2 Israeli Phantoms vs 28 Egyptian MiGs, 1973 - Animated 

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Two aircraft scrambling themselves to defend against an imminent attack on their airbase; sounds like a real life 1st mission of an Ace Combat game.

Take a moment to appreciate how fast this is happening and the decisions are being made. The video looks slow, but consider the speeds at which dogfights take place.

"Sir! We are outnumbered 14 to 1!" "Then it is an even fight."

The guy trying to avoid getting shot down, and flew into the sea is me when I fly jets in Battle Field games

7:36 : The first F-4E models had a problem with gun gasses getting sucked into the the engines. When that happened the affected engine compressor stalled & would shut down. There was a cannon shroud (the Midas IV modification) which fixed this, but as of 1973 it was still being retrofitted and some Kurnass models still had the original flawed gun barrel. After his gun pass on the MiG-17 , the cannon gasses likely caused the shut down of one of the F-4Es engines.

My Dad built those Phantoms. After 27 years in the Navy as their best mechanical engineer, Dad retired to work for McDonnell Aircraft Corporation. Dad could tear apart and reassemble a phantom while blindfolded. Earlier in his career, he worked shoulder to shoulder with Igor Sikorski and Frank Pisecki, the pioneers of helicopters in the USA. When the USA created the Helicopter Mechanic Specialist Certification, Dad was awarded US Navy Helicopter Mechanic Specialist #1. God, he was good. A legend in the Aviation wing of the Navy. He had the chops to occasionally take me to work and let me play. (Mom wanted me out of her hair.) I loved crawling through the jets that did not yet have their engines. Good times. Dad loved the Phantom. Over 5000 Phantoms built. Great pkane.

The overwhelming success of the Phantom crews is like something out of a movie.

I’ve always believed the single greatest strength of the Phantom and the Tomcat were the second set eyes in the backseat.

Uuh...how is this not a movie?!? It would be incredible!

"We have you 14 to 1" ISRAEL:"I like those odds..."

This is litterally the best channel on RU-vid.

2 vs 28.... and managed to lose 7 planes.... Who the hell trained them??

I had heard about a situation in the opening hours of the Yom Kippur war where an Israeli tank commander in the Golan Heights saw the Coalition forces advancing and radioed out fake orders to imaginary Israeli tanks. The Arab forces intercepted the messages and in a panic started shooting their own forces.

We landed at that airfield when deployed for the MFO. While there, we learned about the Camp David Accords which returned the Sinai to Egypt. When the Israelis pulled out, they offered to sell the airfield buildings & equipment to Egypt. When Egypt said "no", the Israelis blew up everything of value on that airfield (and others I presume).

IDF's official motto should be "F*** Around and Find Out".

Initiative and controlled aggression are classic fighter pilot hallmarks, and these two crews became poster boys for their profession. Also have to give the WSOs credit for keeping focus when more control was needed to overcome excess adrenaline.

Another great video from the The Operations Room! Informative and entertaining as usual. The F-4 was a beast of an airplane, and very deadly in the hands of a skilled flight team.

Amir Nahumi became an ace during this war (Yom Kippur war) and double ace during the 1st Lebanon war(started in June 1982) as a 110 squadron leader . Daniel Shuki distinguished himself in Yom Kippur war, sadly during the 1st Lebanon war he mistakenly dropped bombs on his own motorized/tank unit and many were killed. As a result his promotion was suspended and he was forced into retirement.

Here's a very short 8mm clip of one of the migs going down 1:21 in the video, followed by a few shots of the phantom and migs later on : ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-U8ASv4SDBT8.html "We went on a picnic in Sharm. Suddenly at noon we saw dozens of mig aircrafts in the sky north. We didn't understand what was going on, we didn't know war broke out. I went on a hill with my super-8, and suddenly saw a phantom chasing 4 migs, lifted up the camera and recorded ... The mig was engulfed in flames, rolled up and dived into the bay. The rest of the migs scattered and fled. Only in the evening did we realize that a war broke out, the Yom Kippur War"

Meanwhile in the air base: Radio Operator: "Today's my birthday! A victory sure would be nice."

Wow, as an Israeli I did not know this. I heard mainly about the tank battles at the northern front. Thank you kind sir.

Training is key. Clearly a great gap between Egyptian and Israeli training and skill

A full breakdown of the invasion of Okinawa would be SO cool to see. I’ve been binging these videos. You’ve won yourself a long term subscriber!

I was 16 and at my Saftas (grandmothers) house in Rehovot, just a few miles from Tel Nof Airbase. Before we heard any news on the radio, we knew something was up because of the non stop sound of our fighters over head.

Israeli Air Force: "Let's see here, we got 2 Phantoms, and you guys have one, two, three....ten...fifteen...twenty-three....twenty-eight. Twenty-eight MiGs. Looks like you need to go back to Egypt and get some more MiGs."

I love when Ops Room makes the basically a better History Channel "Dogfights" videos Keep this up dude!

Both the Entebbe video and this one has convinced me that Israel has unbelievable courage.

I think this is the definition of „target-rich environment“ It’s beyond me how they managed to survive the attack while also downing 7 aircraft in the process

What these guys did was nothing short of miraculous.

This engagement is insane!

If anything, this demonstrates exactly who had more hours in their respective airframe. Those Israeli pilots were STUDS. They absolutely were at every disadvantage they could have been and still cleaned house in dogfights against a platform that had much more maneuvering ability than they did.

I was witness, from an Israeli Air Force base, to Mole Cricket 19. The biggest jet air battle in history. Totally insane.

My uncle flew during the Yom Kippur war. Said the Mirage and the F4 were the best jets to fly. Strapped them to your back and flew them I recall him saying. Went on to be a brigadier general but died very young of cancer. Proud of that man for defending Israel.

You do a great job of making it too where a layman like me can understand what went on in these operations! Thanks for your time and work!

The best, I love seeing Israeli wins against all odds. Amazing!

If you don't count the sponsor and epilogue bits, this video is 9 minutes long, but this entire dogfight was over in 6 minutes!

Amazing video as always. Keep up this amazing work :) I would love to watch more clips about this conflict, even tho i probably watch all available videos on yt about this war.

We need to stop and appreciate the insane level bravery this took.

This story is straight out a film, thankyou for sharing this with us.

Arab pilots may have some of the worst records out there as the Israelis have really handed it to them a few times.

Israel is so good at air operations. Operation Focus, Operation Rimon 20, Operation Mole Cricket 19, Operation Osirak and this. They always caused massive damage to the enemy.

Amir Nahumi has a wonderful history to becoming a pilot!

There isn't many of these type stories I've never heard of before, this was one. Well done, as always.

I have read this story before on a book, and now you made this into a great animation

Military Aviation legend says that Freebird was playing the entire time, which is particularly impressive when you consider that the song wouldn't come out until 1974

The fact that inexperienced Israeli Pilots skill issued Egyptian pilots that were probably trained by Russians is just beautiful just 🤌🤌🤌🤌🤌

Israel: we didn’t invent the best hand to hand combat for nothing

USA knows how to built fighter planes. Israel knows how to built fighter pilots.

“Skill issue”

Love your content, I just recently discover it, and i'm completely hooked. 💯

Beautiful video as usual! Hope you will explore the naval aspects of this war too, as the battles of Latakia and Damietta-Baltim were turning points in naval warfare!

Damn imagine how embarrassed those Egyptian pilots were

Absolute legends.

The F-4 has been my favorite fighter jet since I was a child, during the late 70's & early 80's...

Excellent telling of this account. What a spectacular career Gen. Nahumi has had in military aviation; just short of triple jet ace and in Operation Opera, a part of one of the most daring and successful raids in military aviation. Kadima IAF.

Love the work bro, keep it up my guy!!!

This was the Israeli "Either I will be decorated or court-martialed." moment.

Given third highest gallantry award??? I wonder what they have to do to get the highest award…

Marvelous story and terrific delivery of the story, alongside the quality of information with the help of very good research, this is one of my top ten sources of recent history

I'm going to be honest, 2 phantoms going against any amount of mig 17s would be like Lebron James dunking on a group of preschoolers

I was thinking yesterday, about how I'd love to watch a new OR video. Brilliant timing, with an excellent video as usual. Thanks

Sounds just like a famous story during the attack on Pearl Harbor, when U.S. pilots George Welch and Kenneth Taylor managed to get airborne from Haleiwa with ther P-40's being under fire-twice-and shot down at least six Japanese planes between them. :) December 6, 1941, Welch and Taylor were alarmed to hear low-flying planes, explosions and machine-gun fire above them. After learning that two-thirds of the planes at the main bases of Hickham and Wheeler Fields had been destroyed or damaged so badly that they were unable to fly, they leaped into action. Without orders, Taylor called Haleiwa and commanded the ground crew to prepare their Curtiss P-40 Tomahawks for takeoff. Meanwhile, Welch ran to get Taylor’s new Buick. Still wearing their tuxedo pants from the night before, the two pilots drove the 11 miles to Haleiwa, reaching speeds of 100 mph along the way. Without orders, Taylor called Haleiwa and commanded the ground crew to prepare their Curtiss P-40 Tomahawks for takeoff. Meanwhile, Welch ran to get Taylor’s new Buick. Still wearing their tuxedo pants from the night before, the two pilots drove the 11 miles to Haleiwa, reaching speeds of 100 mph along the way. At the airstrip, Welch and Taylor jumped into their P-40s, which by that time had been fueled but not fully armed. They attracted Japanese fire immediately after taking off, facing off virtually alone against some 200 to 300 enemy aircraft. When they ran out of ammunition, they returned to Wheeler to reload. As senior officers ordered the pilots to stay on the ground, the second wave of Japanese raiders flew in, scattering the crowd. Taylor and Welch took off again, in the midst of a swarm of enemy planes. Though Welch’s machine guns were disconnected, he fired his .30-caliber guns, destroying two Japanese planes on the first sortie. On the second, with his plane heavily damaged by gunfire, he shot down two more enemy aircraft. A bullet pierced the canopy of Taylor’s plane, hitting his arm and sending shrapnel into his leg, but he managed to shoot down at least two Japanese planes, and perhaps more. (He was officially credited with two kills, Welch with four.) Welch and Taylor were among only five Air Force pilots who managed to get their planes off the ground and engage the Japanese that morning. Total American aircraft losses at Pearl Harbor were estimated at 188 planes destroyed and 159 more damaged, while the Japanese lost just 29 planes. Welch and Taylor received the Distinguished Service Cross, becoming the first to be awarded that distinction in World War II. Welch was nominated for the Medal of Honor, the military’s highest award - but was reportedly denied because his superiors maintained he had taken off without proper authorization (!!!!!) 😵‍💫😵 For his injuries, Taylor received the Purple Heart. After Pearl Harbor, George Welch flew nearly 350 missions in the Pacific Theater during World War II, shooting down 12 more planes and winning many other decorations. A bout with malaria in 1943 put an end to his wartime career, landing him in a hospital in Sydney, Australia (where he met his wife). After the war, Welch became a test pilot for North American Aviation. According to some claims, he became the first pilot to break the Mach-1 barrier with an unauthorized flight over the California desert in 1947, several weeks before Chuck Yeager’s famous flight. Sadly, Welch was killed in 1954 while ejecting from his disintegrating F-100 Super Sabre fighter jet during a test flight. Ken Taylor headed to the South Pacific after Pearl Harbor, where he flew out of Guadalcanal and was credited with downing another Japanese aircraft. But his combat career was cut short after someone fell on top of him in a trench during an air raid on the base, breaking his leg. He went on to become a commander in the Alaska Air National Guard and rose to the rank of brigadier general over 27 years of active duty. In addition to the Distinguished Service Cross, Taylor was awarded the Legion of Merit, the Air Medal and other decorations. In his post military career, he worked as an insurance underwriter. Taylor died in Tucson, Arizona in 2006, at the age of 86. www.history.com/news/heroes-of-pearl-harbor-george-welch-and-kenneth-taylor

This story literally sounds like every first mission of every ace combat game. an inexperience pilot seated in a F4 trying to defend his airbase from enemy bomber. The only thing that's missing the "First flight" ost playing on the background haha.

The 2 Phantoms - *Who is it that you think you see? Everyday I walk outside the door and there's a guy standing there pointing a gun. No... I'M THE ONE WHO KNOCKS!*

that's real bravery and competence.

Thank you. This was very informative.

Phantom, what an Aircraft

The definition of balls of steel!

As an average italian that was born at the end of the Cold War I can say that the Phantom II F4 is still today my favorite cacciabombardiere. Americans really nailed it. Well, except for that initial bug of lacking main guns but, it was quickly fixed, so. 🤗👍

This isn't the last time Isreali pilots did this they did this went they went 105-0 against Syria airforce

Not the first time the IAF face over whelming odds from Arab Air forces. In the in 1948 war, Modi Alon led a bunch of American Mercenary pilots in Czech made German 109's and held off the Arabs.

I can only imagine the intense impatience one would feel as they got a MIG in their sight, ready to fire, but you have to wait until the lock alarm goes off. "Come on, com'on,Com'ON,COMON!!!" "SHREEEET" "YES!" fires sidewinder...

This is an excellent video! There are not so many videos of this quality that address Israeli military actions; win or lose.

A masterful defeat in detail.

Thank you for sharing this story

As a person who just got the DCS: Mig-21 module and is trying to learn how to fly this death machine, I felt for the Egyptian pilot at 8:48.

I was hoping you'd upload videos about the Yom Kippur War, thank you!

During the 6 Day War, a company of Egyptians are marching through the desert when off in the distance they see an Israeli soldier poking his head up from behind a hill. The company commander sends two of his soldiers to get the Israeli. "Get that one soldier". They don't come back after 20 minutes, so the commander sends 10 of his soldiers to get the Israeli. They don't come back after 20 minutes, so he sends 20 soldiers to get this Israeli soldier. About 30 minutes later, one soldier comes back, limping, bloodied and scared. "Sir, there were TWO of them".

I'm supposed to be taking a math test right now but this is more entertaining il do the test later

Surely the God of Abraham Issac and Jacob was there to aid.

Excellant marksmanship General ! I worked on F-4 J's and had to change 33 shock struts while aboard the USS Forrestal w/ VMFA-115 I fell in Love with Phantoms J-79's are rockets at Max Climb statis

That is called "target rich environment".

I believe the phantom is a superior jet with superior weapons but you can tell that the skill/training of Israel is also superior.

Nahumi is a legend. 8 years later led the squadron which destroyed the Iraqi reactor thousands of kilometers behind enemy lines.

"They outnumber us 14 to 1!" "Then it is an even fight." - Israeli Pilots

That was impressive,👍👍👍

I didn't realize the F4 was thing good

Say what you want about Israel but they are amazing fighters. And I say this as a Muslim

It seems like the Egyptian pilots lacked air to air combat skills due to limited training. Unfortunately they didn't utilize the full combat capabilities of the aircrafts in their possession. Both the Mig-21 and Mig-17s were more than capable in outmaneuvering the F-4 in a dogfight.

Superior American technology + extreme Israeli proficiency = a winning combination. Well done, gentlemen!

This is what we want Hollywood!!! imagine a movie of thissss!!!

Superb demonstration of trained ability. By teaching their best pilots the capabilities of their own craft as well as what the enemy was capable of and how to counter them, these two Phantom crews were able to perform at their best in such a situation.

This is not about Phantoms vs Migs but rather Israelis vs the poor Egyptians. Isreal took the Sina peninsula in three days from an army 20 times larger. They could have won those Migs by flying kites with razor blades attached to their tails, not Phantoms with air-to-air missiles. Modern day Spartans. Respect.

Wow , what a nice video. The Israelis are exceptional fighters both in the ground and in the air.

Man shot down 4 enemy planes in one battle almost becoming an ace, then still goes on to become a double, almost triple ace.

Israeli pilots were light years ahead of their Egyptian counterparts in terms of air to air combat. No contest.

"You're surrounded give up" *All I am surrounded by is fear*

Thats some good air to air combat

Amazing they could maneuver so well with those giant balls hanging from the Phantoms.