Declassified dogfight footage: F-14 Tomcat vs. Libyan MiG-23

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Channel: swampfoot

Views: 17,314,129

Rating: 3.9924726 out of 5

Keywords: Mikoyan (Aircraft Manufacturer), Grumman F-14 Tomcat (Aircraft Model), Flying, Footage

Id: PIUowqD0uY8

Length: 9min 7sec (547 seconds)

Published: Thu Oct 29 2015

Reddit Comments

[u/ClassicDragon]

You can hear their voices get more and more stressed as they get closer.

[u/old_gold_mountain]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_of_Sidra_incident_%281989%29

The Libyan pilots were both seen to successfully eject and parachute into the sea, but the Libyan Air Force was unable to recover them.

It is unknown why the two MiGs operated in this manner, or why the Libyans did not launch a successful rescue operation to recover the pilots.

Jesus. Imagine ejecting, surviving this, and then getting abandoned at sea.

[u/[deleted]]

Here's an animation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CN_8tmfI7mA

[u/meepsmops]

"I got no fuckin' tone!"

Crazy that they looked for parachutes to confirm the other pilots got out OK.

*Edit: "The Libyan pilots were both seen to successfully eject and parachute into the sea, but the Libyan Air Force was unable to recover them."

[u/elesdee]

What are angles?

[u/nohiddenmeaning]

The thumbnail really mislead me for the quality of the footage.

[u/hotdogSamurai]

"The Libyan pilots were both seen to successfully eject and parachute into the sea, but the Libyan Air Force was unable to recover them."

Damn. Probably made all future Libyan pilots second-guess their actions.

[u/[deleted]]

Why did the migs initiate that?

[u/Dead_Man_Redditing]

It amazed me that throughout all of that, being in air to air combat with such a powerful machine, the pilots breathing maintained calm.