How This Jet Smashed Up Saddam's Airfields

How This Jet Smashed Up Saddam's Airfields - Desert Storm

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@TheIntelReport 2 ай бұрын

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@alexanderf8451 2 ай бұрын

The advancement in precision bombing after WWII is truly staggering. Only the most hardened infrastructure can survive an air campaign now.

@herptek 2 ай бұрын

The most hardened and the best defended.

@paulroustan3643 2 ай бұрын

A air campaign is only possible against a force that can’t defend itself, if Iraq had modern air defence capabilities, then these aircraft would’ve been a sitting duck. Iraq air defence mostly consisted of old WW2 AA and a few 1960s SAM sites

@imperialinquisition6006 2 ай бұрын

@@paulroustan3643 That apparently isn't necessarily true. From what I've read Iraq had one of the biggest air defence systems in the world at the time, thousands upon thousands of AAA guns as well as relatively(ish, mostly 60s/70s as you commented) modern SAM missiles. I've heard of AAA tracer fire lighting up the sky over targets(though of course this could be a slight exaggeration to help book sales). SAMs are SAMs essentially, think how effective much older SAMs had been in Vietnam, you wouldn't want one shot at you regardless of what it was, and something like the Rolands Iraq was using were pretty formidable. Of course it wasn't the most modern system in the world but it was fairly effective and did shoot down a number of coalition aircraft. What you commented is apparently what they expected at the time, that they would take heavy losses against a very well equipped air defence network(because for the time it was, Iraq in general was in theory one of the strongest countries at that time with a fair number of modern fighters, large air defence network, huge army etc...). Are you entirely sure the reason the Coalition was able to conduct an air campaign wasn't the initial destruction of radar sites and the constant use of SEAD and EW aircraft? Basically the idea that the air campaign was only possible against a force which couldn't defend itself is demonstrably untrue given Iraq's air defence was generally considered strong and again did shoot down coalition aircraft in fair numbers, however much lower numbers than was apparently anticipated at the time, presumably due to successful use of SEAD equipment which is what allowed them to conduct an air campaign.

@scallen3841 2 ай бұрын

@@paulroustan3643well then they would have lost more aircraft, military equipment isn't built to look pretty but to be destroyed in Battle

@Nesstor01 2 ай бұрын

@@paulroustan3643 you don't know shit about Operation Desert Storm. Iraq was an ally to the West during the 80s during the Iran-Iraq War so countries like US and France sold them dozens of modern anti air systems like Crotale systems and they even gifted them dozens of KARI systems also. Iraq had hundreds of SA-8 systems, which shot down hundreds of US jets over Vietnam War so those systems worked as intended. The issue with Operation Desert Storm was the US had new technology the world has never seen before which were the AWACS and the EA-Prowlers. The Prowlers were jamming and flooding Iraqi radar systems with false readings so the Iraqis thought they were shooting down coalition planes but in reality, those missiles were doing nothing because they were chasing fake targets. In one of the interviews with US pilots, in the first salvo of Operation Desert Storm, the Iraqi systems were firing hundreds of missiles into the night sky and he described it as hundreds of Bottle Rockets lighting up the night sky.

@NVRAMboi 2 ай бұрын

Remember them well from real-time (Desert Storm) war coverage. Always felt The Tornado was one of the best-looking fighters of that era. Cheers from the US.

@brucegoodwin634 2 ай бұрын

Cheers from the USA!

@glennheth3472 2 ай бұрын

The Jaguar is a very close second IMO.

@longshot7601 2 ай бұрын

I miss fighters from the 70's. Most of them just looked mean like a junkyard dog versus fighters today that look like greyhounds. The Phantom, Tornado and Jaguar just have a certain look about them.

@samuelgarrod8327 2 ай бұрын

The Tornado IDS is a bomber not a fighter.

@Yora21 2 ай бұрын

Yeah, as a German I am biased, but the Tornado has an amazing look. The only plane that I know that has a similar good look is the F-4.

@TheCatBilbo 2 ай бұрын

I remember seeing a Tornado cockpit up close at RAF Leeming, about 1991. It's was surprising how old-fashioned parts of the cockpit looked. But, it had been built during the late 70s with design & equipment going back before that. Still, an amazing aircraft & a great example of pan-European cooperation.

@jmcsms 2 ай бұрын

Its cockpit was positively futuristic in comparison with many aircraft in RAF service at the time

@RepriseYT 2 ай бұрын

Big respect to the RAF from the US

@Pinkfongfan24 2 ай бұрын

🇺🇸 ❤ 🇬🇧

@shanekelly4857 2 ай бұрын

The 80s/90s were the peak of military aviation. Tornadoes, Tomcats, Eagles, Phantoms, Pigs…

@NokotanFanCentral 2 ай бұрын

You mean Migs?

@outofturn331 2 ай бұрын

@@NokotanFanCentralThe warthog

@NokotanFanCentral 2 ай бұрын

@@outofturn331 ah makes sense

@THE-BUNKEN-DRUM 2 ай бұрын

@NokotanFanCentral : They could be referring to the F111, as they're nicknamed "Pigs."

@shamanbhattacharyya9285 Ай бұрын

@@THE-BUNKEN-DRUMtrue, Aardvark

@mikedittsche 2 ай бұрын

Growing up in Germany, I always wanted to become a Tornado pilot. Loved that aircraft. Thanks for the video!

@THE-BUNKEN-DRUM 2 ай бұрын

I, too, dreamed of being a Tornado pilot (to be honest, I still do). But unfortunately, I listened to too many people telling me, "Ha, you couldn't be a fighter pilot!" For various trumped-up reasons, so I ended up taking myself out of trying to be 1. Without a doubt, that's the biggest regret of my life.

@noth606 Ай бұрын

@@THE-BUNKEN-DRUM pardon my curiosity, but which were the trumped up reasons? I grew up kinda thinking of that sort of thing, I think mostly due to Star Wars heh, but my eyesight was not good enough to become a pilot. I did however end up kinda doing the second best thing for me, special forces. But not for very long, got injured as well as subsequently "overtrained" and promoted to where a gun was just a prop, so I left. I could make more and live more comfortably in the civilian world if I were to be stuck pushing papers in an office every day anyway.

@PattMcCrotch 2 ай бұрын

My wife and Mother are named Tracy and Sandra respectively. My wife did not approve of the missile names and I’d never show my 80 year old Mom! Hilarious. 😂

@mikester1290 2 ай бұрын

Just google "the fat slags viz" please (if you already know then...)

@longshot7601 2 ай бұрын

Tracy and Sandra with the related artwork is so utterly British. Gotta love British humor.

@outofturn331 2 ай бұрын

Hi bullock

@andrewharrison7767 2 ай бұрын

@@longshot7601 yeah - I don't imagine 2 fat slags is in viz anymore; if its even still published?

@mainomai 2 ай бұрын

They are characters from an old comic strip called 'The Fat Slags'.

@UCannotDefeatMyShmeat 2 ай бұрын

those self-righting mines are impressive, especially since they seem to use what are basically toaster timers to stand up

@Rysander1 Ай бұрын

I live in northern Italy and still get to regularly see the PA-200. ITAF just celebrated 50 years of operations with the Tornado last week.

@JeffSharonLive 2 ай бұрын

Loiter mode on the ALARM is diabolical. And that was in the late ‘80s.

@neuro.weaver 2 ай бұрын

The development of the Tornado avionics was apparently financed by millions of students forced to buy way overpriced Texas Instruments calculators...

@James-rl5tj 2 ай бұрын

I wonder how many ti-82 it takes to run a radar.

@RCAvhstape 2 ай бұрын

Yes, but they're lovely calculators. I bought my TI-85 in 1993, 31 years ago, and still use it at work today, so feel I got my money's worth.

@dynasty0019 2 ай бұрын

I still have mine from over 20 years ago. Still works like a charm.

@monkemode8128 2 ай бұрын

@dynasty0019 I'm sure it does😒

@alexroselle 2 ай бұрын

If they were self-aware, do you think our overpriced graphing calculators would have admired their strike aircraft guidance computer cousins the way we admire star athletes?

@Nivola1953 2 ай бұрын

I remember when the Tornado was initially deployed, the attack profile you call “lofting” was called “bomb tossing”. I also played the Tornado flight simulator, which had all the weapons system and attack profiles you described, still one of the best warbird simulators ever made imho.

@timgosling6189 Ай бұрын

Loft and Toss are different techniques. Loft has the weapom released at 1g, Toss is loft with g applied.

@strayling1 2 ай бұрын

Tracy and Sandra? As Captain America would say, "I understood that reference". (Assuming he read Viz.)

@noalarms4618 2 ай бұрын

Oh, Lordy! It's The Fat Slags

@indridcold1689 2 ай бұрын

This and the operations room provide the best coverage of 20th century warfare ive seen on this platform.

@IM-xs3uv Ай бұрын

Only 49 Tornadoes? I remember watching the coverage at the time and it seemed like there were hundreds of these amazing aircraft.

@calumclark1719 Ай бұрын

The way that the roles and intended use of these airplanes always fascinates me as you see how big the difference can be from intended use and what it actually ends up having to do,

@somebloke3869 2 ай бұрын

In the late 90's I had a Tornado flight simulator. It was very detailed, and different from any other fight Sim I had played before. Using the terrain following radar at such a speed was awesome, but watch out for power lines.

@THE-BUNKEN-DRUM 2 ай бұрын

Yeah, that game was class! It was made by Digital Intergration. My father & I would spend hours playing it, as me the pilot & him the Nav.

@balaclavabob001 2 ай бұрын

Tracy and Sandra were characters from the British comic VIZ . Sandra Burke and Tracey Tunstall . I won't give the name of the comic strip here but it's hilarious that the British Airforce chose those .. ladies and a real snapshot of the time of the conflict .

@asamann1738 2 ай бұрын

Best history channel on KZbin.

@outofturn331 2 ай бұрын

Operations room: hold my books

@jacobargyle1517 2 ай бұрын

John Nichol’s book “Tornado” is an incredible retelling of these tactics

@shaider1982 Ай бұрын

Yup, read the condensed version printed on an issue of Reader's digest.

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@Bhoenix 2 ай бұрын

I love hearing about the Cold War RAF, it is very interesting because while decently funded it‘s far more constrained than the USAF, and so has developed some interesting tactics

@jerishigan6567 2 ай бұрын

A friend of mine was a Tornado pilot. He’s the calmest person I know.

@RySLz Ай бұрын

Incredible content as usual. Thank you!

@naamadossantossilva4736 2 ай бұрын

Wow,Alarm was impressive.

@notmenotme614 2 ай бұрын

0:22 He must have got a brand new pair of flying gloves just for the video footage. They look far too clean.

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@markfung5654 2 ай бұрын

Thank you. Most informative, educational and entertaining. With excellent narration.

@Sinberg 2 ай бұрын

I never even knew the tornado had such extensive uses back then. It almost feels like a timeless design, like the F-16's. I hope it won't get completely replaced in the next couple years 🙏

@LillianKelly-f1c Ай бұрын

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@kronosbot5 2 ай бұрын

The Tornado is a very impressive aircraft, its crews even more so.

@fastsheep3964 2 ай бұрын

Highly precise inertial navigation has become very interesting again today. GPS signals can be easily jammed these days. Thanks for sharing

@barrycabbageM34 2 ай бұрын

Another fantastic video. Tornadoes are one of my favourite jets of all time, though nothing can replace the freebird machine itself space in my heart, the A4 Skyhawk.

@Ontos_M50 2 ай бұрын

I choked on my lunch when Tracy came on screen, God I love military humor

@donwyoming1936 2 ай бұрын

Funny how people think Iraq was some backwoods country with no modern weapons. They had the 4th largest army in the world with better air defenses than Russia. It was not easy to take them down. We lost a lot of aircraft. It may have looked easy at home. But it was dangerous work. We were very well trained and armed. We were good.

@Loose89 Ай бұрын

They may have had an increased concentration of Anti-Air weapons, they certainly did not have better air defenses than the Russians/Soviets.

@carlm2181 2 ай бұрын

Top notch as always, thanks again!

@greygalah 2 ай бұрын

One thing's for sure: time changes technology and technology changes tactics. Well done. This comment is because you asked for one.

@JGCR59 Ай бұрын

Reminds me of the 1990s Tornado DOS sim. It was an amazing game that covered the system well. Sims like this just don't exist anymore

@malcontender6319 2 ай бұрын

11:20 That's utterly fascinating. It goes into a floating loiter waiting for the signal.

@gomezz8531 Ай бұрын

I see Viz played a role in the campaign-the Two Fat Slags , Tracy and Sandra. Brilliant.

@howieb3344 2 ай бұрын

Your videos are always great. Very informative and a good history lesson.

@DeltaDarbyLiberator 2 ай бұрын

Very interesting video. Anything and everything this team creates is fantastic!

@wherethehellamiat 2 ай бұрын

I remember watching some history thing about the Tornados and one of the jokes was that the pilots had to be afraid of heights.

@bigsarge2085 2 ай бұрын

Interesting as always, thank you!

@LiamDennehy 2 ай бұрын

Excellent video, would love to see more videos on developments of weapons systems and platforms as actually deployed.

@franciscochaves6295 2 ай бұрын

Really thankful for the information you guys provide. Makes me realize how much technology has advanced.

@creekwalker62 Ай бұрын

The Tornado is in my Top 10. A work of art and design. A beautiful beast.

@Omar-hs9hy Ай бұрын

I was 5 years old living in Baghdad when the 1st Gulf war kicked off and it was a terrifying experience. While Saddam was crushing a popular revolt against him my family fled the country and ended up in England. When I was 7 we attended a military parade and a Tornado pilot was standing proudly in front of his aircraft boasting about his exploits during the war to the crowd. I started shouting at him that he was the one who bombed us every day! His big smile quickly disappeared and he became ashen faced! To shut me up he sat me in the Tornado cockpit while he apologised profusely to my mother. I guess he had never met an Iraqi before and perhaps that day hit him that its not a video game but real people get torn up when those bombs fall. Till this day whenever I hear the air raid siren in movies or documentaries I get uncontrollable goosebumps for a few seconds. The war never leaves you.

@sarah_757 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for another great episode!

@Favk21 2 ай бұрын

History of technology is always fascinating.

@aaronjohn6586 2 ай бұрын

Brilliant insight and great breakdown

@bermudezcervilla 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for everything

@jameskerr3258 Ай бұрын

Fantastic overview of these weapons

@Painter.Wane92 2 ай бұрын

This was really informative. Great video!

@tomsmith2209 2 ай бұрын

Excellent presentation, thanks.

@owen368 2 ай бұрын

We are good at making weapons just a shame our government will not put the money up for more aircraft and equipment. The Intel Report crew always do a good job. Many thanks for your efforts.

@Stewpot-p5l Ай бұрын

Agree but our government also sell our technology off

@historygeek0018 2 ай бұрын

I do love me the Bucc, but the Tornado was a brutally effective aircraft at decimating anything they laid eyes on.

@BA-rh5hy 2 ай бұрын

Great video!! Thank you guys!

@tomatokosir 2 ай бұрын

Splendid content, as always!

@lordtuxlozad 2 ай бұрын

Woah, another great video from you!

@MbfLproductions 2 ай бұрын

Excellent video! Thanks so much

@adamnunley6688 2 ай бұрын

The British make some very good looking aircraft.

@JesusChristItsJasonFrog 2 ай бұрын

I love you guys ❤ Thank you for the amazing work !

@lahma69 2 ай бұрын

Thumbs up and comment left. Loved the video as usual!

@honeyforce996 2 ай бұрын

Oh I just listened to POW story: John "JP" Peters: Tornado Shoot Down, Part 1 from: 10 Percent True - Tales from the Cockpit Worth a listen

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Always a good video when The Intel Report uploads. Keep doing what you are doing.

@gregvoy7073 2 ай бұрын

Great content, as always.

@bremnersghost948 2 ай бұрын

Sandra and Tracy, Wonder how many people will get that joke ;-)

@noalarms4618 2 ай бұрын

Oh, Lordy! It's The Fat Slags

@Roytulin Ай бұрын

Oo this is an interesting look at a smaller cross section through longer time

@DarrenLeong 2 ай бұрын

Love this channel. Fantastic stuff.

@jakebaptist9268 2 ай бұрын

Great vid very easy to watch

@davidfryman2173 2 ай бұрын

What cracks me up is those P.O.C. (Proof of Concept) videos developed by that russian animator including launching rockets with helicopter fins to hover over a battlefield. Masterclass in 80's/90's tech.

@WanderlustZero 2 ай бұрын

'The Fat Slags' on the TIALD pods :') I remember seeing that as a kid, from the comic I wasn't even allowed to look at. Bring back aircraft art! But maybe not Trace and Sandra.

@WebbTobias-u7s Ай бұрын

He didn't heed the warning and it had turned out surprisingly well.

@ivanovd.8279 2 ай бұрын

thank you for this amazing video

@jensemil8 2 ай бұрын

Det en super professionel og kompetent video

@stooned4428 2 ай бұрын

Always so much information.

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Love the content! Thanks. 😁👍

@georgemulcahy4515 2 ай бұрын

Excellent content as ever

@MrOmega52 2 ай бұрын

Enjoyed the video. KZbin needs to get its damn act together.

@timgosling6189 Ай бұрын

A very good summary. I would though argue that the GR1's dumb bomb accuracy was not exactly pin-point. We were at this stage using up 1000-pounders that had been in store for decades. Manufacturing tolerances were not brilliant which meant that weapon dispersion, the amount a given bomb diverges from its computed ideal path, was significant. GR guys please comment but I remember a CEP figure of around 300ft for a loft/toss? The move to medium level and guidance packages of course made this problem redundant.

@TheKhirocks Ай бұрын

Really really interesting video. Thanks!

@jmcsms 2 ай бұрын

Good vid, you managed to cover the essentials well. There was a reluctance to move to medium level bombing from the higher echelons of the MoD/RAF - who weren't in theatre, CDS allegedly, which led to Gen Horner's comments.