Destroying an Entire Air Force with a Box – Operation Southern Watch



It was December 27, 1992, and Lieutenant Colonel Gary North would not let the Iraqis trespass into the no-fly zone imposed around the Kuwaiti border. “The Box,” as the aircrews called it, was a restricted area implemented by the United Nations to protect civilians in Iraq and neighboring Kuwait from Saddam Hussein’s abuses.

As he led a squadron of four F-16 Falcons, North was warned of a contact rushing at high speed toward their position. He immediately ordered two of his pilots to go after the enemy, but in a matter of minutes, the hostile aircraft was inching closer to his position.

The leader then instructed his men to cut off the threat, impeding his escape route and forcing him into combat. As he would later recall: (QUOTE) “Someone was going to die within the next two minutes, and it wasn’t going to be me or my wingman.”

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33 thoughts on “Destroying an Entire Air Force with a Box – Operation Southern Watch”

  1. Where do I start? You talk about a MIG-25 Foxbat while you show a photo of a F-18 Hornet. Fail! Then you tell us Colonel Gary North was flying in an F-15 Eagle, but after he shoots down the MIG, you say it marked the first F16 combat kill if USAF service. So which is it? An F-15 or an F-16? You owe your viewers an explanation!

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  2. " SADDAM HUSSAIN CAME TO POWER " IN IRAQ !??? LOLS😆😆😆😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😂 PIECE OF SHYIT AMERICAN PROPAGANDA STILL AT IT HAAHAAHAHAAHAA 😆😆😂😂🤣🤣😂😂😂😂😂 👌

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  3. We totally left the Kurds out to dry in that war. Just disgusting for bush senior to tell them to raise up then let saddam use his helicopter ms to go kill them all.🤦‍♂️ One of the worst betrayals we have ever done to a race of people trying to survive.

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  4. Are there internet channels in Canada that talk about Canada’s participation in the Gulf Wars or is this the only place where history is talked about ? Just asking…..Everybody (western nations) hates my country and constantly heaps abuse and ridicule on the US but complains when an American overlooks mentioning their participation in a military operation led by America. I would think uber-Progressive Canada would want to minimize their assistance they provided to “The Great Satan”. There is a reason why disaffected American Progressives move to Canada……

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  5. I was in Desert Storm and one of my friends was a Ranger ON THE GROUND IN IRAQ on 02 AUG 1990…the day Iraq invaded Kuwait. He was in a firefight that day inside Iraq and his Ranger buddy was killed. So, America had our units inside Iraq BEFORE Saddam invaded.

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  6. interesting how you spinn it…
    you kindly forgot about the FALSE WMD weapons claim, on what the IRAQ was attacked…. on a LIE!
    you as well forgot, that the USA, France and GB supplied Saddam Husein with arms and intell to attack Iran… how convenient
    when anywhere on earth in the 20th century arms have been raised, you have 95% probability, USA was involved inmsome way or other

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  7. Biggest reason we dominated was hardly mentioned, the AWACS. I may be biased as I served in the USAF in the mid 80's as a computer programmer (552nd AWAC Division). The ability to see the whole battlefield real time and command/control forces came of age with the E3A AWAC.

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