1980 Operation Eagle Claw | DCS WORLD Reenactment

[@rre9121]

Cap, just want you to know that people specifically appreciate all the editing you do, and the cinemagraphic and camera-work decisions you make to tell the story. There is no other source available in the world to see high fidelity, large participant, areal engagements likes this. Your work is one of a kind.

[@GreenBlueWalkthrough]

No really historically accurate the hostages died instead of being "freed by Regan" and you successfully made Iran a US ally again! That's will most definitely help the region later in the 90s-20s! Good job!

[@JustaGsxrGuyPlays]

The dislikes are from people who can’t even get the engine started

[@gtm5336]

or from the iranian pilots

[@TheTaylorhorton]

1:08:40 did that dude just say, "Coming in for re-entry burn." 🤣

[@WyvernFalken]

Yes I did. :P

[@Lochaby]

Cap was supposed to fire his first harm at WP2. They tried to correct him a few times but there was interference everytime. Good thing it's just a game. Very fun video. Thanks, I enjoy them!

[@raymondyee2008]

In reading the book “Operation Eagle Claw 1980” by Justin Williamson I got this: “(If things went wrong)….F-4 Phantoms from (U.S.S) Coral Sea would provide cover for A-7 Corsairs from the Coral Sea as they bombed Iranian ports. A-6 Intruders would head for Desert One and then to what they assumed was a one way mission for Tehran. (If embassy assault failed and hostages executed)….they (the A-6s) and the AC-130 gunships….were going to destroy every target they could to avenge America”.

[@arrtemfly]

does popping off the canopy provide enough weight reduction in cap's case to justify the added drag? or did the cap just want an f/a-18c(onvertible) haha???

[@arrtemfly]

what a great mission this was btw! lovely

[@grimreapers]

Alison won't let me buy a convertible car so this is best I can do guys...

[@kurtb369]

well, considering this was in majority a helo-op we sure saw many helo action .......... only someone solo ego flight it started good with mulitple views though ....

[@razerfangegaming8548]

finally got my TrackHat, software installed and configured for microsoft flight simulator X (steam edition) and DCS world (standalone) and it is SWEEEEET! I hope to be joining y'all real soon. Cheers gents and carry on! :D

[@ilikedinonuggies9323]

Wish I had a computer that could run this game

[@syedbaker3653]

Me too

[@bearcatracing007]

Same hahaha

[@nopenever8549]

Everyone that plays says the same thing.

[@Dieselbuilder]

I loved this video. I was US Army IHAWK from '77 to '86. It was cool to see HAWK modeled in the game even though you guys were taking them out. At least they got 1 kill.

[@rorygallegos7581]

I had a cousin stationed on a carrier off the coast of Iran. He said that they had to paint out (our f14s) because Iran had and still have said f14s and that if things got really ugly in country that their carrier group had enough (nukes) to pretty much make Iran one big o'l diamond. I can't remember which carrier he was on but he worked the flight deck. Pilot's had to sign out the aircraft from him before taking off....

[@Tinderchaff]

Having a very quick look on the Wiki page it looks like the only two carriers out there at the time were Nimitz and Coral Sea. This is also interesting... Protection for the operation was to be provided by Carrier Air Wing Eight (CVW-8) operating from Nimitz and CVW-14 operating from USS Coral Sea. For this operation, the aircraft bore special invasion stripe identification on their right wings. This was necessary to distinguish support aircraft from Iranian F-14 and F-4 aircraft purchased by Iran from the US in the time of the Shah. CVW-14 Marine F-4Ns were marked with a red (VMFA-323) or yellow (VMFA-531) stripe enclosed by two black stripes while CVW-14 attack aircraft (A-7s and A-6s) had an orange stripe enclosed by two black stripes.[25][26] This photo of Tomcats on Nimitz at the time shows some of the markings en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrier_Air_Wing_Eight#/media/File:F-14A_VF-41_and_VF-84_Operation_Eagle_Claw-1980.JPEG I can't find any evidence of Tomcats flying from Coral Sea at the moment so it looks like it was the Nimitz, I hope all that helps :).

[@rorygallegos7581]

@james harris, ty sir! I faintly remember it was the coral sea,because prior to that he was on the independence

[@Tinderchaff]

@@rorygallegos7581 You're welcome! It was lots of fun to research :)

[@TheChad138]

I’ve been in a sandstorm in the Persian gulf on CVN-72.

[@AXL4LIFE229]

Watch out Cap, You May Come To Love The Awesomeness Of The F-18. 🤩

[@grimreapers]

maybe...

[@WyvernFalken]

@@grimreapers Cap is secretly a Bogachev fanboy.

[@jb01056912]

awesome stuff, but man did i see a friendly get shot down and no one really bata an eye? no tears for the fallen i guess

[@gruntopolouski5919]

SUGGESTED MISSIONS: A.) The ambush of Adm. Yamamoto; B.) The Israeli strike on the Iranian(?) nuclear plant, and; C.) The opening “Shock and Awe” Air Assault of Baghdad during desert storm. (Include cruise missile drones approaching from the west, cruise missile strikes, F-117s, etc. I think there was also WW2 battleships firing main guns, B52 strikes, helicopter missions, and more!

[@ecbst6]

Almost hate to say it, but yeah, I was there, too :) I did 6 months at Wadi abu Shihat.

[@jameshewitt8828]

Just started watching this, love this. Great reading about these real life missions and must check that film out cap.

[@Nsane211]

that was fun to watch, good job

[@WollieTheWookie]

Great editing! I enjoyed the transfer between the different player cams. Keep up the awesome work!!

[@jamesa.7604]

Good Job, Guys! Grim Reaper Fliers Rule!

[@DocWatsonHistory]

But I guess we don't have A-7s to sup strike aircraft so good to go

[@GR_Whistler]

Soon

[@zdenekoldrichmarek2867]

Great to watch very exciting,you need the TOP HATTERS for sure. Best Wishes.I expected problems with sand in the air?

[@dohc22h]

The RH53's had In-Air Refueling capability..... just saying.. RH53 same as CH53 Super Stallion

[@telecleez]

I'm glad I'm not Cap's Crew Chief.

[@timblack6422]

Shock and awe, Baby!

[@DocWatsonHistory]

Awesome mission, except, caviat, F/A-18s were not operational )

[@GR_Whistler]

We used Hornets as stand-ins for the Phantoms, which we don't have flyable in DCS...yet

[@TheGreatSawyer1]

Check out the book "Inside Delta Force" by Retired Command Sergeant Major Eric L Haney. He was on operation Eagle Claw and his perspective on the desert SNAFU is really interesting. Also there's a lot about Delta's founding, selection, and Panama.

[@victormoisesgalvan1596]

You should do the Israeli operation thunderbolt July 4 1976 when Israeli Commandos where sent to rescue 106 hostages from terrorist cells who had them held in Entebbe Uganda under Idi Amin's rule.

[@lohrtom]

Awesome mission

[@jimmywan87]

Is it a good idea to fly into the contrail flight levels? Isn’t above or below it better since you won’t be found as easily?

[@timblack6422]

I remember that time

[@AndrewMurrell]

About 20 minutes in, the HARMS would have been AGM-45 Shrikes. Anti radiation seeker on an AIM-7 body in service from 1965-92. AGM-88 s were brought in, in '85.

[@GR_Whistler]

No shrikes in the inventory unless we use the A-4

[@WyvernFalken]

Tell ED to make the F-4 already.

[@AndrewMurrell]

@@WyvernFalken No kidding. As a kid, I watched those fly over head every week from the national guard airfield.

[@Sour_CAG]

I freaking love this stuff. Keep it up, you beautiful humans!

[@mrkeogh]

Awww. For a minute there I was imagining someone had a Credible Sport mod for the Hercules in DCS :(

[@ohyeah1726]

We want a mission with Ate!!!!!

[@grimreapers]

Have tried, he's IMPOSSIBLE to pin down...

[@mikekidd9808]

And I thought taxing off the runaway with the speedbrakes out was a faux pas.

[@andreasederer9239]

Nice

[@michaelmcternan4997]

guess it was getting a little stuffy on the RTB, had to pop your canopy, hahaha

[@robc3056]

I keep looking around at my telly and the cockpit view doesnt change....Twat.. im not playing LOL

[@GR_Whistler]

I catch myself doing that watching KZbin or playing games without it...silly habit 😁

[@LinuxJedi]

grump cam 😂

[@ilikedinonuggies9323]

Great content cap

[@marynilsson6545]

12:09 is that a raven one/declared hostile Easter egg I see....

[@gort8203]

If you're doing an all out attack it's hardly a reenactment of Eagle Claw. But please don't reenact it because it was disaster that took the lives of some brave servicemen. By the way, the operations took place about five months after the hostages were taken. They didn't just rush in willy-nilly without planning and preparation. Unfortunately the aviation units involved did not yet have the skills and equipment necessary for a high probability of success under adverse conditions. The failures experienced led to formation of various special operations units and capabilities, most notably the 160th Special Operation Aviation Regiment, initially known as Task Force 160.

[@WyvernFalken]

I remember this as part of my AFSOC training. The failure that was Operation Eagle Claw was what set the formation of SOCOM in motion. Glad it got established, but too little too late for what they needed then.

[@andreasederer9239]

Hello

[@TheChad138]

Funny people come to Cap’s KZbin channel and complain that it’s coming from Cap’s perspective, lol.

[@ZacYates]

It’s the whole “channel called Grim Reapers” bit that made me believe it was more of a general GR channel.

[@PFiction24]

THIS ONE'S FOR CHUCK NORRIS!!

[@andreasederer9239]

Ich spreche nur deutsch nur wenig englisch

[@sroush151]

If the Grim Reapers were a PMC/Mercenary group, your treasury would be in the negatives considering whenever Cap decides to 'race back home' he burns all excess weight including the Canopy! And on that note Cap your ground crew would hate you.

[@grimreapers]

We are lucky to have a VERY rich backer who doesn't mind losing $billions...

[@michaellawrence6677]

Didn’t us Canadians end up rescuing them? You may hate me more now. Sorry…

[@peribe438]

Cap is not having his best day….👎