Italian F-104Gs in Op Ace Guard

[@ASkyhawk-ny7mu]

Mate desert storm really did pull everything out of the bag

[@tmobaile1187]

Thats right ✅ it was a lab for every weapon

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[@oat138]

Very interesting. Not only did I not know about the Starfighters, I didn't know about the Alpha Jets and the Mirages....Thank you.

[@karmpuscookie]

Same here!

[@SpiralingGlaive]

I had never heard of the F-104 being used during desert storm! Thank you for the well-made video!

[@2ksnakenoodles]

Surprised you even found information on them. This is the first time i've even heard that they flew in Desert Storm lol I've looked around and never found anything. Excited for this!

[@IrisAviation91]

Was super surprised when I saw this, and it was super interesting in Op Ace Guard. They didn’t see any action though

[@2ksnakenoodles]

@@IrisAviation91 Oh that's interesting. Thanks for the information!

[@yanktornado5121]

You blew this one out of the water!!!!!!! The Orpheus pod has a cool factor all in its own! So cool your bringing the less talked about rare subjects to light for those who.. like me never knew about this awesome and Really RARE subject.

[@IrisAviation91]

Yeah man this is a super duper rare subject, you know you’ve got one when there are barely any sites on it!

[@anselmdanker9519]

Thank you for a great presentation.

[@macmac0712]

yay! glad someone did a video on the italian F-104s in dstorm. not alot of info of them even online. i first knew of these starfighters in dstorm when i saw a photo of them flying with usaf F-15s(couldnt find that photo anymore :( )

[@IrisAviation91]

Would love to have seen that picture! Sounds like an amazing shot

[@harryb8945]

Wow, I never knew 104 served in the gulf. Very interesting indeed.

[@IrisAviation91]

Pretty stunned to see one of the centenary jets in the Gulf!

[@ericlevitt3769]

Interesting subject matter. Thank you

[@IrisAviation91]

Very interesting indeed. Thank you for watching

[@AMCmachine]

I followed the Gulf War very closely (it took place my senior year of HS) and have read tons about it since. I remember a news report about Italian and German aircraft deploying to Turkey. Pretty sure there was a brief clip on whatever TV news show it was of the Italian Starfighters parked at the airbase where they were stationed. Unless it was a stock footage of them still at home in Italy. I'd semi-forgotten about the Belgians though! Italian Tornadoes flew numerous strikes and one crew was shot down and captured. I believe a few Italian warships lent support on the Naval side as well.

[@tmobaile1187]

Its very excellent 👌 first time I know that F 104 used in desert storm Keep on for more please 👍👍👍

[@IrisAviation91]

Me too 👍👍Thank you

[@Thunder_6278]

May have been 2nd gen planes, but still looked intimidating.

[@jangofett5806]

Good take away from 1st Gulf War to 2nd and to present day. Was back then only the RAF, the Canadians, and the French were actually flying combat sorties. The Italian’s lost a Tornado on the first night and pretty much called it quits. As he was the lone plane that could hit the tanker on that night as the rest in the squadron had difficulty doing nighttime AAR. But the Rest of NATO stayed home because the USAF and the RAF knew they were not really combat capable. These countries that hung out in Turkey learned a big lesson and today if you look at NATO Air Forces. While smaller they are better trained and more capable and taking part in air actions.