Those 25RBs are actually my first ever memory of a fighter. I was born in one of the cities west of Iran directly located on the Iranian MSR between Tehran and Khuzestan province, that made us a constant destination for Iraqi bomber visits and also ballistic missiles, to the west of our city was a tall ridge and below it there was a decommissioned firing range few times a football field in size, the city folk were using it as a refuge everytime the siren was alarmed for the air attack, since it was directly below the ridge and Iraqis usually came from west there was little chance for any bombs to fall over there, anyway, one afternoon when I was like 3 years old, my family took me there during an air raid, there I saw it, this huge silver bird passed over the ridge and over my head, two massive pillars of fire coming out of it, it boomed like nothing I had ever heard, dived into the city and dropped some bombs to the Eastern fields where to road toward khuzestan was passing through, then it just zoomed up, rolled over with yellow tint of the setting sun reflecting back from it and despite the entire sky that was filled with green and red tracers, it was gone... unharmed and untouched... the entire event took like few seconds to conclude but it carved such a clear picture in my mind, I was awed with the experience and I became an aviation fan right then and there, I remained as such ever since...

Thank you very much for this great video. I am iranian and I lived in Tabriz in my childhood. The war began as I was 2 yo. Our city was strategically a very important place because of the 2nd TFB, radar stations and air defence systems, oil refinery, military bases and etc. Therfore our city suffered a huge number of iraqi air raids. The iraqis bombed and hit the houses, hospitals, markets, gas stations, universities and schools in cold blood. I have seen a lot of horrible scenes as a child and I am still tramatized by them. But eventually many of those iraqi pilots were hunted down by the islamic regime's militias in iraq after 2003. As many of other boys, I wanted to be a fighter pilot as I grew up, but I became a doctor! 😂😂

Great video. I welcome more of those about the Iraq-Iran war. It is, I think, a rather neglected topic.

There was an event when an Iranian F-14 Tomcat damaged (by a Phoenix possibly) an Iraqi MiG-25. The MiG was tried to return to base when an Iranian F-5 shot it down with a Sidewinder. That was a sure kill for the F-5.

Thank you for another great DCS Movie... For anyone wanting to know more there is a wonderful book by Tom Cooper and Farzad Bishop called the Iran-Iraq War in the Air 1980 - 1988 a very concise and well put together book and they do discuss both sides of the conflict.

Thanks again, Showtime112! Another history lesson from my favorite DCS aviation expert, well done and keep up the great work!

I am from Iran I remember those days my cusin deid in this war as soldiers I was child but clearly I remember never forgot that one evening seen Iraqi Mig over Tehran sky by my own naked eyes it was flying so low altitude, I did experienced 8 years blody war between my country and nabur Iraq it was nightmare many brave jung men lost their life during this war

It's really amazing that Iraqi & Iranian Airforces were using top of the line fighters in 70's & 80's and use pretty much junk now...

Thanks for garet video that Iraqi MIG25 at that time was waiting for Iranian 747 cargo plane coming back from Europe and has some army equipment for Iranian military and it was going on for 3 days and finally they shut him down. Thanks again

Great video...I love the historical perspective of conflicts a majority of folks just don't know ever happened.

Another outstanding video. I could spend all day watching them. Also. I very much appreciate you background research.

I am really enjoying these videos. I'm learning a lot about conflicts I know little about. Thank you.

Respect and kudos to your work Showtime! I'm a huge fan of the work of Tom Cooper!

Holy cow, the MiG-25 is just a pair of huge engines with a little bit of fuselage and wings. :)

Your revisitations are always so much interesting👍👍👍💯

Great video, great channel, keep up the good work! I am only wondering why also the other F-5 didn't attack the Mig-25.

Great video Thanks for the work that you do.

Great work, my friend! I really enjoy watching your videos. 👍🏻🙋🏼‍♂️🍻

Iran Iraq war is an interesting conflict that need more content about. Glad you covered this too!

Nice shout out to Tom Cooper and for using him as a source since big part of his research is very well documented regarding that conflict in particular. One would disagree about the MiG-25s write off would be a credited kill to the F-5 (as much as I love the F-5s in particular). Great video as always

As much as I love the F-5 airframe. (I mean, it's one of the most aesthetically pleasing aircraft ever designed imho.) Imagine getting your MIG-25 intercepted by one.. Talk about a rough day at the office for the Iraqi pilot.

Fantastic show!

Great job, Tom Cooper is a very reliable source

It’s funny that it’s still the aircrafts I had as a kid in model kit form that I like to watch on your channel. Back then we only had our imaginations and the F-5 was an ace looking fighter.

Yes! I've been waiting for an Iran-Iraq War video! The material is tough to verify so I thought no one would make videos but of course Showtime112 prevails :) I hope to see some Iranian F-14 content in the future, if you are able. Well-done!

Two word. Subscribed. Thanks.

The Iranians were fighting Iraq under an all-out embargo, firing 100 percent of the Phoenix missiles, and first they had to fire cheaper Sparrow missiles. France, the British, supported the Soviets in Iraq and made very small contributions during the exchange of hostages with Israel, the Iranians. On equal terms, they achieved many successes in U.S. weapons. Cobra helicopter. F4 f5

#showtime112 hi, thank you because you simulate like this operations, For months, Iranian commanders did not believe the F-5 could target an Iraqi Fox Bat. A few months after the Iranians were able to capture an Iraqi pilot, they learned through him that on that time a damaged Iraqi Fox bat plane had crashed to the ground during an emergency landing.

Good information, I wonder why the second F5 didn't finish off the MIG? Understanding the Bingo fuel state, interesting info. Good video

Tom Cooper is Showtime 112...........Printed Edition!!!...........a lot of history in forgotten wars and air forces!!!!

Wish there is MiG-25 flyable in DCS so we can see the shooting of F-18 by R-40. Great video

Nice video.plz make video About H-3 Airstrike Mission.

Wow 😳😂 , another incident I didn't know lol 😆 , Nice video man 😄

I would like to see simulation of the Mig-21 that shot down an F-14 early in the war.

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Good video I like it. Very good 👍

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The F-5 is one of my favorite aircrafts ever

F-5's always punch above their weight.

F5’s are one of my fav jets

Col (ret) Zare-nejad has done several super interesting interviews on this subject, but sadly there are no English versions. He had sateted everytime that for many year he was also ignored by his Iranian colleagues and commanders who didn't believe him and suffered him a lot by banning him from many of his rights! But finally the late IRIAF commander (Gen. Sattari) became able to confirm this kill and tried his best to give Zare-Nejad many credits and financial awards, but he refused most of the financial ones (if I recall right).

The F-5 is certainly among the best fighters ever made by US of A. It was extremely classified in the early stages of testing and what sort of equipment we could install on that nice piece of equipment.

Anyone know if the MiG 25 could or did ever carry some air to ground missile like Kh-25 ?

I will take no shit from anybody that doesn't think MIG-25 was a magnificent display of sheer brute-force packed in a beautiful airframe.

Amazing! These F-5 gun is very hard ;)

Awesome

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i like how the iraqi pilot is casually listening to arabic tunes while entering iranian airspace and dropping bombs, all while being super chill about it

Great video! Please telle the name of the song in beginning ?

Love Tom Cooper...highly recommend "Iranian F-14 Tomcat units in combat" by osprey publishing

Hello AS, query. The RWR of the F-5, how does an AMRAMM detect? with a letter M ? Greetings from Chile.

About MiG-25 vs F-5.......In August 1983 a F-14 detected two Foxbats near Tabriz, a AIM-54 was launched and the explosion damaged one MiG, who was still flyng "Low And Slow" to return to the base.....by luck a F-5 was in a bombing mission and see the Foxtbat, the pilot Capt Kazem Zarif Khadem droped the bombs, rise fast and launch two AIM-9 tho the MiG-25, both missiles hit and the plane fall. the pilot survive the ejection. "Iranian F-14 Units in Combat"......Tom Cooper and Fayzad Bishop

Idea in June 5 1984 when two Saudi Arabian air force f15 sent intercept shoot down iran two f4 in Persian gulf it happen incident

Alright Alright Alright...another successful video by Showtime!!!!

dcs graphics real fantastic

Always had a soft spot for the little F-5

Looks like you have both an AIM-9P and an AIM-9B, was that typical for Iranian F-5's?

Is anybody know what happened to those Iraqi aircraft that were flown into Iran during the first Gulf War??

Iraqi mig 25 was waiting for Iranian B - 747 with full ammunition’s & wapens cargo’s coming form turkey, however it was registered as a passenger airplane.. the mige 25 flying in one path going to the edge of border and back to be meets and hunting that 747.. Iranian F5 fired 2 missiles one is dropped another stand one the rail than he fired cannon’s.. He approached to the Mig 25, visually saying to the mig pilot you follow me.. but he didn’t responding.. after a while f5 turns back to the base due to the low fuel problem.. The news about that Mig25 is unknown, some saying he managed back to the base some news saying he ejected and rescued..

Tell us about the Iraqi mirage f1 that had 15 kills during the war with iran

I wonder why the F-5 leader didn't let his wingman take a shot with his Sidewinders. Or did both of them have malfunctions?

Man I know wich some mig 23 shot down some Iranian F-14....had this video on you chanll?

Why did you carry an Aim 9B on the one side and an P series on the other?

High speed high altitude interceptors being used to launch munitions on civilain targets, seems familiar

This is the only war that there was helicopter v helicopter aircombat. Would love to see a vid on the Iranian Cobra vs the Iraqi Hind. There is also accounts off an Iraqi Hind shooting down an Iranian F-4 and a Cobra taking down ether a Mig-21 or 23..

Most if not all losses of 25s were RBs not interceptor variant according to Iraq.

Why did you equip your F-5 with an AIM-9B and an AIM-9J?

Imaš li u planu drugi svjetski rat?

Where is this chanel from ?

That music puts me in Iran

F-5 outrunned Foxbat

The Iraqi MiG-25 was previously hit by a Phoenix missile

Can we get a new Mig-25 model please instead of using the 20 year old model from LOMAC

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#Showtime112 hi there, with your permesion i want upload this video into one of my country's media that look like a youtube, but your name will be in description of this video

Ah, clever, clever Iraqi’s. Using an interceptor as a bomber…The ‘military genius’ of Hussain’s administration truly knew No boundaries!

Was there a reason they didn't use their F14s to intercept the Mig25s. After all, that was the reason the US approved export of the F14 in the first place.

Bro you why did you use an Indian music for an iranian scenario?

Zašto su koristili presretač da bi bombardovali gradove?

Can F 5. FLY AT NIGHT... WHATS THE COMBAT RANG OF THE F 5

Iran should have send the F14 to intercept Iraqi MiG25. It would be awesome in yhe history of military aviation.

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Napravi video kako su mig25 obarali f14

this pilot actualy shot and wounded mig 21 , but becuse of a lot of things he claimed it was mig 25

Mig 25 fighter-bomber??? 🤔🤔🤔

Some countries/States have habit to not accept their loss... 🤦 Well nothing we can do in that.

I knew this would happen. Now gun control is impossible. The add for 3d printers.

The Irony the Iraqis Air force Pilots and Planes fled to Iran after the coalition invade Iraq building the Iranian Arsenal.

WTF?! Using the fastest interceptor in the world to drop gravity bombs? Derp. No wonder those idiots fought WW1 style war for years.

I don't think the F5 has the Ability to intercept Mig 25. It's The Iranian F 14 NOT the F 5

9:42 he deserved that for trying to shoot down a passenger plane albeit one of his enemies' planes.

Probably ARMA game modified to this. I want to see real video footages.

On the whole, Iraqi air force pilot training and tactics seem to be rather poor compared to Iran's.

the iraqi arab air force mikoyan mig-25 foxbat was better dogfighter that the mig -21mf fishbed.p

Is it true that the Israelis gave Iran some help in this war because they didn't want Iraq strengthened regionally?

Impressive, the F5 hit him with it's two 20mm's, those guns don't really carry much of a load, he couldn't have had more than 2, or 3 good squeezes on the trigger before the guns were empty.

Epic Indian music

OK MIG 25 40 tons Plane not good 60 design ONLY Reconesense version with OLD Engine cant come to 3Mah Regular and 31 NO - so F5 was not so bad and not so powerfull but with Great Plane F5-as 18 Now Better when 31-25

Nice story but you can’t Prove it really happened

Iran has never attacked Iraqi cities, do not distort history, there is no evidence for your words, Colonel Fereydon Izdesta is in the United States, it is enough to refer to this person's interviews to resolve the misunderstanding. Iran's air superiority was so great that if it had bombed Iraqi cities, the war would not have lasted more than a week and there would have been no need for large-scale operations such as H3. The operation took place on the Jordanian-Israeli border. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/o62Pl7Co3qnWkZc.html