Witness History with the F-16's First Kill!

F-16 is one of the most successful military aircraft of all times. Few could argue that its service in Israel wasn't an important factor in the whole story. But do you know exactly who and how scored a first air-to-air kill for the F-16? To answer that, we need to go back to 1981. Lebanon Civil War is in full swing and Israeli Air Force occasionally clashes with Syrian aircraft over this country. The commanding officer of The First Jet Squadron of Israeli Air Force took off with an inexperienced lieutenant on his wing. They will soon get a chance to make history.
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- Raanan Weiss, Yoav Efrati - General Dynamics F-16 A/B Netz (Aircraft of the Israeli Air Force 2)
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[@i.setyawan]

Another excellent video, and this particular incident happens to be one I didn't know beforehand. It's nice to be able to learn something new.

[@showtime112]

Thanks! I like to do some of those less well known stories.

[@265justy]

F-16s don't get enough credit for their 80+ air to air combat kills. Its the F-15 that always steals the glory. But operation Peace for Galilee the F-16 out scored the F-15 with 44 kills vs 40 for the F-15. And the F-16 had disadvantage off having no long range Sparrows while the F-15 did. F-16 got all its kills using short range missiles and cannon.

[@showtime112]

I guess you could say that. One viewer commented in a previous video and compared it to Spitfire and Hurricane in the Battle of Britain. Hurricane was credited with more victories but Spitfire got most of the glory.

[@265justy]

@@showtime112 Yes very true. That comparsion has crossed my mind also in the past. 👍🏻

[@patrickcloutier6801]

@@showtime112 Were the Hurricane kills mostly bombers, rather than fighters? If the Spitfire kills were mostly fighters, rather than bombers, that may explain the difference in attention - even if the Spitfire was a more aesthetically pleasing aircraft than the Hurricane.

[@thanojon1]

I know it's war, but I always kinda feel for the helicopter pilots that get shot down watching these re-enactments. (Tomcat kill, this one, etc). I think it's simply because they don't have the opportunity to eject. When they're going down they know it's the end. I know some pilots have hoped that their foes eject, it's a respect thing even though they may be enemies.

[@showtime112]

Sure, there's much less they can do. I remember reading about Russian helicopters that first introduced ejection seats. There was also a comment from some Western helicopter pilot who was suspicious and said he would always rather rely on crash landing instead. Perhaps it was just lack of thrust to something new.

[@arcidg]

So, I'm not the only one who thinked about this. I appreciate your sensitivity bro :)

[@zbeen-ah-lah]

@@showtime112that was the Ka-52 right?

[@valley6636]

Another great F-16 video! I think operation opera(attack on iraqi reactor) would be interesting to recreate

[@showtime112]

Thanks! Operation Opera could be a topic of a future video. It was covered by some other channels but that's not necessarily a deal breaker.

[@guydespatie6881]

Another super video... Striking how much visibility that F-16 canopy offers ! also amazing take off camera angle... Noticed the plane serial number... 112... Is that coincidence?

[@showtime112]

Thanks! The lack of canopy frame is one of my favorite things on F-16. Regarding the number 112, this is the actual tail number of the F-16 that shot down the Syrian helicopter. The rest is pure coincidence 😁

[@jdsaldivar2109]

82ND AIRBORNE Greetings Guy!! I caught the " 112" as I read your comment!! Cheers!!

[@box8brewing829]

Always happy and intrigued when I see a Showtime112 historical video to view! As always, another informative reenactment. Well done and keep up the great work.

[@showtime112]

Thank you very much, comments like this give me additional motivation for the future.

[@StreetBobber]

Another great recreation of a little known nugget from aviation history. ST112 strikes again!

[@showtime112]

Thanks so much for such a positive comment!

[@BluejayGamingVR]

Your videos are amazing man! You make DCS look like a movie and I feel as though I learn so much through your videos. Thank you!!

[@showtime112]

Thanks a lot for your positive feedback! Keep watching!

[@LockOnNow]

Damn it! Just wondering 🤔 what else Showtime112 keeps in his Treasure Vault?👍 There we go with another outstanding historical contribution, especially the not well-known ones, are the ones which make it interesting. It was compelling 😉 to see an (IAF) 🇮🇱 F-16 shooting down a helicopter useing the Vulcan 20 mm Gatling-type gun with 511 rounds. We all have our favourite fighter jets, for me personally, the F-16 was never really on my favourite list, of fighter jets I know it's a very capable combat jet it just didn't appeal to me. My country had the Mirage III and IIIR in service from the 60ths to 90th's, during the decades they have been continuously updated. So I have to confess my favourite model was the Mirage IIIC of the 60ths and 70ths in the bare-metal finish, the same one as the IAF during the Six-Day war had. Just check out the link below to see what Brigadier general Giora "Hawkeye" Epstein has to say about the Mirage IIIC he is a retired brigadier General in the Israeli Air Force (IAF) and a fighter ace credited with 17 victories, 16 against Egyptian jets, making Epstein the ace of aces of supersonic fighter jets and of the Israeli Air Force. kzbin.info/www/bejne/mXnWdneVaJVratE

[@showtime112]

Don't worry, there's plenty of stories left to cover 😁 Well, Mirage III is like a classic car from the 60s. No ABS, ESP or anything like that. If you screw up, the laws of physics are going Medieval on you 😁😁😁 Let's hope that ED gives us a nice surprise announcement for the next year. Might even be a Mirage III, who knows?

[@sohrabroozbahani4700]

The first time I saw a F16 in real life was 2013 aero India, I was a student abroad back then and growing tension between Iran and US had resulted in a major spike in sanctions, causing massive and sudden inflation at home, my prepared saving suddenly lost two third of its value and forced to pack up and leave before I could finish my studies, but just four days before my flight there was the airshow and I got myself a ticket cause I wouldn't miss such a thing even at the cost of my life, major companies had lost the competition for Indian Air force to Rafal and except IAF fighters only one USAF F16 had come. I got the wind that pilot will be around for couple of hours by his plane static display and I stock around until he showed up, I talked to him, he was nice and friendly and in the end I told him where I am from, he was surprised to some extent but I told him how I feel about going back to my jail of a country and I wish next time I see a F16 I see them bombing us in Tehran... 8 years and much suffering later, I'm still waiting for that roar in my sky...

[@showtime112]

Thanks for that sincere comment. I just hope that nobody in your country reads this. Or that this is not your real name...

[@sohrabroozbahani4700]

@@showtime112 it's alright, they know that we dispose them and waiting for the slightest chance to tear them down from their high horses, why do you think they need that nuclear bomb so bad in our government? They don't have a nation anymore, they just have some property, and a lot of really angry slaves...

[@StreetBobber]

Hope you get to come back and finish your studies Sohrab. I know a lot of Iranian students loved their time in India and how hard it was for them to go back. I sincerely hope that one day the Iranian people live in a system that they all are happy in.

[@sohrabroozbahani4700]

@@StreetBobber tnx brother, I do miss my time in India, it was the best 18 month of my life, it was not without struggle, and when life is without struggle? But it was free, life in India was as free as one average iranian guy would have wanted life to be, yet like all good things in life, it had to end one day... I liked the Indian people, I wish all of you an even better tomorrow...

[@ratagris21]

Thanks for bringing us this great featurette. BRRRRRTTTTTT♠️🎩☯️

[@showtime112]

Thanks for watching and a positive comment!

[@takaharatanaka8818]

Thanks for the hard work making these videos

[@showtime112]

Thank you for watching!

[@ChanahsCreativeEdits]

Absolutely love the detail on this video! Who ever you are 👏👏👏👏

[@showtime112]

Thank you so much!!

[@narcos5598]

Another Great job, thank you for your work, too much interesting!

[@showtime112]

Thank you very much for commenting!

[@narcos5598]

@@showtime112 i dont know if it should be interesting for you and for this kind of playlist,... I ve Heard something about an a/a kill (in Vietnam) of an A4 Vs a Mig 17 (if i remember well) using zuni rockets unguided... The only a/a kill of an A4 during Vietnam

[@showtime112]

@@narcos5598 That was covered quite some time ago on this channel. Also, an Israeli A-4 kills of two MiG-17s (one by rockets)

[@narcos5598]

@@showtime112 sorry, my fault, anyway i really think your historical review through dcs is wonderful every time. 👍 Waiting for the next one

[@PappaBear_yt]

I really like the video. Also, we can learn how the small, unknown events can lead to the world as it is today. Cheers! 👍🏻🍻

[@showtime112]

Cheers to you as well! Stay tuned for more 😀

[@DiaconescuAlexandru2024]

I always enjoy watching your vids to find out about some new incidents I didn't know about. :)

[@showtime112]

Thanks! A lot of these hidden treasures still awaits to be discovered.

[@bjornsmith9431]

Great video Showtime 112 and thank for the useful information on Helicopter and Jet fighters, if the Helicopter was armed with Sa 7 missile system and the Syrian pilots was not following the Warsaw pack central command training, it probably be an even fight, speaking of Helicopter vs Fixed Wing planes have you heard of the Battle of Lima 85 in 1968 where CIA civilian Huey Helicopter pilot and crew chief shoot down two North Vietnamese Air Force AN 2 planes with an Assault Rifle in air to air combat.

[@showtime112]

Thanks! I guess a helicopter pilot can make himself a hard target if he really knows what he is doing. To be honest, I didn't shoot down the helo in this video on my first attempt. Nor the second 😁 I'm not familiar with the story you mention but I guess that can be done. An-2 is a big lumbering target.

[@freakyrims1527]

3:34 HEY!!! IM THAT VIEWER!! Glad i couldve help man,anytime you need

[@showtime112]

Thanks!

[@fa300ry]

@@showtime112 Rafael Etan was the commander of the Israeli northern region (border with Lebanon !!)

[@ronaldwatson1951]

Outstanding video and love the graphics, I've gotta get your Rig specs. Thanks in Advance, definitely love your historical approach.

[@showtime112]

Thank you once again! My configuration is AMD Ryzen 5 1400, Sapphire Pulse RX580 4GB and 32 GB RAM. I also use Thrustmaster T16000M HOTAS, Delanclip head tracker and Reshade software for additional graphics filters.

[@ronaldwatson1951]

@@showtime112 yeah, I'm wrong for asking your Rig configurations , but since I'm vesting in a mid level computer, satisfaction is my goal.

[@showtime112]

@@ronaldwatson1951 That's alright, feel free to ask whatever you are interested in. As for investing, I don't want to scare you but the moment is far from ideal. Prices of graphic cards are completely insane. I'm guessing it's all that cryptocurrency craziness.

[@ronaldwatson1951]

@@showtime112 I completely understand, there's no doubt I'll be in the mid range. It's my goal to get proficient with at least 3 aircraft and hopefully they'll develop a Vietnam scenario. WW2 campaigns, with IL 2 and learning DCS with the Tomcat. Maybe in the future, you can guide me? We'll have to swap email addresses. Thanks for listening

[@showtime112]

@@ronaldwatson1951 You can write at [e-mail]. I'll be glad to help with anything I can. As for Tomcat, be sure to give it a free trial before buying. It is by far the most resource consuming module I've tried. I can run it acceptably if I reduce textures to low, but I have another problem. Tomcat's replay track is always broken. Generally, replay track doesn't work well in DCS but on most modules, it works at least sometimes. With Tomcat (and also Mirage 2000) it never works so to me It not very useful. A good alternative is the Hornet. It is easier on your PC and it gives you a nice naval operations feel. Also, you run all the systems yourself instead of telling Jester what to do.

[@josemoreno3334]

Love your videos.

[@showtime112]

Thank you, there's more to come!

[@thatdude-cc6ui]

Great video as always, As for the name of the pilot - it was rafi berkovitch. The other name you bought up, refael eitan, was the israeli chief of staff during that time, and a very (very) unique character.

[@showtime112]

Thank you for the comment. The fact about the pilot's name was already confirmed. It reminds me that I haven't covered anything from the 1982 Lebanon War in a long time.

[@michelestefanini5466]

yeah lol i was like "rafi eitan? the mossad agent?"

[@nadav3774]

Hi, a correction for the name 'Rafi' which is a shortcut fot Rafael but Rafael Eitan was not a pilot but the head of the IDF in the 80's.

[@showtime112]

Thanks for that info!

[@jorgentoll314]

Nice video! I wish we had the A model in DCS!

[@showtime112]

Thanks! That would be nice but from what I understand from interviews with module developers, it is almost like making a brand new module. It's rare that they offer more than one variant (such as for example Heatblur's F-14)

[@jorgentoll314]

@@showtime112 yes, there’s a huge difference between the early and late blocks. But I wish they would’ve gone with an early block A instead of the C. But that’s just me 😉

[@balkancommenterwithseveree7552]

@@jorgentoll314 They should've added the block 30 big mouth too.

[@matteo_oz3557]

The f-16 is the best multirole fighter ever built until now. It is good in any role and cost low compared to his partner.

[@showtime112]

That's probably why they sold so many :)

[@zanderlabuschagne2368]

Excellent. You give very detailed history and represent them as accurately as possible with what DCS can give. Have you considered making missions for DCS? I've tried some six day war ones but it is not fun to use the Mirage 2000 as a Mirage III. I also tried using the Mirage III mod but its AI doesn't want to cooperate ☹️

[@showtime112]

Thanks! I actually uploaded some missions a couple of years ago. They were for Su-25 and the basis for some videos. But in time it became impossible to emulate video topics with a single mission so now I just make little segments and edit it all together. And yes, AI will rarely do what you want 😁

[@oxblood85lol]

You flew over my house at 2:20 ;)

[@showtime112]

I hope I didn't wake you up from your afternoon nap :)

[@oscarrodriguez9012]

you should use AA(anti-aliasing) for better visuals, I had seen many of your videos and that jaggies are annoying, but after all I really like your content , like and new sub

[@showtime112]

I don't thing my graphic card would be happy with that idea. It's marginally effective as it is. When the channel starts to make some big bucks, I'll upgrade my system but until then, this is what it is. Thanks for subscribing and commenting!

[@oscarrodriguez9012]

@@showtime112 agree, I will be patient for the upgrade and new content, but my eyes still bleed with the jaggies XD

[@MrCancerman67]

I personally witnessed the first air-to-air kill of the F-16 against a jet fighter - a Syrian MiG-21 - over Lebanon on 14 July 1981. Is there a video on that?

[@showtime112]

Not yet, it's on my to do list. Would you be interested in giving your account? I could use the details.

[@MrCancerman67]

​@showtime112 absolutely. What do you need?

[@MrCancerman67]

I saw that you created a video of it.

[@rewanolrwngow]

I wonder what’s the sop for helicopter pilots when they get engaged by fighter aircraft..

[@worldwideanalysis5636]

My country!💖💖

[@showtime112]

Thanks for commenting!

[@MisteriosGloriosos922]

Thanks for informative vid !!!

[@showtime112]

Thank you for watching!

[@hughmarloweverest1684]

Thanks.

[@showtime112]

You're welcome

[@jhj9296]

something poetic about the first F16 kill being a gun kill

[@showtime112]

In those days, Israelis still considered gun kills to be the most prestigious.

[@dragancvetic6874]

I love this channel.Pretty interesting and not like the rest that do only dogfighting.I suggest you cover some of the yugoslav wars.Like the shootdown of 5 Republka Srpska J-21 jastrebs by an f-16 or the downing of the croatian mig-21s by kub and praga PVO.

[@showtime112]

Thanks for the comment. I can't tell you all the details yet but the next video will be something in that area.

[@dragancvetic6874]

@@showtime112 I will be waiting for it :)

[@sergiopiparo4084]

Please do a video on the Falkland War

[@showtime112]

Thanks for the suggestion but that will wait a bit. The map of this region should be released in DCS World. The exact date is not known but it might be in several months.

[@bhishmaMbt]

Keep it up!! Great video!

[@showtime112]

Thanks! Will do!

[@anthonyhershko]

Amazing as usual!!!

[@showtime112]

Thanks again! More to come!

[@anthonyhershko]

@@showtime112 My pleasure!! Can't wait!!

[@Basenjittt]

Hi, Perhaps some actions of Francis Stanley „Gabby” Gabreski? Very successful pilot of WWII and Korean War?. Falklands? All in all- I like your films very much.

[@showtime112]

Thanks for the comment! Sure, Gabresky deserves a video or two in the future. As for the Falklands, the actual map of the region is in final phase (or so they say). So I'm waiting for the release. None of the maps we have now in DCS doesn't resemble the Falklands even remotely.

[@Basenjittt]

@@showtime112 see. And how about NATO vs WPact duels?

[@showtime112]

@@Basenjittt You mean Cold War intercepts? I've done one of them. For most others, there are no sufficient assets in DCS.

[@cfisher11]

Are you flying the F16A in this video or the C ? I thought the A version had the radar display in the Center and not off too the left.

[@showtime112]

This is a Block 50 C variant. A variant only had one display, that's true. But C is the only one in DCS.

[@LawatheMEid]

I had read in wikipedia about mig-23 that in early 1974 a syrian one was in weapon testing flight north to damascus and shot down 2 f-4 then The mig was shot down by syrian aa battery .. would you please make a video about this incident?

[@showtime112]

Possibly. But first, we need to wait for a proper F-4 in DCS.

[@TLTeo]

The shot at 9:55 is so menacing!

[@showtime112]

Might even be caused by a slight de-synchronization of picture and sound. But it kinda works here.

[@3OPKDEL]

The Nesher is not locally produced, they where assemblied in Israel

[@samy7013]

Correct.

[@paulstanton7153]

Great them keep on coming

[@showtime112]

No need to worry about that 😁 Thanks for the support!

[@JoJo-vm8vk]

Air to ground gun mode is very convenient to deal with helicopters close to the ground 😇

[@showtime112]

Haven't actually tried it, could be. From the story, it didn't seem to me like it was the mode used in this case but it is not specifically mentioned.

[@foxxy46213]

this how f16 viper looked in my head with the 3rd party add on cockpits...wish I still had those cockpits as they were impossible to find then as they was a paid for extra an after the game fell out of favour unless you liked fully working switches an the like in Sims it was only a few hardcore millsim pilots playing it an torrent was the only way to find them an too6me ages to find them all for each plane they was made for....going down mig alley dodgin SAMs left an right was intense

[@Lexylove11]

Pozz klipovi su ti sjajni...ako mozes napravit obaranje f 16 iznad Bosne

[@showtime112]

Hvala. Tema koju spominješ je na listi.

[@Larkeshet]

It was indeed Rafi Berkowiz.

[@showtime112]

Thanks for confirming that!

[@jdsaldivar5606]

82ND AIRBORNE My Unit?? Rotory wing...shooting down helos is trivial?? I could shoot a helo out with a wrist rocket...now That!! Is trivial...heh.......he.........

[@samy7013]

You should do a video about the SyAAF Aerospatiale Gazelle antitank helicopters. Equipped with long-ranged, accurate, and rather powerful HOT antitank missiles, they ended up mauling a good number of Israeli armored/mechanized columns during the 1982 Israeli invasion of Lebanon. The Gazelles are credited with destroying and damaging dozens of Israeli armored and soft-skinned vehicles, for surprisingly light losses. On a separate note, also during the 1982 Israeli invasion of Lebanon, SyAAF Su-20s managed to launch a number of very effective strikes against Israeli army columns, including at least one (with cluster bombs and napalm) that according to Israeli sources had wreaked havoc upon the Israeli column that it was attacking. Unfortunately however, the Su-20s did experience pretty serious losses before the end of the war, as the SyAAF continued to send its Sukhois on daring attack missions against the massive Israeli force that was invading Lebanon.

[@showtime112]

Thanks for your suggestions. The Gazelle is available in DCS and it could be done. I have almost no helicopter flying experience and I need to work on that first :) Do you have any good sources about Syrian helicopters in combat? We don't have the Su-17/20/22 family in DCS unfortunately. There's only the AI model of the 17 but it's not flyable.

[@samy7013]

@@showtime112 : Aviation author and historian Tom Cooper is working on a 2-part series about the Lebanese Civil War and the Israeli invasions of Lebanon in 1978 and 1982. The first volume is out already, but doesn’t cover the 1982 invasion. In the meantime, try Googling an article that he wrote sometime in the early 2000s called “The Syrian Tank Hunters in Lebanon”. It used to be on the Air Combat Information Group (ACIG) site. I’m sure that the Internet Archive will have a copy, if you can’t find live web hosted versions of the article. I hope that helps you!

[@showtime112]

@@samy7013 I thought it had to be something by Tom Cooper. Without him, we would barely know anything about the aviation of 'the other side'. Thanks for your help, I found the article and I will study it. I'll be buying the books too.

[@samy7013]

@@showtime112 : Excellent! Looking forward to hear what you think about the article and books that I suggested. And yes, I agree: we serious history students and enthusiasts owe Tom Cooper and all his coauthors and contributors over the years, an enormous debt for their groundbreaking and meticulous research.

[@ulisesvelez5846]

the f16a in israeli air force since in 1981. great success.

[@showtime112]

Correct.

[@zbeen-ah-lah]

lol Hornet is the only teen series fighter to NOT have its first kill be by a country that starts with I F-15 and F-16: Israel F-14: Iran (fun fact in the Iran-Iraq war Iranian Tomcat scored at least 130 A-A kills!) F/A-18: not a country that starts with I

[@renatoandricevic8638]

Šteta što nismo odabrali F-16, Rafale je fantastičan. Ali ovaj je pravi borbeni stroj.

[@showtime112]

Ima nešto i u tome. Između ta dva, nijedan nije bio loš izbor. E sad, F-16 bi bili novi novcati.....

[@autodev3682]

F16 je super ali rafal je bolji.

[@nekilik1895]

Da li je DCS World skroz beaplatan za instaliranje?

[@showtime112]

Osnovni paket je potpuno besplatan. Dobiješ dva aviona i dvije mape. Plus, svaki modul koji se inače plaća možeš besplatno isprobati na dva tjedna.

[@nekilik1895]

@@showtime112 sada možeš da instaliraš DCS jedino ako ti računar oma 64 bit-a?

[@Bigman-fh1fz]

You should do the Turkish shoot down of the Russian su 24

[@showtime112]

I probably will.

[@Bigman-fh1fz]

@@showtime112 there’s also other shoot downs involving Syrian aircraft

[@user-jd4qu4br8k]

Actually Rafael Eitan was the commander of the israeli millitary during the lebanon war.

[@showtime112]

Thank you for clearing that!

[@emadabuelrub1125]

Were the SAM ?

[@amolphatak3537]

Please if possible can you make operation wooden leg for us.

[@showtime112]

This is on some long term to-do list. F-15Ds were used and they dropped LGBs. There's an F-15D mod available but it can't carry LGBs (or at least it couldn't when I last checked). If this feature gets added, I will be able to cover the story.

[@foxxy46213]

f16 fighting falcon not viper got muddled by time

[@nekilik1895]

Kako komentarišeš nove dogovore Belorusije i Moskve o nabavci novih aviona (najverovatnije mig-35 i su-30). Da li bi moglo doći do nekih narušavanja vazdušnog prostora između Belorusije i Poljske?

[@showtime112]

A čuj, definitivno imamo neki novi hladni rat tako da ne bi uopće bilo iznenađenje da se napetosti povećaju. Poljaci su isto malo nabrijani. Lako moguće.

[@jdsaldivar5606]

82ND AIRBORNE What comes to mind is the F-16 Pilot knew full well that the Helicopter had Zero chances and Death to thee occupants was certain...

[@showtime112]

Probably. He might have been a little frustrated by the Sidewinder miss though.

[@jdsaldivar5606]

@@showtime112 82ND AIRBORNE I worked on helicopters in the past...you can shoot them down with a Slingshot. I agree that he was pissed due to the malfunction...of a Missile. His intent is obvious. Plus...you and I have seen videos of enemy pilots assisting enemy pilots. My opinion...the helo was no threat...the jet should have gone home. ( unless one of the passengers had a Pistol...is that a threat?)

[@showtime112]

@@jdsaldivar5606 Israeli version is that the helicopter was transporting Syrian commandos. It certainly wasn't a threat to the F-16s but the passengers might have been a threat to Israeli troops on the ground or their allies. There's another story which I intend to cover in the future. When the 1973 War started, Egyptians sent helicopters loaded with troops to capture one of the airbases in Sinai. Israeli pilot Amos Amir took off in his Phantom and shot down several of them and so he defended his base.

[@jdsaldivar5606]

@@showtime112 82ND AIRBORNE Got it...thanks for the Intel...it makes perfect sense. Keep the videos coming!!

[@showtime112]

@@jdsaldivar5606 Sure will, thanks!

[@cuckholdsimulator1176]

The fact that both F-16s and F-15s kills were by Israel Air Force is pretty funny

[@showtime112]

To an extent, yes. But concerning how Israel is constantly at war, it wasn't a great surprise.

[@bskiez]

Awesome. Operation Mole Cricket 19 might interest

[@showtime112]

Thanks! The key players in that were F-4s. We don't have them in DCS yet but they've been promising them for years. If the module is ever released, it will be one of covered stories for sure.

[@oveidasinclair982]

That helo should have realized it would have been wiser to get on the ground when the first sidewinder missed him. He also should have realized that Israeli pilots are highly trained, much better than what they are, a gun run may be difficult, but as seen it can be done with deadly effects.

[@showtime112]

According to the description, the helicopter was about to land after the Sidewinder attack.

[@ulisesvelez5846]

in1981 the iaf received the f16a.

[@zagreb123123]

Wow🤩

[@showtime112]

A što ti se najviše svidjelo? 😁

[@davibrandao2644]

Make a video from operation opera

[@showtime112]

It's a possibility.

[@xiaolianglu9090]

Did Syrian show down any Israel aircraft in 1982?

[@showtime112]

I think one was shot down from the ground but I can't find the exact info right now. Syrians claim ten or so aircraft shot down by their fighters but Israel doesn't recognize any of that. And this is the generally accepted version.

[@paprikaman1124]

@@showtime112 the only f16 loss was in 2018

[@xiaolianglu9090]

Thanks, is F-16A able to stably track (radar) a low-altitude and low-speed target, like Mi-8?

[@ratagris21]

Yes when the radar properly works. This was pointed out on the video it was malfunctioning.

[@showtime112]

It is a pulse-doppler radar so it has a look down/ shoot down capability.

[@patrickcloutier6801]

Was the Syrian chopper pilot aware that his aircraft was being targeted? He does not appear to have made any evasive maneuvers, but I may have missed something.

[@showtime112]

It seems that it was about to land when it was shot down. Of course, getting AI pilot do do exactly that at an exact moment is impossible.

[@NH2112]

I doubt a Hip (?) would have an RWR.

[@showtime112]

@@NH2112 Almost certainly no but maybe someone else knows more.

[@ulisesvelez5846]

the first dogfiight against syrian arab air .force against two mil-8/17-hip.

[@nekilik1895]

Nikada mi neće biti jasno kako to da Sirijci nisu mogli postići obaranje niti jednog f-16, mig-23 i mig-25 tada nisu bili avioni za podcenjivanje, možda ih nije poslužila sreća

[@showtime112]

Bilo je tu dosta faktora. Strategija, elektroničko ometanje (navodno da su i radari i radio komunikacija bili vrlo ograničeni zbog izraelskog ometanja). A i sirijski MiG-23 su uglavnom bile degradirane izvozne verzije. U osnovi, lovce su poslali kao nekakav očajnički potez nakon što im je uništena mreža raketa na tlu.

[@ulisesvelez5846]

im this dogfight the idf-af f-16a shootdown one syrian arab air force mil mi-17 mid air. later he can shoot down one mig-21.

[@domovinivjerni]

Kaj ćeš ti jednom napravit neku misiju za hrvatski MiG ili ću ja to morat? 😁🤣

[@showtime112]

Ako misliš da možeš, probaj 😁

[@domovinivjerni]

@@showtime112 oh ne... sjetio sam se: nemam MiG-21. ah ništa, skupljam donacije xD

[@ssss-sk2sl]

F16 killing defenseless chopper what courageous men wow !

[@showtime112]

OMG, not that ridiculous logic again....... A military helicopter carrying commandos is a legitimate target. If you didn't properly protect it, that's your fault. Every military asset is helpless against something. By the same logic, an F-4D Phantom on a CAP patrol over Vietnam is also defenseless from a SAM battery or AAA. The best it can do is avoid missiles or shells and it has no weapon to shoot back. Does that mean that SAM crews are cowards? Or how about artillery shooting ad infantry 20 miles away? Cowards, right?

[@jackson-pl5zg]

Bruh it's a military chopper.

[@showtime112]

@@jackson-pl5zg Exactly!

[@paprikaman1124]

@@showtime112 oh my god you make sense!! Not like the pro balestinian people trying to accuse my country of doing things

[@davibrandao2644]

Make more videos from israeli air force!

[@showtime112]

Don't worry, there's more to come!

[@3OPKDEL]

Your skin is wrong, its an F-16C

[@showtime112]

It's an F-16C because it is the only one available. If you are looking for 100% accuracy, you won't find it here. Either because it is impossible, or because it would take way too much time. If that bothers you, please watch other channels.

[@oomgawie9175]

Israel

[@slobodanpesic4679]

Picke f16, guns heh