1986 Operation El Dorado Canyon: USA Attack Libya | DCS Reenactment Mission

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@Bjoern211 3 года назад

The Harrier formation was pure porn.... I still have problems with my Harrier but i looove it. The only fighter i would fly instead of the Harrier will be the Eurofighter once it is released.

@edwardaspinall9438 3 года назад

I was a member of the 48th TFW/548th AGS/492nd AMU during the Libya raid. We covered the operation by having a local SALTY NATION exercise. They informed us of the operation by pulling the entire squadron to the middle of ramp and briefing us. We flew our normal exercise sorties minus the 24 aircraft (18 strikers, 6 air spares).

@grimreapers 3 года назад

Awesome

@lmack002 3 года назад

1979th CS, '86 - '89. It's a shame that DCS does not have the F-111F in its inventory. They were magnificent aircraft.

@heikojakob6491 2 года назад

Would be cool to do the Aardvark zippo in DCS

@VET0264 2 года назад

i agree, crew chief f4e Ramstein AB 81-83

@UncleSpiceDaddy_01 Год назад

They were called Wonder-Lemons as I recall, per my mates at RAF Lakenheath.

@TheLesporter Год назад

@@VET0264 Hey Chief thanks for your service. On the subject of aircraft, I worked at the end of the runway at Barksdale AFB in the late seventies and when the B-52's had a scramble, real mission or training you could not hear yourself think for a good 30 minuets. It was almost like placing your hand over your heart when we say the pledge of allegiance. What a great feeling. Thanks again, Les.

@VET0264 Год назад

@@TheLesporter ty

@cousinjack2841 2 года назад

The Harrier is just one of the coolest things ever, not just cool amongst planes, but one of the coolest of all things. Makes you proud to be British; again. Great flying, great video; thanks.

@DE-rd1zl 3 года назад

Nicely done. These longer missions are always fun to watch :D

@RJM1011 2 года назад

Some of the F1-11's also took off from Boscombe Down I lived there at the time and it was GREAT to hear them all take off.

@colinmcgrath2392 3 года назад

Great video Cap, awesome flying! Anyone would think that you guys knew what you were doing!

@thefrustratedtheologian6238 3 года назад

I was there, in the Gulf of Sidra, Jan. and Mar. 86, USS Caron DD-970.

@cubethai 3 года назад

Yeah, me too!

@grimreapers 3 года назад

Cool!

@shuntera 3 года назад

And that Syria map is gorgeous

@mrgamerlion9591 3 года назад

Great video, Cap. I have just been going thru the comments of this video and there are some USAF pilots actually watching this reenactment , which is incredible! Anyway, for anyone who doesnt know , I am the fella who requested the reenactment of the US airstrike against the Gaddafi regime aka this video

@grimreapers 3 года назад

I remember you! Thanks Lion x

@mrgamerlion9591 3 года назад

@@grimreapers Fun fact : The strike allegedly killed Gaddafi's very young daughter, Hana. However, this claim has been disputed over the years and some say that she didnt exist while others claim she wasnt killed in the strike

@cf453 3 года назад

@The Beast It was the Italian Prime Minister, actually.

@paulraymond3622 3 года назад

This is the best video I have watched all of this year! You are all awesome! Thank you.

@richardsandoval2899 3 года назад

Love your corrections on grammar. It’s a voice over in my head every time I read anything.

@GamingwithHenry 3 года назад

Great video!! Love these longer mission videos

@arzofire 3 года назад

I absolutely love the cat grownling sound when the engines revving down a bit!

@charlescsmith1213 3 года назад

Absolutely brilliant Harrier formation on the way to Incirlik

@arth0044N 3 года назад

It's a pleasure to watch you cooperate in such professional manner. I hope I can take off with you guys one day. ;)

@timrobinson7104 3 года назад

I was stationed in Rota Spain supporting this mission in 1986. One of the F111's had a problem after the mission and landed at Rota. Was a crazy time!

@edwardaspinall9438 3 года назад

Bleed air malfunction is I remember

@edwardaspinall9438 3 года назад

I knew the aircrew. Worked them on a redball in Turkey

@hoghogwild 2 года назад

Rota was a Space Shuttle Abort Site as well.

@ChucknDeuces1 2 года назад

Great video with great ending!

@cornbread5144 3 года назад

@48:12 Is that Mav's control surfaces moving - Wow !!! Great Video. :)

@grimreapers 3 года назад

All missiles now do that :)

@CueDriver 3 года назад

Those take off shots were beautiful.

@Hairysteed 3 года назад

Those would be F-111F:s. The B variant was the failed Navy variant

@deadwolf2978 3 года назад

amazing flying! and you guys are fun!

@kenhelmers2603 2 года назад

I enjoyed that :) Thanks GR!

@adamsmith5151 3 года назад

38:48 is that a cat? LOL

@cornbread5144 3 года назад

*** Audio turned up on the Super Secret TACAN . :)

@grimreapers 3 года назад

Mr Pickles make same noise as harrier.

@shuntera 3 года назад

The Harrier is slow and can’t really take a hit, but it really is a good bomb truck, great for A-G

@TEACypher 3 года назад

Its only slow if you are used to be super sonic (which you can almost do when clean), try the C-101 or A-10 now that's slow!

@lucaallemann5941 3 года назад

@@TEACypher yep right, harrier is pretty fast considering it hasnt an afterburner

@tomriley5790 3 года назад

Can only find two cases of harriers being hit by manpads - both quite close together...

@APV878 3 года назад

Whenever I hear/read "RAF Mildenhall" mentioned, I invariably think of the Pink Floyd song "Let There Be More Light" from Saucerful of Secrets....

@johnvvoorthuijzen2653 3 года назад

Great vid cap! That harrier really sounds like you're torturing Mr Pickles though 😂

@grimreapers 3 года назад

lol

@randlebrowne2048 3 года назад

I wandering if that sound was the cat crying or the actual sound of the jet!

@lohrtom 3 года назад

I was stationed at NAS Rota Spain when that went down. One of the F111 was damaged and had to land in Rota. It had a big honking hole in it, probably from AAA.

@montys420- 3 года назад

F111 were dubbed" whispering death" by the Libyans during these strikes and the strikes were so effective that Gaddafi had to back down!

@cubethai 3 года назад

Me too!

@therealdebater 3 года назад

52:50 "Cap Winchester, and feeling sexy" :-)

@grimreapers 3 года назад

Official RAF brevity...

@TEACypher 3 года назад

Was a real fun mission, harrier is great when you get a bunch flying together.

@Alcorethefluffy780 3 года назад

Very nice Exfil Formation flying Harriers

@tomriley5790 3 года назад

f14 was known to have engine problems so relatively realistic!

@egnbigdave 2 года назад

I remember as an air Cadet having a Yank officer come in as a guest to do us a talk from Lakenheath. His opening line was "What does Libya stand for guys? Lakenheath Is Bombing Your Ass"

@grande521 3 года назад

I'm related to one of the two casualties, Fernando Luis, he was shot down over sidra.

@ricktow66lcc83 3 года назад

"All we need is a Harrier Ta Ta Da Da DA..." LMAO!

@matthewwainwright8844 3 года назад

Stunning weather.

@montys420- 3 года назад

At least we could hear the Harrier's engines for once

@redssracer4153 3 года назад

@55:17 Only Cap would decide to do some sight-seeing during an op... Lol!! :)

@PHILMKD95 3 года назад

Is it just me or does the Harrier engines seem to meow alot.

@grimreapers 3 года назад

Pussy Cat engine

@asser5547 3 года назад

very nice

@montys420- 3 года назад

48:45 was a shocking bomb run needs to practice a bit more!

@One_Piloty_Boy 3 года назад

XD that was me. I crept up on an active SA-10 or 11 site (cant remember) and was on edge to stay as close to it as possible, thats why i stayed to do gun runs, i needed to make sure i made up for my horrid cluster bombing.

@martinm3509 3 года назад

Watched yesterday on the big telly. Awesome bombing runs Cap. I’m a Harrier believer now!

@Steve-ou9ed 3 года назад

Brilliant I'm new to this I have so much to learn .I have photographed the Reapers and mad hatters through the Mach Loop many times. My Aim is to fly the loop when I can get my F15 off the ground 🥴😊👍.really good vid love it

@grimreapers 3 года назад

Awesome Steve!

@alexpincock 2 года назад

was born in upper heyford, my dad flew f-111 but i think we had moved right before this.

@grimreapers 2 года назад

cool

@johneckert1690 Год назад

Top notch flying is an understatement, and the mini airshow as the end was great. I do wish the correct aircraft where available for these missions, but we can't have everything. I would love to see more World War 2 naval assets like F-4F Wildcats, F-6F Hellcats, F7F Tigercat, F4U Corsairs, TBM/TBF Avengers, and SBD Dauntless'. (NOTE: I did not include the F-8f2 Bearcat as World War II was over before the aircraft saw combat service.)

@gwrich01 3 года назад

You need to do one of the Shock and Awe missions in Iraq in 2003

@michaelpark9802 3 года назад

We finally got mentioned in something

@alancrowley7991 3 года назад

outstanding base recovery!!!!

@andreyugarov1853 3 года назад

Cap can we have your wallpaper or is it already somewhere?

@grimreapers 3 года назад

Sorry I don't even know where it is on my PC. Will look.

@Josiah_Trelawny1 3 года назад

Grim Reapers seems to be the only one who knows how to flight. The other ones drop their first bombs ever in these missions. F14 trys to drop bombs on

@alialibeyoglu7532 3 года назад

1:04:45 I can watch that all day

@timothygermann780 2 года назад

Fun fact: Libya didn't claim responsibility for the attack until 2003 when they agreed to pay Germany compensation for the attack and also to the families of the non-American victims. The Libyan government refused to pay compensation for any Americans killed in the discotheque bombing.

@Warman_12 3 года назад

RAF Lakenheath produced stickers Cap for the Op which said "Lakenheath Is Bombing Your Ass" (LIBYA) I had one on my little spotters notebook. lol Those were the days.

@grimreapers 3 года назад

Wicked

@Galm1 3 года назад

1:28:00 that F14 won the game of chicken.

@HauntedXXXPancake 3 года назад

1:25:30 - Flawless landing-sequence, Cap. If that's not how it's written the RAF handbook, it can only be due to health & safety gone mad.

@grimreapers 3 года назад

Couldn't agree more. Back in my day all landings were like that...

@matthewdowd4686 3 года назад

It’s the dapper capper! Sup cap!

@Mariner311 Год назад

LOLs - I keep hearing the oddest mechanical device constantly spooling down - then I realized it was Pickles the Cat. I just realize she meows in a HARMONIC of the Harrier's engine.

@imadequate3376 Год назад

The guys flying the F111s had a hell of a time during the real thing. The auto pilot didn't auto level so refueling was done with the pilot holding altitude manually and in radio silence. It was many of their first combat missions. Too bad the Ardvaark isn't in DCS.

@lacku2677 3 года назад

I was trying to recreate the same exact mission before I saw this video, but I suck at making them.

@matthewwagner47 3 года назад

Harrier= short take off / vertical landing, use your vectoring on take-off so your up in the air very quickly. Is there a video of anyone actualy doing this the way your supposed too?

@John_SlideRule_Bullay 2 месяца назад

Video Valued by Valued Viewer!

@louiseflanagan5790 3 года назад

The commander of the mission: www.aviationheritagepark.com/aviators/arnie-franklin/

@matthewwainwright8844 3 года назад

It's like no one paid attention to the SAM threat though lol.

@Darkdally 5 месяцев назад

Apparently, this was the first time the F/A-18 saw combat. I thought that was interesting - just read that.

@sixhawks 3 года назад

Cap, the border fence says hi.

@grimreapers 3 года назад

Why put a fence there!!??!?

@randlebrowne2048 3 года назад

@@grimreapers Consider it a surprise final exam for new pilots.

@adamsmith5151 3 года назад

25:07 Nice hookup!

@MF-og1ct 3 года назад

For your new computer you need to get a CPU with the highest possible clock speed. 4ghz+. Dcs doesnt use multiple cores, so the clock speed is what is limiting performance.

@grimreapers 3 года назад

Thanks

@lenn55 3 года назад

Hey Cap can you guys do the US invasion of Grenada in 1983? Thx

@grimreapers 3 года назад

thxx Lenn

@Ventura60kts 3 года назад

59:22 best bomb run ever

@flighttherapybullisticfpv133 3 года назад

Im new to DCS, do you know what actually caused that to happen?

@Ventura60kts 3 года назад

@@flighttherapybullisticfpv133 My guess would be diving to target and releasing bombs then hitting their own bombs mid air.

@flighttherapybullisticfpv133 3 года назад

@@Ventura60kts ya i thought that might be it.. dropping bombs below their arming height will do that i guess lol

@tomo_ka3040 3 года назад

hi cap

@GumbosFlyingCircus 3 года назад

Very nice! That was some sexy Harrier action there...well done to all. After all, only real pilots fly the Harrier ;)

@pogo1140 3 года назад

Funny thing is that the F-14 really was is the closest thing to the F-111's, the A actually had the same engine as the F-111.

@hoghogwild 2 года назад

Both TH30 engine family, just different variants. the F-111Fs that flew the raid used the TF30-P-100 engine that at max thrust. 25,100 for the while the F-14A used the TF30-P-414A engine making 20,900 lbs thrust. Both TF30 engines use a afterburner design with 5 zones of augmentation.

@razor75250 3 года назад

Can you guys work on not hitting the same target over and over again and wasting weapons? I'm not taking the piss ,just an observation.

@cornbread5144 3 года назад

*** GR/CAP , How about an Airplane Taxi Race. Whoever is the fastest without leaving the ground. :) .... I may have requested this before.

@grimreapers 3 года назад

Yeh it's sitting in the idea hopper Corn, jst can't seem to find time...

@razor75250 3 года назад

Cap, if you live near Mendenhall, that means you live on the coast!!!!.... I'm very jealous!!! The southeast English coast is one of my favorite places!!!!!!!!

@grimreapers 3 года назад

Yeh about 80min drive from coast.

@razor75250 3 года назад

@@grimreapers fens????

@UncleSpiceDaddy_01 Год назад

I was stationed at RAF Mildenhall when this Op was staged. We were on 12 hour shifts for 30 days+ straight. Hundreds of KC-135 Stratobowsers and KC-10 Extenders came into Mildenhall to support the aircraft that Spain and France refused to let fly over their countries. We bombed the what-ist out of Libya, as we should have... FYI, it was this in retaliation of the bombing of a German Dicso but the Lockerby Scotland flight of a TWA flight

@UncleSpiceDaddy_01 Год назад

FYI The Spanish and French Gub'ments would not let us fly over their countries due to retaliation concerns,

@UncleSpiceDaddy_01 Год назад

Of course the SR-71s were beautiful taking off before sunrise the morning of from Mildenhall...

@PHILMKD95 3 года назад

59:24 lol

@jimboAndersenReviews 2 года назад

Meeeeoow 🐅

@keep22 3 года назад

Herr Cap should have landed und done little shopping.... boy shopping because that is vat Limeys do, ja?

@michaelpark9802 3 года назад

No way I’m from Newfoundland

@seanpreston3653 2 года назад

Ok the jets sounding like caged. Kittens would absolutely kill ke

@Urugami45 2 года назад

Was this the attack for which France would not grant over flight rights, so they had to fly an extra thousand miles or so? Oh, and the French embassy wound up getting damaged? Le oops....😅

@bearsmith3655 2 года назад

Yeah it was. My dad was a USAF intel officer involved in the planning at the time. I remember how much it pissed him off that the French did that.

@razor75250 3 года назад

Are they ever going to let us have the intruder in DCS????......grrrrrrr!!!!!!!!

@One_Piloty_Boy 3 года назад

I think its in development by a third party.

@montys420- 3 года назад

Common cap stop hating on the green button hornet!

@grimreapers 3 года назад

I'm just pulling your leg x

@randlebrowne2048 3 года назад

@@grimreapers I must have missed the origin of that joke. What green button are you referring to?

@lcp2237 3 года назад

listen to the cat

@cannedcorn9344 3 года назад

i love your vids but im sad that the discord server is 16+

@grimreapers 3 года назад

I have no choice :(

@LordBurek 2 года назад

look at all that tax money go up in flames

@seanpreston3653 2 года назад

Me.

@zenonlopezwallace568 2 года назад

Jave your fun..... Some day you will pay.

@m600blu 2 года назад

shoot the harrier next time

@anathardayaldar Год назад

Who keeps meowing like a cat?

@RR-kd3vq 2 года назад

It's computer sh**t not something real

@t74guard78 3 года назад

Did we loose anybody. hahahhahahhahahahah maybe one or two. hahahhahaha the real mission only lost 1. You guys lost practically a whole squadron. Many bombs hit open dirt. Can't say when was the last time you guys bombing was so bad. There was one hornet who kept hitting a radar over and over again with 20mm and that damn thing wouldn't blow up and kept spinning. Super Radar this one was.

@deadwolf2978 3 года назад

amazing flying! and you guys are fun!