H-3 Airstrike - The Most Famous Airstrike of the Iran-Iraq War

[@showtime112]

Some assets in this reenactment are not 100 percent accurate. As there are no KC-747 tankers in DCS, they were approximated by a regular 747-400 Jumbo Jet. Also, the specific version of the F-4E and its equipment doesn't necessarily reflect the versions used by Iran. And finally, the Iraqi airspace in the central region of the country was well defended but not exactly populated 😁I only noticed that this sentence didn't make sense after uploading the video. There are also some technical imperfections caused by my editing software acting a bit silly. I apologize for everything and thank you for your understanding!

[@Bandog23]

Fun fact, there's a movie made about this strike.

[@dominiqueroudier9401]

Israël did similar in 1 St october 1985 with opération Mivtza Régel Etz on Tunisia PLO HQ. Used only différents F15 and kc707 for this méditerranéean raid

[@showtime112]

@@dominiqueroudier9401 I received quite a lot of suggestions for that video. I think they used F-15Ds with LGBs, that was my main problem for the reenactment.

[@showtime112]

@@Bandog23 It's actually available on YT but no translation.

[@Bandog23]

@@showtime112 i watched it with eng subs on the internet before, nice video btw.

[@laughingman3777]

This campaign is apparently taught in every major school of Arial combat worldwide as an exceptional instance of what precise planning and daring can achieve to this day. It's arguably one of the most impressive cases of air combat strategy and execution in history.

[@mostafashutel5878]

As an Iranian I'd love to express my special thanks for making this awesome video, very nicely done!

[@showtime112]

Thank you for commenting!

[@TheJourney-14]

سلام ❤

[@mreza84]

As an Iranian, I spent 8 years of my life in that bloody war from the age of 18 to 25. ☹️

[@showtime112]

I'm sorry to hear that you spent your youth fighting.

[@mr.alirezaspidertom2913]

سلام داش الان چکار میکنی ؟ کارت چیه ؟

[@cb_ir-xv9eb]

هیچی دروغ میگه😮😅​@@mr.alirezaspidertom2913

[@MichaelCasanovaMusic]

I’m glad you are alive and doing okay. Cheers from the USA

[@meysam8691]

درود بر شما سردار❤در قلب ما جا داری

[@angelvidal4774]

Wow, didn't know about this attack. Iranians did exceptionally good, great planing and good strategy with their tankers and their "fake flight routes". Such a nice video!!!

[@officer_miller]

honestly the more i read about iran iraq war (and Iranians as a whole)the more i realize they are basically Asian germans

[@user-uq3jf8io4r]

کلمه ایران به معنای سرزمین آریایی ها است

[@AliMohamadzadeh-u6o]

درود برشما تا حالا این جمله رو نشنیده بود و واسم جالب بود ❤❤❤😂😂

[@user-uq3jf8io4r]

@@AliMohamadzadeh-u6o عجیبه که یه ایرانی معنی کلمه‌ ایران رو نمیدونه

[@rezaabc8532]

To respect the all nations iran and German are Arian.

[@alializad3816]

not exactly ; Iranians are Aryans and Germans are another Aryan called Germans... In fact, both are from the same race called ARIAN ( Iran )...

[@siawashghawami8321]

this operation , which know as the H3 attack, accoding to experts could have been the largest , most complex and longest operation in world , which eight phantom F4 fighter planes participated

[@Persian.iran-1]

خداوند رحمت کنه خلبان های مارو اون ها اسطوره بودند یکی از خلبان های ما اجکت کرده بود در یک عملیات پس از چند سال استخوان هاش به کشورمون بازگشت ما راه این هارا ادامه خواهیم داد

[@Eldoradourb]

به قیمت خون پدرشون... سالهاست تاریخ میخونم و هیچ قدرتی که متکی و وارداتی باشه حتی یک نمونه هم پیدا نکردم... همین هایی که تشکر میکنی باعث شهادت صدهاهزار ایرانی با کمک اطلاعاتی شدن برای مفت گرفتن نفت ما این سلاح ها رو به منطقه میفروشن و هم سود میکنن از منابع این منطقه و هم ما رو به جون هم میندازن

[@chrisstrawn4108]

We all hope relations will improve. Our alliance with Saudi is far less natural than one would be with the people of Iran. Unfortunately this is extremely unlikely now that Trump has been elected.

[@icefishermanarcher5701]

سرنگون باد رژیم صادراتی آخوندی . تا آخوند حرومی کفن نشود، ایران عزیز وطن نشود

[@h.y1855]

As an Iranian, pretty accurate and unbiased contents.ggod job.

[@showtime112]

Thank you for the feedback!

[@evilmoka93]

Iranians have been renowned warriors since the dawn of history they know how to fight

[@Horemo9100]

how come it toke them 8 years in fight with Iraq using kids as sheeps to brake iraq defances

[@evilmoka93]

@@Horemo9100 Russia has lost more soldiers in two years of war with Ukraine than Iran did in eight years of war with Iraq. so you're just a biased moron if you think like that

[@evilmoka93]

@@Horemo9100 Additionally, both the East and the West sold weapons to Iraq during that war, while Iran relied solely on its stockpiled weapons purchased years earlier by the Shah.

[@Horemo9100]

@@evilmoka93 what about Iran-Contra affair they sold weapens to both to balance and make both countries weak

[@Jahanbakht1977]

As an Iranian I'd love to express my special thanks for making this awesome video, very nicely done! 👍🏻👏🏻 ✅

[@showtime112]

I appreciate your feedback!

[@AOE5578]

Don't believe this sht

[@masoudraptor]

The pilots who brought that F4 back from Syria were Mahmoud Eskandari and Mohammad Javanmardi

[@icefishermanarcher5701]

Mahmoud Eskandari, a former member of the Imperial Iranian Air Force, continued to serve the Islamic Revolution after the Islamist coup of 1979. However, in 1987, he was arrested by the Islamic regime for supporting the Iranian monarchy. Though they did not kill him, he was sentenced to four years in prison and expelled from the Air Force. Eskandari was killed in a suspicious car accident in 2001, and his burial was conducted under strict control by Islamic regime agents. It is widely believed that he was murdered by the regime.

[@oveidasinclair982]

The Iranians apparently knew the weakness of the Syrian air defense radar network in eastern Syria. This was a well planned and highly effective air strike, you can see early on in that war the difference in training and professionalism between the Iranian and Iraqi military personnel. If Saddam would have attacked Iran while the Shaw was in power, Iraq would still be under Iranian occupation today.

[@showtime112]

That's why Saddam didn't attack before the Revolution :) Training and professionalism makes all the difference, as shown in this example.

[@Archer89201]

Syrians actually supported Iran in the war, they even supplied weapons like Scuds and training to the Iranians, they probably allowed the strike but refrained from further strikes to not be alienated more by the Gulf Arabs.

[@Мухаммаднериманва]

Спасибо супер ❤🎉🎉

[@ariaspes3842]

​@@Archer89201 Syria's support was minimal, but exaggerated to offset the fact that Iran was fighting slew of western nations called Iraq war and still won and Iraq is part of Iran now LMAO

[@خلیج-همیشگی-فارس]

Iran has always been powerful, both during the time of the Shah and today, which is the first power in the region

[@fury3860]

from iran 🇮🇷 ♥️ thanks for your nice video

[@omidr4084]

All of the pilots , designers, leaders and performers were trained by Shah army, RIP great king

[@JoeCool_1962]

One of the probably most successful air strike of air war history but but not very known, thnx for this excellent reporting

[@showtime112]

Thank you for appreciating the video!

[@i.setyawan]

I knew it! I'm already anticipating new Phantom content from you as the Heat Blur module starts popping up on KZbin. Excellent choice portraying IRIAF missions. The exploits of Iranian pilots during this conflict are amazing. Can't wait for even more Phantom action!

[@showtime112]

Thank you for this feedback! Yes, there will certainly be more content based on the F-4E. A bunch of us creators was given an early access (although not too early).

[@i.setyawan]

@@showtime112 Speaking of the content on KZbin, many times I saw Phantoms sporting Vietnam-era camouflage loaded with what seem to me -9L missiles. Could you tell me what weapons are available in the module? Do we get older Sidewinders/Sparrows?

[@showtime112]

@@i.setyawan There are older AIM-7 and AIM-9 variants. There are for example AIM-7E and F. As for the Sidewinders, there's B and several 'P' models.

[@timonsolus]

@@showtime112: Yes. However, the F-4 Phantom also needs the Vietnam War era Sidewinder variants: AIM-9D Sidewinder (USN) - upgraded B AIM-9E Sidewinder (USAF) - upgraded B AIM-9F Sidewinder (Luftwaffe) - upgraded B AIM-9G Sidewinder (USN) - upgraded D AIM-9H Sidewinder (USN) - upgraded G AIM-9J Sidewinder (USAF) - upgraded E Of these, the AIM-9H and AIM-9J were the best and most reliable, but only arrived at the very end of the Vietnam War. The vast majority of Vietnam Sidewinder kills were made with the AIM-9B (26) and AIM-9D (41).

[@showtime112]

@@timonsolus True. Also, it would be cool to have the AIM-4 Falcon. Some F-4Es carried them (such as the one in the reenactment I'm working on now)

[@angrypandaification]

Really impressive the ruse and execution of a very complicated mission with a lot of moving parts. Great video Showtime.

[@showtime112]

Thank you very much, I'm glad you appreciate the content!

[@rezaabc8532]

H3 strike is the biggest strike in the world. Thanks for information

[@weissrw1]

Wow! That was a great presentation of a great mission. The team that put that all together was brilliant!!! Super video!

[@showtime112]

I appreciate your positive feedback!

[@mariobeach6292]

wooooowwww...iran

[@yveaux500]

I’m already giving this one a thumbs up before I have even seen it.

[@showtime112]

I appreciate your trust!

[@yveaux500]

You did not disappoint, as always. 👏🏻

[@Freekick_77]

As an iranian i feel proud of our genius pilot's and army mind's

[@Riccardo_Silva]

I watched a fairly impressive persian movie about the H3 attack...i suggest it to anyone interested in this mission: very well done! BTW, as always, thank you Showtime!!!

[@showtime112]

I appreciate your positive comment, thank you!

[@mreza84]

Do you know the name of that movie?

[@mblackweed2040]

​@@mreza84H3

[@babakpakzad]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/hKrGZq1siK2Egq8si=YGugMWSZbG8s8E_Z ​@@mreza84

[@tacticalcamel149]

Attack on H3 ​@@mreza84

[@ph_H01]

As soon as I heard about the F-4 being added I knew someone had to make a video about H3, you actually find the movie on youtube as well. Fantastic video!

[@cannonfodder4376]

For such a daring and successful raid one would think it would be quite famous and well known, even to a history enthusiast like me. Learned lots from this video, well done and an excellent debut of the Phantom on this channel. I look forward to more of it.

[@showtime112]

Thank you! More Phantom stuff to come soon!

[@pyorre2441]

It is relatively well known mission with the aircraft simulator players and probably with real life military pilots as well. Outside of those circles the issue becomes who did the raid as Iran did not at the time and even today have the best relationship with Western powers, so any of their heroic feats they performed during the Iran-Iraq War where memory holed due to that.

[@pablopeter3564]

EXCELLENT VIDEO, as usual. Keeping the Aviation History alive. Oustanding aviation achievement by the Iranian pilots. CONGRATULATIONS ¡¡¡¡¡¡ Greetings from Mexico City.

[@showtime112]

Much oblige! I'm looking forward to the map of Iraq which will enable some more topics to be covered accurately.

[@donparker1823]

Thanks!

[@showtime112]

Thank you again!

[@hajimeokajima]

"Hello this is Showtime112!" And thus, peak is achieved.

[@showtime112]

Thank you for being here!

[@asmitasinha6547]

​@@showtime112Hi I read there there was an Incident where Iraqi Planes fought Iranian helicopters which was a complete Aerial slaughter.

[@asmitasinha6547]

​@@showtime112Can you also make a video about the Massive Iraqi Air strikes in Iran? Or later about Indian Pakistan war especially Operation Cactus Lily where Indian Air force pounded pakistani forces and bases relentlessly.

[@Petidani0330]

The Syrians in Palmyra be like: "Say, that's a strange-looking 747!"

[@showtime112]

It kinda shrunk :)

[@samalet2746]

The H3 operation is one of the best and most complex air operations in the world, which the F-4s did well.

[@ricksanchez2500]

I am very grateful to the creator of this video for depicting one of the most intelligent designs of military operations as well as the most daring combat flights, which are among the special talents of the Iranian Air Force.

[@ricksanchez2500]

That many people from all over the world see this video and they all look at the Iranian pilots with admiration makes my heart full of pride and warm as the sun as an Iranian, I must also say that

[@ricksanchez2500]

It was the F-14 Tomcat interceptors and their unique and brave patriots pilots who took over the absolute supremacy In the sky of Iraq and also the Persian Gulf.

[@showtime112]

Thank you for commenting!

[@Dankas10]

Svaka čast na svakom do sada napravljenom prilogu. U ovo m času ste najbolji kanal na YouiTube na temu povijesti vojnog zrakoplovstva. Bravo!

[@showtime112]

Zahvaljujem, vrlo visoka pohvala! 😊

[@ShayanFiroozi1]

Not just famous of Iran-Iraq war , but one of the best airstike of all aviation history , the Iranian piolot made an impossible possibe !!

[@alirezaeslami6405]

As an Iranian, we always do impossible things

[@Peersook]

As an another iranian riiiiiidei

[@dex_9781]

@@Peersook ridam

[@angriff69]

Hi Showtime, I wasn't aware of this raid! What a brilliant action, and a superb visual account on your side, THANK YOU once again

[@showtime112]

Thank you for watching and commenting!

[@Spitfiresammons]

Amazing story of Iran famous raid and sad news Falkland war sea harrier pilot Nigel Sharkey ward with 3 kills has passed away on May 17 at the age 81 RIP.

[@dominiqueroudier9401]

And also Clarence ",Bud" Anderson ,102years old 16 kills with P51D old crow

[@Spitfiresammons]

@@dominiqueroudier9401 yes I heard that news too RIP to Bud Anderson.

[@madhukarjonathanminj2772]

seems like we have lost quite a few old great aviators,RIP gentlemen

[@abahdaddy3889]

SADDAM HUSSIN WAS CRAZY

[@chrisstrawn4108]

And now he's a cold, cold corpse.

[@SilencedMi5]

Awesome video of an under-covered and significant event in military history! Great visuals in DCS too!

[@showtime112]

Thanks a lot, I appreciate your positive feedback!

[@alirezahabibzadeh2002]

Very accurate explained also Iran has made movie of this mission ( attack on H3 ) But story of single f4 which landed in palmira Syria , it’s more horrific than H3 cuz it took 2 months to fix the airplane and mean while Iran sent 2 professional pilot to syria to bring it back !! Unfortunately Syria intelligent advised to iraqs intelligent about the flight pattern and time of flight . More than 20 Iraqis migs were patrolling over the turkey ; syria and Iraq borders to intercept f4 !! But Iranian pilots were so smart and instead of taking that pattern, they decided to fly across the the country of Iraq at a altitude of 50 feet from the ground with supersonic speed and reach Iran and they succeeded.

[@juancarlosperezcortes9259]

Outstanding video. I always thaught the tanker took of from Iran and made the aerial refueling over Turkey. Thanks a lot

[@showtime112]

Thank you! To be honest, I used to think that as well some time ago.

[@Seeker-zl7nf]

The Iranian Air Force (lacking spare parts for their planes and etc) flew 4,000 miles and significantly damaged the H3 base, destroying at least 34-40 Iraqi planes. The Israeli Air Force attacked the same base three times, but despite only having to cover 30% of the distance the Iranians flew, they were not as successful in causing damage during their attacks as the Iranian Air Force did during just one attack. This operation is one of a kind in the history.

[@alimirzaei8456]

Great job making the video and thank you for the very informative content. We (as Iranians) had the great pilots back then and they were our big advantage in that bloody war. Respect and Salute to those great men ❤❤❤

[@bestestusername]

Well done on the video, great work

[@showtime112]

I'm glad you hear you liked it, thank you!

[@bestestusername]

@@showtime112 99% of us understand you won't get the exact planes but the effort and info is appreciated

[@Miladangler]

As an iranian thank you for made ❤

[@showtime112]

Thank you for commenting!

[@abbaerfani9007]

Very well indeed. Thanks for making this video keep on great work ❤❤

[@showtime112]

Thank you for appreciating it!

[@michaelamos4651]

Your videos are the best. Thanks for your hard work

[@showtime112]

Thank you very much for the positive feedback!

[@yvc9]

That was nicely put together❤❤❤

[@showtime112]

I'm glad to hear you think so!

[@doggamer3193]

the thing is the last phantom didn't land in syria but in fact the leader of the squadron showed him a road so the phantom which was out of fuel could land on it the leader dive in to the road in iran near the air base they operated in so he could scare people and lead them out of the road

[@showtime112]

That is the movie version but according to the mission commander Izadseta, Khazraei's Phantom landed in Palmyra. I believed that one a lot more.

[@doggamer3193]

@@showtime112 oh i'm sorry you are 100 percent right! My mistake

[@massafelipe8063]

Thank You for all the work Showtime, I ve been watching for years, first class relaxation-historical-gaming-airforce content. Uvijek sam mislio da je iza ovog kanala jedan naš drugi aero ekspert ali sam se zabunio.

[@showtime112]

Hvala na komentaru! Ja se baš ne doživljavam kao eksperta. Prije sam kao Joey Tribbiani koji glumi kirurga u sapunici nego pravi kirurg 😁

[@andrijakostic3941]

Svaka cast! Konacno i tvoj omiljeni avion!! Jos jedan odlican video! 👏👏

[@showtime112]

Hvala na pozitivnom komentaru! Došao je nakon dugog čekanja. E sad, da još imam vremena koliko bih želio da ga pošteno naučim :)

[@a_s_mikael]

well done 👏 your history was truth,i had fear that you made it due to their movie's story but you correctly didn't that and made this by true historical story ❤

[@showtime112]

You know movies, they always change things because they feel it might be more appealing to broad audiences. Thank you for the comment!

[@a_s_mikael]

​@@showtime112I dif share this in my page here

[@jeannezehner9450]

Fantastic story, that's the element of surprise, it's like Hannibal who crossed the Alps with his éléphants to walk on Rome.

[@dominiqueroudier9401]

Fantastique, je le revoit demain sur TV HD

[@jeannezehner9450]

@@dominiqueroudier9401 C'est bien expliqué, c'est hallucinant l'organisation qu'il a fallu mettre en place. Effet de surprise garanti.

[@dominiqueroudier9401]

@@jeannezehner9450 les israélien ont fait de même avec raid Osirak en 81 et surtout moins connu d'un raid en F15 uniquement à travers méditerranée pour bombarder en Tunisie vers Carthage un planqué de OLP octobre 85 je crois. Opération jambes de bois

[@jeannezehner9450]

@@dominiqueroudier9401 Celui de 81 je connais, l'autre m'est inconnu.

[@dominiqueroudier9401]

@@jeannezehner9450 raid exclusivement en F15 de différentes versions ravitaillement en vol par 707. Le vol s'est déroulée dans espace aérien international. Certains configuré en Bombardier et missiles autres en CAP exclusivement. S'est déroulé 1 octobre 85,. Le jour de mon anniversaire 💥

[@sohrabroozbahani4700]

Mighty lords of Asgard, in the movie they made it look like the wounded Phantom just broke formation and dashed for iranian airspace, landing on a civilian road just past the border running on fumes, i had no idea Syria was backing Iran to such extent, no wonder Iran worked so hard to pay them back during the civil war 🤯 BTW, that iranian movie about H3 operation is ancient, i was like 8 or 10 when it came out, where did you get the footage of it? 🤭 Good job man, I thought you will probably go with operation Bolo for your first Phantom reenactment, thanks for choosing us instead, you really did Persian Phantoms a solid 👍👏🙌 on the behalf of my people, i thank you...🙏

[@moblinmajorgeneral]

Assad must not have liked Saddam

[@showtime112]

That is the movie version :) As for the Syrians, it seems like they didn't knowingly participate in this. Iranians kinda tricked them but Syrians weren't too upset about it 😁 There was a sentence in the text explaining that Syria had good relationship with Iran and tense with Iraq but it got mistakenly dropped in the editing.

[@showtime112]

True. Syria was a rare Arab country with good relations with Iran. As for Iraq, they weren't very friendly.

[@sohrabroozbahani4700]

@@moblinmajorgeneral Saddam was trying to picture himself as the Ceasar of Arab world, hence anyone with the same ambition in mind was naturally not missing his chance to backstab him, Assad, Ghadafi, OBL... He was never short of enemies...

[@Keyhan-c8c]

because at the time of the movie this was a classified document still, saddam was in power still & they didn't want them to realise that their phantom was landed in Syria and repaired.

[@hanibelsoun9370]

Perfect video. Thanks a lot for sharing.

[@showtime112]

Thank you very much for the comment!

[@MichaelBoelton]

thank you for taking the time to produce this. liked and subscribed.

[@showtime112]

Thank you for appreciating the content and subscribing!

[@gsmdo8836]

Doing AAR below 1000' AGL - that's some gung-ho flying by both the F4s and the 747...

[@showtime112]

Yes, there are good reasons why refueling is never done at such altitudes.

[@wesly22dh]

A Thrust Master Embassador, congrats :)

[@showtime112]

Thank you!

[@stanleylaham8932]

I’ve just seen your account of this air attack and the same account in the operations room. Had I not seen yours first, I would not have understood theirs tactically.

[@showtime112]

Thank you for the feedback! I'll have to watch theirs again with this info in mind :)

[@dante666jt]

Glad to see you again! Congratulations on the sponsorship from Thrust Master!

[@showtime112]

Thanks, I appreciate your support! And understanding that sponsors are necessary :)

[@dante666jt]

@@showtime112 thanks your kind response! Keep up the good work

[@eugeneoreilly9356]

Strange how Saddam Hussein enjoyed support from the UK and US who were to later turn against him.Same with Iran who's fleet of F4,s were hampered by sanctions.Some spares were acquired via a third party.

[@showtime112]

It is indeed weird. But then again, history is full of shifting alliances. Large powers are more about 'being in the moment'. If something works for us now, let's go with it and who cares about possible future consequences :)

[@AlexejSvirid]

They are just making money of war. The problem is Devil runs the world. He is lier and murderer. This is the reason why Hitler got the power, but Christ was executed as "blasphemer" and "rioter" by denunciation of clergy. That's why we've got the Gospel about the God's kingdom. Jehovah would put everything in order. The dead will be resurected and we'll meet our beloved ones again! :-)

[@Archer89201]

Israel helped Iranian air force to operate with spare parts and ordinance, Iran Iraq war was indeed strange with US, UK, France financing and arming Iraq and Israel, North Korea, Libya and Syria arming Iran ; and China selling to both sides and Soviets also supplying both sides.

[@moroccanbarbarian7051]

At this time, Israel and US support Iran too.

[@alirahimian5375]

I am an Irainian and I can say you that make sure we were alone in war Just Syria helped us

[@DarnellD.Langenfeld]

As an Iraqi , i find this video very useful and informative.. well edited and well explained !

[@showtime112]

Thank you for the feedback. Almost all other Iraqis immediately proclaim any videos where Iranians are ever remotely successful as lies and propaganda.

[@saeidplc]

It is very important to note that Iranians do not consider the Iraqi people as their enemies, and the war imposed by Saddam Hussein and the Baath Party is always mentioned in Iran❤

[@hoseinzaman5071]

This mission never ever repeated around the world 🌎

[@alikarimi4182]

I waited so long for this one. Thanks

[@showtime112]

Thank you for the comment. Phantom module came out much later than first announced but it's here now.

[@alikarimi4182]

@@showtime112 I know buddy thanks again

[@gp4807]

Please make a clip of how the Phantom was returned by Colonel Mahmoud Eskandari and Colonel Mohammad Javanmardi

[@AGenericAccount]

:O That story of how iran operated their tankers covertly is mind boggling on its own

[@showtime112]

Agreed. Quite an intricate plot.

[@PappaBear_yt]

Great video, buddy! 👍🏻👏🏻 I must say I wouldn't mind if it was a bit longer, if you get me... 😁😉 Regarding "try flying it yourself": are you saying it's available for try-out? 😲 That would be really cool! Although, I'm still on 2.8.5 and rather hesitant on "upgradeing", so I guess it wouldn't work for me anyway... 🤷🏼 Can't wait for another video with this beast! 💪🏻 Cheers! 🙋🏼‍♂️🍻🍻

[@showtime112]

Thanks again! Phantom in DCS is not yet available for a free trial (but it will be eventually). Mind you, it's a bit fps hungry. There will be more videos featuring the F-4E. Perhaps a bit longer ones too :)

[@PappaBear_yt]

@@showtime112 Yeah, I just saw that HB even delayed release until tomorow... 😬 So, this is "good enough", I guess. 🤷🏼😉🙋🏼‍♂️ Edit: is the Phantom currently able to TO and land to a carrier?

[@showtime112]

@@PappaBear_yt Yup, they are one day late. This Phantom model can't operate from a carrier. HB announced some time ago they would develop another, naval variant of the Phantom in the future but I haven't heard anything about it recently.

[@PappaBear_yt]

@@showtime112 Wait, did my last comment got... deleted? 😲

[@1joshjosh1]

My 11 year old son told me Showtime 112 will sue me. I can't go around saying "hello this is Daddytime 112". 😂.

[@showtime112]

We can always settle outside of court 😁

[@1joshjosh1]

@@showtime112 😆👍

[@branka4226]

Great video 👍

[@showtime112]

Thank you very much!

[@mikemontgomery2654]

Very nice that Heatblur released a Phantom for DCS. I’m sure that’ll add to the stories you can reproduce.

[@oldguy8078]

Thanks. Also shows what a fantastic aircraft the F-4 was.

[@showtime112]

Thank you for watching! My favorite aircraft 😁

[@sajjadrezalou116]

به عنوان یک ایرانی نقش نفتکشها بسیار عالی بود خلبانان ایرانی خلبانان شاه بود و نه رژیم ضحاک ضد ایرانی

[@orionxingu1758]

You are very wrong. Those brave pilots stayed after the revolution and dedicated their lives and skills to the country. Without their sacrifices things would have been much different.

[@ratagris21]

Excellent presentation by Showtime 112! Thank you for keeping aviation's forgotten history alive via reenactments. Thank you for all you do! ♠️🎩🎯🎱🇺🇲🏁🇮🇱🇺🇦🔱🌻💮🌼🌸🏴‍☠️🏹

[@showtime112]

Always great to hear from you, thank you!

[@Codenamephoenix71]

Awesome ❤

[@showtime112]

Thank you very much!

[@smhosseini69]

There is also an Iranian movie called "The Attack on H3 (1995)" about this strike.

[@kavehthephantomboy]

On February 1981 the operation actually was supposed to be done by 12 F-4Es and the Phantoms even entered the Iraqi airspace but due this fact that you mentioned (low clouds) they bombed a refinery in Zakho city when they were returning to Iran which got completely destroyed and I've even heard from Mohammad Javanmardi who was involved in the both flights as a WSO and in the process of returning the damaged F-4 alongside Mahmoud Eskandari that the refinery was burning for a very long time, maybe around one month and it got shutdown completely after that flight.

[@az93850]

Thanks shoowtime112 for this amazing video, and please continue producing more.

[@showtime112]

Thank you for the very positive feedback! More coming up!

[@Ari-gold]

Wow that was a suicidal plan. I saw a documentary about how they air refueled 6 times at 300 feet which is a big no no.

[@showtime112]

There were four aerial refuels and not exactly at 300 feet but still extremely low.

[@hosseinhosseini4438]

Beside being a daring operations over enemy territory, a lot of things were done which were not in the books and never will .Such as refueling at less than 1000 feet of altitude by a 747 !!! Also the holding pattern area for the 747's were so tight (to remain in Syrian air space and not Iraqis) that they had to make 45-50 degree bank in altitude of less than 1000 feet while waiting for the Phantoms to arrive and during the refueling. Well done boys. You deserve to be in every book written about aerial warfare but unfortunately what you did remains to be relatively obscured in the west.

[@privatesteverogers]

Great video! I have a question : Has an Iranian F-4 Phantom ever achieved an aerial victory in the Iran-Iraq War? If yes, do you plan on making a vídeo about it? Remember, your objective is to make the videos just like the Dogfights series from the History Channel. That is what you're doing: gaining experience and perfecting your knowledge and skills with each video you post. Keep up the good work!

[@showtime112]

Thank you very much! Yes, Iranian Phantoms claimed a whole bunch of aerial victories against Iraqi Air Force and I do intend to cover some of them. I'm still waiting with those topics as the Iraq map will soon be released for DCS. Once I get the actual locations, it will be more accurate.

[@bggltk]

great thanks

[@showtime112]

Thank you for the comment!

[@aztec0112]

Nicely done recreation, even given DCS limitations. 👍👍

[@showtime112]

Thank you very much for the feedback!

[@zagrosghobadi7236]

Thanks ❤❤❤

[@showtime112]

Thanks a lot!

[@h.y1855]

Just imagine an under cover operation with a 747 .never mind the F4s .huge giants for the task.

[@LeChatNoir-z8h]

What about a video on the Amiens raid, "Operation Jericho", which took place in February 1944, by De Havilland Mosquitos on the prison in Amiens that held French Resistance fighters, the raid was intended to breach the prison so the Resistance fighters could escape. The raid subsequently became controversial, as to who had requested the raid...Loving this channel and can't get enough, keep it going!

[@showtime112]

Thank you very much for the feedback. Your suggestion is certainly very interesting but I think it was already covered by another channel.

[@mehdijaghubi1098]

Proud to be Iranian #KingRezaPahlavi Iranian Imperial Air Force. #IraniansStandWithIsrael

[@showtime112]

Thank you for commenting!

[@orionxingu1758]

I disagree completely with you.

[@dominiqueroudier9401]

Fantastic, i have just watch vidéo at work during my rest time. Are you aware also about a kamikaze mission attemp in april 2003 with a mirage F1EQ 6 to hit a US carrier???. Will send pictures and text tomorrow by email. Tonight in France on tv, TopGun maverick

[@showtime112]

Thanks! I have to say that I have never heard of that kamikaze story. Please, send me info you have. What a coincidence, I watched Top Gun Maverick yesterday on Netflix :)

[@JoeCool_1962]

Excellent, F4 Phantom was very versatile, hard to kill but also hard to pilot at the edge of its flight envelop

[@showtime112]

Thank you for commenting!

[@Freekick_77]

Pure genius 👌🏻

[@donparker1823]

Excellent mission planning. Have to wonder if the mission planners and pilots were trained in the US? Probably at Luke AFB AZ. Just wondering also what advantage H3 was to the Iraqi AF? If it was too far for F-4's which have a lot longer range than any of the Soviet fighter types what advantage did it give Iraq if they also couldn't conduct operations from H3 to Iran?

[@showtime112]

It is very certain that mission planners were trained in the USA, or at least by US personnel in Iran. As for the Iraqis deploying their aircraft to H3, it looks like they were launching from H-3, then landing at bases closer to Iran, refuel and continue towards the front lines and also refuel there on their way back but spend little time in those exposed bases.

[@donparker1823]

@@showtime112 makes sense

[@ariaspes3842]

@@donparker1823 Trained in US but the revolution put an abrupt end to training and Iranian pilots had to leave US and figure things out on their own

[@farhadjahan2685]

درود،، در مورد برگشت فانتومی که در سوریه به زمین نشست با خلبانی محمود اسکندری نظری ندارید؟؟

[@EsfandiarNokhodaki]

هیچ خلبانی تو سوریه ننشست

[@AhmedKaram-yt7pg]

Couple months later, Saddam accused the Syrian president of betraying the Arabs because he colluded with the Iranians to launch their attack from Palmyra Airport to bomb Al-Waleed Airport (H3). According to Saddam, the Iraqi leadership was initially certain that the raid was Israeli. After it became clear that the raid was Iranian, the airport commander, who was a colonel, committed suicide because he felt humiliated by his inability to anticipate or respond to the raid.

[@madhukar31236]

Terrific Operation, Highly fidelity/resolution was a treat to the eyes, Showtime 112 is the king of Air warfare History ❤❤❤

[@showtime112]

Thank you for the compliments!

[@Miladangler]

Legend mahmud iskandari

[@ITSSIRWAN86]

awesome brother love the video

[@showtime112]

Thank you for the comment!

[@F15ESTRIKEEAGLE-iw9nl]

I think there was a movie made on this strike called attack on h3

[@mikkotoikka3188]

Wow

[@showtime112]

Thank you for commenting!

[@SuperLefty2000]

I read that the attack was carried out during the shift change at the airbase and most of the personnel were unprepared and unaware of any attack. That gave Iranians enough time to plough the airbase.

[@samanshirazi1685]

hello from iran

[@Germerican2510]

According to your background music: The new video from Farya Faraij Iranians react to Orientalist music Orientalism: Desert Level Music vs Actual Middle-Eastern Music was an eye (and ear) opener to me! You should watch it to be able to make improved decisions in the future.

[@showtime112]

Thank you for the suggestion. I am aware that the music isn't exactly authentic. But for one thing, royalty free music is extremely rare and there isn't much choice. Another thing is that most viewers don't really require that much authenticity in that aspect. The music just needs to inspire a certain feel (which it still does). So, I might watch the video but nothing much will change.