You know you're getting old when all the aircraft in this video were in service when you joined the RAF and are now all museum pieces.

@Rabies4818

3 жыл бұрын

I wasn’t in the RAF but in the AAC, yes seeing these aircraft which no belongs to our military history, reinforces my age lol.

@tonyf9076

2 жыл бұрын

I'm with you LOL RAF '83 to '92

@edstephens5654

Жыл бұрын

Sooty 91 - 2000 - same :(

@anandmorris

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for your service lads.

@solidkreate5007

7 ай бұрын

F-14A and B Mechanic here. I worked on both the Pratt & Whitney TF-P4141A and the F110-GE-400.

Always Loved the look of the jaggers when coming in to land, always reminded be of a bird of prey swooping down with its wings and talons pulled back getting ready to strike, with that tall landing gear and the way of the mechanical set up....

My friend was an Armourer on Jags in the Gulf. Love ya Mick if you see this!

Interesting series of videos you’ve made about RAF aircraft in the first Gulf War. You seem to summarise that: 1) Tornado F3’s were held back from the front line because of a lack of capability 2) Tornado GR1’s couldn’t target their designated targets so had to be accompanied by old Buccaneers. 3) Jaguars didn’t have the modern avionics to be able to be front line strike aircraft, or fly at night. Maybe the RAF was more suited to the north Europe theatre of operations but the aircraft they had on the front line seemed to be utterly inadequate for a relatively straightforward war.

Really enjoyed this . Always liked the jaguar.

Love Jaguars, such a cool, looking aircraft.

I worked at Warton at that time, helped get a chaff/flare system onto Tornado F3. We did it in 10 days. Great times.

@COIcultist

3 жыл бұрын

Was at college with people from British Aerospace in 1982 in the Falklands and they said that things that would have taken years happened in weeks if not days. It's good to keep your capabilities at home.

As a Yank who loves British aviation history and aircraft I’d like to see more of this. There’s a few channels but I like your presentation and the footage is extra crispy. Building a 2 Squadron T.2/4 soon in 1/48

Loved the Jaguarscn Tornadoes

Well done for acknowledging the groundcrew, it’s a rarity. Former groundcrew here 😊

Great coverage of a sometimes forgotten aircraft ! Thank you to the RAF pilots and ground crews for service.

Chuffin decent video mate. Very well done, clear and steady narration and interesting and related background videos. Solid one.

@IrisAviation91

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much, I will try to keep up this work

IMO the Jaguars and Buccaneers in sand pink of the Gulf war were the last old school aircraft which looked the part.

Fantastic bit of kit.

John Prescott had two of these!

Bonito y versátil avión, y encima cumplió con su cometido.

Friendly FYI. 226 OCU Sqn was based at RAF Lossiemouth and converted to 16 (R) Sqn in 1991. 16 Sqn moved to RAF Coltishall in the late 90s. The Jaguars took over the RAF commitment to Northern Iraq watch as they were equipped better for recon roles. The aircraft serviceability was one of the best in the RAF, that is why they rarely missed sorties. People thought the aircrew flew low out of RAF Coltishall on purpose, but it was because of the low efficiency of the wings and engines combined.

The Jaguar and the F14... formidable machines!

@stijnvandamme76

9 ай бұрын

Both Kittycats, both the coolest planes of their respective nations

Nice summary. Low-level weapons delivery was and is still effective, assuming the advantage of being at low level, ie using terrain masking to minimise exposure time to threats, is applicable to the route and target. Of course a lot of this theatre was quite open and flat! But many SAMs have a minimum engagement height that can be exploited, and the RAFs principal anti-airfield weapon, JP233, could only be delivered at low-level. Although out of the gun envelope, aircraft are more vulnerable to SAMs at medium level. The change to medium level was made only when the SEAD campaign had progressed far enough to make it workable, but aircraft were still lost even at medium level. The Buccs did not deploy because the Tornado GR1s were hard to maintain. They were there specifically to use PAVE SPIKE.

@IrisAviation91

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks very much, I totally agree. A Tornado was hit by a SAM in medium level attacks in a strike package with Buccaneers, however SEAD made it a lot easier for the coalition to use guided munition stores safely.

@timgosling6189

2 жыл бұрын

@@IrisAviation91 I remember; one of my mates was the back-seater and we thought he was dead until he appeared on the tarmac at Akrotiri after the war.

Awesome video! Looking forward to watching the rest and can't wait to see you're future videos either!

@IrisAviation91

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much!!

This is very epic, keep up the great work!

@IrisAviation91

3 жыл бұрын

Cheers mate, appreciate it

Really enjoyed this video. Great facts, great shots and super commentary. 👍

@IrisAviation91

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot!

Great video, thanks.

@IrisAviation91

3 жыл бұрын

No problem

You know, when us Brits and Americans get together, no one fucks with us. 😂

Brilliant my friend

Love pal, you need more attention on your channel

The Vinten Pod wasnt used until much later, we still relied on the BAe Pod

Victors also got the desert pink treatment

Keep up the good work. Cheers

@IrisAviation91

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!

thnx mate from algeria.

@IrisAviation91

3 жыл бұрын

You're welcome!

More than 100s are still active with Indian air force.

Great planes 👍

Finally the Jaaag

@IrisAviation91

3 жыл бұрын

It's finally come

Back in the day, farmers in England used to complain about Jaguars tearing about the countryside at 150 feet!

@IrisAviation91

2 жыл бұрын

I wonder what they thought of Buccs, coming down at 20ft!

Good. Video tho underrated channel

@IrisAviation91

3 жыл бұрын

Cheers mate

The Jaguar & Mirage F-1 entered service in the French air force in the same year & from the get-go the Mirage was the better aircraft of the 2, which is why I believe the French did not care about upgrading the Jaguar as they would rather spend the time & money expanding the capabilities for the Mirage F-1, which is a pure French design which they could market to the world.

Those over-wing mounted sidewinders vibrated terribly at certain speeds

cool plane can't wait to get it on war thunder

@IrisAviation91

3 жыл бұрын

It looks great for Ground RB, maybe in sim it will be good with the new HUD

@christianscaveniusandersen8972

3 жыл бұрын

@@IrisAviation91 if you go fighter hunting w the aim 9g it's actually really good in air rb

Jaguars and Buccaneers , were there any Spitfires 👍

Always Loved how the Jaguar had Sidewinders on top of the Wings, Did they ever Use the Aim 9 in Combat? @6:03 it looks like there is an AIM 9 Painted there.

@IrisAviation91

2 жыл бұрын

Certainly looks like a sidewinder on that kill list... However, no Jaguars scored any air-to-air kills in the Gulf War, it's a mystery to me as to why there is a sidewinder kill marking...

@bremnersghost948

2 жыл бұрын

@@IrisAviation91 Still a Secret maybe? Could be a good Future Video :)

@IrisAviation91

2 жыл бұрын

@@bremnersghost948 Haha yeah, just need to solve the mystery :)

@jokename1088

4 ай бұрын

@@IrisAviation91 The pilot shot an Iraqi Police vehicle, he had to invert to do it though.

Is it bad that I’m knocking one out whilst watching this?

do harriers please

@timgosling6189

3 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately the Harrier GR5 force didn't deploy for GRANBY.

@IrisAviation91

3 жыл бұрын

No RAF Harriers were deployed to the Gulf, however you have inspired me to look further, turns out the USMC used AV-8Bs in the Gulf. I shall make a video on this once the Tornados are done.

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0:55 its lieutenant not lootenant.

@jonathansteadman7935

3 ай бұрын

Pronounced Leftenant, something to do with the French.

where the gun camera footage on the jag in that war ? you never see any footage any where .

@IrisAviation91

3 жыл бұрын

I have found one or two, not that many though

@bonesshed.

2 жыл бұрын

Most of the Jags used wet film back then instead of video.

Lootenant???? its pronounced leftenant in British armed forces.

@IrisAviation91

3 жыл бұрын

Apologies, thanks!

The image at 4:25 was photoshopped in 2002

617 combat sortie out of 12 aircraft, 1 of them on it's own dropping more than 100 x 1000lbs bomb (or equivalent). Only 1 tasked sortie lost due to technical issues unserviceable IFF and who would want to fly around trigger happy yanks with a broken IFF.

@Shanetangybits

3 жыл бұрын

Shit that is impressive. Thanks for sharing. Any other type achieve that?

Why did Brits procire jaguar? Becouse F-16 was too good and too American.

painting the Sepecat JAGUAR GR.2 multi role ground attack fighter & Lockheed L-1101 Tristar mid air refueling tanker aircraft in desert beige tan color wasn't very advantageous due to the poor improvised makeshift paint job on the jets!!!

I've always wondered how the RAF would have done 1 vs 1 in 1991 against Iraq