Witness History with the F-16's First Kill! 

F-16s don't get enough credit for their 80+ air to air combat kills. Its the F-15 that always steals the glory. But operation Peace for Galilee the F-16 out scored the F-15 with 44 kills vs 40 for the F-15. And the F-16 had disadvantage off having no long range Sparrows while the F-15 did. F-16 got all its kills using short range missiles and cannon.

I know it's war, but I always kinda feel for the helicopter pilots that get shot down watching these re-enactments. (Tomcat kill, this one, etc). I think it's simply because they don't have the opportunity to eject. When they're going down they know it's the end. I know some pilots have hoped that their foes eject, it's a respect thing even though they may be enemies.

Another excellent video, and this particular incident happens to be one I didn't know beforehand. It's nice to be able to learn something new.

Another great F-16 video! I think operation opera(attack on iraqi reactor) would be interesting to recreate

Always happy and intrigued when I see a Showtime112 historical video to view! As always, another informative reenactment. Well done and keep up the great work.

Another super video... Striking how much visibility that F-16 canopy offers ! also amazing take off camera angle... Noticed the plane serial number... 112... Is that coincidence?

Another great recreation of a little known nugget from aviation history. ST112 strikes again!

Your videos are amazing man! You make DCS look like a movie and I feel as though I learn so much through your videos. Thank you!!

Damn it! Just wondering 🤔 what else Showtime112 keeps in his Treasure Vault?👍 There we go with another outstanding historical contribution, especially the not well-known ones, are the ones which make it interesting. It was compelling 😉 to see an (IAF) 🇮🇱 F-16 shooting down a helicopter useing the Vulcan 20 mm Gatling-type gun with 511 rounds. We all have our favourite fighter jets, for me personally, the F-16 was never really on my favourite list, of fighter jets I know it's a very capable combat jet it just didn't appeal to me. My country had the Mirage III and IIIR in service from the 60ths to 90th's, during the decades they have been continuously updated. So I have to confess my favourite model was the Mirage IIIC of the 60ths and 70ths in the bare-metal finish, the same one as the IAF during the Six-Day war had. Just check out the link below to see what Brigadier general Giora "Hawkeye" Epstein has to say about the Mirage IIIC he is a retired brigadier General in the Israeli Air Force (IAF) and a fighter ace credited with 17 victories, 16 against Egyptian jets, making Epstein the ace of aces of supersonic fighter jets and of the Israeli Air Force. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-cHsED_3084o.html

The first time I saw a F16 in real life was 2013 aero India, I was a student abroad back then and growing tension between Iran and US had resulted in a major spike in sanctions, causing massive and sudden inflation at home, my prepared saving suddenly lost two third of its value and forced to pack up and leave before I could finish my studies, but just four days before my flight there was the airshow and I got myself a ticket cause I wouldn't miss such a thing even at the cost of my life, major companies had lost the competition for Indian Air force to Rafal and except IAF fighters only one USAF F16 had come. I got the wind that pilot will be around for couple of hours by his plane static display and I stock around until he showed up, I talked to him, he was nice and friendly and in the end I told him where I am from, he was surprised to some extent but I told him how I feel about going back to my jail of a country and I wish next time I see a F16 I see them bombing us in Tehran... 8 years and much suffering later, I'm still waiting for that roar in my sky...

Thanks for bringing us this great featurette. BRRRRRTTTTTT♠️🎩☯️

Thanks for the hard work making these videos

Absolutely love the detail on this video! Who ever you are 👏👏👏👏

Another Great job, thank you for your work, too much interesting!

I really like the video. Also, we can learn how the small, unknown events can lead to the world as it is today. Cheers! 👍🏻🍻

I always enjoy watching your vids to find out about some new incidents I didn't know about. :)

Love your videos.

3:34 HEY!!! IM THAT VIEWER!! Glad i couldve help man,anytime you need

Great video Showtime 112 and thank for the useful information on Helicopter and Jet fighters, if the Helicopter was armed with Sa 7 missile system and the Syrian pilots was not following the Warsaw pack central command training, it probably be an even fight, speaking of Helicopter vs Fixed Wing planes have you heard of the Battle of Lima 85 in 1968 where CIA civilian Huey Helicopter pilot and crew chief shoot down two North Vietnamese Air Force AN 2 planes with an Assault Rifle in air to air combat.

Nice video! I wish we had the A model in DCS!

Great video as always, As for the name of the pilot - it was rafi berkovitch. The other name you bought up, refael eitan, was the israeli chief of staff during that time, and a very (very) unique character.

Outstanding video and love the graphics, I've gotta get your Rig specs. Thanks in Advance, definitely love your historical approach.

Hi, a correction for the name 'Rafi' which is a shortcut fot Rafael but Rafael Eitan was not a pilot but the head of the IDF in the 80's.

Excellent. You give very detailed history and represent them as accurately as possible with what DCS can give. Have you considered making missions for DCS? I've tried some six day war ones but it is not fun to use the Mirage 2000 as a Mirage III. I also tried using the Mirage III mod but its AI doesn't want to cooperate ☹️

You flew over my house at 2:20 ;)

I personally witnessed the first air-to-air kill of the F-16 against a jet fighter - a Syrian MiG-21 - over Lebanon on 14 July 1981. Is there a video on that?

The f-16 is the best multirole fighter ever built until now. It is good in any role and cost low compared to his partner.

Thanks for informative vid !!!

Amazing as usual!!!

I wonder what’s the sop for helicopter pilots when they get engaged by fighter aircraft..

something poetic about the first F16 kill being a gun kill

you should use AA(anti-aliasing) for better visuals, I had seen many of your videos and that jaggies are annoying, but after all I really like your content , like and new sub

Keep it up!! Great video!

My country!💖💖

Thanks.

I love this channel.Pretty interesting and not like the rest that do only dogfighting.I suggest you cover some of the yugoslav wars.Like the shootdown of 5 Republka Srpska J-21 jastrebs by an f-16 or the downing of the croatian mig-21s by kub and praga PVO.

Please do a video on the Falkland War

The Nesher is not locally produced, they where assemblied in Israel

It was indeed Rafi Berkowiz.

Great them keep on coming

Hi, Perhaps some actions of Francis Stanley „Gabby” Gabreski? Very successful pilot of WWII and Korean War?. Falklands? All in all- I like your films very much.

The shot at 9:55 is so menacing!

Air to ground gun mode is very convenient to deal with helicopters close to the ground 😇

Are you flying the F16A in this video or the C ? I thought the A version had the radar display in the Center and not off too the left.

Actually Rafael Eitan was the commander of the israeli millitary during the lebanon war.

I had read in wikipedia about mig-23 that in early 1974 a syrian one was in weapon testing flight north to damascus and shot down 2 f-4 then The mig was shot down by syrian aa battery .. would you please make a video about this incident?

the f16a in israeli air force since in 1981. great success.

You should do a video about the SyAAF Aerospatiale Gazelle antitank helicopters. Equipped with long-ranged, accurate, and rather powerful HOT antitank missiles, they ended up mauling a good number of Israeli armored/mechanized columns during the 1982 Israeli invasion of Lebanon. The Gazelles are credited with destroying and damaging dozens of Israeli armored and soft-skinned vehicles, for surprisingly light losses. On a separate note, also during the 1982 Israeli invasion of Lebanon, SyAAF Su-20s managed to launch a number of very effective strikes against Israeli army columns, including at least one (with cluster bombs and napalm) that according to Israeli sources had wreaked havoc upon the Israeli column that it was attacking. Unfortunately however, the Su-20s did experience pretty serious losses before the end of the war, as the SyAAF continued to send its Sukhois on daring attack missions against the massive Israeli force that was invading Lebanon.

82ND AIRBORNE What comes to mind is the F-16 Pilot knew full well that the Helicopter had Zero chances and Death to thee occupants was certain...

You should do the Turkish shoot down of the Russian su 24

Da li je DCS World skroz beaplatan za instaliranje?

The fact that both F-16s and F-15s kills were by Israel Air Force is pretty funny

Pozz klipovi su ti sjajni...ako mozes napravit obaranje f 16 iznad Bosne

this how f16 viper looked in my head with the 3rd party add on cockpits...wish I still had those cockpits as they were impossible to find then as they was a paid for extra an after the game fell out of favour unless you liked fully working switches an the like in Sims it was only a few hardcore millsim pilots playing it an torrent was the only way to find them an too6me ages to find them all for each plane they was made for....going down mig alley dodgin SAMs left an right was intense

82ND AIRBORNE My Unit?? Rotory wing...shooting down helos is trivial?? I could shoot a helo out with a wrist rocket...now That!! Is trivial...heh.......he.........

Šteta što nismo odabrali F-16, Rafale je fantastičan. Ali ovaj je pravi borbeni stroj.

f16 fighting falcon not viper got muddled by time

Were the SAM ?

lol Hornet is the only teen series fighter to NOT have its first kill be by a country that starts with I F-15 and F-16: Israel F-14: Iran (fun fact in the Iran-Iraq war Iranian Tomcat scored at least 130 A-A kills!) F/A-18: not a country that starts with I

That helo should have realized it would have been wiser to get on the ground when the first sidewinder missed him. He also should have realized that Israeli pilots are highly trained, much better than what they are, a gun run may be difficult, but as seen it can be done with deadly effects.

Please if possible can you make operation wooden leg for us.

in1981 the iaf received the f16a.

Awesome. Operation Mole Cricket 19 might interest

Was the Syrian chopper pilot aware that his aircraft was being targeted? He does not appear to have made any evasive maneuvers, but I may have missed something.

Wow🤩

Did Syrian show down any Israel aircraft in 1982?

Kako komentarišeš nove dogovore Belorusije i Moskve o nabavci novih aviona (najverovatnije mig-35 i su-30). Da li bi moglo doći do nekih narušavanja vazdušnog prostora između Belorusije i Poljske?

Make a video from operation opera

Nikada mi neće biti jasno kako to da Sirijci nisu mogli postići obaranje niti jednog f-16, mig-23 i mig-25 tada nisu bili avioni za podcenjivanje, možda ih nije poslužila sreća

Thanks, is F-16A able to stably track (radar) a low-altitude and low-speed target, like Mi-8?

the first dogfiight against syrian arab air .force against two mil-8/17-hip.

im this dogfight the idf-af f-16a shootdown one syrian arab air force mil mi-17 mid air. later he can shoot down one mig-21.

Your skin is wrong, its an F-16C

Kaj ćeš ti jednom napravit neku misiju za hrvatski MiG ili ću ja to morat? 😁🤣

Make more videos from israeli air force!

F16 killing defenseless chopper what courageous men wow !

Israel

Picke f16, guns heh