2 PHANTOMS vs 28 MiGs: The Epic First Dogfight Of The Yom Kippur War Analysed

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• JE

  @jeepman1467 · 2 years ago

  The Phantom is still the worlds biggest distributor of Mig parts.

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• UB

  @Ubique2927 · 2 years ago

  Sentries should sound the alarm before speaking to anyone. Saying sorry is better than burying people.

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• FR

  @freeholdtacticalmed · 2 years ago

  ‘A target-rich environment”

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• RA

  @raymondyee2008 · 2 years ago

  It was clearly one of the missions in "Jane's IAF".

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• DA

  @DavidReed-sv9rb · 2 years ago

  So I always believed each Phantom had scored four kills using 7 missiles and maybe one gun shot. That’s a 50% kill ratio to missiles expended. Seemed more believable to me

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• AN

  @andy347 · 2 years ago (edited)

  The AIM-9 you show at <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfSpDRXsiCU&amp;t=1152">19:12</a> is not an AIM-9D but an AIM-9L which was significantly more advanced and not yet developed at the time of this fight. &nbsp;Excellent video overall though. Oh, and here&apos;s a fighter pilot maxim: Never give the odds in a dogfight...

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• LA

  @LanceRomanceF4E · 2 years ago

  I flew F-4Es and had a conversation with an Israeli F-4E pilot with a MiG kill in this war. &nbsp;He said he had just dropped bombs on target and climbing home and was trying to lite a benson and hedges cigarette when a MiG flew in front of him. &nbsp;He said “I still had the cigarette in my mouth, but quickly made a small pipper (gun site) adjustment and flamed his ass.” &nbsp; Best war stories are at the Nellis AFB O’club bar back in the day.

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• DU

  @dubmeisterxd2133 · 2 years ago (edited)

  To be fair to the sidewinder kill ratio, the very high humidity levels of Vietnam apparently seriously hampered the reliability and maintenance of both the Sidewinder and Sparrow missiles. I don&apos;t know how well Israel maintained their equipment, but it is worth noting that the conditions of Sharm are likely much more favorable for A2A missiles than that of Vietnam. Great video!

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• CH

  @Chilly_Billy · 2 years ago (edited)

  I hope we&apos;ll see further presentations on the Yom Kippur War in the air. The first two have been excellent. 👍

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• PI

  @PixelSchnitzel · 2 years ago

  Now THAT is how you present an honest and balanced historical account. &nbsp;Bravo!

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• JG

  @JGCR59 · 2 years ago

  The video reminds me of the old books by Christopher Shores about air combat over the Desert and Malta and so on checking the accounts of both sides. Not one single dogfight ever happened according to the reports of one side. It is like witness reports of a car accident. Every single eyewitness will give a slightly different statement

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• MA

  @maureencora1 · 2 years ago

  I Wish the History Channel Series &quot;Dogfights&quot; Did a Episode of Air Battle of Ophir.

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