The video "ａｇｇｒｅｓｓｏｒｓ " depicts a military training exercise known as "Red Flag" conducted at Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada, United States, during the early 1980s. In the video, American pilots are seen engaged in a realistic combat simulation against a simulated Soviet-style adversary. The training exercise involves the use of a "Red Team" or "Aggressor Squadron" that imitates the tactics, strategies, and markings of potential enemy forces. As the American pilots taking notes and listening attentively to a soldier pointing to a board, a map of the USSR with Afghanistan annexed is displayed on the wall behind them, emphasizing the simulated scenario. The tail of the F-5 in the video bears the marking "USAF," indicating that the pilots are from the United States Air Force. Throughout the video's 3 minutes and 51 seconds duration, the absence of voice narration and the presence of an atmospheric and mesmerizing electronic track mark the seriousness and focus of the military training exercise.
Does anyone remember the name of a channel that got taken down a couple of years back that became pretty popular uploading Vaporwar content and other historical footage with music? Somewhat like MajorSamm? Actually funny story, I found MajorSamm through this other channel but found the 1st one much more entertaining and emotional through their song choices. Then MajorSamm uploaded a rendition of Headless Thompson Gunner with mercenaries in the Congo, which i adored, the 1st channel was deleted and I forgot its name. If anyone remembers the name, I'd appreciate to rediscover it.
Lyrics: Look at the colors fading, taking you by surprise! Don't you know they shine with your light? Wandering through the gardens Wondering 'bout your life, Reading it in the stars at night oh, oh, oh One by one, they fall down, all the men who come around the door.
This video is pure art, thanks for uploading it with that song, it really makes dogfighting a pleasant experience. I can tell it was made around the mid 80s because of the gear the pilots are wearing. Interesting fact, minute 3:02 you will see a F-4 Phantom II (I can't tell if it's an E or a G) and in the minute 3:29 you will see a Tomcat (maybe it was out of place but still cool to watch it) :)
My advice for you is watch C.W. Lemoine video, not the podcast or DCS but the older videos like the Mover Mailbag from 1 or 2 years ago. Maybe it could give you some quick glance of what it takes to be a pilot. But then again, me myself is a civs with no rating whatsoever because my countries aviation school is expensive and the military even worse
@@eduardneagu Democratic Republic of Afghanistan (1978-1992) "The Democratic Republic of Afghanistan (DRA),[a] renamed the Republic of Afghanistan[b] in 1987, was the Afghan state during the one-party rule of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA) from 1978 to 1992. It relied heavily on assistance from the Soviet Union for most of its existence, especially during the Soviet-Afghan War." A single google search told me this.
@@diegorincon4673 it was not exactly a satellite state of the soviet union, but it had a very close and dependent relationship with ussr, it was established in 1978 after a revolution, when a marxist leninist party took power, so the new republic adopted policies aligned with socialism and received support from the soviet union to sustain its regime
Actually.. Soviets had captured many F-5 Fighters from South Vietnam in intact condition, and all were sent to USSR for testing. There is a video of a F-5 flying in Soviet Air Force camo. And Soviets liked the F-5 and used it as a benchmark to develop MiG 23
The Mig-23 was already in development and had even entered limited service by the time South Vietnam fell in 1975, BEFORE the Soviets had even gotten ahold of an F-5 While it is true that the Soviets incorporated some elements of the F-5 onto future planes, it wasn't airframe design, powerplant, or anything like that. As far as I'm aware, they only really took interest in the layout of the cockpit, due to the fact that it was very organized (Having the breaker controls in specific locations, putting everything required for takeoff/landing/flight in a centralized and cohesive area, etc). Another interesting thing to note: While the F-5E and Mig-21 Fishbed (namely some of the later models, such as the Fishbed L) were similar (with the F-5E being able to best it), the Flogger was still superior in a few aspects not often discussed: Over-the-Horizon missile capability. As is common knowledge, the Freedom Fighter/Tiger II series was rather simple, as it was designed to be easy to train on, fly, maintain, and very cost-effective. Because of this, it also had a relatively simple radar warning system (if it even had one at all, depending on the operator). Chances are, the Flogger would quite easily blow a Tiger II or Freedom Fighter out of the sky with an R-23/R-24 "Apex".
Saying nonsense like this when we were on the brink of extinction for close to a century is insane all because you like the aesthetics paired with a remixed song. You are too easily swayed.
This has always been an oddly... pleasing video to me. I will admit though, part of me is just a teeny bit sad the Air Force never ended up keeping their Tiger IIs past the mid-late 1980s, since if they did, they *might've* been given the larger LERX and "shark" nose some of the Navy/Marine and export birds got. The schemes shown here are rather interesting as well, and both reading about them (as well as speaking with folks who know a bit about these adversary/aggressor birds) has yielded some interesting info. One of the most interesting tidbits I learned is that, for the most part, aggressor/adversary schemes post mid-90s/early 2000s weren't exactly based on a specific country's Air Force. Rather, the Air Force, Navy, and Marines kinda just did their own thing with the camouflage patterns. I'm personally a pretty big fan of the Frog, Pumpkin, Lizard (both old and new-style), Flogger, Ghost (new and old-style), Silver, Blue (old and new style), and Snake schemes (at least when it comes to USAF-specific adversarial camo patterns)
The Republic of Korea Air Force was the first Asian country to introduce the F-4 and F-5 and are still in service.However, soon the ROK Air Force will replace the F-4 and F-5 with the KF-21 and FA-50.
@@Tigershark_3082ohhhh thanks for the info. Still i love soviet in the 80s. So manly in their war machine. Even their heavy machine gun looks very cool than American HMG
@@vatnikvatokatovich8254he is right though. Look at major sam Atlas project or War aesthetics they did it way before posser phonk aka drift phonk took off. Real phonk lays in soundcloud likes of (dj scared dj azoka purple posse or devilish trio/spaceghost) Every phonk artist after 2021 is a clout chasing pig.
This video is from documentary, which I am trying to find for years, since I watched it as a kid. Does anybody knows the title of the documentary series and where to see whole 10 episodes?
There was one similar to this that the FEN in the PI did of the 26th when I was an aggressor mechanic that was similar. The music was "Shake me up" by the Cars. Wish I could find that it was bitchin.
@fujiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii yes of course thats something that exists in wargames but that doesn't mean that a US team will get full commie for the war games 😂 Besides you can tell its a soviet from his expressions. They are so subtle almost poker face. This is some expression I know very well 😂
@fujiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii you made me search for the patches in their uniforms. It seems that indeed they are Americans from Tactical Air Command.
All of these pilots are American. However, the fly with Soviet or foreign tactics, as well as often using foreign markings/insignia + US markings/insignia (namely serial numbers, serial number/bureau number of aircraft, modex, and squadron markings[roundels as well, but not always]). It's been one of the best ways to really get American and even foreign allied pilots (they will participate in in some exercises) ready for encounters with potential opposing forces. Majority of aggressor aircraft both in the past and nowadays tended to be cheaper American-built planes, such as the Douglas A-4 Skyhawk and Northrop T-38/F-5, but we've also used some foreign-built planes. Beginning in the 60s, we acquired a Mig-21 and evaluated it under the HAVE DONUT program. By the 80s, we had an entire squadron established with the purpose of evaluating and using foreign aircraft as OPFOR (opposing force) aggressors/adversaries: the 4477th Red Eagles/Red Hats. Under the Constant Peg program, they utilized numerous Mig-21F-13 Fishbed Cs, F-7II Fishcans, Mig-17 Frescos, and Mig-23 Floggers. Very few knew about it, and the pilots who were lucky enough to face the Red Hats during exercises likely couldn't tell anyone until the project's declassification in the mid/late 2000s.
In general, it is always relevant, in peacetime, military pilots carry out reconnaissance operations, which often ends in failure, and is not covered in mass media. Any country can be called an aggressor, because each country wants a greater concentration of resources on its territory, and do not care about other countries, and begs the question: Who is the original aggressor? The one who economically suppresses others in all sorts of ways, bringing corrupt politicians to power, imposing contracts that are not beneficial to both parties, but contracts with one-sided benefits so that the opponent is at a disadvantage, and thus forcing the opponent to resort to forceful methods? Or is the aggressor the one who starts the hot stage of the conflict directly, and the one who provokes it is not to blame? It’s a pity that countries still exist and so much money is spent on military needs and the effects of suppressing competing power.
Indeed, which was funnily enough happening around the same time as the footage from this video. If I remember right, the 4477th Red Eagles/Red Hats (the squadron used for the Constant Peg program) used a pretty large variety of aircraft: Mig-21F-13 Fishbed Cs, Shenyang F-7B Fishcan Cs, Mig-21MF Fishbed Js, Mig-23MS Flogger Es, Mig-23BN Flogger Ds, Mig-17F Fresco Cs, Mig-17PF/Lim-5P Fresco Ds, and possibly some Mig-19s as well from former/ongoing (at the time) HAVE programs. It only ran for maybe 8 years unfortunately, but it still lives on with likely ongoing HAVE programs
Tactical Air Support was likely hired by other military branches, though I believe that there are a few stationed at Nellis currently. Besides, the Air Force also now has older Vipers and Eagles to serve as adversaries
the entire infrastructure of Afghanistan is soviet, the buildings are soviet and the energy to them is also carried out from soviet stations, this should already say something
The US has a history of outright delving into alt-history/made up stuff when it comes to OPFOR. Kinda interesting to think that the US gets so heavily invested in this kind of training that they'd likely release lore pamphlets to troops/personnel participating in an exercise lmao
As much as it was kinda cool to see the Skyhawks in action and doing their thing, I'm a bit saddened by the fact none of TOPGUN's Tiger IIs ever made it in. To be fair, the silhouette of the F-5E/F had already been established as something the bad guys were using, but even then, TOPGUN's Tiger IIs would've really humbled Maverick, as well as the other students.
@@Tigershark_3082 Unrelated, but you seem like the individual that would be interested, I highly recommend checking out the '445th Test Squadron' and their new unit patch. (Probably a good chance you've already seen it) They're a unit out in Edwards, their new patch depicts an F-35, F-22, B-21 and an NGAD Aircraft, with what appears to me, Red F-35s. I personally think it's a hint at a 5th gen aggressor squadron.
hes not russian, its an american squadron with jets pained like russian ones. these are called aggressor squadrons and basically play the OPFOR of the skies. pilots like to put red stars and such on their helmets if they are in those squadrons id assume.
If you're stopping by check out my new channel. Thanks for watching.
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nice music choice
Bet
Nice edit man
😉
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The video "ａｇｇｒｅｓｓｏｒｓ " depicts a military training exercise known as "Red Flag" conducted at Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada, United States, during the early 1980s. In the video, American pilots are seen engaged in a realistic combat simulation against a simulated Soviet-style adversary. The training exercise involves the use of a "Red Team" or "Aggressor Squadron" that imitates the tactics, strategies, and markings of potential enemy forces. As the American pilots taking notes and listening attentively to a soldier pointing to a board, a map of the USSR with Afghanistan annexed is displayed on the wall behind them, emphasizing the simulated scenario. The tail of the F-5 in the video bears the marking "USAF," indicating that the pilots are from the United States Air Force. Throughout the video's 3 minutes and 51 seconds duration, the absence of voice narration and the presence of an atmospheric and mesmerizing electronic track mark the seriousness and focus of the military training exercise.
Was this comment made by Chat GPT?
@@IMP_ROM Seem like it
@@IMP_ROM yeah, it is generated by an AI. At the start it said "the video" lol
@@h.khoinguyen6339лол) 😂
And mongolia is annexed...for what ? Is this some kind of scenario for training exercise too ?
Those MiG-28s are such beautiful aircraft!
UUUHM AKCTUHALLY those are f5 🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓
bro,wtf mig 28
I'm missing something
@@Clone_of_Darth_Revan In the film TopGun.
They just used F5s, paint them black to simulate the bad guys They were the "MiG 28s" in the film.
F14 tomcat-chan disagrees now eat my aim9
Vaporwar is an older genre than I anticipated
Yeah lol I thought it came out in '19
came out in the early 2010s as an ironic variant of chillwave
I just found that out too
Does anyone remember the name of a channel that got taken down a couple of years back that became pretty popular uploading Vaporwar content and other historical footage with music? Somewhat like MajorSamm? Actually funny story, I found MajorSamm through this other channel but found the 1st one much more entertaining and emotional through their song choices. Then MajorSamm uploaded a rendition of Headless Thompson Gunner with mercenaries in the Congo, which i adored, the 1st channel was deleted and I forgot its name.
If anyone remembers the name, I'd appreciate to rediscover it.
@@bongobong6789 War aesthetics maybe?
Cold War aesthetics is cool
Echo shade ~ flourecent nights (Slowed+reverb)?
I have friend that flew F-5’s in the 64th and 65th aggressor squadrons
Lyrics:
Look at the colors fading,
taking you by surprise!
Don't you know they shine with your light?
Wandering through the gardens
Wondering 'bout your life,
Reading it in the stars at night
oh, oh, oh
One by one,
they fall down,
all the men who come around the door.
So cool seeing older footage from nellis while being stationed here as an f16 crew chief. Airforce Aura
This video is pure art, thanks for uploading it with that song, it really makes dogfighting a pleasant experience. I can tell it was made around the mid 80s because of the gear the pilots are wearing. Interesting fact, minute 3:02 you will see a F-4 Phantom II (I can't tell if it's an E or a G) and in the minute 3:29 you will see a Tomcat (maybe it was out of place but still cool to watch it) :)
Daamm, these F-5 are so smooth maneuvering
I've been to both Red Flags - Nellis and Eielson - as an Egress maintainer, and both were total vibes. Those were the best TDYs I've ever been on.
everyone in his life wants to become agressor for one day
Beautiful I love everything about this
Thanks for watching fam.
Stay woke.
;)
@@WAT1995whats the song name in this video dude i need it
@@OmerKapcogluecho shade- flourencent lights
@@OmerKapcoglu Echo Shade - Fluorescent Nights
Theses videos makes me want to become a pilot
When murikans are playing itselfes
Do it then
Go to your local school and do a discovery flight and see if it’s right for you. It sure was for me.
Im colorblind :(
My advice for you is watch C.W. Lemoine video, not the podcast or DCS but the older videos like the Mover Mailbag from 1 or 2 years ago. Maybe it could give you some quick glance of what it takes to be a pilot. But then again, me myself is a civs with no rating whatsoever because my countries aviation school is expensive and the military even worse
This song S L A P S
Yes!
They still have the USAF watermark in their jet vertical stabilizer
IT'S A TRAP!
That's the point lol
watermark 💀
0:18
The USSR map Includes Afghanistan
At the time Afghanistan was a socialist satellite state
have lost
@@diegorincon4673 no
@@eduardneagu
Democratic Republic of Afghanistan (1978-1992)
"The Democratic Republic of Afghanistan (DRA),[a] renamed the Republic of Afghanistan[b] in 1987, was the Afghan state during the one-party rule of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA) from 1978 to 1992. It relied heavily on assistance from the Soviet Union for most of its existence, especially during the Soviet-Afghan War."
A single google search told me this.
@@diegorincon4673 it was not exactly a satellite state of the soviet union, but it had a very close and dependent relationship with ussr, it was established in 1978 after a revolution, when a marxist leninist party took power, so the new republic adopted policies aligned with socialism and received support from the soviet union to sustain its regime
flew the pattern at reno stead with one of them a few years ago. absolute gentleman. probably the coolest experience I'll ever have.
I need someone to add this to spotify
Actually.. Soviets had captured many F-5 Fighters from South Vietnam in intact condition, and all were sent to USSR for testing. There is a video of a F-5 flying in Soviet Air Force camo. And Soviets liked the F-5 and used it as a benchmark to develop MiG 23
Mig 29
The Mig-23 was already in development and had even entered limited service by the time South Vietnam fell in 1975, BEFORE the Soviets had even gotten ahold of an F-5
While it is true that the Soviets incorporated some elements of the F-5 onto future planes, it wasn't airframe design, powerplant, or anything like that. As far as I'm aware, they only really took interest in the layout of the cockpit, due to the fact that it was very organized (Having the breaker controls in specific locations, putting everything required for takeoff/landing/flight in a centralized and cohesive area, etc).
Another interesting thing to note: While the F-5E and Mig-21 Fishbed (namely some of the later models, such as the Fishbed L) were similar (with the F-5E being able to best it), the Flogger was still superior in a few aspects not often discussed: Over-the-Horizon missile capability.
As is common knowledge, the Freedom Fighter/Tiger II series was rather simple, as it was designed to be easy to train on, fly, maintain, and very cost-effective. Because of this, it also had a relatively simple radar warning system (if it even had one at all, depending on the operator). Chances are, the Flogger would quite easily blow a Tiger II or Freedom Fighter out of the sky with an R-23/R-24 "Apex".
You’re welcome for the free research points.
Beautiful video, great song!
F5 está na força aérea brasileira até hoje. Um ótimo avião,muito funcional até hoje.
F5E still in R.O.C Air Force
@@連公快龍 Aaaand they just retired them as of like 1-2 weeks ago lmao
porem estão sendo desativados de pouco em pouco a cada ano
Here in indonesia, f5 is retired in 2016
i know cold war is something we shouldn't we wish for, but goddamn
Тебе хватило 3х минутной нарезки с романтизацией войны и военных учегий чтобы "желать холодной войны"?
@@jennyblake5868 Yes.
These machines were all built with the sole purpose to meet on the battlefield one day.
Saying nonsense like this when we were on the brink of extinction for close to a century is insane all because you like the aesthetics paired with a remixed song. You are too easily swayed.
What a great song.
I find this video so... Relaxing.
The Cold War was such a vibe. I really miss it.
Skull emoji
Vibe for sure but people want peace and don't miss it that much really.
oh well welcome back!
Damn those "Mig-28" s are cool😢
Sadge the original song is underrated
Name of original?
@@ChescoYT echo shade- fluorescent nights
@@hyperman8690 it's technically an edit of Valerie Dore - Guinnevere
@@-.-.-.-258 dang how did you even find that out
@@ickzoos101 unemployment
0:36 why do they have the Soviet hammer on sickle on their cap thing(forgot what its called)
It's aggressor squadron. They're basically americans that role play as russians to train other american pilots in simulated combat scenarios.
@@thespacemanfil no shit, topic is about that unseen communist cap
ngl this is perfect for like a modern war esthetic
F-5 Freedom Fighters are the sexiest aircraft ever built and no one can tell me otherwise
This has always been an oddly... pleasing video to me. I will admit though, part of me is just a teeny bit sad the Air Force never ended up keeping their Tiger IIs past the mid-late 1980s, since if they did, they *might've* been given the larger LERX and "shark" nose some of the Navy/Marine and export birds got.
The schemes shown here are rather interesting as well, and both reading about them (as well as speaking with folks who know a bit about these adversary/aggressor birds) has yielded some interesting info. One of the most interesting tidbits I learned is that, for the most part, aggressor/adversary schemes post mid-90s/early 2000s weren't exactly based on a specific country's Air Force. Rather, the Air Force, Navy, and Marines kinda just did their own thing with the camouflage patterns.
I'm personally a pretty big fan of the Frog, Pumpkin, Lizard (both old and new-style), Flogger, Ghost (new and old-style), Silver, Blue (old and new style), and Snake schemes (at least when it comes to USAF-specific adversarial camo patterns)
See also AimVal AceVal. 200 Tigersharks would come in mighty handy i Ukraine right now.
@@maximilliancunningham6091 No, the Tigershark would in fact not be helpful for Ukraine lol
Man, Nellis was really busy. No wonder they love Reagan-era military. Look at those bunch of FWS F-16s, good 'ol Block 10 and Block 5 jets.
Some of those F-16s were C Block 25s and 30s, based on the cockpit
Thanks for sharing this.
Hey man, what's the source of the documentary footage you used here? Haven't seen these clips in my previous UA-cam exploring.
Reaching for the Skies : Fighters
Prepare yourself for an overdose of Robin Old's.
@@WAT1995 Impossible to have too much Robin Olds.
I fr thought it was from 2021-2023. BUT DAMN THIS GUY HAS STARTED THE EDITING CULTURE BACK IN 2016!!
"Too close for missiles, switching to guns"
The Republic of Korea Air Force was the first Asian country to introduce the F-4 and F-5 and are still in service.However, soon the ROK Air Force will replace the F-4 and F-5 with the KF-21 and FA-50.
This is so damn good. I can dance to this.
FR i can do fortnite dances to this all day
war thunder game suggestion is vile, youtube detection is crazy
what are talking about ?
@@-.-.-.-258 the description suggests this video is about war thunder
@@ysfkaalb8 💀💀💀
man when do we get the soviet/russian top gun movie. I will pay top ruble ₽ ₽ for that!
Thanks for the upload and music. Great atmosphere.
Soviet always in their identity with style. I love soviet golden time 80s
These aren't Soviets.
They're American pilots emulating the Soviets during a Red Flag exercise.
@@Tigershark_3082ohhhh thanks for the info. Still i love soviet in the 80s. So manly in their war machine. Even their heavy machine gun looks very cool than American HMG
@@Jiilaker Fat load of good their war machines are doing now lol
@@JiilakerThe cold war sure said alot
Soviet golden time?? They lost afghanistan, lost Berlin, chernobyl occurred, eastern Europe abandoned communism.
The 80s was the end of the soviets
I found this video quite pleasant, despite the fact that I am long-time russian military phonk edit enjoyer
phonk edits are just low quality derivatives of this style of video.
@@pabloaleatorio okay boomer
@@vatnikvatokatovich8254he is right though. Look at major sam Atlas project or War aesthetics they did it way before posser phonk aka drift phonk took off.
Real phonk lays in soundcloud likes of (dj scared dj azoka purple posse or devilish trio/spaceghost) Every phonk artist after 2021 is a clout chasing pig.
Awesome, more please!
That F-14 at 3:30 :O
The F-4 at 3:02?
I luve this edit
F5 🐯
The music is so nice reminds chilling in miami
This is Miami pal
How the fuck did i just find this amazing piece of music in 2024 the fuck???🤣
Ngl those Mig 28s are smexy as fuck warbirds!
why is there a communist fix - it - felix on the thumbnail?
😂
Hello from 2024!
Not sure if this falls into Synthwave category or Sovietwave category. 😅
But I, We Love it!
Pov: u hit a back to back blinkerton
My dads era of warfare as a M60A2 tanker in Germany
jimmysaville does santa
got me here
This video is from documentary, which I am trying to find for years, since I watched it as a kid. Does anybody knows the title of the documentary series and where to see whole 10 episodes?
Reply my comment if somebody answers your question
@@Yanespe Reaching for the Skies : Fighters
@@SmoggyFroggy thanks
@@Yanespe o7
Time traveler hits a butterfly, the future 0:16
Who are them btw? They Look familiar
This was posted on my bday!
ua-cam.com/video/ecVGs8DYKQo/v-deo.html
The most hardcore communist in USAF becomes a aggressor pilot... lol
There was one similar to this that the FEN in the PI did of the 26th when I was an aggressor mechanic that was similar. The music was "Shake me up" by the Cars. Wish I could find that it was bitchin.
Great★
The face of this Soviet dude has been imprinted in my mind lol. I think I might even print some kind of T-Shirt with him.
@fujiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii well he has a big hammer and sickle on his back. But indeed most of the video is with Americans
@fujiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii yes of course thats something that exists in wargames but that doesn't mean that a US team will get full commie for the war games 😂
Besides you can tell its a soviet from his expressions. They are so subtle almost poker face. This is some expression I know very well 😂
@fujiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii you made me search for the patches in their uniforms. It seems that indeed they are Americans from Tactical Air Command.
All of these pilots are American. However, the fly with Soviet or foreign tactics, as well as often using foreign markings/insignia + US markings/insignia (namely serial numbers, serial number/bureau number of aircraft, modex, and squadron markings[roundels as well, but not always]). It's been one of the best ways to really get American and even foreign allied pilots (they will participate in in some exercises) ready for encounters with potential opposing forces.
Majority of aggressor aircraft both in the past and nowadays tended to be cheaper American-built planes, such as the Douglas A-4 Skyhawk and Northrop T-38/F-5, but we've also used some foreign-built planes. Beginning in the 60s, we acquired a Mig-21 and evaluated it under the HAVE DONUT program. By the 80s, we had an entire squadron established with the purpose of evaluating and using foreign aircraft as OPFOR (opposing force) aggressors/adversaries: the 4477th Red Eagles/Red Hats. Under the Constant Peg program, they utilized numerous Mig-21F-13 Fishbed Cs, F-7II Fishcans, Mig-17 Frescos, and Mig-23 Floggers. Very few knew about it, and the pilots who were lucky enough to face the Red Hats during exercises likely couldn't tell anyone until the project's declassification in the mid/late 2000s.
Wit dat shiny ass hair
I have depression 😭😭😭😭😭
Who cares?😂
(I do)
It's true😂😂😂@@IncognitoMode404
In general, it is always relevant, in peacetime, military pilots carry out reconnaissance operations, which often ends in failure, and is not covered in mass media. Any country can be called an aggressor, because each country wants a greater concentration of resources on its territory, and do not care about other countries, and begs the question: Who is the original aggressor? The one who economically suppresses others in all sorts of ways, bringing corrupt politicians to power, imposing contracts that are not beneficial to both parties, but contracts with one-sided benefits so that the opponent is at a disadvantage, and thus forcing the opponent to resort to forceful methods? Or is the aggressor the one who starts the hot stage of the conflict directly, and the one who provokes it is not to blame? It’s a pity that countries still exist and so much money is spent on military needs and the effects of suppressing competing power.
🇺🇸❤🇷🇺 best love story 😊
💀
What’s the name of music
Echo Shade the Group - Fluorescent Nights the tittle... Enjoy !
Guinevere by Valerie Dore
Guinevere
gonna play DCS.
I have my dads weasel keeper hat from red flag. He said the air force flew him from Germany to Las Vegas for it.
That's pretty damn awesome!
Was he a pilot, maintainer, or something else (logistics)?
This song❤❤❤❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
Urss😍💓
I believe the “Aggressor” footage was shot in 1986 or 87 since Lt. Col. Nuber took command of squadron in January 1986.
Ни к кому не приходили, никого не трогали никогда...
И тут агрессоры...
На видео америкосы, эта эскадрилья зовётся,, агрессоры "так как они выполняли роль противника в тренировках(на видео изображена униформа СССР)
Да это стеб такой))
Зачем везде видеть этот "стереотип"
Эскадрилья "Агрессоры"...
They used to have actual MiG's too the MiG 23
Indeed, which was funnily enough happening around the same time as the footage from this video.
If I remember right, the 4477th Red Eagles/Red Hats (the squadron used for the Constant Peg program) used a pretty large variety of aircraft: Mig-21F-13 Fishbed Cs, Shenyang F-7B Fishcan Cs, Mig-21MF Fishbed Js, Mig-23MS Flogger Es, Mig-23BN Flogger Ds, Mig-17F Fresco Cs, Mig-17PF/Lim-5P Fresco Ds, and possibly some Mig-19s as well from former/ongoing (at the time) HAVE programs.
It only ran for maybe 8 years unfortunately, but it still lives on with likely ongoing HAVE programs
* A G G R E S S O R S Q U A D *~
the question right now is, why wont us use F-5AT? even built on a contract by tac air?
Tactical Air Support was likely hired by other military branches, though I believe that there are a few stationed at Nellis currently.
Besides, the Air Force also now has older Vipers and Eagles to serve as adversaries
Aesthetic.
M I G 2 8
At 0:18 there is the map of Soviet Union with Afganistan as a part of it
real
Mongolia as well
*Vaporwar*
0:18 the USSR map with Afghanistan annexed 🤨
the entire infrastructure of Afghanistan is soviet, the buildings are soviet and the energy to them is also carried out from soviet stations, this should already say something
The US has a history of outright delving into alt-history/made up stuff when it comes to OPFOR.
Kinda interesting to think that the US gets so heavily invested in this kind of training that they'd likely release lore pamphlets to troops/personnel participating in an exercise lmao
need this shit on a golden record.
Is the song on spotify
ops when?
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nice vid bro, may i remake one with lyrics?
how did they got the footage of the plane flying from outside
Alien ufo
Yo ive been looking for something like this for so long
I'm from Argentina. Is it the Red Flag Program, the USAF TOP GUN, no? 👍🇦🇷💪
What's this then, eh? Sovietwave?
Actual banger
Can someone suggest me more songs like this ?
What Top Gun should have looked more like.
As much as it was kinda cool to see the Skyhawks in action and doing their thing, I'm a bit saddened by the fact none of TOPGUN's Tiger IIs ever made it in. To be fair, the silhouette of the F-5E/F had already been established as something the bad guys were using, but even then, TOPGUN's Tiger IIs would've really humbled Maverick, as well as the other students.
6 years ago? dam
F5e ❤
Solo.... Melancolía
Long live the 4477th
This isn't the 4477th, unfortunately. I believe these are 65th Aggressor Squadron Tiger IIs
@@Tigershark_3082 I know, 4477th is more of a legacy thing.
@@augl2702 Ah, that's understandable
The camo schemes used on their Mig-21s and Mig-23s sure were pretty slick
@@Tigershark_3082 Unrelated, but you seem like the individual that would be interested, I highly recommend checking out the '445th Test Squadron' and their new unit patch. (Probably a good chance you've already seen it)
They're a unit out in Edwards, their new patch depicts an F-35, F-22, B-21 and an NGAD Aircraft, with what appears to me, Red F-35s.
I personally think it's a hint at a 5th gen aggressor squadron.
@@augl2702Yep, I ended up seeing it on twitter
Pretty darn fantastic, if ya ask me
Communist
Cool
Beautiful
The Best video ever
Actually these guys were American OPFOR playing as Russians
these are Americans
Why did the russian pilot ride a USAF F5-E?
hes not russian, its an american squadron with jets pained like russian ones. these are called aggressor squadrons and basically play the OPFOR of the skies. pilots like to put red stars and such on their helmets if they are in those squadrons id assume.
fun fact, the Soviet used to have F-5 captured from the vietnam war
USAF / Soviet cosplay lol
@@mixtapeWA war aesthetics!
@TOPGUNFAN47 yes, am him.
eu estive ai
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