Dogfight: F-14 Tomcat vs MiG-23

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7 жыл бұрын

Two F-14s from Squadron VF-32 "The Fighting Swordsmen" take on a pair of Libyan MiG-23s over the Gulf of Sidra. January 1989.

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@jrewing5886 4 жыл бұрын

Every time I see F-14's, I'm reminded of how I and my Rio got our butts handed to us while in our F-4's. As hard as we tried, we couldn't maneuver with the cats. They just had this intensity in a dog fight that almost always ended up bad for us. Oh our rhinos were fast, mean, totally capable of in and out type stuff, but inside tight maneuvers were almost all but impossible. I tried. Flying the F-14 is something one just has to experience in order to truly appreciate just how special she was. In the beginning, no one thought the Tomcat would amount to anything it was so big. Yet, in a matter of a few years, the F-14 was on every Naval Aviators short list out of Pensacola to fly. She was that popular. I remember when the Phantom was the new kid on the block. Very very popular aircraft in those branch of services that utilized them. The F-14, from my point of view, which, unfortunately for me, was a good kill....is the undisputed best dog fighting aircraft ever created..... Past, Present or Future The aircraft literally had it all. Size, weight, maneuverability, range, gun power, missile power, advanced radar, agility, thrust........everything. Any combat pilot, like me, who had the distinction of dog fighting the Tomcat knew it was indeed a very special aircraft. Grumman did their homework on this little gem. I go to airshows and watch the F-22 Raptor do flips and the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter do flips and the MIG 29 do crazy ivans, but none of those aircraft can match the F-14. It was and in my opinion, still is, despite having been retired since 2006, the finest aerodynamically designed fighter ever manufactured in the United States and quite frankly, the world. I was pretty addicted to my F-4 while in the Corps. Thought nothing on heaven and earth could touch it. It was that fast and that loud. Then one day, I and several other pilots flew a training mission in which we were the bad guys. All three of our Phantoms were dispensed with in a matter of a few minutes. It was that quick and yes, we tried everything we were ever taught to do at the time, regarding dog fighting. All of us got on the ground and during our post discussion, if you will, thought seriously about retiring. lol....... I love the F-14. She is without a doubt the finest combat fighter ever created. As a former Marine Corps Aviator....... I tip my hat to every man or women who ever flew this awesome aircraft. 🇺🇸🍻

@jackd1582 4 жыл бұрын

Forget the f15? .f16

@ronbondie9502 4 жыл бұрын

No match for a raptor not even close and I love the cat

@gdv4612 4 жыл бұрын

Amen my brother

@dexb000 4 жыл бұрын

That's so awsome!

@dalesfailssagaofasuslord783 4 жыл бұрын

JR Ewing the f4 is actually my favorite fighter, I loved all the imperfections in its design and those big old engines.

@ianneuman 3 жыл бұрын

6:23 so that is where Growling Sidewinder got his intro from

@rogerlewis1361 3 жыл бұрын

Yup!

@ci_a 3 жыл бұрын

yup , , , , , , , , but intro growling sidewinder clearer voice , , , , , , , , , ,

@unpalogameryt 3 жыл бұрын

@@ci_a cuz he used the original hud video

@unpalogameryt 3 жыл бұрын

@@ci_a kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hq-FotqiqZbZiWw.html

@ci_a 3 жыл бұрын

@@unpalogameryt thank you , , , , , , , ,

@Leonhart306 5 жыл бұрын

The Jolly Roger design of the F-14 is my favorite.

@bradhedgehog12 4 жыл бұрын

Leonhart 306 There’s Also F 18s

@markorme1395 4 жыл бұрын

I was with Jolly Rogers 84 then 103.

@bradhedgehog12 4 жыл бұрын

Mark Orme nice

@GeneralLee1961.3 4 жыл бұрын

@Leonhart 306 I am a “Jolly Rogers” fan since Phantom era ❤️🇺🇸🏴‍☠️❤️🇺🇸🏴‍☠️❤️🇺🇸🏴‍☠️

@rolltidelbc2832 4 жыл бұрын

BeDevilers! VF-74! Tomcat squadron. Three of their patches on my flight jacket.

@kitdaberserker555 3 жыл бұрын

Growing up in East County San Diego it was always a treat seeing a tomcat overhead. The good old days. Beautiful aircraft, and that kitty can bite.

@SuperZoos 4 жыл бұрын

I dont think theres a plane that has ever looked as sexy as a tomcat sitting on the deck of a carrier

@carlofaccini8034 4 жыл бұрын

God the F14 is a awsome looking aircraft!

@kingschwag4208 3 жыл бұрын

100%, the Tomcat and the A-10 are my favs hands down

@meaningless5898 3 жыл бұрын

an*

@Callsign_Chip 3 жыл бұрын

They were also the best flying. In my opinion

@Callsign_Chip 3 жыл бұрын

@@kingschwag4208 amen The 2 best planes in the history of military air weaponry

@samgarrod4781 2 жыл бұрын

It really is. It's a shame that the original spec engines were crap.

@jakeroberts92 4 жыл бұрын

Thirty seconds. I said to Hollywood... Where’d he go? Hollywood said... WHERE’D WHO GOOOOO???

@Fearless1247 3 жыл бұрын

He's laughing at us on the radio

@NYScorpion222 3 жыл бұрын

@@Fearless1247 That was me laughing dickhead! WE WON!

@Fearless1247 3 жыл бұрын

@@NYScorpion222 Hey, they won too.

@NYScorpion222 3 жыл бұрын

@@Fearless1247 That’s no what I heard.

@Fearless1247 3 жыл бұрын

@@NYScorpion222 No, we did. We got Jester

@paultwiss199 Жыл бұрын

I find it amazing that the commander of the mission was in the backseat but he still says the word I am going down to xxx when it is the pilot who is flying. That is just amazing teamwork.

@oldgoat142 5 жыл бұрын

In early summer of '83, I was assigned to the VF-101 Grim Reapers, an east coast training squadron based at NAS Oceana. Commander Hank Kleeman was my CO. Talk about intense! The man could shrivel you up with a look! He led the first battle against the Libyan MIG's. He was a no bullshit leader. Damn proud to have served under him! Yeah, this shit was for real! They faced an opponent who came to kill.

@MikeGuardiaAuthor 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for subscribing! I'll have to set aside a copy of my forthcoming book, "Tomcat Fury: A Combat History of the F-14." I discuss Kleeman and the 1981 Gulf of Sidra battle at some length. Cheers, Mike

@oldgoat142 5 жыл бұрын

@@MikeGuardiaAuthor Oh, that would be awesome!! I would greatly appreciate it. He was a helluva leader. Can't wait to get my hands on it! Thank you. Manny USN 1982-1988

@MikeGuardiaAuthor 5 жыл бұрын

Manny, consider it done. Please contact me through my website, www.mikeguardia.com for details.

@arg7241 4 жыл бұрын

Pero no luchó contra pilotos soviéticos, los libios no estarían bien preparados

@WW-lw6xm 4 жыл бұрын

@@MikeGuardiaAuthor did u make it yet

@dukecraig2402 5 жыл бұрын

Last week I had my picture taken sitting in in the cockpit of a MIG-23, I was a Vulcan gunner in the Army in the mid 80's and never in my wildest dreams thought that would happen back in those days.

@jimwest1967 4 жыл бұрын

strangest moment for me was after the collapse of the soviet union. we were flying missions in the former Yugoslavia and landed at a former soviet air base.. talk about feeling like being in the wrong place.

@Blahde 4 жыл бұрын

So you're telling me I have to fly this F-14 at least once a day and sometimes TWICE!!!? FFS, OK .....if I have to......😁🛩👊

@macmike8329 4 жыл бұрын

Awsome. Never heard it like that. Even though i didn't know the codes and such its amazing how you can puzzle it out. Cool. TY...

@robertmacdonald733 4 жыл бұрын

Still a great aircraft. Was way ahead of it's time. Put U.S.in lead #1 in air superiority and it's never looked back ever since

@ronbondie9502 4 жыл бұрын

Love when the cat pins her ears back, you know it's about to go down

@fruitwagon9275 4 жыл бұрын

I’m gonna fuck an F-14

@sherrysetliff2502 4 жыл бұрын

Wings go back, bad day for you.

@blkdout03z71 4 жыл бұрын

Never thought about that!... thinking of the wings as ears! Damn good analogy! Awesome plane!! Back in ‘89 I was 8 years old lol. Had a model die cast F-14 where the wings did sweep. Marveled at the engineering behind it!

@danielfronc4304 4 жыл бұрын

And yet both air-to-air missile launches show the F-14 with her wings forward deployed. Is that just stock footage from a training exercise spliced in or what?

@TheGlitch93 3 жыл бұрын

That's the best quote ive ever heard

@catwrench3 2 жыл бұрын

Without a doubt, the F-14 was the sexiest aircraft ever produced by any country in the world. An absolute masterpiece!

@fruitwagon9275 4 жыл бұрын

Wanted to hear a little more of something like this: “Bogey has janked back into me for the fifth time! If this guy wants to go, I’ll put him in the fucking drink!”

@davebowrin7361 5 жыл бұрын

One of the F14's sit at the Udvar Hazy Center/National Air and Space at Dulles Airport. Is what I was told. I worked there From 1/2004 to 4/2009. Worth the Visit. Big Time

@shengyi1701 5 жыл бұрын

It’s 159610 - a remanufactured F-14A to D standards. In 1989, as an A model Gypsy 207 or AC 207, she shot one Mig down with an AIM-7 that ran straight and true!

@a_s_mikael 3 жыл бұрын

This legendary bird, of course, with major overhaul, advanced radar, increased engine power and increased interception and maneuverability in the powerful Phoenix missile, is still the first and best air fighter in the Iranian Air Force.

@seanie002 3 жыл бұрын

Who supplies their spare parts?

@a_s_mikael 3 жыл бұрын

@@seanie002 The Iranians in the eight years of war that was imposed on them, and in those eight grueling years when sanctions were imposed on Iran by all countries and rich aid to Saddam's regime was provided by the superpower governments of the Western and Eastern blocs;Iranian byreverse engineering and opening parts of some aircraft Tomcat, which had less efficiency, and mapped all the parts, and then designed parts like them, and later made parts quite similar to them, as well as the similarity of the materials of the parts;Now we can be said, After the United States, Iran has the second largest hub for maintenance and supply of Tomcat aircraft parts in the world.So one hundred percent can replace aircraft parts and components with more advanced parts and components that are more durable and moreefficient by international standards. Let me give you an example: Suppose you are sanctioned by carmakers around the world and no one and no factory sells you cars, but you have two used cars in your home and warehouse, so you have to work on your cars. Start to be able to activate and use at least one of them, and after studying and examining two cars, you will definitely use one of the cars to activate your other car ‌. The required parts of that car from another worn out car You will receive what you have. And be sure to draw a map of the location and placement of parts in the car engine, because if the parts are damaged, you will need it. And in the not-too-distant future, you will be making similar parts and replacing them with newer parts by the tools and machines and equipment you have (such as metal lathes, etc.). So you will gradually become self-sufficient in the automotive industry, it is true that at this time you have to endure many hardships and be patient. So when the Iranians were under sanctions, these sanctions were an opportunity for them to be forced to be a little self-sufficient in most of the military, defense, medical, and agricultural industries, which of course cost a lot and still does, one that is suffering. And becomes a family.

@kp6173 5 ай бұрын

My dad went to Annapolis class of 53,I wanted to attend and fly F-14s but my parents shut it down.I was a hell of a lacrosse player they would have rolled out the red carpet for me but it wasn't meant to be.

@CrimeMinister1 3 жыл бұрын

6:24 real homies know the pilot said "I don't have a FUCKING tone" even if they cut it.

@vrver2802 3 жыл бұрын

lol not many people know that another video of him saying that exsist

@michaelhull63 4 жыл бұрын

My tax dollars well spent

@bogdanovicdavid 4 жыл бұрын

Hahahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahahhahaahhaah you have made my day, hahahahahahahhhaha

@davidlj53 4 жыл бұрын

Dang right!

@BobbyL80123 4 жыл бұрын

not really. U.S defense budgets are astronomically high and wasteful. the NASA apollo program, however, was good tax dollars spent. pennies to get a man on the moon compared to defense budgets. and the many technologies that spawned from the space programs were priceless.

@michaelhull63 4 жыл бұрын

@@BobbyL80123 NASA didn't kill the terrorist the military did

@pierrelofinusound3020 4 жыл бұрын

@@michaelhull63 Those kind of "incredile courageous and patriotic acts", and the mess US put in the gulf ACTUALLY MADE and is still making terrorists !

@johnhodge8400 4 жыл бұрын

Best air superiority aircraft of its time!!!

@xreconusmc3156 4 жыл бұрын

Was never a fighter was a intercepter and jammer. Most people don’t know this

@williampercival7662 4 жыл бұрын

No good if a UFO comes cruising by.

@user-lq2nu6cn7y 3 жыл бұрын

@@williampercival7662 Thats why there's the f 22

@xcr8ivex708 2 жыл бұрын

@@xreconusmc3156 It was an interceptor-fighter. They wouldn't put combat flaps on an interceptor

@homersimpson2159 Жыл бұрын

Nah, F-15 is. The Air force with F-15's routinely beat the F-14 in joint training. And the F-15 was THE go to air superiority fighter in the gulf war. F-15 has the best, most impressive air combat record of all time.

@dancooper1040 5 жыл бұрын

Proud American!!!! Not only was the F-14 a badass, our pilots are badass😁😁😁 calm and cool, 🇺🇸 USA

@bradhedgehog12 4 жыл бұрын

Dan Cooper I always admired the F 14 Dan. I’m glad I flew them in several Air Combat Games

@stevehenrichs5091 4 жыл бұрын

TOP GUN! TRAINING !

@none-uc2ft 4 жыл бұрын

Anjing loh..

@keyladiaz2502 3 жыл бұрын

👑👑 LUZBEL HD

@michaeljohn8905 4 жыл бұрын

I always wondered how much these guys fly weekly. God what a dream job. I’d do anything to be able to go back in time and not to have had 2 eye operations before my 6th B Day. It’s all I ever wanted to do. I knew when I was 6 years old i would tell people that I was gonna be a pilot like my dad but I was going to be a NAVY test pilot. That was what you would get from me if you asked this kid. It’s a bitter pill to swallow when your that age but it doesn’t mean that things are over. Unfortunately I let it dictate my life. Don’t let it ruin yours young men and women.

@jeekboi Жыл бұрын

liked growlingsidewinders intro at the end

@dalesfailssagaofasuslord783 4 жыл бұрын

Those 2 black vertical stabilizers....awesome

@codeycox247 11 ай бұрын

Always wondered where Growling Sidewinder got his “good kill, good kill” sound clip from.

@barryelkins2041 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you brothers

@japaneseimmersion566 Жыл бұрын

Now I know where Growling Sidewinder got his opening audio. 👍

@bradhedgehog12 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome Job

@randerson2991 4 жыл бұрын

A lot of this footage is from the USS Nimitz when they were filming the movie The Final Countdown. VF-84 was not involved in this incident.

@GusMortis 4 жыл бұрын

I and a family friend who served on the Nimitz and there was a public day on deck. We went with him and it was amazing, so massive.

@tequilachaser2954 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah the video footage is a conglomeration of cut and splice... my Squadron was part of Carrier Air Wing 8, along with Vf-41 the other F-14 Squadron and Vf-84 Jolly Rogers and we were attached to the USS Nimitz and our last deployment we had to go down around the bottom of South America and up the Pacific west coast where the Squadrons off loaded in San Diego and we all flew back to the east coast and were transferred/ assigned to the newest carrier CVN-71 USS Roosevelt because the Nimitz was going up to Brimmington, WA going into dry dock for renovation, upgrades, etc that was the back 1/2 of 1987...

@josemungia2043 4 жыл бұрын

Just amazing the hair in your skin stands up.

@coldzs 2 жыл бұрын

lets all thank the camera man

@psychotrucker9880 4 жыл бұрын

I flew a lot of these jets, on my Top Gun video game on Nintendo

@thepopeofkeke 4 жыл бұрын

"Because I was inverted"

@Spanishfutbol2010 4 жыл бұрын

You were in a 4G inverted dive with a MiG 28?

@daggergtfpv 4 жыл бұрын

We were keeping up foreign relations sir.

@spartanmikek028 4 жыл бұрын

"You know the finger 🖕". "Yes I know the finger Goose". That scene makes me lol every time.

@Eddie42023 4 жыл бұрын

@@spartanmikek028 Roger that.

@latoyamcdonald4444 4 жыл бұрын

spartanmikek I'm sorry I hate when that happens

@Tester-sh1mn Жыл бұрын

IINM, the audio is of Fighting Swordsmen However the Footage is of the Jolly Rogers. Love the how they painted those stabilisers! Still do it to this day on the super hornets too.

@lawrencethompson3668 3 жыл бұрын

The F-14 Tomcat reminds of the women in Penthouse circa '72. Built for performance.

@zsu-23-4shilka2 Жыл бұрын

That E-2C sounds super cool

@canomike1517 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your service

@Skylikesavation 2 жыл бұрын

The audio in this does not match up to most of the video for anyone that doesn’t realize the audio is from a real incident and the hud cam footage is available somewhere on youtube this video did have a short clip of that video but most of it was unrelated footage

@mitchelljones9241 2 жыл бұрын

Ahh the origin of Growling Sidewinders intro… makes sense now.

@schuletrip 4 жыл бұрын

Who’s watching this after seeing Top Gun 2 announcement and then hammering the Top Gun 1 clips?

@jazz4asahel Ай бұрын

I randomly come back to these dogfight videos to learn cool and confidence. These pilots are better than the movies.

@ejvaudt67 Жыл бұрын

While the scenario did happen, the jets in this video are from VF-84. I was in their sister squadron, VF-41, on the Nimitz and we relieved the Kennedy group after this incident.

@creekwalker62 4 жыл бұрын

Back in the 80's I did an inverted negative 4G maneuver with a Mig 23. Wanna see the snapshot of it?

@Kgio-2112 4 жыл бұрын

You got no takers.

@scottworley1479 4 жыл бұрын

I thought it was a mig 28?

@LtRiot 6 жыл бұрын

You can hear the wingmans rio say "Jesus" when lead fires off the first fox 1.wow. this aint no game

@jollyroger6135 5 жыл бұрын

That was actually the pilot who said that. The RIO (in the backseat) fired the missile which took the pilot by surprise.

@Angus_Gibson 4 жыл бұрын

@@jollyroger6135 Thanks for taking the words right out of my mouth. Also, the man calling out all the jinking by the enemy MiG is the RIO of the lead Tomcat (although the video is not the actual dogfight).

@jollyroger6135 4 жыл бұрын

Angus Gibson you are correct about the footage. The F-14s that were involved were not even from VFA-103 “Jolly Rogers” like the footage depicts.

@starrchild512 4 жыл бұрын

You are wrong. Tomcat in the this video are from vf-84. The tomcats who actually shot these migs down were from vf-32 swordsman. I was there in vf-14 there sister squadron who were also on station that day 1-4-89.

@drguffey 4 жыл бұрын

@@jollyroger6135 The pilot fires the missiles. The trigger is on his control stick. The RIO says aw jesus !

@HermitagePrepper Жыл бұрын

That awacs plane with turbo prop is awesome

@allgood6760 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome 👍

@lionelbrown4365 4 жыл бұрын

I miss my F14's

@IceMan-yw5ky 2 жыл бұрын

Whenever I see these awesome planes, I always thinks of Macross also lol..

@34Graywolf Жыл бұрын

Was this actual footage of the encounter?

@WinginWolf 4 жыл бұрын

Wait, who filmed the Migs so close?

@dstebelton 3 жыл бұрын

Fascinating!!!

@jamessutherland762 4 жыл бұрын

Black Bunny is my favorite squadron.

@smoothcriminal7232 5 жыл бұрын

Are these the same planes used on the Final Countdown?

@MikeGuardiaAuthor 5 жыл бұрын

Same type of plane...different squadron. "Final Countdown" featured Squadron VF-84 "The Jolly Rogers."

@smoothcriminal7232 5 жыл бұрын

@@MikeGuardiaAuthor Aint these jolly rogers too?

@MikeGuardiaAuthor 5 жыл бұрын

@@smoothcriminal7232 Yea, but it's only stock footage of the Jolly Rogers that the producers used for the documentary. The radio traffic is actually from VF-32 "Fighting Swordsmen."

@smoothcriminal7232 5 жыл бұрын

@@MikeGuardiaAuthor Oh! ok wow! thanks for the info

@acoote1701 4 жыл бұрын

VF-84 was actually assigned to the Carrier Air Wing of the USS Nimitz in 89

@thetreblerebel 3 жыл бұрын

The muscles shoulder look of the F14 with wings forward..cool. Wings aft flying supersonic ..cooler

@donavonrobbins1908 4 жыл бұрын

They say form follows function, there's a reason the F14 looks badass and the Mig looks like a dirt-dart.

@Beaugus4353 4 жыл бұрын

Who was doing the filming ?

@lernaeanhydra5766 4 жыл бұрын

It's stock footage overlayed with the real sound.

@barryelkins2041 4 жыл бұрын

Thank God

@shengyi1701 5 жыл бұрын

Anytime, Khaddafi! I have that patch. Tomcats 4 Libya 0

@carlgois8579 4 жыл бұрын

Love that tomcat patch to. 👍👍

@jasonsouza4526 9 ай бұрын

Jason Daniel Souza finds this.... A rerun.😂❤ Love you Pop. It's just a super dumb game. ❤❤❤jds

@blueshadow331 Жыл бұрын

So this where the intro of Growling Sidewinder comes from

@ldl0021 Жыл бұрын

Is this footage the actual skirmish from the face off with the Mig-23 pilots in 89’?… or just cut in footage with the video from the planes POV?

@Tall-Cool-Drink 5 жыл бұрын

Bring back the intruder.

@pauljohnson3340 4 жыл бұрын

@ The Marines have finally retired the Prowler. The Intruder is long gone.

@scallen3841 4 жыл бұрын

The old bird was tired they have been flying since Vietnam

@francissullivan6400 4 жыл бұрын

GOD BLESS U,S NAVY and MARINE corps Aviatotors .. THE BEST on EARTH

@TruckerGlass 4 жыл бұрын

Wow thank you for my freedom!

@tonymbeler9070 4 жыл бұрын

most iconic fighter jet... F-14 tomcat

@ludeman 4 жыл бұрын

And the F-16

@andrasbuza905 4 жыл бұрын

@@ludeman No

@xreconusmc3156 4 жыл бұрын

Tony Mbeler it’s not a fighter sir. Jammer and intercepter. SEMPER fi

@whatsyurprob158 2 жыл бұрын

The video footage isn't the battle at all. Only the audio, and the short two clips of the true kills.

@kasamago 4 жыл бұрын

Love for the both.. tomcat and flogger

@rogerlewis1361 3 жыл бұрын

At the time of this incident, VF-84 was assigned to CVW-8 onboard Theodore Roosevelt

@midengineZ06 2 жыл бұрын

Imaging a modern F-14 Tomcat with Stealth Technology and Modern Avionics Would Be A Beast Of A Plane!!!

@bobcranston3414 4 жыл бұрын

Should have included the call from AB "Red and Free"!

@jonslimick451 4 жыл бұрын

Just another day in the office!! Tomcats ruled the air!! Sidewinder missiles dont miss a thing!!

@zooologist Жыл бұрын

Loss of two lifes, and unsmeasured amounts of money in equipment, and resources. But hey! that's totally unrelevant here, those two Tom Cats are such beautiful and awesome machinery.

@deborahrauth7629 4 жыл бұрын

Gruman made the best aircraft ever. Tough and reliable

@mikeef747 5 жыл бұрын

Almost every air to air combat mission since the 70's, American made fighter jets have won against Russian made

@roaddog7370 4 жыл бұрын

Imagine the F-22 against the Su-57 that isn't true stealth..

@joshuanishanthchristian5217 3 жыл бұрын

It's important to note that its often highly trained American or Israeli pilots against poorly trained pilots from half-overstretched dictatorships. This isn't to say American planes aren't superior; they probably are. It's just that the numbers are skewed by the poorly trained enemy pilots.

@mikeef747 3 жыл бұрын

@@joshuanishanthchristian5217 I don't disagree with you at on that point. No matter in aviation, or weapons training, the best training and most experience can often overcome many technological advantages. Look at China's first Aircraft Carrier failures, while it could be blamed on using an old Russian/Ukrainian ship, the fact is the Chinese have had no experience landing on a moving maritime platform, while the UK & US has been doing it over 100 years.

@nikosgrigorakos 3 жыл бұрын

@@joshuanishanthchristian5217 The Vietnam War made established the MiG-21’s reputation. It was the Arab-Israeli Wars that blackened the reputation of the MiG-23. During air combat against Israeli F-15s and F-16s over Lebanon and Syria between 1982 and 1985, nearly a dozen Syrian MiG-23s were shot down. In Western eyes, the Flogger became a clumsy fighter that lacked the sophistication of Western designs. Fast forward to today, and opinions of the MiG-23 are all over the spectrum. Former 4477th Squadron test pilots were afraid the engines would blow up or the aircraft would kill them. On the other hand, the Israelis evaluated a MiG-23 handed to them by an Arab defector and concluded it had better acceleration than an F-16A. The Flogger is best characterized as a speeder rather than a dogfighter: in a NATO-Warsaw Pact war-the war that Soviet equipment was designed to fight-mass formations of MiG-23s would use their superb acceleration to zoom in, launch their air-to-air missiles and zoom away. MiG-23 fans also say that the aircraft exported to Soviet clients like Syria was “monkey models” lacking many capabilities that Soviet air force enjoyed, such as better radar and radar warning sensors.

@Niko-cr5ms 3 жыл бұрын

I want to mention that its always the americans who fly the american fighters but the russian made planes were flown by third world countries like Irak. They dont have good pilots. Do you think if the iraki pilots were flying the tomcat and the russians were flying the migs, the iraki pilots would win? Of course not.

@nobeltnium 2 жыл бұрын

why the hell did they have to add all those background noise in? It makes listen to them so much difficult

@felixcuba783 5 жыл бұрын

Solo lo que se nesecita es actualizarlo jonto al F-15 son los mejores aviones de Combate

@DeadGamesSociety 3 жыл бұрын

mas verdad, senor!

@spartanx9293 3 жыл бұрын

You talking about ace combat

@jameswrobertsjr3793 5 жыл бұрын

Let's group up. Watch the flanks

@detangojet 10 ай бұрын

Pretty crazy how most of the fight happens without even seeing the target.

@mikeef747 5 жыл бұрын

Reagan's final days in office, able to leave proud after spanking Libya once again

@Lamhisar 3 жыл бұрын

F 15 Eagle Strike my favorite,..Top jets fighter in the world....

@coaster_crusader 3 жыл бұрын

What type of plane is the one at 4:35

@theboatman360 4 жыл бұрын

Is this where he takes a Polaroid of the Pilot?

@bogdanovicdavid 4 жыл бұрын

I was inverted

@latoyamcdonald4444 4 жыл бұрын

I can't shot this guy we might as well have some fun.

@weelgunny 2 жыл бұрын

@@bogdanovicdavid Cough, bullshit...

@wendyw8931 5 жыл бұрын

the Jolly Rogers.....YESSSSSS !

@Angus_Gibson 4 жыл бұрын

But the Tomcats in the actual fight were Swordsmen. ;)

@wendyw8931 4 жыл бұрын

@@Angus_Gibson your point is? I was commenting on the Jolly Roger squadron, not who was or wasn't in a particular event. I like the JRs!

@alanaldpal950 4 жыл бұрын

I guess the Libyan pilots could not find any cops around, so they went for the “suicide by Tomcat”

@frostybite6975 3 жыл бұрын

You can atleast post what type of migs does the f 14 encounter here.

@damage6836 5 жыл бұрын

You can be my wingman anytime

@georgegregory8260 4 жыл бұрын

Bullshit. You can be mine.

@jameswrobertsjr3793 5 жыл бұрын

Ace taking north 80 miles check 60 miles heading 330.over

@mrichar9 3 жыл бұрын

Gulf of Sidra incident?

@frunzeairship6885 4 жыл бұрын

some indistinct set of cuts

@christophs82 2 жыл бұрын

Who’s taking the video?

@markorme1395 4 жыл бұрын

Tomcats were the sound of freedom back then.

@meadroad 4 жыл бұрын

Yes agree Mark, here on the South East Coast in Kent, UK every weekend during the summer months we have a ‘Spitfire’ that’s privately owned, based on a farm just outside the seaside town of Folkestone (private grass airstrip) that flys along side the famous ‘White Cliffs of Dover’ & back again sometimes ‘Victory rolls’ it puts a lump in your throat when you hear that V12 Rolls Royce Merlin engine, still to this day nearly 80yrs later each generation of children are told & explained too why the Spitfire exhaust note, was the ‘Sound of Freedom’

@croberts97 4 жыл бұрын

Great video. Incredible audio. I think the video must have been edited to match the audio. Who was filming the aircraft? Possibly some file footage. Either way it came together nicely. Radio chatter amazing.

@rogeliopalacios1070 4 жыл бұрын

El mejor avion de combate del mundo

@HermitagePrepper Жыл бұрын

Love the skull and crossbones

@jazzbacks3356 4 жыл бұрын

Can’t wait to see these 2 monsters in war thunder

@Topper_Harley68 4 жыл бұрын

War thunder? 🤣 Get DCS.

@reboot5598 4 жыл бұрын

Skull and crossbones on tail ... “are we the baddies?” 😛

@jamiegumm4398 3 жыл бұрын

VF-84 was the baddest of the bad! We were proud to wear those patches.

@mr.pirate9346 3 жыл бұрын

Aerial Jack sparrows

@charleswilson7371 3 жыл бұрын

I'd put Yosemite Sam on mine

@Niddez 2 жыл бұрын

Give credit to the camera man he is flying and filming at the same time.

@aligorgin5346 3 жыл бұрын

I am an Iranian Electrical engineer. During IRAN-IRAQ war about 150 Iraqi fighter plane (MIG21, MIG23, MIG25, MIRAJE F1, SUPER ETANDAR- TOPOLOV, Soukous) was destroyed by IRANIAN TOM-CAT. I politely refer you to book which was written about Iranian F 14 Tom Cat during IRAN-IRAQ war by Tom Cooper.