An interesting fact about this mission is that the Apaches were not equipped with precision navigation systems and there were serious concerns that they would get lost on the way to their targets (2x radar sites). So they took some recently GPS upgraded MH-53 Pave Low helicopters to guide the Apaches. The Pave Lows flew in front with the Apaches following them up to something like 10 miles from the targets. From there, the Apaches split into two groups. Each group flew to its target and destroyed the two radar sites. They had to do this right on time as there was a HUGE number of coalition aircraft already airborne and on its way to Bagdad through the radar "hole". As they say, the rest is history!
@williampayton95156 жыл бұрын
Another interesting fact is ADA scouts were already out front painting radars and ZSU 23/24's. Pavelows didn't even come into our space for two months. But when they did, boy did they ever. Every western chopper and plane know was in that armada. Then two days later, every fighter, strike aircraft, bomber was flying over head. 101st picked us back up and we went back south of FOB Cobra. Only fks left up forward were 5th group, French scouts and some LRps from XVIII Airborne Corps. Those group guys are strange.
@_armoredglasscannon25205 жыл бұрын
Woah thanks for the trivia, dude
@joshua79994 жыл бұрын
Wow. I had wondered why pavelows were included in that mission.
@mackydog993 жыл бұрын
Everything we invent, design, build, and deploy, we learn something from. Good, bad, or indifferent. Progress and move on.
@AnonEMus-cp2mn3 жыл бұрын
Highly recommend The Operations Room channel to visualize just how complex the 900+ aircraft operation was. The amount of coordinated sorties all happening in the same airspace is truly a sight to behold.
@KevinP322706 жыл бұрын
as a desert storm veteran this brings back some memories. M1A1 driver/loader.
@DemocT5 жыл бұрын
quest 77051 respect, appreciate your service
@phillych33se5 жыл бұрын
I am too, it seems like yesterday sometimes but watching this reminds me how long ago. Weird feeling.
@SteveLeicht15 жыл бұрын
thank you
@SteveLeicht15 жыл бұрын
@@saulgoodmann4620 You have no concept of how things really work in this world. Call it what you like, America would not be wealthy or secure as it is today without us winning the Gulf War. That goes for all the nations under our spher of influence, too. I think he sleeps just fine, pussy.
@doomie215 жыл бұрын
@@saulgoodmann4620 KSA murdered 18.000 children in Yemen in a few years time.
@krisfrederick50014 жыл бұрын
That had to have been so epic to be flying away from the mission and seeing the jets going right over you towards their targets.
@MrMJmusicLover3 жыл бұрын
Go get em boys, it's all yours!
@brexistentialism76282 жыл бұрын
I thought the same. Proper strategy
@vinnieg61612 жыл бұрын
yea epic. Nothing more epic than a heap of dead bodies after a bombing raid
@blond78992 жыл бұрын
it had to be so epic that apache helicopters and he american military killing innocent civilians
@dELTA135791113152 жыл бұрын
oh no, a war happened
@ronnieam332 жыл бұрын
I was attached to an F-14 squadron out of Miramar VF-1 and on the USS Ranger that night, and the level of excitement was incredible. Every F-14 and EA-6 and EA-6B pilot was in their aircraft and were off the flight deck within 30 minutes. All 4 catapults were in use that night, we didn't lose a single aircraft. All those years of training made it all seem like a well oiled machine. GO NAVY!
@andyrendon775310 ай бұрын
And that’s why the US military is unrivaled in its ability to wage war. They’ll go down in history as arguably the greatest power in world history
@ws80619 ай бұрын
It’s crazy how fast we can get birds in the air with all 4 cats going, truly incredible to watch. UNREP/VERTREP is the only close thing I’ve seen where you’re just in awe at the choreography of 5000 people all doing their small part in tandem and doing it well and at a high level.
@briantoplessbar46858 ай бұрын
Man that is so epic. I heard the ranger isn’t the most comfortable ship… I bet launch/recovery was a site to behold. Thank you for your service
@PatrickTowers8 ай бұрын
i was on the uus vulcan ar5 we were docked in hurgoda egypt red sea go navy also your post well said go navy
@barelyfree94275 жыл бұрын
Back when setting down an ultimatum actually meant something.
@shmeckle6664 жыл бұрын
Dog Man oh yeah? We have it back like all the jobs lost to China. We’ll get it all back, I’m sure. Lol
@Shocke894 жыл бұрын
@@shmeckle666 what gonna blame trump for amazon in new york? you do realize it's not trump sending jobs across seas... it idiots like AOC and pelosi. Bet you voted them both in huh?
@therealwewin4 жыл бұрын
Look at Iraq now. Completely destroyed
@ahabduennschitz76704 жыл бұрын
@Dog Man no, no you havent.
@melt68944 жыл бұрын
Michael Bailey you know why, because worker unions are forcing places like McDonalds to increase their wages for employees. So people can legit make a living off of McDonalds. Jobs that used to be occupied by kids are being taken by adults.
@nazzan38014 жыл бұрын
The entire Kuwaiti nation deeply appreciate ur service and help while no one else did until the US stood up first and we will never ever forget what you did for us.. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
@Twan_014 жыл бұрын
I think this was one of the greatest military armadas ever assemble since ww2 it wasn’t even a battle it never was.
@ihatecrackhead4 жыл бұрын
@Karthik S prakash cause he thought kuwait was slant drilling into his oil reserves well into iraq, and they probably were. slant drilling became very common as technology advanced then
@patwebster95974 жыл бұрын
Love from America my Kuwaiti brother!
@patwebster95974 жыл бұрын
@@ihatecrackhead Not only that, he knew kuwait had a massive majority of the oil reserves in the area, and Kuwait was becoming friendlier by the day with USA and NATO and Saddam didn't like the idea of losing that to democracy so he invaded Kuwait and took the oil before anyone could from him basically. Then we dominated them. Abrams shooting from over 1 mile away at night killing 100's of Iraqi tanks that couldn't even see them.
@brendanzhang74884 жыл бұрын
well no one wanted to help was a few reason, Israel didnt have a launching point because everyone hated them, only the Us Had the power and allies to help and that is one benifet of being world power,u guys gotta have a better army to be honest
@gulfwarvetretired4 жыл бұрын
Today, January 17th marks the 30th anniversary of Desert Storm. I got there in August of '90 during the Desert Shield stage, and by this day 30 years ago we were past ready to get this done. To our brothers and sisters that died on the battlefield, you're NEVER forgotten!
@thomasquick86582 жыл бұрын
And the VA wants us to die...
@gulfwarvetretired2 жыл бұрын
@@thomasquick8658 stopped going to the VA years ago brother.
@billybutcher55812 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your servive
@Ricqu7 ай бұрын
The rest of world forgot already.
@LuftWaffles883 ай бұрын
@@Ricquvideos got 5 million views dont think it has been forgotten
@darrin20534 жыл бұрын
I was 15 when this went down, I will never forget it. I remember being shocked of the power the coalition forces had taking Iraq down so quickly and efficiently
@MrMJmusicLover3 жыл бұрын
The F 117 was the jaw dropper for me.
@1of4Thatsthescore2 жыл бұрын
Hopefully Pootin is watching this.
@TheJokerx4202 жыл бұрын
Iraq was in top 5 for military powers at the time too
@DabNaggit2 жыл бұрын
@@TheJokerx420 top 5 hostile maybe.
@Bumba692 жыл бұрын
@@DabNaggit no top 5 in strength
@ClaudeMagicbox2 жыл бұрын
Earlier in the night, around 11 PM several Special Forces teams from the coalition (mainly US, UK, France, Germany) were inserted 15km behind the radar installations with the task of finding and cutting the communication lines from the 2 radar sites to the rest of the Iraqi command structure to literally catch Baghdad completely off guard. This results from later after war accounts from Iraqi officials that were in Baghdad that reported "suddenly around 1:30 AM our radar systems stopped working (jammers), all land phone communications with the western air defence sectors went mute and even on our radios we could either get blank noise or...rock music: they were coming but we had no idea how or from where".
@ryanlee75142 жыл бұрын
Yes, this was conducted by a JSOC (Joint special operations command) manned task force that included SAS and SBS teams. This same TF I’m pretty sure also raided multiple outposts to retrieve Saddam’s SCUD missiles.
@ClaudeMagicbox2 жыл бұрын
@Satired and bored Yep true. I know all these details because at the time in 1992 I was graduating from college and gave an "actuality journalism" exam and students could choose the topic... so I gathered a 3 inch thick news feed from various sources through libraries with microfilm archives of daily papers and official pubblications from the Army and so (no internet back then) on "the Gulf War" 🙂
@akdb60172 жыл бұрын
Imagine trying to ask for air support and having to listen to Bruce Springsteen singing Born in the USA 😂
@KaoretheHalfDemon2 жыл бұрын
That is an excellent coordinated attack!
@Jack-bs5kt Жыл бұрын
how were they airdropped without being spotted or shot down?
@rlicon19705 жыл бұрын
I was a plumber in the USAF. I made water for refuelers during desert storm. Woohoo
@1991LooseChange5 жыл бұрын
Raymond Licon please tell me they have military grade squirt guns.
@rlicon19705 жыл бұрын
@@1991LooseChange they have real guns alright I just didn't have to use any. Pilots do most of the killing in the USAF. I just made the water for the refuelers. The old Boeing 707s had some old engines that ran water through them gto get more out of engine. Basically they could carry more fuel.
@slickrick54225 жыл бұрын
Bahahahahahahahahahahahaha!
@smokeypillow5 жыл бұрын
every person counts
@Angry-Lynx5 жыл бұрын
Thats interesting could you say more about how water is made :D
@mustavogaia26559 жыл бұрын
Did he say 40+ Hellfire? So that's why a war is expensive. Just in those missiles the tab was up to 2 million dollars.
@OctogonOxygen0248167 жыл бұрын
Mustavo Gaia lets not forget the payroll for those people operating the weapon system AND how could we forget the wonderful piece of technology from which the missile is fired from? yeah, war gets expensive QUICK
@Swansniff27 жыл бұрын
What most forget is most of these money stay in the US. It is not the material, the steel and the explosive that is expensive. It's research, development and production. Most of it is salary that goes to american workers which later shop at walmart get taxed and return to build new missiles. Not to say that it is still extremely expensive, but most of it is just circulating the economy.
@user-ks5ff7 жыл бұрын
If that radar station had shot down 1 $50 million jet, it would have been a lot more expensive.
@WindFireAllThatKindOfThing6 жыл бұрын
A section of 4 AH-64's can pack up to 64 rounds of AGM-114 for their mission. It's pretty unlikely they would have been frugal about their use on high-payoff targets in what was the opening shots fired of Desert Storm, a major military conflict. So yeah, it's a safe bet the OPORD probably said that they were to pulverize the impact area with around 40 rounds.
@evs2516 жыл бұрын
Poor taxpayers. Fuck usa
@orionthedefender9852 жыл бұрын
The last time I saw Richard Cody was at Ft. Campbell, KY after he was promoted to LTC. He was my commanding officer with B-Co. 229th Attack Helicopter Battalion.
@danr3082 жыл бұрын
I was in his change of command ceremony when he left as commander of the 101st. 2002 I think.
@shawnpotvin20205 жыл бұрын
The Night vision has improved alot since 1991 Deserd storm
@dan-tv1kp4 жыл бұрын
You can an even better FLIR image sensor (the "FLIR Lepton") than the one used to capture the FLIR imagery in the video for like $200 now. It really is kinda crazy.
@Marco-wz3ff4 жыл бұрын
@@dan-tv1kp ???
@charleswilson73713 жыл бұрын
I used to service them as a technician along with radios.
@redux4675 ай бұрын
Everything is so clear now
@TheDustysix9 жыл бұрын
I built AH-64A's from 1985-89. Final Assembly.
@TheMrfreedomrequired9 жыл бұрын
+TheDustysix Ok so what do you want hero cookies ?
@TheDustysix9 жыл бұрын
No thanks. The government thanks me on the first of each month.
@CrazyHorseInvincible9 жыл бұрын
+Shaun MacMillan I want the hero cookies. Give them to me. Now.
@TheDustysix9 жыл бұрын
It is in truth not for glory, nor riches, nor honours that we are fighting but for freedom-for that alone, which no good man gives up but with life itself. Enjoy your freedom, I bought it for you.
@kalkitheavenger56208 жыл бұрын
+CrazyHorseInvincible Freedom cookies
@userdetails14 жыл бұрын
1:01 Apaches even look terrifying, they look ilke giant angry hornets or something.
@hectorpuente3164 жыл бұрын
Humm just think for a second if you had the same imagination like John the Baptist as he wrote the book of Revelations... could one say he also saw Apache but he used the word locusts hummmm just saying what you think ?!?!
@JDub074 жыл бұрын
@@hectorpuente316 One of the most intriguing comments I've read here. I would say that's quite possible, especially with the way things are going down the pooper now.
@Liam-ly7up4 жыл бұрын
Iraq: NOOOO YOU CANT JUST DESTROY OUR ENTIRE POST IN 4 MINUTES angry Apache: haha rocket go woooooosh
@DarkMatterX14 жыл бұрын
@@Liam-ly7up I chortled. Genuinely.
@rhodesyt21064 жыл бұрын
@@Liam-ly7up 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@simunator5 жыл бұрын
wish we had a CoD on the Gulf war and Desert Storm & Shield
@LuvMussel5 жыл бұрын
With Apache hell strike missile kill streaks, woohoo!
@guardiadecivil67775 жыл бұрын
new cod seems to be based in the middle east and some realistic events so theres that
@brandoncazares84525 жыл бұрын
Same bro I wish a call of duty game had the gulf war
@robert78385 жыл бұрын
You want a game about patrolling with never seeing the enemy and doing practically nothing?
@rustyshackleford75035 жыл бұрын
It'll never happen. People would enjoy it. They make games for run and gun kids not players who want authentic experiences.
@globy41044 жыл бұрын
"...prepare for the 200 mile flight, into a rock." 0:42
@micronoice23874 жыл бұрын
@1ndiankapkan He's joking about how it sounds like 'a rock' instead of what the narrator intended.
@Sara-L4 жыл бұрын
And now we know why the Army makes its recruits paint a rock.
@DRB-Octane4 жыл бұрын
iraq, a rock,... tomater, tomato" thinks the marine...
@Observ8or4 жыл бұрын
I can't not hear it now hahaha
@crazycarl004 жыл бұрын
underrated
@ttrestle2 жыл бұрын
I’ve always been obsessed with Apaches and absolutely love them but then I found out the shear amount of maintenance hours required and was absolutely blown away at how bad it was. Can’t wait until the US can make a more efficient and effective attack helicopter design for future in modern warfare. We probably already have them but they’re just classified and have done all their test flights at night at area 51 or something equivalent. Defense is going to be even more important and offense, as we have seen with Ukraine.
@HellbirdIV2 жыл бұрын
All military combat aircraft spend more time in maintenance than in action, that doesn't make them inefficient - on the contrary, it's a deliberate choice made to make them as effective as possible on the battlefield by making them lighter and faster and more powerful, which increases the wear and tear. It's not a flaw, it's simply a matter of physics.
@SuperGeronimo9992 жыл бұрын
This is just how modern equipment is, and the Apache is a reliable platform. If you think it sucks, you should look up the Tiger helicopter. Australian Tigers were delivered from 2004 to 2010 and by 2016 it was already announced that they will be replaced sooner than later. Now they will replace them with Apaches. Out of 51 german Tigers, only 9 can lift off. Ground crews hate it. They will finish maintenance, and after two hours of flying its back with them. One mistake and it will crash, as it did in Africa before.
@danielshepard14492 жыл бұрын
Yeah I also can't wait for the US to design more efficient killing machines to bomb people so we can better subjugate poorer countries around the world to bend to our will.
@1deionjames2 жыл бұрын
This is very old. The Apache variant we have in todays army is the most dangerous helicopter on the planet.
@ColinoDeani2 жыл бұрын
The Comanche is the new Stealth version of the Apache... but in RAW POWER? the newest updates for the apache's makes it the MOST advanced attack chopper in the world..
@58Rev6 жыл бұрын
MH-53J Pave Low III helicopters led the way. Tremendous op done right.
@helloyall43555 жыл бұрын
Yes they did. My husband was on one from Hurbie..
@fredeb675 жыл бұрын
Do you guys know a Marvin P. Jock?
@wbryan064 жыл бұрын
What BS...the Pave Lows led because the AH-64 did not have GPS. The Pave Lows led to fix the Release Point..Kinda like a Trail Guide.....Never fired a shot or saw an Iraqi. Probably got Silver Stars and never even got shot at.
@LK-pc4sq3 жыл бұрын
What squdron? We had ch53 pavelows and other helicopters at our squadron.
@58Rev3 жыл бұрын
@@wbryan06 Salty much? It's about team work, mate, not about who got shot at.
@dennissvitak64532 жыл бұрын
I was on the Command Staff of the 3-star USAF Commander, providing operational weather support for strike packages, and air refueling racetracks. I got stories!
@mythicalrp56424 жыл бұрын
Desert storm may be the most badass name for a military operation ever
@hawkeyeten24502 жыл бұрын
The Korean War had another one as part of General Ridgway's 1951 campaign: Operation Ripper, which was meant to smash China and North Korea's forces so hard that they would be forced to eventually withdraw from Seoul. He had already done the brutal Operation Killer, which literally was meant to inflict maximum Chinese casualties in the South so that the battlefields would hopefully be more even in number and easier to fight. More reasons why we should be talking about that conflict more often.
@samsunguser31482 жыл бұрын
and Storm they did
@coreywindom76742 жыл бұрын
Operation Praying Mantis is my favorite, it’s one of the most absurd military operations of all time as well. We overreacted so much that it was almost funny.
@kevinpittman25175 ай бұрын
@@coreywindom7674 it was proportional.. and we gave fair warning... hardly overacting.. u dont touch our boats and expect a no response from the US... fact is.. we coming for ya.. period.
@rickpotter93595 жыл бұрын
Did i miss something? He said Saudi Arabia gathered its allies. If i remember correctly, the Saudis asked for military assistance, and the US and UK gathered the allies.
@AngloSupreme5 жыл бұрын
Are you forgetting since the 1940s America got dirt cheap oil in exchange for military protection,call it allies or hired mercenaries the point is they were well entitled and they didn't just sit on the sidelines they fought too.
@pixelwortel95785 жыл бұрын
The USA and UK are their allies.
@landomillan88135 жыл бұрын
@Charles H Geis IV sure they are, no wonder gas prices change if we dont do what they want
@ibcalm245 жыл бұрын
@Charles H Geis IV The Ukrainians asked for help when Russia annexed Crimea. Nobody showed up. In Hong Kong the Chinese government is oppressing its people. I didn't hear US calling for regime change in Chinese government. China told them to mind their business. But, we invaded Iraq, Syria Libya Yemen & meddling in others. Why not invade Russia and China. I wonder why we haven't 🙄🙄
@mykincadult-store12195 жыл бұрын
@Ash no we bring protection against the people who want war. Big moral difference.
@KumaBean4 жыл бұрын
I'm humbled by some of these comments, respect to Vets everywhere, from a Brit 🤜🤛
@PatrickTowers8 ай бұрын
well said
@dpeagles4 жыл бұрын
I entered basic training the day the war started. I was actually sent to LTC Cody's unit (1-101st) as they arrived back in the states. This mission made his career and the units reputation.
@CooManTunes Жыл бұрын
I entered basic training the day the war ended. Let's go grab a brewsky.
@coldswag1617 Жыл бұрын
@@CooManTunes good job joining an army that killed more then 1 million iraqi civs
@CooManTunes Жыл бұрын
@@coldswag1617 I was just there for the kebabs.
@coldswag1617 Жыл бұрын
@@CooManTunes you were there to steal oil and gold from the iraqi people and bring "democracy"
@CooManTunes Жыл бұрын
@@coldswag1617 That kebabs are good there, though.
@mattkedz65774 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your service. EVERYONE matters. Without everyone working as a team, we wouldn't succeed. It's all the little people behind the scenes that make it all possible and never get the credit. Thank you to everyone for their service. I have the biggest respect for you all.
@Illiterate2432 жыл бұрын
Smithsonian is lying this is Arma 3
@nolanjoseph15532 жыл бұрын
@@Illiterate243 This obviously isn’t Arma 3, the explosions and details are too realistic.
@freighttrain71432 жыл бұрын
@@Illiterate243 You are lying, for attention.
@CooManTunes Жыл бұрын
No. Only black lives matter, and I didn't see any in this video. Death to all races, except blacks.
@puppergump4117 Жыл бұрын
@@Illiterate243 Ah yes I remember the last time that game had more than 30 fps.
@aidanmonaghan25394 жыл бұрын
Sadly, in school then never teach us about modern events or wars like this.
@nomadace7773 жыл бұрын
Yep.
@rdm51903 жыл бұрын
Of course they don't they don't want you to see what real history is they just want you to see the glory of the Obamas in the clintons in the bushes
@KingLouis420th3 жыл бұрын
Come on now, we all know Mesopotamia is more important!
@nomadace7773 жыл бұрын
@@KingLouis420th 😂😂
@williammyers46363 жыл бұрын
You are supposed to learn things on your own if really want it
@zakirali87214 жыл бұрын
That time. I was a kid living in Riyadh Saudi Arabia. Lots of memories of desert storm.
@You_already_know937 Жыл бұрын
My grandmother is a retired Army National Guard Colonel and was a military medical practitioner stationed in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait during this conflict
@sabretom75945 жыл бұрын
I flew the Apache during desert shield/storm. Been a while. Most interesting about this footage is how much FLIR image quality has improved since those days.
@axxne60685 жыл бұрын
Uh huh, sure you did.
@NoneYaBidness7624 жыл бұрын
who were you with? I was 1AD 2/1 avn.
@fakeaintreal3 жыл бұрын
oh really you too? i was so good actually i flew two apaches at the same time. can you believe it?
@sabretom75943 жыл бұрын
@@NoneYaBidness762 2/6 cav
@LK-pc4sq3 жыл бұрын
I was a ch-3e mechanic but we also had ch-53 pavelows. The FLIR was amazing. It would autotrack f15s taking off!
@Mrtrophix2 жыл бұрын
My uncle was in desert storm. He doesn’t talk about it much but I know he was in artillery corps I think 5, 6 or something of that
@theowl20442 жыл бұрын
Because he knows what actually the US war machine was doing
@daftfreak132 жыл бұрын
@@theowl2044 did you not watch the video? Biggest coalition since WW2 lol
@pHixiq6 жыл бұрын
My dad fought in this war. Now he is a major. Retired a few years ago
@Turner.15 жыл бұрын
Thanks to the Major
@Angry-Lynx5 жыл бұрын
Well said. More ppl need to understand d8fference between soldiers and politicians. The last one are ones making decisions and ultimately responsible for killings. Altough its also not that simple....
@albundy95975 жыл бұрын
did he do anything useful in life ?
@kmmediafactory3 жыл бұрын
Why is everyone being so harsh on this thread? He just said that his dad fought in this war, he was a major, and he retired recently. What do soldiers, politicians or being useful have to do with this comment?
@pHixiq3 жыл бұрын
@@kmmediafactory tbh idk bro like I have no idea why everyone is being so hateful. Sucks tho I’m glad he doesn’t get to see these comments
@danieltowns59417 жыл бұрын
that was my general 101st airborne in 2003 I was in the unit he fired the shots from 1/101 avn the best
@Stevesrssrssrs7 жыл бұрын
THIS WAS 1991!!!
@Lord_of_the_Pies7 жыл бұрын
Hooah
@robertgutheridge96726 жыл бұрын
Daniel Towns from one to another thank you for your service to our country. I was 1 air cav. operation desert shield and storm.
@snapcase73646 жыл бұрын
Naw man. This is Desert Storm.... Not Iraqi Freedom. George Bush JR invaded Iraq after 9/11. Desert Storm was 1990 or 1991. George Bush SR. This is the war they call the 3 day war or 5 day war. Something like that. We literally defeated them mentally. Air Superiority took the fight outta them. Tanks had a huge role. Probably the last Great Tank Battle fought, for decades..
@marcusb.30386 жыл бұрын
@@snapcase7364 this desert storm was the war that planted the seeds for the 9/11 attack.
@KlashingKiller4 жыл бұрын
my dad was really 11 when this happened, now he has a 17 y/o son watching this on a school night
@downsouth43454 жыл бұрын
Desert storm veteran 1st infantry division Ft. Riley Ks. 2/3 ada.
@rildain764 жыл бұрын
This is the first I’ve heard of the Apache’s opening the way. For all these decades, I thought the F-117’s were the first ones in to smash the air defenses.
@adrianj31984 жыл бұрын
Yep then the f15s and 18s etc came in
@peteguard35714 жыл бұрын
There were actually other helicopters that lead the Apaches in.
@kingssuck064 жыл бұрын
The F117’s went straight into to baghdad first, the apaches took out the radars near the border. This happened at around the same time
@CheekiBreeki-mq2my2 жыл бұрын
untill the f-117 gets detected by a poorly maintained S125 neva with expired missiles that dont even have a working proximity fuse... huh
@meligoth2 жыл бұрын
Conventional tactics like flying below radar capabilities of that time has a greater degree of success than depending on high tech. Even if the Apaches missed the first time, they could take a second shot right then and there. The Nighthawks do not have that advantage.
@hollysaga3 жыл бұрын
As a Saudi citizen who was not even born at that time thanks a lot America for your help 🇺🇸❤️🇸🇦
@eddiekulp12413 жыл бұрын
Next time do your own fighting, got plenty of our money to buy weapons
@turbz16262 жыл бұрын
@@eddiekulp1241 get ur own oil while ur at it ✌️
@Pun1162 жыл бұрын
@@turbz1626 Funny, because the Americans actually did get their own oil. Fracking shell rock completely changed the game for the US 🤙
@chadzahirshah2588 Жыл бұрын
@@turbz1626 Ignore them, these republicans are mad that they lost the US elections and are now pro-Russia and hate all of our Allie’s. As an American most of us still see Saudi Arabia as a key ally and a helpful friend in the world of politics. 🇺🇸🤝🇸🇦
@thomaslove6494 Жыл бұрын
@@eddiekulp1241the Saudis fought in desert storm along side the US and the coalition....
@Libertybill7147 жыл бұрын
Nice video, but it completely ignores the fact that the Apache would not have been able to complete that mission without the help of Air Force Special Operations helicopters leading the way in.
@JoshBryan6 жыл бұрын
Libertybill714 very true. The 64s did not have as advanced navigational avionics back then but the pave lows did.
@tinaspringer6516 жыл бұрын
The video Never Said that this is the entire War and the only thing that happened. What do you expect every single detail of the entire conflict to be on one video?
@williampayton95156 жыл бұрын
Nor did it mentions the ADA scouts that cleared the way for the pavelows. Embedded with 3rd and 5th group to paint radar sites and Zsu 23/24s. Not a single aircraft flew forward of the border until the ADA forward radars were destroyed. You're welcome. Oh, some french scouts were there too. So next time you want to paint AF Pavelows as top of the line, remember that there is always an army guy on the ground clearing the way for them too. Those who know, "KNOW". Scouts out.
@58Rev6 жыл бұрын
@@tinaspringer651 In this case yes. The Apaches didn't have the nav gear to get them to the radar stations. The MH-53J Pave Low IIIs had the nav gear but not the muscle. Together they punched a hole that let the war into Iraq. Mayhem ensued.
Now that’s team work.. Apache pilots passing jet pilots both would’ve been thinking of each other as they crossed.. God bless... and Great Job..
@kaintudigit15994 жыл бұрын
Dad was Chef of Miscellaneous Pay & Finance @ Ft Hood back in 1960-85.. It is, and was, the largest base on earth. I was about 8 or 9 when dad took us to a live-fire demonstration of a new attack helicopter. The Apache. We sat in stands with President Carter and a bunch of high-level officials. Everyone freaked at how awesome that warrioir bird attacked. A new era was born that today is totally unstoppable.
@johnlongfellow64977 жыл бұрын
I saw them that night i was part of a 4 ship iron hand mission, behind us were f15e and f111 and a6, there was f16c models flying top cover that night
@isaacdepaula21039 жыл бұрын
AH-64 Apache is the best
@OctogonOxygen0248167 жыл бұрын
Isaac De Paula AC-130s are better 👌👌👌
7 жыл бұрын
AC-130 can't fly 50 feet and doing ground pound. I say AH-64 Apache is better.
@deathwarmedup737 жыл бұрын
B29 is best. It can drop nuke. No other plane proved it can drop real nuke in combat. B29 should have been used on this mission to nuke radar towers instead of sitting at home in US museum. Many crashed B29s could be repaired -- like the one in Alaska (till the stupid fuckers let it go on fire). B29 could have won Gulf War. Instead Iraqis won because we did not utilise B29. B29 with pave tack and JStar pods and AMRAAMs could have won Gulf War.
@dillydilly36807 жыл бұрын
pjc 73 *B52
@dillydilly36807 жыл бұрын
pjc 73 also they're no reasons to use nuclear weapons.
@GatCat5 жыл бұрын
To all the veterans in the comments. It is an honor to live in country with you! Thank you for your selfless courage. You are those that make this world free. Thank you.
@michaelshilling47548 жыл бұрын
MH-53s led this airstrike ahead of the Apaches.....just to be clear.
@williamtaylor90255 жыл бұрын
Advocatus Diaboli yes they did
@CyBirr5 жыл бұрын
@Advocatus Diaboli 20th SOS MH-53. The -64s needed the lead-in because they lacked the navigation and guidance systems onboard the -53. The -53 also carried the ground team that entered the site after the strike and cleared out (killed) the radar technicians that survived the missiles.
@fredeb675 жыл бұрын
Do any of you know a Marvin P. Jock?
@johnhickman1065 жыл бұрын
Cy Birr 20th SOS MH-53Js. The 21st was in Turkey up north. The 20th was in Saudi down south. The Green Hornets led them in.
@TheKonga885 жыл бұрын
Giant flying queen ants led the mission. 🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜👤👥👑👸🐹🐹✈️✈️✈️✈️✈️✈️🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜👬🙌🐵
@sammurphy33432 жыл бұрын
The planners of this were geniuses. In hindsight it seems obvious to start with air defense and radars, but at the time it was historically significant the way the operation was planned.
@Ifraneljadida2 жыл бұрын
Truly one of the most underrated, underappreciated and overwhelming campaigns in military history. Ukraine puts it into perspective
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@Daddy537512 жыл бұрын
It’s harshly stark to see how this was run, compared to the second war and Afghanistan. To take the overwhelming success and precision of the Gulf War, and turn around a decade later and say “nah. We want to go back to the Vietnam style”. Shameful leadership.
@iamtenzin44099 жыл бұрын
1/101st Atk Avn Regt - The fire command was two words... "Get Some!" Expect No Mercy
@NoOdL3z189 жыл бұрын
+IamTenzin Hooah
@NoTrugGrug7 жыл бұрын
Specifically that was bravo company who fired those shots "Elvis lives!"
@bluemarshall61806 жыл бұрын
@@saeedvazirian Yalah yalah yalah!!!!!!
@danieltowns59415 жыл бұрын
1st batt from 2000 to 2003 expect no mercy flight ops s-3
@user-tx1uw1zv9s5 жыл бұрын
Get None. Specter A Co. 1/101.
@calebcantrell91154 жыл бұрын
Random Recruit: "Oh boy, its my first shift at this radar station, I hope we have a peaceful night"
@carlospar37273 жыл бұрын
Knock, knock....🤣😂😎
@donaldmarwitz204611 ай бұрын
I so remember sitting in our kitchen with my step dad who was a veteran and knew so very much on all of it and would explain all the sizes of the missles and gin sizes. He was a big-time modeler, and he has long passed away, but I still have some of his handmade models he made, oh and he collected the Desert Strom baseball cards, I would make fun of him back then, he was like a kid. We spent alot fo time together back then in the kitchen watching the TV on the war. Seems like it was yesterday. Let's hope this does not end up like how it got back then. Thanks for the video and story. It is a very well told piece! 👍
@powerstroketurbo952 жыл бұрын
The youtube algorithm reunites us once again in a really awkward time 🤨
@HannyDart2 жыл бұрын
well although its whataboutism. the iraq war is at least as wrong as whats going on in ukraine right now...
@Krezmick6 жыл бұрын
that "tack tack tack tack" of the 30mm never gets old
@chumdinger_official4 жыл бұрын
My dad was an Apache mechanic with the 101st in this conflict. I was a year old.... strange to watch this..
@alanbobbymcguire50994 жыл бұрын
Absolutely awesome. From a Scottish person. Thank you.
@dirtyblond23325 жыл бұрын
I was there. Saw this with my own eyes. Proud of my service and all my brothers and sisters, just wish we had been allowed to finish the job the first time.
@gulfwarveteran38323 жыл бұрын
I agree 💯 I was there to this country will never learn were dealing with Iran when I was a kid now in 2021 I'm 54 and we are dealing with them again
@oscargrouch79622 жыл бұрын
Wait! What? There were no women US Army Apache pilots until the mid-1990s.
@Daddy537512 жыл бұрын
@@gulfwarveteran3832 ain’t that the truth.
@WarDaddyUSA4 жыл бұрын
A lot of people fail to realize just the sheer scale size of the logistics planning in multiple military‘s all on the same page! That was a beautiful war and exactly how war should be done
@viewer17552 жыл бұрын
1. No war is beautiful 2. War should not even be done
@adamszczerba57772 жыл бұрын
@@viewer1755 Unfortunately, war must be waged sometimes to depose murderous despots
@buddybrax2 жыл бұрын
A lot of people also fail to realize the casualty difference as a result of that planning. However we cut money where it was important, resulting in a 1/4th of our casualties coming from friendly fire.
@viewer17552 жыл бұрын
@@adamszczerba5777 and it also landed my country down a economic spiral
@viewer17552 жыл бұрын
@@adamszczerba5777 even though saddam was murderous our government was way stronger and the iraqi dinar was alot more powerful
@eddstone69518 жыл бұрын
I was 10 when this shit started .. 2:00 AM I woke up on the sounds of destructions .. what a childhood memories :(
@Jordan-mn2ty8 жыл бұрын
Edd Stone better than a Caitlyn/Bruce Jenner award
@shaider19827 жыл бұрын
Edd Stone i remember the show that explained the weapons used: firepower. Shown before Power Rangers
@rise73g756 жыл бұрын
I was just 4 years old..Learned they took my dad over there...my mom freaked the fuck out about all of it...threw the phone at my brother when the general called and said my Dad had to join. That's what active duty means...My mom was forced to accept it...She was stubborn though.
@tinaspringer6516 жыл бұрын
@@rise73g75 guess she thought they spend all that time and money training them for shits and giggles eh? My dad went as well. I was in 4th grade. Luckily it was one of the most one sided battles in history and the American death rate was about the same as a IHOP employee. Not saying they were any less brave. They didn't know it would go so smooth but luckily top brass learned lessons from Vietnam about not going to battle half ass. All or nothing makes it quick and overwhelming
@Bidmartinlo6 жыл бұрын
I hope nobody has fond memories of war, because then we'll have another reason to stop it.
@mikebtrfld17055 жыл бұрын
Nevada Air National Guard F-4 Phantoms. Aerial Recon. "The High Rollers". First in Desert Storm.
@robertfeeley97385 жыл бұрын
Good work
@caigemathern93415 жыл бұрын
Hey, I live in Nevada, it's cool to hear that we were the first ones in.
@christophercaruso4484 жыл бұрын
Thank you to everyone who served during this War and others. Can not thank you enough for what you people did for our country and the Middle East finally starting the peace there in some areas.
@oohhboyy26002 жыл бұрын
after that war Al Qaeda took over and than ISIS. What If Kuwait never had oil?
@sparten117422 жыл бұрын
You do not even know WHAT exactly they at war for it is NOT him! it is the GAS and not use U.S money what U.S after for. If they not use U.S money? They invade. This is a secret and lies
@commoncriminal9232 жыл бұрын
Ur welcome
@VenuGopal-iq8rh5 жыл бұрын
God bless the men and women in uniform.
@albundy95975 жыл бұрын
may God give each one a brain and teach them empathy and how to distinguish between right and wrong all by themselves.
@andrewl68992 жыл бұрын
I found a bunch of brass in the desert northern Kuwait, it was stamped 89 88 when my convoy stopped before pushing into Iraq when I was in the army. It was cool finding and collecting that stuff from my brothers and sisters before us.
@volvo24091 Жыл бұрын
War criminal
@Improver126 ай бұрын
Baghdad fell in 2003 during the Iraq War. In early April of the same year, U.S. forces invaded and occupied Baghdad. Three weeks after the invasion began, U.S. forces were able to take control of the capital and topple the Iraqi regime. On April 9, 2003, the United States declared victory and occupied Baghdad.[1][1][2][2] This event had a significant impact on the history of Iraq and the region in general. 😢😢😢😢🇮🇶
@Hardrock40405 жыл бұрын
All the jets from a composite base in Saudi came back at the same time, out of fuel and nowhere to land, one landing strip, what a nightmare. EOR not a good place to be.
@Eric-uf5uv4 жыл бұрын
anyone putting a thumbs down on this can go live in these type places.
@chelleroberson32224 жыл бұрын
Why ? Because it was all based on a lie ? Sthu
@chelleroberson32224 жыл бұрын
There where no weapons of mass destruction! Lie number 1
@murtadhaalkenani38764 жыл бұрын
Excuse me. ? I live in that place , is there anything wrong with it. ?
@s.a9284 жыл бұрын
@@chelleroberson3222 this was the gulf war, weapons of mass destruction were never brought up
@stevenwgoode3 жыл бұрын
@@chelleroberson3222 wrong war.
@Hartnett_Liam5709 Жыл бұрын
My father was a corporal in the U.S Marine Core. He served in the Persian Gulf War for 4 years and another 4 after the war.
@AdmiralBonetoPick4 жыл бұрын
Anyone ever play that "Desert Strike" Gameboy game in the 1990s? I was always running out of hellfire missiles.
@elonlothbrok59914 жыл бұрын
People don't seem to realize the sheer magnitude of Desert Storm. It was as big as WWII. The Apache was so important it should be the symbol of this war.
@hawkeyeten24502 жыл бұрын
Probably because of how brief it was. Compare it to World War II and Korea, which both had MASSIVE multination coalitions and were brutal multiyear struggles. Iraq meanwhile was smashed in like two months (navy almost annihilated, army devastated, and air force ravaged as well).
@Daddy537512 жыл бұрын
This is exactly how it’s done. Wars should be rare, but when it’s done it should be fast, brutal, overwhelming and decisively won.
@Military.FutureUrbanCamo Жыл бұрын
Can u add military gulf war operation desert Storm land combat and gunners shooting because my grandpa could of been in this video or others he fought in this war
@USNveteran3 жыл бұрын
To fly is heavenly, to hover divine. Rotary wing aviation there is simply no substitute. Thanks to all now serving, those who have, and those who will in the future. FLY NAVY!!!
@oscargrouch79622 жыл бұрын
GI Joe and GI Davy, Gee, I wish I joined the Navy!😁
@hlf_coder62722 жыл бұрын
You should try paramotoring. Having nothing in between you and the air is unlike anything I've ever experienced. You're just flying around in a chair in the sky.
@blip16 жыл бұрын
Yeah the night vision stuff doesn't really look like "actual footage" of hellfire missiles to me (although the FLIR stuff certainly does)
@PAWANDHIMAN2005 Жыл бұрын
This is an added topic in our syllabus It was also known as First Gulf war ,Video game war and computer war.
@ozing_gaming7759 Жыл бұрын
Legends watching before 2 days 🙌
@DylanStahl7 жыл бұрын
1:19 - That's an AH-64D. Come on, Smithsonian, we only had the A at that point.
@secretsquirrel80104 жыл бұрын
Haha. You’re right. How funny. I was an A model guy but transitioned into D model in 2001.
@NoneYaBidness7624 жыл бұрын
@@secretsquirrel8010 Yup A models all the way. Steam gauges and everything.
@carlospar37273 жыл бұрын
A models... agile and fast, even fully loaded, up to 6k ft.
@chickendingus6 жыл бұрын
I just found out today that my dad was a navy seal that faught in desert storm
@jakubrzepkowski22902 жыл бұрын
And this logo at the end ,, it's brighter here" That radar Tower and generators were specially bright that night
@allanr61325 жыл бұрын
Great show and I love the narrators voice. I've heard him on many things. Not overbearing, just gives the details.
@ginosanchez74 жыл бұрын
I think he meant to say, “and that’s how the air domination started”
@jakadajj Жыл бұрын
I met this dude! When he came to flight school to talk to the LT's he gave me a notebook because I was the first to ask him a good question. Now I get to fly Apaches!
@ForsakenkingIII4 жыл бұрын
My grandpa was in desert storm. He was in the Army, rip :/
@TWISTMYNIPZ4 жыл бұрын
This reminds me of playing Jane's Longbow game on PC many years ago
@scmatlock1 Жыл бұрын
I was there with the Seabees, NMCB 74, got there early Dec. of 90’ and left in June of 91’, will never forget this period of my life, was only 19….
@FoodForThought3565 жыл бұрын
Video about military operation in total darkness. Smithsonian : "It's brighter here"
@RaspingPompano25 жыл бұрын
We have such a badass military! I so proud of our military men and women!
@Mazamasan Жыл бұрын
Awesome killin timeee
@guydauderman16452 ай бұрын
The Apache helicopter and A-10 warthog were two weapon platforms developed during the Cold War to deal with Soviet tanks. They have turned out to be much more effective for other purposes than anyone ever imagined.
@RepublicConstitution5 жыл бұрын
This video is like Mike Tyson in his prime bragging about beating up a 6th grader.
@adrnaline4 жыл бұрын
Iraq's military was very large at the time and intimidating. and then the iraqi's kind of expected it to be the vietnam war in the desert and that obviously is not what happened
@secretsquirrel80104 жыл бұрын
If you cannot beat up the class bully... don’t attempt to rule the school.
@SgtOddballz9 жыл бұрын
Great video :).
@nahilmannan2030Ай бұрын
A Soldier lives as if He is already Dead.
@jocko7745 жыл бұрын
I heard a story that when the Apaches were given the order to take off they played Rock the Casbah by The Clash through the radio.
@mrspoopy32275 жыл бұрын
things that didn't happen
@robertfeeley97385 жыл бұрын
Probably great music for dancing
@willmeredith87653 жыл бұрын
I don't know what the pilots had on, doubt they had music playing.... On the ground, we were playing AC-DC, Thunder Struck!
@lou63374 жыл бұрын
Love being an American 🇺🇸 🇺🇸🇺🇸
@roadsigncheems15662 жыл бұрын
i know nothing about night flying in a war zone at all, but i know one thing for sure, in that helicopter its either really annoying and cramped, or really cozy and makes you feel powerful
@roadsigncheems15662 жыл бұрын
i now understand that its painful and presents alot of back problems because of the rigid upright seats, unfortunate
@SophieTheBagel19844 жыл бұрын
I remember watching this on the news when I was 6. I thought the missiles in night vision were very pretty.
@ZR1Terror4 жыл бұрын
What a beautiful operation.
@curtbrush4928 Жыл бұрын
As a member of the 101st PFDR Detachment, I was a part of this operation. We set up the beacons for the A/C to follow into these target. First in, Last out.
@davidhynes5 жыл бұрын
Brave men on the Apaches helicopter pilots.
@ronaldmcdonald39652 жыл бұрын
I give credit to two Vietnam Vets who made it a point not to make the mistakes made in Vietnam. Schwarzkopf and Powell Too bad we can no longer get their advice/wisdom.
@Daddy537512 жыл бұрын
That is EXACTLY why it went so well.🫡
@ronaldmcdonald39652 жыл бұрын
@@Daddy53751 I forgot to give credit to George Bush, Senior. We have a bunch of Amateurs in charge now
@Daddy537512 жыл бұрын
@Ronald McDonald he got out of Norman's way and let him run it. Amazing that so many politicians can't seem to understand that.
@paulrivers87203 жыл бұрын
Which ones better cobra or Apache?
@johnherring30733 жыл бұрын
I was there and working Air Force intel.....will remember it always
@seanham40405 жыл бұрын
AH-64 Apache,when You need to kill it,all of it,right damn now
@LWNightmareSheriff2 жыл бұрын
Are those Iraqi officers with coalition officers at 0:24 ?
@السومريالعراقي-ع8ط5 ай бұрын
Yes, sultan Hashim in safwan tent Iive there
@-108-2 жыл бұрын
That's actually NOT how the air war started in Desert Storm. There was a simultaneous F-117 mission, parallel to this one: Whilst the Apaches headed for their targets, F-117 Stealth "Fighters" were up at 50k feet or so, working their way towards Baghdad from a remote air field in Saudi Arabia. When they arrived over target, completely undetected, they commenced to dropping the first bombs of the Gulf War. At the time, the Iraqi air defense systems were fully functional, including their radar systems. It was the first real test of the new Stealth™ technology. And it worked flawlessly. All pilots returned to base safely. Then, Iraq proceeded to get it's arze handed to it.
@SGNedtiz2 жыл бұрын
Iraq: Invades Kuiwat* US: I sleep Also US: realises Kuiwait has oil Say less
@Dark-f1p1g2 жыл бұрын
The gulf war in a nutshell
@Moleanimationchannel4 жыл бұрын
According to official reports, this first strike caused one dollar and 78 cents worth of damage.