THE EVE OF BATTLE: The Opposing Air Forces In The 1973 War

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• JH

  @jh3lms144 · 1 year ago

  I watched this the night before the war started again last year on the 59tb anniversary, crazy it was the eve of battle then too

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• CR

  @criscristina8380 · 2 years ago

  I’m a retired Naval Intelligence Officer. For a while I specialized in an array of Air Intelligence activities in the Navy Reserve that included duty at TOPGUN and StrikeU and during the 70’s was heavily engaged in Middle East Air Forces capabilities studies. You have done an excellent job in producing these videos . Your detailed analysis of multiple factors and conclusions are exceptional. Bravo Zulu!

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  @Jon.A.Scholt · 3 years ago

  I known I&apos;ve posted this in earlier videos but I cannot say it enough; it is ridiculous how much good content this channel puts out in quantity. It has quickly joined the ranks as one of the premier military aviation channels. <br>This channel is steadily growing but I have no doubt in my mind that it&apos;ll pass the 100k mark in the not to distant future if the quality and quantity remains the same. <br><br>Also, I posted this comment to help placate the Gods of the Almighty Algorithm !<br>Can&apos;t wait for the next video.

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• BR

  @brianrmc1963 · 3 years ago

  Once again I am amazed at the high quality of the videos. These are mini-movies. <br>Israel let us use their night, low-altitude-training (LAT) ranges before we did a “port call” into Haifa. I was struck by how small the country is, smaller than many Restricted Areas we trained in in the United States. It really must have been like fighting in a phone booth. <br>I feel the most sorry for the Syrians. It appears their pilots really wanted to give it a go but didn’t have the missiles or guns to do it with.

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• SO

  @socaljarhead7670 · 2 years ago

  The SA-6 was a huge shock to the Israelis and the west as a whole. Very effective missile system at the time.

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• SE

  @Senor0Droolcup · 3 years ago

  I thought I knew the air war part of the Yom Kippur war, but I learned a ton from this video. This order of battle approach is extremely useful in understanding the approaches that the competing air forces talk before and during the conflict. Please keep it up.

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• KE

  @kenjones2973 · 3 years ago

  Keep it coming. Far and away the best military aviation contributor currently operating. I am routinely humbled by how little I actually know in the jet warfare space, until your channel popped up. Cheers, watch you again soon.

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• PA

  @paintnamer6403 · 3 years ago

  @<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDmYV8cTxRE&amp;t=1030">17:10</a> I like the guitar hanging in the pilots outdoor station.

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• ZM

  @zman1508 · 3 years ago

  Love this channel

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• BE

  @bearshrimp · 9 months ago

  Can&apos;t sleep so I am watching your video again. &nbsp;Amazing! &nbsp;You know, I watch your videos like I am a kid in 1980 reading the Encyclopedia of Military Aircraft I got for my 8th birthday. I will hear some specs or story in your video and rewind so I can hear it again and really understand the range of the APQ-120 air search radar (for example). &nbsp;It&apos;s like a book but dynamic and conveys more information in a shorter time. &nbsp;This is good, really good, like a university lecture on the topic.

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• MA

  @majorbloodnok6659 · 3 years ago

  I remember this war in 1973; with the passage of time, I look forward to your take on this war.

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• SU

  @sueleegiou3785 · 2 years ago (edited)

  Correction: A.Sattar Alvi was named master of migs after the engagement with Israelis over Golan Heights..<br><br>He was named that because at that time there were no mig21&apos;s in Pakistan inventory, and most of the PAF pilots on arrival in Syria had never flown mig 21&apos;s which had cockpit instruments labelled in either Russian or Arabic, which added the to the headache for volunteer PAF pilots.PAF had F6(chinese mig 19&apos;s) upto that period.<br><br>He became &nbsp;the top main instructor of &nbsp;F7(chinese variant of mig21) after their induction in PAF.<br><br>A.Sattar Alvi was sent to Syria SAAF initially and not to the Egypt.

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