It was the opening aerial campaign of the Gulf War, and a sizable fleet of coalition fighters was skimming through the hazy Middle Eastern skies in one of their first massive ventures deep into enemy territory.
On the ground, Iraqi radars began blasting incessantly as they detected suspicious activity. In mere minutes, squadrons of Mirage and MiG fighters took off to the skies to hunt down the invading air force.
As contact was made, the murky heavens were lit by the sudden bursts of warplane fire. It was then that an Iraqi Mirage F1EQ detected a marooned, low-flying General Dynamics F-111.
The American aircraft seemed like a prime target for a surprise attack, and a duel between the supersonic warplanes would have been a spectacular sight. However, this was not a conventional F-111; it was a Raven electronic warfare tactical electronic jamming aircraft that was not equipped with a single weapon.
Stranded thousands of feet below other American fighters and with no way to strike back, the crew would have to use their only ace up their sleeve to level the odds or even take down their assailant: a state-of-the-art arsenal of electronic warfare equipment…
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I loved and love the F-111.
God bless America.
These gentlemen were awarded the "Michael King International War Hero Award" in 2023. Congratulations!
This was when the US were leaders in warfare period.
You can sure drag out a simple story.
poor america. have you ever looked in the mirror?
One of the pilots (Brent Brandon Electronic Warfare Officer) is actually my Hebrew teacher LMAO. Hes a great friend and is telling me the whole story again right now over the phone (among other of his accomplishments wink wink). This is so surreal.
He recently had in interview with Smithsonian during COVID. Hope he writes a book!
And btw…The Mirage was coming down on them, not generally just flying about. It dove nose first into the ground.
Id fly with those boys any time any where. You know you got to be a bad ass pilot when you win a dog fight and you didnt bring a dog!
Hogwash
OLD. CROWS NEVER GIVE. A BLIP ❤
"Supersonic Ascension"
Sounds like the name of a bad, very loud metal band.
It happened a lot during the Second World War that Fighter Planes would make diving passes at their adversaries flying close to the ground, but not be able to both Shoot and Pull Up at the same time… Target Fixation. Also, in this case, of going Supersonic, well, the Sonic Boom Sound Cone, raking the ground, would have kicked up dust, another factor in blinding the Iraqi pilots.
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COOL
Thanks for the video.
The idea of an AA kill, with no weapons fired, made me LOL.
Under Reagan I was assigned to the F111A Raven retro fitting out on long island Navy base! CHEIF DESIGN ENGINEER, In it's first operations sortie it shut Lybia cities and lead the fight, this was something very special
You kinda forgot about the mig alert flight E-screwup and crash and base shut down caused by the lone F-111A Raven!
A bunch of bull crap …
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What the fuck do I care or any one else what has happened 5 months ago, Hel you are sick to post things that long ago
Might be more interesting if the script wasn’t clearly written by ChatGPT and the video wasn’t the same half dozen scenes looped endlessly.
My first duty assignment was RAF Upper Heyford UK… I was an Aerospace ground support troop assigned to the half dozen EF 111 Ravens we had at that time… I was there when the Gulf war kicked off & helped prepare the Age Equipment sent to Saudi Arabia to support them & followed after… This was one of our Birds… My older brother was stationed at RAF Lakenheath, Upper Heyford's sister base… He worked on the weapon sensors on the 111's that struck Kaddafi in Libya…
The missiles "miraculously missed"?? Surely it was the very mundane and wholly anticipated result of deploying flares …
Wait why did the Iraqi pilot crashed? I mean he did had visuals couldn't he saw he flying at a to low altitude? Video doesn't say why he crashed "just crashed"….Probably relying to much on his instruments to cage the altitude….F-111 is a sick jet so powerfull and smart operation from the crew. Also would be very helpfull to include the names of the music being played in the background.
it is this individual excellence each on a personal level, multiplied and multiplied has propelled America's success and dominance in her history.
what does the future portend for these old fashioned values?
Video about a mirage jet and not a single clip was a mirage.
It's one of the most underrated aircraft the armed forces ever had, been through multiple warzones and should have been modified for next gen fighter with stealth in mind. Why not fixed wing canard design for higher speed? It would leave a J2 in the dust.
I was stationed at Cannon AFB, our F111s and EF111s were amazing birds and the capabilities of the EF are still impressive compared to today's tech in our planes
3min vid padded to 10 🙄
If I'm missing something please let me know but why would the US put Iraquis into the ground. They are allies. Saddam was years ago. Maybe it's an old clip.
So why this is A 111 flying with no weapons…. In a war zone…. Sounds like something a Democrat would come up with….
I laugh when civilians say “training immediately kicked in” as if, up until that moment, they were tooling along, not using any of their training, but suddenly had to start getting professional as if someone threw a switch! 😆😂🤣
The Sparkvark! Much loved platform……
The narration of this series is outstanding. Keep up the great work
new Sub !!
His content is always good but the narration is HORRIBLE!!!
Who is actually filming the planes in fight? All theatre?
AAM Missiles ? Ever wonder what the M means in that acronym ??
None of the video seems to be from the actual encounter. Just the same few clips over and over. Not interesting at all.
Back in the 80's I went on a small Navy detachment with A-4 Skyhawks to Pease Air Force Base. There were F-111's that took off on alert from the taxiway and it was the loudest and deepest rumble I ever felt in my body. Loved it and miss that part of active Naval Air Service!
This is ChatGPT writing at its shittiest.