[@carrot92]

I feel sorry for those that want to fight the Americans.

[@peacheyles]

I feel sorry for the americans, stupid enough to fight these ,illegal,satanic,Zionist sponsored wars!!!!!

[@rednovember2205]

Les Peachey We should've let saddam continue to kill his people.

[@speedbird1598]

As cruel as this sounds: Yes. We are not the worlds police

[@zxbreakeralg7429]

@@rednovember2205 So u killed them insted

[@rednovember2205]

@@speedbird1598 Yes, is there a problem with that?

[@ThinkCriticallyNow]

FA-18 vs MiG-21, that's fair.......if there was 5 migs vs 1 hornet it would still be unfair for the migs

[@ralfidude]

Oh shit, you're right. We should have sent in our F-4 phantoms instead. I don't get people like you. We build a better military EXACTLY FOR THIS PURPOSE. Be better equipped and out do the other guy. Commanders will all tell you, the best way to fight a war is to completely overwhelm and destroy the enemy as quickly as humanly possible. If you try to "match and even things up" you will drag the war on and exhaust countless more human lives than you should. So if they show up with century old equipment, they will get destroyed. That's how war is. None of this "it isn't fair" bullshit.

[@ThinkCriticallyNow]

ralfidude You seemed to have missed my point. If the fight were even in the same damn decade I would have no problem but MiG-21's, really?. May as well be dogfighting with Sopwith Camels. The shear maneuverability of the Hornet over the MiG would allow gun kills with ease. I understand where you are coming from with having the best weapons on the block but this is so one sided it's just silly.

[@ralfidude]

They still had to and do a VID. Well within the shooting parameters of the MIGs so it's still fuckin ballsy that they did that, and with AG still on.

[@CDRhammond]

Superformance72 an F-18 could beat an F-22 or even a F-35 if the pilot is trained well enough and has the guts to stay in the fight. How old a aircraft is is'nt the only deciding factor in a fight

[@ThinkCriticallyNow]

LCDRhammond You're probably right but an F-18 vs MiG-21's is just silly. They may as well be flying biplanes.

[@effsixteenblock50]

Does the hornet have a cat I / cat III configuration like the viper? If so, then if things had gotten hairy with that mig, it'd be crazy to stay in cat III and not jettison.

[@eknight101]

2:27 wait, what model F18 is this with the stick and throttle reversed? 🤔

[@TheAmericanCelt]

Its not, its reversed because of the video.