There are videos from the 2000s showing the Mirage F1 pilots doing low level flights over Chad, and they seemed to have a lot of fun. Apparently, since their aircraft were going to be decommissioned afterwards, they were allowed to push them harder than they otherwise would have been.

It's always so fascinating how you translate these engagements/scenarios into the simulator. Speaking of the Libyans, they also participated in the total sh1tshow that was the Uganda-Tanzania war in 1978-1979. One of the Libyan Tu-22s was sent to bomb Mwanza in Tanzania, but the crew were so incompetent that they only hit a national wildlife park.

The video has a Tu-22M Backfire while in reality the Libyan Air Force used the Tu-22 Blinder, a totally different aircraft, very different looks differently designed. I don’t know about DCS but I have the Blinder on both FSX and P3D. The quality and historical accuracy of the video are high quality nonetheless. Bravo.

Amazing work as always 👏 You promised there would be more Mirage F1 footage and boi, you did not disappoint! The F1 in French Blue is just perfection ❤️ Definitely my favourite DCS module, and I must stress to any DCS players out there debating purchasing it, DO IT, please! Keep up the good work dude 🤟

Wonderful video with great explaination of the events which took place between Libya and Chad I wishes for you all the best my dear friend

EXCELLENT source of aviation and Cold War information about the Chad conflict during the 80s. You did a great job by pressenting the F-1, MiG-25 and the Tu-22 (Backfire bomber), this in particular being a sofisticated and advanced bomber in the hands of the Lybians. Keep on working, you are doing GREAT. Thanks.

I have been enjoying your F1 content immensely. This may well become my new favorite 112 video. I've been on a cold war aviation literature binge lately, I will definitely be checking out those links to see what sources you use for your content.

Showtime112 Always on point. Thank you mate.

Bonjour. Beau travail, comme d'habitude. Bonne continuation.

The loss of the tu-22 was very expensive for Libya.

Great History telling, as always ! Too bad we don't have the "old" Tu 22 Binder in DCS, but only the Backfire. Nevertheless, your production is aweseome.

excellent program thank you !

You never disappoint, amigo!

Very good video. I did not know much about this conflict.

i watch your videos for the graphics, but it's the historical context that is the most informative which teaches us why all this fighting happens. BTW... those zsu 23-2s on the technicals are awesome. super cheap, portable and effective firepower.

Loved the video! Always wanted to know about the air wars during the Chadian War.

80s seems like a busy time in africa... It's a shame there are no Blinders in DCS, that old 22 model is way more cold war looking than 22M/26...

4:06 jaguar shot down by zpu23 . Pilot capitaine Michel Croci eject but outside éjection envelope... Éjection at very low level at angle of 45°not good for Martin Baker Mk4 éjection Seat. Parachute don t have Time to deploy full Location Torodum Tchad. 22 january 1984. Jaguar belongs to EC4/11 Jura.Bordeaux air base Mirage F1 hit by 23 mm shell in a tank. Can return to N'djamena helped by C160NG transall tanker who supply kérosène during return flight

Damn another air event I've never heard about. Epic!

Great video!

Formidable! As usual. Thx

I like that you actually take requests.

Great videos very refreshing to see and hear a more in depth analysis of air conflicts from around the globe. You do know that the Lybian's actually operated the older TU22 "Blinder" bombers not the "Backfire" in the video.

Interesting summary of French-Libyan military aviation activities in Chad, good work Showtime112! It's quite impressive that Libyan Tu-22 was capable of jamming. Interestingly, according to wikipedia the aircraft which was shot down by HAWK had East German crew.

In May 1977, somewhere over the Red Sea between Djibouti and Yemen was an interesting incident. A pair of French Navy F-8 Crusaders were to meet a pair of Armée de l'Air F-100s from Djibouti: for a mock combat training. The Crusaders however stumbled instead on a pair of... Yemenite MiG-21s. Both sides were a bit startled, and a fight almost started: before everybody goot cool and pressed home.

Excellent video on a topic I knew nothing about. Where can I find music by Zen_Man? I looked on iTunes but nothing ?

An excellent account of the events. There is one small detail, however: the bomber that attacked the N'Djamena air base was a TU-22 BLinder, not a Tu-22M Backfire. Before it was hit by the Hawk, it had time to drop a bomb. Fortunately, this caused little damage and no casualties. The crew of this bomber was East German.

The French sure made some beautiful jets. The F.1 is sex on wings.

Few years ago, while I was at university, my propulsion teacher who was a former fighter pilot told me about the Jaguar that had been shut down in Tchad. One bullet had pilled the honeycomb structure on the longitudinal side at one wing root. Consequence is the wing itself went away. Since aircaft was carrying-out a low pass to straff the column, the pilot couldn't eject

I usualy don't like virtual films bur that one and the mirage looks great! Weren't the French mirage painted in a desert scheme? Or perhaps was it on the recon versions?

nice soundtrack at the beginning

Hello Showtime112, how are you ? The french pilot who was killed was Michel Croci, whose name is used on several buildings and for a french air base (Bordeaux). He was probably shot down by a SA-7 SAM, while his straffing against the column. They were two Mirage F1, not only one, and one of them was hit like said in the video and lost some fuel but managed to join the air base fortunetely. I don't know anything about the second shot down Jaguar. And by the way, it's not a TU-22M BACKFIRE, but a previous TU-22, with three bulgarian mercenaries pilots who were burned by civilians near the taxiway, where the plane was crashed.

Great presentation about these little known actions in Africa. Excellent work as always, and very informative. 🎩♠️🎱🎯🏁🇺🇦🌻🔱💮🌼🌸🍀👊

I know DCS does not have the Tu-22 Blinder so you used Tu-22M but even I get confused and forget the Blinder was typically exported to the middle east as it's the fixed winged bomber and the Backfire was specifically just a Russian bomber. I never understood why the Soviets kept the designation the same with many aircraft even though they were based of each other the changes are so vast it's practically a different aircraft. Love the vids

you could make a video on the incident of the gulf of sidra

The first Tu-22 attack to N Djanema was in a commercial flight route, at the time many say was with a soviet crew....🤔🤔

It is ever so charming when military aid is send but in the precise moment of decision none is made...

Mirage F1, my favourite..

I wish you could provide Wikipedia link to the events too

Thx for french touch 😊

To be more accurate, the TU-22 used was a Blinder, not a Backfire, The crews were East German mercenaries who were shot down in 1987. It was shot down by a MIM-23 Hawk missile

I read a book from a former secret service operator, and the jaguars did perform some straffing runs on lybian columns. I don't know if those informations were officialy disclosed. I don't remember the title of the book (it might be oxygen). From what it said, some columns were butchered in the desert. I witnessed once a jaguar straffing run with shells pounding the ground 100 yards from me, I can tell you that you shit your pants if you're on the receiving end of such a beast.

Mislim da je u pitanju druga varijanta tu-22, ona prva.... Drugačije izgleda, sve u svemu svaka čast na videu... Nije zamerka nikakva i mene baš interesuje koja varijanta je u pitanju 😁

Good!

The Libyan Tu-22 was another - variant 1 Blinder nato coded and not the backfire Tu-22M

Chad is basically a French Colony ?

The video showcases the wrong Tu-22. The Libyans flew the Tu-22 Blinder, not the Tu-22M Backfire. They were given the same number designation but they were completely different aircraft.

Misread that as "Chad Mirage Pilot-"

The F-1 is a beautiful airplane.

Read it as Chad Mirage F1

R.I.P the Jaguar pilot.

Thx for finnish pilots memory 👍

The Amazon partnership is great news!

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It's not TU 22... It's TU 26 Backfire...!

RIP Capitaine CROCI

Tu-22 Blinder, no Backfire

In my opinion, the only reason these Mirages failed to distinguish themselves in the air-to-air role was because headquarters forbade them to engage. As for that, I have little praise for their headquarters.

Tu-22 Blinder

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Chad vs Gigachad

Few aircraft could do a vertical climb like a Mirage.

libya didnt have the tu22 🤔

Make a Video of Pakistan's MM Alam 5 Indian jets show down in less than a minute

Ali ipak, F1 je bio jako dobar borbeni zrakoplov.

what about aerial combat in the Rhodesian bush war?

For all of you keyboard warriors who have never fought in an armed conflict, you have no idea of the brutality of war.

Los libios nunca tuvieron esa versión tupolev .

I'm chadian

The TU 22 is the wrong TU 22, they lybians didn't have the TU 22M

All is true, and exists more adventures but it's too long for discribing all, it willt take hours ans hours with the Jaguar opérations. Personaly I have seen the landing gear strut of the TU-22 that was shot down in Tchad at the base Chaumont Semoutiers in Haute Marne in 1993 where was the military camp which looked after the missile HAWK. The mirage F1 arrived in Africa on january 1980 it's because they were equiped with in flight refueling pole and their appelation changed in F1 C-200, C for combat. After 1992, there were the Mirage F1 CT ( Combat tactique), in fact, it's 55 F1 C-200 that the french army transformed it just after the golfe war of 1991, they added the laser guided bombs GBU-12, a inertial unit, a laser telemetric under the noise, there were operational until 2011 in Africa. And for finishing the MIRAGE F1 CR (Combat reconnaissance) started his african experiences on the mid 80's until 2013,they have equiped with reconnaissance pods and a camera under the noise of the plane in the same time they could do bombing raids, it was equiped with only one cannon of 30 mm, the other one was replaced by a camera. On july 2014, the MIRAGE F1 was retired of the french army. Today these planes are flying in USA, in ATAC group, a private company which make training for fighters pilots. These company had bought these MIRAGE F1 for 300 millions dollars from the french governement. The old spanish F1 M fly with DRAKEN company in USA at this moment with the MIRAGE F1-B ( two seats version for the traning and formation of the pilots) from the french army. Since 2013, the Mirage 2000 D is flying alone in Tchad and Niger instead of the MIRAGE F1. On 1986, Kadhafi received american bombs from F-111 on the noise and he lost two MIG 23 against the F-14 Tomcat in the Syrte golfe, so he stopped the military operations in Tchad. Unfortunatly the consequences of the french operation in 2011 in libya was a disaster for all the region and it 's the reason why the french governement had intervened in Mali on january 2013. Today the governement of Mali have fired the french governement.

What kind of idiot attacks a country named Chad?! I mean the name of the country is literally CHAD!

Lifelong Libya 👍

Libyan air opps seems mindless

This is the reason for wich the world still thinks of frenchs as cowards, they could have downed 4 lybian jets and an american one dammit!!

The french socialist government restrained the rules of engagement and for what the result? Lybian ended to bombed a french civilian airplane from UTA air transport company killing 170 persons (more than 50 were french). with arabs if you don't show and use force they always think you are weak.

Nothing happened. I just saved you 13 mins.

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На картинке ту-22м3. Такие самолёты никому не продавались никогда. У ливийцев были просто ту -22, это совершенно другой самолёт и выглядит он по другому.

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