You guys know all the podcasts and YT channels on this topic. But Starbaby is by far the most entertaining story teller I listened to so far. Thank you for that.
Perfect timing...... just back from a week-end reunion of "Old Farts" where this channel & Col (Rtd) Starbaby were discussed to the nth degree.... All positive! Fresh bottle of Single Malt via Duty Free.... Showered, gear sorted, fed & soooo ready for these guys...... Ready to Copy!
Nothing bad Starbaby.... just a bunch of retired groundpounders with attachments to Aviation (JTAC's etc) 4 guys have children currently serving in the USAF (which ages us badly!) Us old fart's found Steve's channel lby accident, you come on board & the "Dark side" tip's tricks & "Faux pas" get revealed & we all be mumbling in our beards trying not to drop our glass's & try to talk coherently in the right places through the laughter...... We took on of the conference rooms for an afternoon / evening with a laptop hooked up to the M.M.C in the room so we could binge watch some of the earlier episodes on da "Big Screen"...... and voice the normal Army v Air Force comment's..... "Uhhh Uhhhhh nope not doin that sh1te"..... You see that HUD??? How the hell did he hang on to his lunch..... followed by loud cheer's on each "SHACK"!..... Normal old men never growing up stuff......
@@StarbabyAirPiracyProductions - I look forward to every episode that Steve & yourself put out.... I wanted to go Air Force & fly.... wasn't an option back then.... Went Army in a "protest" moment (yeah - that didn't work as planned either LOL) however I have no regrets of my time in the service, came out & got through to a frozen ATPL flying "trash" over self loading freight & have no regrets over that choice either - Good times Sir !!!
If you want the Navy version of that strike into Serbia on NODs from the POV of the Tomcat Driver, you'd need to talk to either CAPT Sam "Slammer" Richardson or RADM Ted "Slapshot" Carter.
Speaking of flying during the night with Strike Eagle, did the Lantirn pod ever have a air to air mode/IRST features? I heard tomcat pilots preferred using the the lantirn when possible for IRST due to higher res than the integrated sensor?
Great stories and AirPiracy footage Starbaby and 10 Percent True. Celestial Infant was the Wing EWO in the DC Guard?! Steve, you’ve got to ask him about that!
First of all a great series of videos, and huge thanks to Starbaby for sharing of these stories from the Balkans. To make it more than 10% true I'll try to give you info about same events but from Serbian side ;) Without political shit, no assumption and without too much personal convictions. The mentioned information will either wrap-up Starbabys story, correct some wrong information, or just simply show what effect the actions had. Topic no.1 : Let's talk about "00:34:40 Let’s talk bridges" The bridge in question is in the small town of Trstenik, in central Serbia. It was hit around 2:10 p.m. on April 30, 1999. Two people died on the bridge, Nadežda Petričković (44) and Dejan Đorđević (40), both civilians. In addition to them, another 17 civilians were injured, 4 of them seriously. Given that the bridge is located near the city center, the detonation damaged the windows and facades of a number of buildings, including the local church. It is interesting that this bridge, also known as the "old bridge", was built in 1899 and was demolished on its 100th anniversary. Otherwise, from a military point of view, it was a irrelevant target at that time. The second bridge, which is only 400 meters away and which was much newer and larger, somewhat more important in the military sense, was never targeted. In general, there were no significant military forces in and around the town of Trstenik during '99 war. It seemed to me both then and now that NATO was running out of targets and that it has become more important to do anything that can be shown at a press conference (anyone remember NATO spokesperson Jamie Shea?), than to actually cause damage to the forces of the Yugoslav army.
For some reason my reply has disappeared. Probably operator error on my part. In terms of the bridge targeting, bridges are militarily relevant targets, because they are part of an interdiction campaign intended to prevent the movement of equipment, supplies, forces and fuel. There were bridges on the no-strike list, but it was never clear to us why one bridge would be dropped an another wouldn't. If I had to choose between two bridges to hit along this stretch of river, I'd have picked the other one, precisely because it was further away from the settlement. The village of Trstenik is precisely the reason we attacked along the river axis, so that a bomb that went long or short would fall in the river (they rarely miss left or right). It's also why I dropped on the middle of the span and not on the shoreline, to try and minimize the damage to the inn nest to the bridge abutment. We were under no illusions that we would not break a lot of glass in the process, and flying glass injuries are nasty. In the operation there was definitely some slop in the target selection, because SHAPE and SACEUR had not thought more than three days in advance and never built a coherent air campaign plan, which is why I describe the campaign as casual vandalism on a grand scale.
I wonder what the trade offs with a towed decoy are ? If there’s something close to your vicinity that can give off its position and the enemy isn’t stupid that has to be some kind of drawback. Like playing hide and go seek in the dark but your holding a flashlight one meter away from you.
Most self-protection jamming is repeater jamming, meaning it only comes on when a relevant signal comes on the air. Think of it as an 11-year old who, when called a name, will say "I know you are but what am I" until you give up and go away.
@@Lochaby They did, actually. They just didn't both hit the bridge. I would guess that the long bomb sailed slightly above or below the bridge deck and missed the structure.
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Finally! My weekly dose of Starbaby arrived! I love you guys!
This series was the best fighter podcast I’ve seen on the internet, starbaby never disappoints
You guys know all the podcasts and YT channels on this topic. But Starbaby is by far the most entertaining story teller I listened to so far. Thank you for that.
Another great episode. I'm amazed how cool & collected Starbaby sounds on the audio from the missions.
As always, I watched this as soon as possible after becoming aware that it is online. As always, I was not disappointed. Many thanks to both of you.
This is the best channel on the Internet. Thank you, gents.
Starbaby's quote on the comparing the F-35 and the GBU-10 is hilarious and totally accurate........
This episode was f**king awesome. Loved it. Peerless content.
Perfect timing...... just back from a week-end reunion of "Old Farts" where this channel & Col (Rtd) Starbaby were discussed to the nth degree.... All positive!
Fresh bottle of Single Malt via Duty Free.... Showered, gear sorted, fed & soooo ready for these guys...... Ready to Copy!
Really? All lies. Tell me more.
Nothing bad Starbaby.... just a bunch of retired groundpounders with attachments to Aviation (JTAC's etc) 4 guys have children currently serving in the USAF (which ages us badly!)
Us old fart's found Steve's channel lby accident, you come on board & the "Dark side" tip's tricks & "Faux pas" get revealed & we all be mumbling in our beards trying not to drop our glass's & try to talk coherently in the right places through the laughter......
We took on of the conference rooms for an afternoon / evening with a laptop hooked up to the M.M.C in the room so we could binge watch some of the earlier episodes on da "Big Screen"...... and voice the normal Army v Air Force comment's..... "Uhhh Uhhhhh nope not doin that sh1te"..... You see that HUD??? How the hell did he hang on to his lunch..... followed by loud cheer's on each "SHACK"!.....
Normal old men never growing up stuff......
@@Aspen51 Great! Hope you enjoy the stories. You guys might really like the AT-6 episodes later this year.
@@StarbabyAirPiracyProductions - I look forward to every episode that Steve & yourself put out.... I wanted to go Air Force & fly.... wasn't an option back then.... Went Army in a "protest" moment (yeah - that didn't work as planned either LOL) however I have no regrets of my time in the service, came out & got through to a frozen ATPL flying "trash" over self loading freight & have no regrets over that choice either - Good times Sir !!!
If you want the Navy version of that strike into Serbia on NODs from the POV of the Tomcat Driver, you'd need to talk to either CAPT Sam "Slammer" Richardson or RADM Ted "Slapshot" Carter.
been waiting for this always such interesting stories!!
Amazing interview, cool stories. Keep up the very good work!
His interview episodes have been one of the best so far. Had me rolling.
Another Phantastic video guys! They just keep getting better and better! It would be great to hear some of your door gunner stories!
So no shit there I was …. Waiting for this episode, bloody fantastic thank you great stuff
Speaking of flying during the night with Strike Eagle, did the Lantirn pod ever have a air to air mode/IRST features? I heard tomcat pilots preferred using the the lantirn when possible for IRST due to higher res than the integrated sensor?
Just amazing. Starbaby is one cool dude! :)
The ventilation port 😂😂😂 use the force starbaby. Use the fooorcceee
Great stories and AirPiracy footage Starbaby and 10 Percent True.
Celestial Infant was the Wing EWO in the DC Guard?! Steve, you’ve got to ask him about that!
Great stories and info.
Fantastic episode as always.
Something something something filling out the comment for engagement something something.
We need some Viper wing stories!
Another upcoming episode, yes!!
Another like before watching and not disappointed
sorry, gotta ask this here: in Part 5 Starbaby mention interviewing you, Steve. Has that happened yet? Where can I find that video?
Thanks!
Absolutely brilliant!!!!
Honest about commendation, love that
Star Baby is the man.
StarBaby is Da Bomb! Dude cracks me up. Only guy I know with a DFC for takin out a demo team HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
First of all a great series of videos, and huge thanks to Starbaby for sharing of these stories from the Balkans. To make it more than 10% true I'll try to give you info about same events but from Serbian side ;) Without political shit, no assumption and without too much personal convictions. The mentioned information will either wrap-up Starbabys story, correct some wrong information, or just simply show what effect the actions had.
Topic no.1 : Let's talk about "00:34:40 Let’s talk bridges"
The bridge in question is in the small town of Trstenik, in central Serbia. It was hit around 2:10 p.m. on April 30, 1999.
Two people died on the bridge, Nadežda Petričković (44) and Dejan Đorđević (40), both civilians. In addition to them, another 17 civilians were injured, 4 of them seriously. Given that the bridge is located near the city center, the detonation damaged the windows and facades of a number of buildings, including the local church.
It is interesting that this bridge, also known as the "old bridge", was built in 1899 and was demolished on its 100th anniversary. Otherwise, from a military point of view, it was a irrelevant target at that time. The second bridge, which is only 400 meters away and which was much newer and larger, somewhat more important in the military sense, was never targeted. In general, there were no significant military forces in and around the town of Trstenik during '99 war.
It seemed to me both then and now that NATO was running out of targets and that it has become more important to do anything that can be shown at a press conference (anyone remember NATO spokesperson Jamie Shea?), than to actually cause damage to the forces of the Yugoslav army.
For some reason my reply has disappeared. Probably operator error on my part. In terms of the bridge targeting, bridges are militarily relevant targets, because they are part of an interdiction campaign intended to prevent the movement of equipment, supplies, forces and fuel. There were bridges on the no-strike list, but it was never clear to us why one bridge would be dropped an another wouldn't. If I had to choose between two bridges to hit along this stretch of river, I'd have picked the other one, precisely because it was further away from the settlement. The village of Trstenik is precisely the reason we attacked along the river axis, so that a bomb that went long or short would fall in the river (they rarely miss left or right). It's also why I dropped on the middle of the span and not on the shoreline, to try and minimize the damage to the inn nest to the bridge abutment. We were under no illusions that we would not break a lot of glass in the process, and flying glass injuries are nasty.
In the operation there was definitely some slop in the target selection, because SHAPE and SACEUR had not thought more than three days in advance and never built a coherent air campaign plan, which is why I describe the campaign as casual vandalism on a grand scale.
Amazing stuff!
I wonder what the trade offs with a towed decoy are ? If there’s something close to your vicinity that can give off its position and the enemy isn’t stupid that has to be some kind of drawback. Like playing hide and go seek in the dark but your holding a flashlight one meter away from you.
Most self-protection jamming is repeater jamming, meaning it only comes on when a relevant signal comes on the air. Think of it as an 11-year old who, when called a name, will say "I know you are but what am I" until you give up and go away.
Starbaby is a legend ! In any of these podcasts is it mentioned how he got his call sign ?
F-4g cockpit tour episode
@@peterevans90 Cheers mate
Whose dog is is in the back picture? What’s its name?
Cheems
When are we supposed to get star wars brevity?
Someday. It hasn't fallen off the project list but it isn't highest priority. We still want to do it.
@@StarbabyAirPiracyProductions Can I ask why the pair of LGBs didn't both guide on the laser on the bridge? (time ref 45:20)
@@Lochaby They did, actually. They just didn't both hit the bridge. I would guess that the long bomb sailed slightly above or below the bridge deck and missed the structure.
Starbaby - Legend
So does starbabys F15 not have jdams?
His strike eagle wasn't GPS equipped and they didn't really become prevalent until later on.
Another cracker, chaps!
Star baby gold
Hey, I am one of those 12 fans!
Which I appreciate.
Oh… and a DFC…
Im from Serbia!