Firepower: Desert Storm Air Assault 1/4

The weapons and strategies employed by the coalition to dislodge the Iraqi army from Kuwait during the 1991 Gulf War. Features combat footage along with interviews with military experts and participants.

[@BookerT48]

I was sky high watching this back in the 90's..it was a slaughter.

[@BigboiiTone]

It was the hot miniseries of summer 91!

[@MrRedeyedJedi]

As in flying, or just had a lot of weed?

[@charleswilson7371]

Ready the wave motion guns, all 9 of them!

[@phillycheesetake]

8:57 That's a whopper of a comb-over.

[@jimasher]

...the old saying...” he can put it in your front pocket from a mile up “ ...

[@daveanderson4013]

They may not be as advanced, but the coolest part is still the 16" guns firing!

[@robertthomas5906]

I think every guy is in love with those guns. Those battleships look contemporary for even today.

[@jackboyer1280]

Quite the sight when the fire a full broadside

[@tommygun5038]

Nothing like shooting Volkswagen size shells at the enemy

[@engr.renatosegovia867]

Good old days

[@robertdeen8741]

Back in Victoria BC I had a chance to clean out a military book store the owner just walked away from. Alas, one of the items I left behind was a 16" from an Iowa ship. Though a HE round, there was no way in hell I could move it solo. For those not in the know, just west of Victoria is a town called Esquimalt. Home of the Canadian pacific fleet. At one point I believe it had the largest drydock on the west coast. I only mention this for 2 reasons. 1, it explains how a shell from an Iowa class ship could be there and 2, I consider it my home town. A most excellent place to grow up. Back in the 1970s, Esquimalt was sort of like Andy's Mayberry. Very small town feel though located next to Victoria, capital of B.C..

[@WhiskeyTangoFuck]

Thanks for the upload.

[@Administrator_O-5]

I know there's nothing amusing about war & lives lost and/or at risk, but I did find it funny in 1 documentary about the 1st Gulf War, where the narrator said that it did give the DoD the opportunity to clear out all the left over inventory from Vietnam & they were able to start getting new weapons.

[@pepemalin1]

Rip Jeff Ethell... one of the best aviation historian, and pilot.

[@justingolem4603]

I missed the classics I'm only 36 I wasn't in desert Storm but I love your jobs

[@paulevans4334]

I wouldn't have liked to have flown in to that triple A, looked like a wall of bullets

[@joll5010]

First war when brand new technology met old and the world scraped there left over 60s equipment

[@Akuu820]

Isn't this the case for most wars? I mean the most well known is WW1 where old technology was scrapped pretty quickly.

[@joll5010]

@@Akuu820 Nope during ww1 all countries pretty much hade the same weaponry, the only thing that changed was "tactics" for exampel they didnt use line infantry do it left a horrible outcome due to the fact that many weapons that where used had evolved centerfired cartridges with varies loading mechanism. Expecialy heavier machine guns. Even bolt action rifles left devastating results. The Germans got a good feeling for the horrific meeting with british troops wearing green uniforms, do they where harder to spot insted of the german counter part wearing grey uniforms.

[@Akuu820]

@@joll5010 WW1 was full of examples of old technology meeting and getting decimated by new technology.

[@blank1778]

@@Akuu820 mostly ww2 tho

[@Ilusionariat]

Amazing video of the Navy's engagement.

[@Buschwick]

Seeing this happen on tv is one of my earliest memories. When people born after the gulf war were allowed to buy alcohol I felt old. In about a year and a half people born after 9/11 will be allowed to buy alcohol.

[@petebuck9889]

The RAF was there too but you would never think it watching this

[@russpaxman3660]

The Americans won the 1st and 2nd world wars, against Germany. They also broke the German enigma code, in the Second World War. (I’ve seen the film) The British may have had a very small part to play in both conflicts ? Mostly owing vast sums of money to the Americans, for ammunition and weaponry, wether or not they were delivered, (decimated convoys) ..therefore crippling the British economy for decades. Providing the Americans with wealth during the 50’s & 60’s God bless America.? Never ashamed to turn a profit.

[@speedmaster001]

The tornados has the unlucky role of destroying enemy runways with cluster bombs making them all the more vulnerable since they tend to loiter and make secondary passes per attack. The American attacks consists of surprise quick in and out runs. Though the US has far better hardware than the Brits.

[@douglasmiller1467]

WHO?

[@smokeypuppy417]

@@russpaxman3660 yes America defeated and captured all of west Germany, but really it was the Soviets that beat the German army as 80% of there casualties came from the eastern front. America landed in France when it was already known that Germany would indeed lose the war. Still America did put up some good fights against of some Germany's most experienced troops in several battles.

[@georgemorley1029]

smokey puppy I think you’ve missed the sarcasm in his post.

[@Itsover799]

I love 80's and 90's aviation documentary movies

[@dennissvitak148]

I was on Gen Hoerner's Command Staff, and help plan airstrikes into Iraq and Kuwait. I was one of several meteorologists. My primary duty was to assist the flight planners with weapon selection, taking into account the target data, and weather parameters. For example...a visible system won't work in fog, and a short-wave system is degraded in heavy rain. The computer program I used, the Mark IV Tactical Decision Aid, was exceptionally complex. It cranked out TAR (target acquisition range) and TLR (target lockon range) for each of the 32 different sensors on USAF aircraft. I loved my job..and got me a nice colored medal for my trouble.

[@apocyldoomer]

I was an asst. Crew Chief on the F-4 Phantom tail # 66-6333, during the Cold War in the early 80's, built when I was 2 years old, haha! Death from above!!

[@BLACKMONGOOSE13]

Went on a private tour of the Might MO 7 years ago. Awesome.

[@jamesgoodman6243]

Let us not forget it was The Apache helicopters who went in first to destroy the radar and HEADQUARTERS to open the door for the Air CAMPAIGN

[@chinalad1049]

How big are the ships notebooks looking at the size of the pencils

[@Arkayden]

thanks 4 upload

[@sawaii4964]

Thanks Nijirah Al-Sabah

[@MrRedeyedJedi]

That's the tech they had back then... A super fast high alt plane able to drop a bomb with literal pin point accuracy. Imagine what tech countries have now, that we DONT know about, 30 years on.

[@baldeagle6113]

I heard that Iraqi pilots flew to Iran where they’d be killed or imprisoned on sight rather than face coalition jets in the sky

[@ferrallderrall6588]

Poor guys

[@rdm5190]

Yup&thats were iran got some of the planes they still use

[@ferrallderrall6588]

Talk about irok and a hard place

[@ezequielbarraza9878]

Ameeica was freaking strong at that time boy timea have changed i still love America.

[@robertdeen8741]

Outstanding! Am I crazy if I consider a broadside from an Iowa class ship a beautiful thing? Will those gorgeous 16" guns ever get to sing again? I think they should of kept 1 on service. Perhaps the Mighty Mo or Wisconsin as she was the biggest. Granted only by about 14" when they grafted on the bow from Kansas but it still made her the biggest.

[@jamesmusisca7547]

16 in. guns have one of those projectiles strike close to you and your vapor like launching a refrigerator 25 miles

[@jdudtd2369]

بسم لله الرحمن الرحيم ولا تحسبن الله غفلا عما يعمل الظلمون صدق الله العظيم حسبنا الله ونعم الوكيل

[@onepomofo]

them wild weasels pilots live on the edge

[@chinnu3388]

When a tomahawk launched from under the sea it looks like a deadly blue whale raised its spine chilling

[@MAScurious]

Around the :50 sec mark it shows the F4E model from George Afb California, You know how I know that? I was deployed over there for that war which I call the Last Great War!

[@BookerT48]

Wild Weasels?

[@aatmaparmatma6979]

Very Sucessfull Mission

[@apocyldoomer]

I remember that night, I was at a bar with my friends Blues Band, everyone in the bar was subdued and quiet, it was on the TV in the bar, my paying much attention to my friends band, or it could be another footage, dunno, but I remember that particular night!

[@cpmorgans69]

I will never forget it, I was 16 and Balls deep in my Spanish language teacher that night it came on the news in her and her ex husband's king size bed 🤔🤔🤔 ahhh the good old days 🕺🏿🕺🏿🕺🏿

[@apocyldoomer]

Mike M haha geez

[@cpmorgans69]

@@apocyldoomer an No, I don't remember much Spanish. That was over 20 years ago 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@maniacattack8426]

the good old days

[@CrossHaiRoo7]

TOMCAT!!!! Cadilac of the sky....

[@unknownfilmmaker777]

I saw a video once of a massive flyover, apparently near the start of the campaign. It had a variety of different aircraft all together at once and was quite impressive. Does anyone recall this and know where I might find that footage?

[@Johnny53kgb-nsa]

Iraq's elite be revolutionary guard was billed as the 4'th largest army in the world. When the fighting started, they couldn't surrender fast enough.

[@vingelivongeli5970]

F-117A. F-117B was upgraded version with many naval F-117N's features. Neither B or N ever got into production as F-22 was seen to fit their role well enough with fighter's abilities. Too bad as naval Nighthawk would have been a cool thing.

[@nonovyerbusiness9517]

The thumbnail for this video shows the 16"/50 caliber shells used by the US Navy's Iowa class battleships. Apparently a big part of the Desert Storm air assault.

[@toasterbathboi6298]

Nonov Yerbusiness I mean, I guess you could say that when they got to the target they were falling from the sky...

[@carlosspicywiener8090]

I came down here to say pretty much that just a little more sarcastically. GOD DAMN YOU ALL TO HELL!

[@gottziehtalles666]

youtube randomly chose this as a thumnail as none was chosen manual i guess

[@ianian8022]

So wot got most Alfa? 117s or the one-shot, robot, kamakazi lot?

[@akivaromero1281]

Good

[@littleprince-sv8we]

الله يساعد جيشنا الباسل على هذه الأله العسكريه المدمرة المتطورة . امريكا جربت جميع اسلحتها التي كانت تعدها للاتحاد السوفيتي على العراق .

[@DudeStone]

Gotta love battleships and their 16" guns *USS Missouri, they don't make them like they used too but hey now we have cruise missles next change up might be... lasers lol

[@etd5791]

my fav two aircraft are both american. The A10 Warthog and The F4 Phantom. cannot beat them. not the fastest but so damn dangerous and trustworthy

[@mitchellwilcox7259]

Didn't F4 get owned in Vietnam? It's a sexy looking fighter though

[@etd5791]

@@mitchellwilcox7259 they did but its still a beast for sure

[@AJ___USA]

Hell yea VMFA 451 out there getting some

[@wolfgangholtzclaw2637]

I remember that morning I commanded a combat support company and we were told that aerial combat was imminent but they didn't give us a date or time, but that we are now aware. About 7 AM on the 17th while I was eating my breakfast MRE, the tent flaps rattled and a huge roar about knocked our ear drums out... I ran to the flap and looked at two french low level Jaguar jets heading due north... Just in time to see them disappear after that, all hell broke loose, B52s over head, rumbles in the distance, fighters, Helicopters, gunships, scouts, huge chinooks.... all going north... This went on for a few weeks... finally we were taking down Saddam's Army and making him pay for threatening his neighbors. A great force, a great effort. I was surprised Bush didn't win re election, but the liberal bastard press kept saying "read my lips"... Read mine, Old man Bush saved a lot of American lives, He, Colon Powell, and Schwartzkopf were a cagey intelligent team. I loved the way they used our press to suit their needs.. baiting the Iraqi Army to strengthen their beaches for the Marine landing that never came. Ha ha... Good old crazy swearing Schwartzkopf!!! The younger soldiers were very motivated and I salute all of them.

[@workingman6910]

Bubba Holtzclaw -👍🏿

[@Mustafa-yh3dt]

لو كان لدينا غطاء جوي ودفاع جوي لم تستطيعون مواجهات مقاتل عراقي اشتركت في عاصفه الصحراء احرقت دبابتين ابرامز من الفرقه الامريكيه الثالثة لم تكونو شجعان جمعتم ٣٣ دوله ضد جيش واحد منهك من الخروب

[@wolfgangholtzclaw2637]

@@Mustafa-yh3dt Unfortunately I can't read Arabic. Buti I hope you and your family are at peace. Thanks for trying to communicate with me. Peace and love!!!!!!

[@jacob1423]

@@Mustafa-yh3dtlol cry terriost all your friends are dead😂

[@jacob1423]

@@wolfgangholtzclaw2637he wasn’t saying nice things at all

[@ellipsis117]

they were called black jets by there crews before they were officially called nighthawks.

[@nick4819]

I will forever miss massive 16in guns firing. That has to be absolutely intimidating. I wonder if we could make the ammo "smart" or laser guided? That would be pretty fucking sweet having a drone lase a target for a battleship lmao

[@BigboiiTone]

Is this from the "War in the Gulf" vhs? Not finding much on search engine

[@SHAWN-rz6vu]

When you get lost in the flow of documentaries about the middle eastern conflicts, and actually pay attention to the chaos and insanity of it all you feel culture shock from your own home, how could these people have evolved this way, it's a dark curiosity with a dangerous peak of confusion that leads to high amounts of death

[@WaterburnerActual]

F4 .. living, visual proof that a brick can fly! 💗

[@blueshowlar]

couldn't have been a good day for anyone

[@edshakespeare9122]

7:47 Christmas stocking.

[@ianian8022]

last one then, still thinking about aircraft carrier launches, do you shoelaces huh?

[@davef5277]

Wisconsin is badass.

[@ramboar7452]

Tom Cruise was there flying the f14 tom cat lol

[@ramboar7452]

Dave Ponder What are you a comedian lol

[@moonlandingagain3228]

Tom Cruise is a asshole

[@hobogrifter]

@@moonlandingagain3228 damn good actor though, does all his stunts

[@justingolem4603]

Hey fellas you forgot to mention the j damn system that's the greatest 4th of July firecracker s*** and desert I've ever seen

[@ironknight2872]

That is captain Bill, USS WISCONSIN BB 64 COMMANDING OFFICER during the first PERSIAN GULF WAR !!!

[@ianian8022]

Seriously for a change: we all seen jets getting shot offa them catapults at sea and we all told it one helluva ride. I don't know about you but it just words to me. Until I saw that f4 going down the runway... and going down and down and down - like when the hell it eva gonna get off! Them cats- now that one helluva ride.

[@richardhill7677]

I was diagnosed with autism after reading this

[@arefkr]

In the first Persian Gulf war Murica basically destroyed the weapons they gifted to Saddam in Iran-Iraq war.

[@brucelamberton8819]

@1:44 he looks like Lt. Howard Hunter from 'Hill Street Blues' !

[@occamsrazor1285]

Damn. This program is s old they're still calling the F117 the "Black Jet"

[@1950Viper]

flying since 1977 in battle ever since and is actually old school but it works different than anything else. Its time will still be around for quite some time.

[@occamsrazor1285]

1950Viper are you thinking of the f-111?

[@donaldcutler3107]

Man, I love our military. Keeping us safe and strong.

[@OldSkoolWax]

Bootlicker

[@hobogrifter]

@@OldSkoolWax my man just supporting his military, no need to dis him.

[@joegagnon2268]

That music sounds a bit like command and conquer

[@muujai]

YES!!!!MISSOURI!!!!

[@WaterburnerActual]

7í

[@yonghyunyoun]

30년전만해도 F4 팬텀이 폭격을..

[@XxJubjub107xX]

and "Wild Weasles" are Phantoms no?

[@XxJubjub107xX]

F117 Black Jet? Shouldnt that be Nighthawk? :L

[@davidslefort6541]

Fuck yeah man warriors

[@andrewtooindranauth6766]

Fun fact, you didn’t search for this video.

[@olafweinzer5746]

F117 short life

[@maxadful]

Killing machine

[@justingolem4603]

Another day to thank God I was born in America

[@justingolem4603]

The tomahawk missile is basically like the javelin for naval warfare but the infantry now have their own javelins likely United States is 300 I meant Leonidas and his 300 but their skills and only takes a squad to wipe out a whole army if you got the brains and the must do it I meant muscle to do it damn speech to text this was supposed to be a badass desert Storm love you guys thank you for fighting type thing but it turned out to be a geek infested thing explaining why my phone sucks about speech to text anyways have fun guys we have video games now to train the next generation godspeed and stay frosty I can't wait until we invade Iran or Russia

[@justingolem4603]

I am a dork but I love that isn't that the ultimate sport I think football is great but if you can't go through them why not blow them up and just go over them m1a2 Abrams yes sir you are welcome

[@stevensassano1357]

Holy Shit !!!

[@MMAh00ligan]

This is why I can drive my V6 truck on a few dollars per gallon everyday THANK GOD AMERICA

[@johnthefishermanjohnhoyle5763]

No let's hope natural disasters ruin the usa

[@Jungleland33]

Museums looted whilst marines guarded the ministry of oil buildings......humm, history will judge.

[@PorWik]

Jungleland33 oil in modern society is more important than history so why shouldn’t they guard one of the most valuable buildings

[@richardhill7677]

Wrong war this is the first Gulf war now I’m not going to argue the intent of the second gulf war but the first one was to push the Iraqi occupying force out of Kuwait. This documentary is about the first one.

[@ajcook7777]

the reporter at the beginning said 333 tomahawk cruise missiles were used, kinda weird how just X that # by 2 and you get 666. look up bar codes and the #666. and the entire war was about money and oil = 666 ahhhhhh I watched the movie the number 23 with Jim Carrey to many times :0 lol

[@SexPun48]

And civilian bunkers

[@rrttom4405]

IYAAYAS!!!

[@australiaaustralia6412]

I was in 8th standard in 1991😁😁

[@razzyhass3541]

I remember US Navy shot down Iran commercial airplane, while the battle ship crews cheered over the success of killing hundred civilians on board of the airplane. They didn't appologize nor show any remorse. What about if the civilians that died were their father or mother or wife or children?

[@workingman6910]

Razzy Hass - Americans would never cheer at a commercial aircraft being shoot down. NEVER.

[@hobogrifter]

I want a link for that

[@lockoutking9233]

90 hr ass whoopin

[@nazraz6537]

Peacekeepers at work against the defenceless

[@DOI_ARTS]

Should have thought about invading Kuwait

[@mohdfadlullahibrahim692]

Fight civic....

[@richardcortez6538]

Don't want to be at the end of a cruise missile

[@johnmontgomery1207]

It would be interesting to know how many were killed by falling bullets in Baghdad. must have been a lot.

[@allualex2606]

the narrator sounds like Mr Burns from Simpsons

[@drinkspecials]

MURICA!! FUK YEA!

[@derlend9928]

Best Music 00:00-00:40 and 04:30-05:00. Thank me later.

[@nuclearthreat545]

3:48 notice 3 triggers and 3 seperate groups of blasts...the gunners NEVER fired all 3 canons on 1 turret at the same time, the force would be too much

[@hobogrifter]

That's actually a myth. The ship was leaning at the time they shot it, so it would actually be more devestating. Because your pushing it when it's down. Remember the battleship is HUGE!

[@user-cp8lk7jm5k]

اكو عراقي لو بس أني

[@CrossHaiRoo7]

LMAONAYSE the "black jet" because its invisible

[@busterbeagle2167]

The music is a bit much

[@hammerdown184]

it's ugly but a awesome plane

[@guylawes]

they need to lose that music at the beginning!

[@jonclarkson7433]

I know it sounds like cheesy porno music or something I concur lol. 😂😂😂👍👍👍😜😜😜😁😁😁

[@xGoodOldSmurfehx]

you mean nighthawk, really thats its nickname not black jet lulz F-117 F/B 'Nighthawk' to be super needlessly accurate xD

[@kerryroberts4540]

thanks professor nobody knew that youre the smartest ever

[@hempseed57]

500 cruise missiles = 500 million dollars. You wonder why you lost your job?

[@0MoTheG]

hempseed57 Tell that to the people making the missiles.

[@9johnpaul]

He said 500 hundred in theater and 1/3 were use. Less than 200 if what he said was accurate.

[@shehz2000]

Let’s try this shit against the S400

[@ozzy7763]

Now we only have a fraction of this firepower.

[@hobogrifter]

No we don't. We have over 5000 tanks, and 70% of the worlds attack helicopters. And a group of civilians who will join the military if the country went to war.

[@juliannolucien7638]

Mauvaise compilation d’images d’essai pour la plupart. Belles vues de l’Iowa et du Wisconsin par contre.

[@bmbpdk]

yes it should be Nighthawk, and its not F-4G Wild Weasel, its F-4G Phantom, wild weasel, Wild weasel is just a "job-description" for SEAD-missions. To many reporters knows shit about what they are talking about, and just chooses the words that sounds interesting and "catchy", often not the real and correct names and/or words

[@MiizTyzm]

I am from the future Hmmmmm