BUCCs in the GULF | Buccaneer S.2B in Desert Storm
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- Опубліковано 21 лип 2024
- This is a new video on the Royal Air Force's Buccaneer aircraft in the 1991 Gulf War, telling the story of the Sky Pirates deployed to the Persian Gulf. Buccaneers were sent to the Gulf purely based on the reason that they were the RAF's only Laser-designating plane available to guide the Tornado Gr.1's bombs. Last year. I have taken many learning points from my previous attempt but also a higher understanding of systems and operations used by the Buccaneers to create a more interesting and in-depth video of the Sky Pirates. "Per Ardua Ad Astra".
Timestamps:
0:00 - Introduction
1:17 - Context
2:10 - Bucc History
2:34 - Ordinance
3:37 - Pave Spike
5:02 - Dash 10 Pod
5:33 - Role in the Gulf
6:27 - Green Light to the Gulf
8:03 - Danger Zone
9:50 - SAM Contact
10:37 - Airfield Bombing
11:07 - XX901 - Herc bombing
12:03 - XX894 - AN-12 bombing
12:52 - Ending
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Loved this video, so much better than the previous attempt! I really enjoyed it, especially now with all the improved aspects of the video. You’ve certainly made a successor to your previous Buccaneer video! Bravo!
Thanks so much Andrew, I'm glad you enjoy the improvements!
@@IrisAviation91 so was the previous one poor?
@@jetset7772 yeah it had too many errors
@@IrisAviation91 well sometimes you make mistakes and that’s called experience. I’m very experienced from all the mistakes i made.
I’ve always loved these planes. I can’t help but wonder how quickly the Falklands war would have been over if the RN still had their full-size carriers with Buccs and Phantoms.
The buck never gets the attention it deserves. I'm really glad someone did this.
The Buccaneer was in South African service during the Angolan bush war in the 80’s and saw extensive service as a low level strike aircraft and even close air support. No 24 Squadrons unofficial motto was “Hit the floor, it’s 24” due to their reputation of extremely low level attacks to get under Angolan SAM coverage.
I remember watching these land at valley.. happy days.
My late father was on buccaneer avionics (radar) in South Africa ‘75 to ‘77 working for Ferranti based in Pretoria. Brilliant aircraft they where used to “Toss” bombs from a distance with incredible accuracy.
Wow very interesting, I know little about SAF Buccs, glad to see them doing some classic Bucc tactics :)
Genuine love for the Bucc! What an aircraft!!!
As a sad sack that was playing f18 hornet sims when it was a flat bit of land/sand with a building in the middle of nowhere. As a cadet they asked what the missiles where on a tornado just laughed at them and asked about the radar modes. They looked at each other and clamed up. Understandably.
For my vintage Buccaneers were the daddy. Jaguar pilots though.
The Buccaneer was an awesome aircraft. Arguably the best low level aircraft the RAF ever had.
And the tornado
Misused in the Gulf - I note note that they all survived but making them fly so high (for them). Surely their low level "have to ascend to go over a horse" altitude would have been the best solution!
Waited for this video rebuild for so long. This mistake with SAM killing HARM was awful. THANKS
It was, thanks for waiting!
I do adore the Buccaneer. We all get miserable about the great British aircraft, such as the SR.177 and TSR.2 that never made it, but this is one that actually did make it and really made its mark. I really hope I can see one fly
All my kit is on those kites :-) I was at RAF Lossiemouth during Op Granby and I ( and a couple of others in the Liferaft bay) re-rolled all the survival equipment PSP ( Personal equipment Packs ) from Temperate to desert on the Buccs, and some Jags as I recall. Long hours ! I remember the kites and nose art and seeing them off as they left Lossie hoping they would all come back. Later, I went to Kuwait in support of the Tonkas. Good times !
I remember the Bucc's from Lossie, was based there 1980-84 what a beautiful site to behold !
I was on 237 OCU at Lossiemouth mid 80s and then went to Bahrai in September 1990 to make a Bomb Dump from scratch with the guys from Laarbruch and Bruggen. Shitting myself the whole time
Gerron Buccaneer, class video mate. Very high quality.
Thanks for the support mate, it's my pleasure
Good video, thanks! The still picture at 7:28 is of us on our way home to Lossie. I’m the number 3 (with the shark’s teeth - ‘Jaws’). I have it on the wall of my study but I’ve always been slightly embarrassed by it because I wasn’t quite in position! Definitely not Red Arrows material! A happy day, nonetheless, despite the miserable weather you mention!
Amazing to hear from one of the guys in those iconic Gulf Bucc pics, love the shark mouth! I must say that picture is a little on the un-level side…
You were sat on my Survival Equipment 🙂
@@bonesshed. Thanks very much! Obviously glad I didn’t need it!
@@IrisAviation91 That I agree.
Excellent mini documentary, cheers for that! Keep it up 🙂👍🏽
Good video I'm looking forward to the Tornado video.
Thanks very much - it’ll come within the next few weeks
Love these videos on lesser known, but still important, aircraft. Keep it up!
Hi, A GREAT VIDEO ,I remember the Bucks at Air Works on Hurn airport back in the mid 60,s and the JP 233 bomb dispenser made by a company, I worked for, both very load in operation .🤔😲Both built to last a life time in service .
I was based at Abingdon then. We received a flash signal on the Wednesday evening that our two Buccs that were in for major servicing had to be at Lossiemouth by the Monday. A major on a Bucc took 90 days, so to get both ready for Monday was a bit of a stretch!!! Let's just say H&S was errrrrr ignored. Both Buccs took off on Monday, the first in the morning the second at lunchtime. Both had even been painted desert pink (although the paint was probably still wet when they took off!!). Efforts then moved from D Shed to F Shed to get the 9 Jags out as well. Never worked so hard in my bloody life, and after all this was done, the Chief, who was down from Sealand because ours had been sent to the Gulf to do battle damage, gave me a day off. I nearly decked him.
Great video and very informative, have subscribed.
Still a beautiful aircraft, great video.
Tracy and Sandra, A.K.A. The Fat Slags, from Viz magazine. Classy.
Great video, keep on it.
Thanks a lot!
Just incredible, sadly missed 😢
Some minor points:
You say 'several', but to clarify 4 Tornados were lost to enemy fire. A further 5 were lost to other causes: one in work-up training in the UK (RIP Neil), 2 hit the ground during operational low flying, one had a mechanical failure, and one was critically damaged when a then-new Multi-Function Bomb Fuse fitted to a 1000 lb bomb detonated just after release.
The 101 pod was called the 'Dash Ten' because the version used by the RAF was the AN/ALQ-101-10.
You're right you don't laser-guide Cluster Bomb Units but I'm not sure why at 7:46 you corrected 'CBU' to 'CPU'. I think the acronym you were after was LGB. But what is a CPU?
The good old Marconi 18228 in the Bucc was still called an RWR. In the Tonka of course the RWR was called the RHWR, just to keep it clear!
When targetted by a SAM, you don't get 'fragged'. in RAF-speak that means your mission is subject to a specific part (fragment) of the Air Tasking Order. The in phrase was 'spiked' or 'lit up'. 'Spiked' came from the display on the 18228 which would show a radar as a line (spike) from the centre of the display to the edge, showing the direction of the threat. You had to decide for yourself what was illuminating you by listening to the radar pulse repetition frequency. A burp-burp-burp might be a tracking radar, while a high-pitched 'wheeeeee' meant you were about to die.
The Bucc did a cracking job in GRANBY, although an easier one than had been planned for in the good old Cold War. To keep back the Soviet hordes the Buccs task was to accompany the GR1s at low-level and in bad weather or good. The GR1s of course had a great nav system and terrain following radar, neither of which was to be found in a Bucc. So the crews would have had to stay in close visual formation with the Tornados at ultra low-level across Germany in what might be IMC and then do the designating thing in a high-g manoeuvre, staying with the bomber for the egress. Doesn't sound like much fun to me! Also, some of your video highlights the major problem with the Pave Spike pod: not only was it very mandraulic but the sensor head wasn't stabilised. So as the aircraft manoeuvred the nav had to keep the cross-hairs on the target even when the picture went upside down so left changed to right and down to up. I guess that's why they made us work those funny machines during aircrew selection at Biggin. Tornado guys with TIALD and then Litening III didn't know they were born!
Thanks for the feedback. CPU-123 is British GBU-12 Paveway II no?
@@IrisAviation91 OK, I understand your confusion. The UK Laser Guided Bomb (LGB) unit consisted of a standard 1000lb to the front of which was fitted the Texas Instruments CPU123B laser sensor and guidance unit. A set of spring-loaded fins to provide additional stability was fitted to the tail. Together, these were known as the 'guidance package'. So in RAF speak you have 1000-pounder + guidance package = LGB. GBU-12 was a US Mk82 500lb bomb fitted with the guidance package, but the RAF didn't use 500lb bombs. The closest would be the GBU-16, based on the Mk83 but the RAF used only bombs from our own stocks. Incidentally, some of the Op Granby 1000-pounders dated back to the 1950s so it gave us a chance to get rid of old stock ready for the new season.
@@timgosling6189 Ok thanks so much, really valuable info
A beautiful and deadly strike chariot
The Brick, what a beast at minus 50ft!!
Really like your channel a lot. I’m a massive fan of British aviation history
Thanks so much, so am I!
@@IrisAviation91 and your highly responsive I like that! I’m in the US I’m probably the biggest fan of 🇬🇧 in the 🇺🇸
@@IrisAviation91 Vulcans, Tonkas, Bucs, Valiants imho are underrated just read the story of the black pathfinder Valiant!
@@IrisAviation91 we need stories on all the black Tornados!! 😉
The mighty Canberra the list goes on but there are so many obscure untouched subjects on UA-cam I want to change that but I don’t create content. I’d like to team up with a channel. But idk how to go about dou it. My own that is. So I’d like to help anyone
I know this war was executed during winter time there due to the performance of the warbirds in hot climates., as far as I understood, the buccs navs locked on the target and could fire and forget. I am not up to date in modern day arming, but I do believe the lgbs had wired fusing problems for explosion. Tho this was the first precision guided weaponry war to be executed.
S2 was brilliant
You just to got to love the Bucc.😍
I loved the 'fairy tale' that said that if any Bucc pilot flew avove 50 feet they'd get a nose bleed.😉😂
Got to love the Bucc 🙂
5:35 Where is that footage of the plane flying in the canyon from? And is it a Buccaneer, Tornado or something else?
I belive it is from a UA-cam clip called 'Boys from Bahrain', this plane in the canyon is a Tornado GR.1.
Some planes are about show ...the Buccaneer was about the go....a pilots aircraft and tough ...it incorporated that toughness and and some particular details such as the low drag rotary bombay and the split tail cone air brake.
I love all these features of the Buccaneer, love how it is centered around practicality and not beauty
@@IrisAviation91 Yet it ended up looking beautiful...
@@sarkybugger5009 so true. Form follows function.
I didnt realize that the Bucc got the all aspect AIM-9L for Desert STorm, GRANBY. Just point and shoot.
I take it that you were unable to get any footage of the JP233 airfield denial weapons hence the use of footage of the German equivalent? The main difference between the 2 is that the German version ejected the munitions sideways.
Back in the day, my dad was RVR, and he got to visit a buck Sqdn, and when doing an exercise with the yanks, and because they could fly so low, American radar couldn't detect them, and said we're the hell did you come from..
Sure the Americans did...
at 3:14 Viz Comics 'FS' Sandra somebody is a fan obviously.
These jets could literally skim the water at 600mph. Absolutely insane birds
I love the bucc, some rumours were going around where they had dents from waves hitting the belly!
Yep i was at Bae
I remember Buccaneers arriving in Bahrain.
All the aircraft used t do low flyover during the gulf wsr
To know the arrived home safe.
And us as ground crew that our aircraft a river safely back as well as our jet.lo,
We have lost the best, buccaneer, nimrods, tornado, etc. Gosh, its frightening, uk is in trouble
I can't have been very stable/flyable at 20,000 ft with wings designed for low-level gust-alleviation.
nice anglo jet buddy
Cheers bud
Actually funded by US tax $$$
Aircraft do not get outdated or obsolete just because their design is older than 10 years. The Buccaneer is a shining example, but the Harrier is even more poignant. Without the Harrier there would have been no Task Force and the Falklands would now be called Malvinas.
Very nice video!!. May I suggest to change the soundtrack?, It is too loud for me…and It takes attention from the content, no offense please.
Takes some sized nutz Going nearly mach 1 lower than snake shit....... You should do a nod to the bucs stable mate of equal calibre the jav.... Which was also combat proven...
You say only laser designating plane, ever heard of tiald equipped tornadoes?
I mentioned the two prototype TIALD pods in either this video or the tornado one
Then it wasn’t the only one
@@jetset7772 Prototype TIALD pods are getting evaluated, Pave Spike is already fitted to all Buccs
@@IrisAviation91 the tabuk based tornados self designated, Bahrain and sharan used buccs
re your opening line...believe me it didn't take the Gulf War the chance for the Bucc to prove its worth...
Love the video, HATE the unnecessary music!!
The sound track is rubbish all it did was get in the way of the narrative.
What you will do if Israel not destroyed Nuclear Iraq on 1981?
Just bomb it out in Gulf One
OUTDATED PLANE - PADS BUY FROM ISRAEL
Who still uses the KC-707?
Have a go at the Iraqi names! You're butchering English; why stop at Iraqi? 😂😜
yeah but people respect the Iraqis more than british people who give stupid names to irrelevant things
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