F-117 Nighthawk Shootdown over Serbia, 1999 - Animated

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  • During the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia, a USAF F-117 Nighthawk stealth aircraft conducts a strike mission into Serbia. Notably difficult to detect on radar, the commander of a Serbian Surface to Air Missile battery knows the Nighthawk is coming, but the aircraft's stealth technology "should" make the engagement almost impossible.
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  • @bartfoster1311
    @bartfoster1311 Před 2 lety +5178

    Flying down the same corridors at the same times is just asking for something like this to happen. The SAM operator did an exceptional job with the equipment he had to work with.

    • @m1a1abrams3
      @m1a1abrams3 Před 2 lety +65

      next vid will be invasion of mykraine, 2022

    • @WatcherofVids
      @WatcherofVids Před 2 lety +56

      @@m1a1abrams3 Ukraine aka U Kraina aka the borderlands. but also it is looking like the west is pushing for this conflict. just look at history. how did putin get to power?

    • @m1a1abrams3
      @m1a1abrams3 Před 2 lety +59

      @@WatcherofVids ourkraine? i know a little about the history of ukraine and i think its americas fault. putin got to power by a weak russia looking for a strong leader i thinks. also funny how ppl pretend like they know what ukraine even was a month ago

    • @pickeljarsforhillary102
      @pickeljarsforhillary102 Před 2 lety +16

      Sam happened during Line Backer.

    • @dellawrence4323
      @dellawrence4323 Před 2 lety +72

      The total humiliation of the US air force and their "stealth" aircraft.

  • @robbabcock_
    @robbabcock_ Před 2 lety +6068

    I have to give respect to the guy commanding the SAM battery. That's a great example of using your strengths against and enemy's weakness and not giving up just because you're outgunned. It's awesome the the he and the pilot both survived the war and remain friendly. Nothing personal, just two professional soldiers doing their duty to the best of their abilities.

    • @ralphjackson2518
      @ralphjackson2518 Před 2 lety +181

      Honestly if he had been armed with a stopwatch and a slingshot I think he had the determination and the US the complacency to take down the stealth fighter

    • @chrysecreative5575
      @chrysecreative5575 Před 2 lety +46

      What's happening right now over at Eastern Europe is a testament to that.

    • @badlandskid
      @badlandskid Před 2 lety +38

      When you’re a soldier you are constantly told that the enemy hates you, wants to bomb your city, kill you and your sons and then rape your wives and daughters.
      When you actually meet him you find out he is more like you than not. You find out that he was fed the same line of bs about you. I say we toss the politicians in a fighting pit and see how they fare.

    • @congnghequansuvn474
      @congnghequansuvn474 Před 2 lety +102

      Nah just pure luck.
      1. Spy
      2. Weather
      3. Exposed attack pattern
      4. Open bomb bay
      5. No radar warning on aircraft
      Such senario is hard to make.

    • @boiler956
      @boiler956 Před 2 lety +417

      @@badlandskid except americans here actually bombed civilian targets including schools, hospitals, private bussinesses, homes, bridges, oil refinery, power plants and even chinese embassy. Lets also not forget the albanian terrorists that were labeled as poor victims. And all of that in the name of "freedom" and "bringing down milosevic"..... right? But hey what do i know when IM the brainwashed one..... right? But dont worry my friends, cause sve se vraca sve se placa

  • @Anonim_Anonimovic
    @Anonim_Anonimovic Před rokem +2070

    I am Serbian, and this video:
    1. Is so very well done and;
    2. Brings back a lot of awful memories. My first memories from childhood were of my father frantically running down the stairs toward the basement and carrying me in his arms as the air raid sirens blared around...
    1980-2000 were afwul years for the Balkan people... The fratricidal wars we fought were pointless, instigated by fascist paramilitaries and ultranationalist politicians on all sides, while the common people just trying to live their lives suffered and grieved. May this never occur again. I don't understand why we still fight in the comments like we, the common people, have ever gained anything from the hate brought on by corrupt, power-crazed politicians.

    • @predatorpredator2233
      @predatorpredator2233 Před rokem

      Let the USA, NATO and the Anglo-Saxons not climb to us in RUSSIA with their orders! Whoever comes to us with a sword will fall by the sword! People will not fight for the government, but for the Motherland!!!

    • @koja69
      @koja69 Před rokem

      What is very well done? What ethnic cleansing? This is BS.

    • @Petar_Savic
      @Petar_Savic Před rokem

      Samo su nas jos vise sjebali. Nacionalizam protiv kojeg se cijeli svijet borio od '39 do '45 je kod nas ostao kao žeravica da tinja. I onda nakon Tita rasplamsala u žestoku vatru. Nikad više Nacionalizam fašizam

    • @calebhallford9062
      @calebhallford9062 Před rokem +134

      Spot on. When the rich wage war it's the poor who die

    • @richardlooch2109
      @richardlooch2109 Před rokem +30

      well spoken.

  • @familycamper1857
    @familycamper1857 Před 6 měsíci +142

    Serbian used to say "Sorry, we did not knew that it was a Stealth Airplane..." 😅

  • @EyeOnTheTV
    @EyeOnTheTV Před 2 lety +3767

    It's always touching when opposing combatants eventually meet and are friendly. Two professionals at the top for their game just getting along talking shop.

    • @RT710.
      @RT710. Před 2 lety +376

      “Hey! Remember when we almost killed each other while serving our respective oligarchs?!”

    • @ukeyaoitrash2618
      @ukeyaoitrash2618 Před 2 lety +129

      @@RT710. "almost" killing each other is fun 😎
      As long as it's almost lol

    • @iwaswrongabouteveryhthing
      @iwaswrongabouteveryhthing Před 2 lety +6

      powerfull meetings

    • @MLCHRL
      @MLCHRL Před 2 lety +47

      When I see this I find it heartbreaking on the one hand, but on the other hand I always think to myself, why does there have to be a war in the first place?

    • @drthox3512
      @drthox3512 Před 2 lety +53

      That is how war is supposed to be. Just equippment destroyed, with minimal deaths. And reconciliation afterwards.

  • @bobtank6318
    @bobtank6318 Před 2 lety +1599

    This is an example of why stealth is not an excuse to just get lazy when executing strikes in a contested environment. The combination of factors leading up to this shoot-down, like flying the same corridors over and over an the lack of EW, lead the SAM operator to get the jump on the F-117 (props to that guy). Stealth should be used in conjunction with other techniques to increase the survivability of aircraft.
    OTOH, one should not use this incident as an example of stealth being worthless.

    • @byronharano2391
      @byronharano2391 Před 2 lety +6

      Agreed!!!

    • @robert48044
      @robert48044 Před 2 lety +47

      the sane corridor over and over again always gets me

    • @bobtank6318
      @bobtank6318 Před 2 lety +12

      @Great White I don't plan on uploading anything ever, but thanks anyways. For a rough scenario proper stealth attack on a IADS I recommend checking out the channel HypOps and his S-400 video.

    • @thesuperbsuperb
      @thesuperbsuperb Před 2 lety +2

      @@bobtank6318and / or watch this channel's video on Desert Storm, has details I'd never heard before.

    • @naamadossantossilva4736
      @naamadossantossilva4736 Před 2 lety +32

      " one should not use this incident as an example of stealth being worthless."
      Tell that to the vatniks and wumaos.

  • @cesarflores8450
    @cesarflores8450 Před rokem +208

    For the longest time I thought this story was a myth...the fact they met each other is amazing.

    • @justalpha9138
      @justalpha9138 Před rokem +2

      It's pretty dope how sometimes stuff like this happens. :)

    • @warthunderislife3355
      @warthunderislife3355 Před 8 měsíci

      hollywood has corrupted your mind

    • @joedoe2407
      @joedoe2407 Před 6 měsíci +4

      The fact that anyone is still willing to fight for their masters is a much more amazing idiocracy.

    • @dickbutt7310
      @dickbutt7310 Před 9 dny

      @@joedoe2407 "fight for their masters" lol, nato was fighting the ongoing genocide

  • @boris4972
    @boris4972 Před 2 měsíci +16

    I am living in town 15 km from crash site and we witnessed the fall. First there was a huge explosion and the clouds gone orange red. Then the big fireball fell from the sky, almost verticaly. we knew it is the plane. First confirmation came from the local radio later that night. Still got at home some small pieces of plane like souvenirs.

  • @junioraltamontent.7582
    @junioraltamontent.7582 Před 2 lety +557

    Dani would go on to operate a bakery after retiring from military. When Zelko came to visit him in Serbia, Dani gave him a F117 shaped cake.

    • @m.damarsr9863
      @m.damarsr9863 Před 2 lety +43

      aww thats sweet

    • @davidtodic9946
      @davidtodic9946 Před 2 lety +1

      No Zelko seid get out of my fucking countrie lying nazis

    • @BlaBla-pf8mf
      @BlaBla-pf8mf Před 2 lety +74

      @@m.damarsr9863 Of course it's sweet. It's a cake!

    • @lukav3509
      @lukav3509 Před 2 lety +6

      @@davidtodic9946 zelko said that you need to shut the fuck up

    • @davidtodic9946
      @davidtodic9946 Před 2 lety +16

      @@icongiton3273 He was in serbian

  • @aegystierone8505
    @aegystierone8505 Před 2 lety +2017

    It's simply impressive how the Serbs were able to brought down one of the most sophisticated planes of the era with outdated weaponry. The lesson here is never ever underestimate your enemy.

    • @eisregen1983
      @eisregen1983 Před 2 lety +4

      Actually, the Main reason was a Spy giving away internal planings, so they could move Equipment in time and could actually Interpret the very Small Radar Signatur.

    • @vajaga4624
      @vajaga4624 Před 2 lety +18

      Several more F-117 were damaged. There is claims of more than one being shot down.

    • @buzzkillington1602
      @buzzkillington1602 Před 2 lety +246

      Serbs actually retired F117

    • @emitizmo7456
      @emitizmo7456 Před 2 lety +310

      @@vajaga4624 Absolutely more then one. NATO never published their loses from that war. I'm not saying they got wrecked but they got hit more then they'd like to admit.

    • @manofchaitea6904
      @manofchaitea6904 Před 2 lety +92

      @@buzzkillington1602 no they actually didnt. The plane was used for almost 10 more years. Thats like saying Will Clark retired nolan ryan after hitting his first home run off him. Ryan played for many more years.

  • @MahBor
    @MahBor Před rokem +78

    There are billion dollar media companies who get everything completely wrong and can't even do basic research before reporting,
    Then there's this channel who's always teaching and correct and has informative animations and doesn't wanna make the stories look like Hollywood to get views.
    Thanks for all the hard work

    • @fpsserbia6570
      @fpsserbia6570 Před 9 měsíci +2

      even this animation is not correct, in order to get real information you need to speak with radar operators and commanders of the 250th SAM battery, because location of shot down shown in this video is not correct,
      there are no positions of SAM defenses shown in this video,
      if he could speak with those soldiers he could make accurate animation, this one is not, they even held a presentation where they showed position of SAM battery during bombing and talked about what was happening

    • @manochao171
      @manochao171 Před 8 měsíci

      @@fpsserbia6570mora neki nas da se prosere logicno

    • @thethirdman225
      @thethirdman225 Před 4 měsíci +1

      It’s not the job of mainstream media to go into this level of detail. This is for aviation geeks, like us. Furthermore, there were so many different stories about this incident at the time, they could only go with what the most credible source was telling them. The F-117 was still a pretty closely guarded aircraft at that time so few people who knew anything about it were likely to be talking, especially since this was a moment of some embarrassment.
      The rumours on the internet at the time were far worse. I remember a couple of irate and rather self-righteous Americans posting that the Air Tasking Order had been given to the Serbs by ‘the duplicitous French’.

  • @pj_surfs4038
    @pj_surfs4038 Před 9 měsíci +18

    "so you're the guy who shot me down?" "Yep" "cool let's be friends!" 😂

  • @LIKWID
    @LIKWID Před 2 lety +849

    Touched the wing of this very jet that was shot down when visiting Belgrade last September, they have it on display in the Aeronautical Museum with some other parts. Quite an incredible story to this day.

    • @benchapple1583
      @benchapple1583 Před 2 lety +47

      As have I. That air museum is completely fantastic and you can literally walk to it after you clear customs. They also have a Tomahawk which I've sat on! I've been there 3 times with people who visited me. All were really impressed though it's a pity that they don't clean the building.

    • @robert48044
      @robert48044 Před 2 lety +5

      I had to reach over and touch the SR71 at the NASA museum in Huntsville.

    • @thraling
      @thraling Před 2 lety +3

      how does it feel at touch? Is it like metal, or the stealth coating is something different?

    • @robert48044
      @robert48044 Před 2 lety +9

      @@thraling to be fair like a material but its been 20 years since. I wouldn't say metal but not like paint either. I also touched a piece from a Scud there. Neither was supposed to be touched but how often do you get a chance. Mandatory fun is usually anything but fun but this time it was.

    • @cursedcliff7562
      @cursedcliff7562 Před 2 lety +5

      @@thraling ive touched the nighthawk as well, and its not exactly metal-y, its like a matte plastic or fiberglass surface

  • @zbaktube
    @zbaktube Před 2 lety +480

    One more important thing to add: The sizes and shapes of the F117 was more or less public - This is why commander Zoltan Dani was able to fine-tune the radio locator to the aircraft. (He was investigating on the plane from '98 onward, he calculated the necessary frequencies to monitor it and he did the frequency-altering without permission on one of his radar's frequency. After that his SAM battery was able to follow the F117's when those were in range).

    • @djuracvorovic
      @djuracvorovic Před rokem +44

      Zoltan was nowhere near to his unit. Actual radar tracking and missile launch was done by Djordje Anicic and his colleagues. Zoltan was accredited with this kill only because he was commanding officer. Find book SMENA ( Shift) by Djordje Anicic and find the truth.

    • @peter58peter
      @peter58peter Před rokem

      A lots of, so called, serbian defenders were western pions.

    • @rockrollking9997
      @rockrollking9997 Před rokem

      AND AFTER THAT THE SATANIC AMERICA TALKED TO RUSSIA ABOUT INTERNATIONAL LAW, THE UN CHARTER??WHERE IS THE CONJUNCTION FOR AMERICAN AND NATO CRIMINALS?? AFGHANISTAN, IRAQ, IRAN, SYRIA, SOMALIA, VIETNAM,YUGOSLAVIA-SERBIA?!? THAT WAS THE BIGGEST CRIME IN SERBIA 1999 ,WHERE THEY POISONED THE WHOLE SERBIA WITH URANIUM AND WHERE TODAY ARE THE MOST PEOPLE SICK OF CANCER AND OTHER MALIGNANT DISEASES..BUT GOD SEES EVERYTHING.. ...THANK GOD THE END HAS COME TO YOU..AMERICA IS THE GREATEST VILLAIN AND ENEMY ON THE PLANET AND THANK GOD IT WILL BE DESTROYED VERY SOON.

    • @attilakovacs5378
      @attilakovacs5378 Před rokem +14

      Without Dani, Anicic and his colleagues did not even see the plane on radar.

    • @andreavoros-marky4203
      @andreavoros-marky4203 Před rokem +17

      @@djuracvorovic he never claimed ownership for this.
      Always says it was team work and praises his crew.

  • @CaffeinePanda
    @CaffeinePanda Před rokem +9

    Complacency is such a common theme in these kinds of incidents. Hell, it sounds a lot like bombing Hanoi in Linebacker II where they took the same route, fudged on electronic countermeasures, and through repetition exposed a big weakness to a keen-eyed enemy who exploited it.

  • @nickpeng7511
    @nickpeng7511 Před 5 měsíci +1

    I love all your videos. They are very informing.

  • @nematolvajkergetok5104
    @nematolvajkergetok5104 Před 2 lety +385

    Col. Dani is actually Hungarian. He is now retired, and runs a bakery. On every anniversary of his victory he bakes an F-117-shaped cake and shares it with his former war comrades.

    • @HeavyMiningEquipment
      @HeavyMiningEquipment Před 2 lety +130

      It doesn't matter if he is Hungarian,Romanian or Serb...He is proud serbian officer.

    • @nematolvajkergetok5104
      @nematolvajkergetok5104 Před 2 lety +33

      @@HeavyMiningEquipment Facts.

    • @igor7195
      @igor7195 Před 2 lety +56

      @@nematolvajkergetok5104 Alot of Hungarians fought in serbian armed forces during 1990s

    • @nematolvajkergetok5104
      @nematolvajkergetok5104 Před 2 lety +34

      @@igor7195 Yes, Serbian citizens from Vojvodina.

    • @bojnicanin
      @bojnicanin Před 2 lety +4

      @@nematolvajkergetok5104 it doesnt mather haha what is Your Problem?

  • @badlandskid
    @badlandskid Před 2 lety +839

    “I tried to kill you.”
    “That’s ok, I tried to kill you.”
    “Let’s be friends.”

    • @brandondaniels9471
      @brandondaniels9471 Před 2 lety +109

      The difference between how males bond vs how females bond 🤣

    • @nuno.alex.vicente
      @nuno.alex.vicente Před 2 lety +7

      epic

    • @Markpaul9
      @Markpaul9 Před 2 lety +6

      based

    • @svetigejming2535
      @svetigejming2535 Před 2 lety

      I tried to bomb your country without approval of UN security cuncuil under false preteht of ethnic clensing
      I defended my country form illigal agression of 16 nations
      Lets be friends

    • @dragoveles7450
      @dragoveles7450 Před 2 lety +7

      Men amirite?

  • @davidca96
    @davidca96 Před 4 měsíci +31

    My favorite part about the whole thing was the pilot and commander becoming friends. They both respected each others job, no anger no revenge, just respect at how well they peformed their duties and never took it personal.

  • @rldabomb33
    @rldabomb33 Před 3 měsíci +2

    i worked on the EA6B prowlers good to hear recognition on the airplane..

  • @Revy8
    @Revy8 Před 2 lety +899

    its cool that the pilot and AA commander met and were cool about it.

    • @sgtrpcommand3778
      @sgtrpcommand3778 Před 2 lety +35

      There's another story of it happening with a Harrier and Etendard (I believe?) pilots from the Falklands. I believe there's video of it. Really interesting moment because neither held any malice to the other.

    • @robert48044
      @robert48044 Před 2 lety +84

      just two soldiers doing the job they were told to do

    • @Capt182
      @Capt182 Před 2 lety +45

      @@robert48044
      Exactly. Wars are fought between governments. These two are professional officers following orders. Recognising and respecting each other's skill and service.

    • @yoggz
      @yoggz Před 2 lety +4

      Cool as a cold wind on a cool night

    • @dusanvragolic503
      @dusanvragolic503 Před 2 lety +1

      And they are great friends.

  • @sodog44
    @sodog44 Před 2 lety +717

    The trolling they did after was purely epic. "We're sorry, we thought it was invisible" leaflets appeared soon after, and they caused a ton of humiliation to the US Air Force.

    • @astragenastro6306
      @astragenastro6306 Před 2 lety +323

      It was actually "Sorry, we didn't know it was invisible."

    • @Weeboslav
      @Weeboslav Před 2 lety +135

      There was also building of dummy tanks,artillery and even planes out of cardboard and wood with microwave in it. Apparently,it was enough for NATO's IR sensors to misinterpret it as an actual valid targets

    • @BlindingGlow
      @BlindingGlow Před 2 lety +48

      "Humiliation" yeah as they wipe their tears with dollar bills. lol

    • @jorgoasparuhov4131
      @jorgoasparuhov4131 Před 2 lety +9

      It was actually We're sorry, we thought that we are Gods of the earth, we American fascists, but obviously we are not, the end of our American fascist cowboy empire is coming.

    • @Dallasbird1975
      @Dallasbird1975 Před 2 lety +1

      🤣😄😁😂😂

  • @DEAR7340
    @DEAR7340 Před měsícem +1

    I spent some time there, on business, a few years after the war. The local account that I received was that the F-117 was being shadowed by an Orao fighter and that the SAM battery couldn't lock onto the F-117. Allegedly, the Orao pilot closed the distance to the F-117 and told the SAM commander to target him in order to down the F-117. It makes a good story.

  • @Ixa1710
    @Ixa1710 Před 2 lety +702

    I was 9 years old when this happened, I was in a shelter with my parents in Belgrade and remember the news when this plane came down. Amazing documentary mate, very well done!

    • @Milutin958
      @Milutin958 Před rokem

      Пиши својим писмом "Србине"!!!

    • @Skousen77
      @Skousen77 Před rokem +158

      Sorry what US (NATO) did to you and your country.

    • @nolkerss
      @nolkerss Před rokem

      @@Skousen77 cry genocide denier

    • @sututututututu9977
      @sututututututu9977 Před rokem +72

      @@Skousen77 its rare to hear someone say that

    • @lukav3509
      @lukav3509 Před rokem

      @@Skousen77 bomb us to hell

  • @arthunterns
    @arthunterns Před rokem +55

    I remember Wesley Clark, and his "collateral damage" phrase, every time they shot civilians.

    • @beyondrecall9446
      @beyondrecall9446 Před rokem +15

      They even bombed an open-air marketplace, full of people buying groceries, and with cluster munitions. But it's fine cos NATO is a defensive alliance.. from wiki:
      The bombing caused damage to bridges, roads and railway tracks, as well as to 25,000 homes, 69 schools and 176 cultural monuments.[180] Furthemore, 19 hospitals and 20 health centers were damaged, including the University Hospital Center Dr Dragiša Mišović.[181][182] NATO bombing also resulted in the damaging of medieval monuments, such as Gračanica Monastery, the Patriarchate of Peć and the Visoki Dečani, which are on the UNESCO's World Heritage list today.[183] The Avala Tower, one of the most popular symbols of Belgrade, Serbia's capital, was destroyed during the bombing
      As for that bomb bay door narrative, which has been widely accepted and told again and again. I don't know how do you justify the second one hit?
      again wiki:
      American sources state that a second F-117 was targeted and damaged during the campaign, allegedly on 30 April 1999. The aircraft returned to Spangdahlem base, but it supposedly never flew again. However, the USAF continued to use the F-117 during Allied Force

    • @ColoradoStreaming
      @ColoradoStreaming Před rokem

      "Collateral damage" is an outdated term. We call them 'Insurgents' now.

    • @predragjo5977
      @predragjo5977 Před měsícem

      Exactly. It is a collateral damage when NATO does it but it is a genocide and a war crime when someone else does it.

  • @lucasfeliphe7028
    @lucasfeliphe7028 Před rokem +9

    What some people in the comments session forget, is that it was a command decision that the same flight paths be flown.
    The F-117 also participated in the second invasion of Iraq, and today is apparently a LO/VLO test/"aggressor" aircraft.

    • @fpsserbia6570
      @fpsserbia6570 Před 9 měsíci

      in my opinion it was shot down because they were surprised with a snick attack by serbian SAM battery, which was not position in any formation or protecting any specific object so they did not expect to be shot at from that position, with all SAM Yugoslavia could protect only around 30% of their territory and Yugoslav aircrafts were not serviced and pilots without any experience so USA did not feel threaten by that

    • @lexprontera8325
      @lexprontera8325 Před 8 měsíci +1

      @@fpsserbia6570 True, true, and true (as far as I know).
      There was a joke at the time: "The Yugoslav air defense is like a G-string - it covers a tiny patch of territory and can't hope to defend it."

    • @fpsserbia6570
      @fpsserbia6570 Před 8 měsíci

      @@lexprontera8325 everyone knew that, and when i say 30% i meant not overlapping SAMs but streching them as much as you could, i mean they showed a map of SAMs position during the war and even they said it was ridiculous, because SAMs system should be overlapping so they can protect each other and also work together with planes and that is how you get advantage over enemies even with older equipment but they couldn't confirme 100% which plane is enemy and which is friendly and they couldn't protect other SAM battery
      Lack of ammunition, trained military personnel, lack of equipment and bad maintained equipment was to much for the generals to deal with, many even newer migs 29 had problems with malfunctioning, you could imagine what shit show would be with old mig 21 and s 75 dvina, SAM from late 50s aginst most powerful alliance on the world
      Everyone was aware that if land invasion start, holding a line won't be an option, because Serbia in that time probably even know have bad logistic i know that from soldiers who served on the border with Albania they often didn't have enought ammunition, bombs, mines, even FOOD and WATER, yea a lot fo rpoblems with logistic happened because of NATO bombing and KLA insurgency
      They are trying to fix that now, but in order to succeed we would need a budget to be around 5+ billions
      We have 25 000 soldiera now, in that time over 100 000 soldiers were only in Kosovo
      I find it funny when today i hear someone say, our army should go in Kosovo, i always say " What army"

  • @vosa88vosa
    @vosa88vosa Před rokem +2

    Back in `99 I was in 4th class of elementary school born88.I remember when alarm shakeup sirens start.I remember like yesterday I played Driver game on brand new Sony Playstation,and finaly complete one difficult mision (need 3 days to complete mision),and countinue playing,when alarm sirens start my parents quickly plug off Sony console and take me to the bassement and I not save game to memory card.I was craying like a baby..

  • @rascality9714
    @rascality9714 Před 2 lety +51

    "Flying the same flightpath"
    They didn't learn from Operation Linebacker I guess.

    • @12what34the
      @12what34the Před 2 lety +3

      Holy shit is this an education? 😳

    • @Neal_Schier
      @Neal_Schier Před 2 lety +2

      Exactly what I was thinking. That was a lesson one should have never forgotten.

    • @igor7195
      @igor7195 Před 2 lety

      It was bad excuse

    • @I_Cunt_Spell
      @I_Cunt_Spell Před 2 lety +1

      F-117 use(d) a recorded (via computers) pre-flight path which pilot just oversees (autopilot does the actual flying), and he (the pilot) only takes complete control when it's close to target to release the ordinance.

  • @freee8838
    @freee8838 Před 2 lety +141

    BIG FACTUAL ERROR: Yugoslavia existed back then and it included both Serbia and Montenegro, both bombed. So nato didn't bomb former Yugoslavia it bombed Yugoslavia and in doing so it was breaking the international law.
    Later, they made a nato base in Kosovo and allowed the separatism of Kosovo and then recognized it as independent.

    • @igor7195
      @igor7195 Před 2 lety +6

      It was Federation of Serbia and Montenegro.

    • @silentn80
      @silentn80 Před 2 lety +19

      Савезна Република Југославија (1992-2003)

    • @mitsos306ify
      @mitsos306ify Před 2 lety

      Well said!

    • @arisdelis1
      @arisdelis1 Před 2 lety +2

      In addition to the above...the War Criminals Bill Clinton, Wesley Clark, William Cohen, Madeline Korbel(Czech Jew Saved from gas chamber by Partisan Serbs) aka Madeline Albright...bombed Belgrade murdering innocent civilians...

    • @rockrollking9997
      @rockrollking9997 Před rokem

      AND AFTER THAT THE SATANIC AMERICA TALKED TO RUSSIA ABOUT INTERNATIONAL LAW, THE UN CHARTER??WHERE IS THE CONJUNCTION FOR AMERICAN AND NATO CRIMINALS?? AFGHANISTAN, IRAQ, IRAN, SYRIA, SOMALIA, VIETNAM,YUGOSLAVIA-SERBIA?!? THAT WAS THE BIGGEST CRIME IN SERBIA 1999 ,WHERE THEY POISONED THE WHOLE SERBIA WITH URANIUM AND WHERE TODAY ARE THE MOST PEOPLE SICK OF CANCER AND OTHER MALIGNANT DISEASES..BUT GOD SEES EVERYTHING.. ...THANK GOD THE END HAS COME TO YOU..AMERICA IS THE GREATEST VILLAIN AND ENEMY ON THE PLANET AND THANK GOD IT WILL BE DESTROYED VERY SOON.

  • @martindakalovic378
    @martindakalovic378 Před rokem +6

    Ja sam to gledao uživo sa 25 km udaljenosti. Bile su dve Neve, prva je promašila. Druga je uletela u oblak i najednom je oblak zasvetleo jakom svetlošću. Jarko žuta i narndžasta boja plamena su se smenjivale. Nakon nekih desetak sekundi su počeli iz oblaka padati zapaljeni delovi aviona. Sutra smo saznali da je to bio STELT F-117.

    • @warrior5431
      @warrior5431 Před rokem

      Taj avion je nevidljiv samo za radare golim okom ga se.moze vidjet

  • @slothmageminigun7908
    @slothmageminigun7908 Před rokem +2

    Your description of Zelko reminded me of that scene in How To Train Your Dragon when Hiccup shoots down a Night Fury. Funny resemblance

  • @lecco666
    @lecco666 Před 2 lety +201

    Love the fact the 2 protagonists are firm friends.

    • @Frostensen
      @Frostensen Před 2 lety +11

      It is actually very sad and displays a certain Serbian naivety and lack of character and respect for his fellow country men (something we are famous for as well as being stupidly righteous ). That and other American bombers killed (documented) working people commuting to work, killed children, teachers, doctors. They aimed mostly civilian targets across the country because the military's was mostly in the woods or in underhill forest bunkers. However this soldire\s family wasn't killed so he took it lighthearted with out giving much thought about his neighbors and countrymen who died very possibly from the hand of that man.

    • @randombrit4504
      @randombrit4504 Před 2 lety +3

      @@Frostensen Sow the wind, reap the whirlwind. Dresden learnt that.

    • @javarisjamarjavarison-lama2684
      @javarisjamarjavarison-lama2684 Před 2 lety

      @@randombrit4504 stop implying all of the civilians somehow "sowed the wind", stfu

    • @Dilley_G45
      @Dilley_G45 Před 2 lety

      @@randombrit4504 shut up you piece of tr@$. Dresden was @uschwitz by Air

    • @connorlundquist3723
      @connorlundquist3723 Před 2 lety

      War is a collateral mess that’s why it’s never good

  • @Dule93ns
    @Dule93ns Před 2 lety +229

    There was a slogan after shooting down that F-117 that says "Sorry, we didn't know it was invisible" :D great vid as always btw

    • @Joe-kx7bl
      @Joe-kx7bl Před 2 lety +1

      That shit was so outdated they shouldn’t jerk off on their faces that bad. Early 80’s tech. Let me see you shoot down an f22 or f35? I think not.

    • @georgea.567
      @georgea.567 Před 2 lety

      @@Joe-kx7bl Shot down by even more obsolete radar.

    • @_monti142
      @_monti142 Před 2 lety +1

      @@Joe-kx7bl hopefully one day we indeed join nato and have F-35s, no need to shoot down then :)

    • @Dule93ns
      @Dule93ns Před 2 lety +39

      @Joe Sure, early 80's tech shot down by a missile designed in 1950's. Mby not a big deal but it was great for morale when you are getting bombed every night by an vastly overpowered foe. I honestly hope you never have to experience that friend :).

    • @XAVINJO
      @XAVINJO Před 2 lety +4

      @@Joe-kx7bl Why ? They are fall by thereselfs without any help from other sources 🤣😂

  • @jasonz7788
    @jasonz7788 Před rokem +2

    Great work Sir thank you

  • @bruceyung70
    @bruceyung70 Před rokem +2

    The two meeting after the war and becoming friends. Nice.

  • @zobblewobble1770
    @zobblewobble1770 Před 2 lety +198

    Ive heard about this story, but had not heard that the same SAM operator managed to damage another F117 afterwards. I’m impressed

    • @MrDomingo55
      @MrDomingo55 Před 2 lety +31

      That SAM unit had the advantage over other units in that it was not assigned to defend any particular locality but was free to move around daily. That made it less risky for the crew and enemy could not tell where they may be at any one time. That made them more effective.

    • @goranstojanov1160
      @goranstojanov1160 Před 2 lety +5

      Well that calim was consatntly said BUT USA,NATO and its rbainles minions on internet cosnantly satted how its ALL SERBIA PROPAGANDA.Now i think USA officialy released the documents where hey confirmed that it was damaged and planes down.Atcualy tehre were bunhc MORE F-16 that were downed than reported wich several survivors from military cosnattly repeted and stated but the thing is there was nevr full solid proof henc ewhy the only way to now is if USA continues to declasify or people from thse time sstart talking.

    • @robrob9050
      @robrob9050 Před 2 lety +6

      Static means always death

    • @igi2459
      @igi2459 Před 2 lety +5

      @@MrDomingo55 You mean good planing in advance - preparation of several reserve positions and constant change of your positon to avoid to be destroyes - NATO spend a lot of effort and power to find and destroy Zoltan AA unit after this. Just FYI, all Yugoslav Air Bases have at least one functional runaway during NATO agresion and most of airplains survived 78 days of bombing...

    • @pupinpupin9307
      @pupinpupin9307 Před 2 lety +34

      @C. V. Serbia destroyed 104 NATO airplanes. lost factories, hospitals, power grid, bridges..only 5(five) t55 tanks, 4 mig 29, 2500 civillians and soldiers ...NATO was impotent as it is now.

  • @otacaritmije7953
    @otacaritmije7953 Před rokem +445

    I served as an operator on an S-125 Neva (SA-3 Goa) and as a courier to the commanding officer in the 250th Air Defense Missile Brigade. One of my duties was to maintain the memorial room in the brigade headquarters which holds the F117 parts, ejection seat, Colonel Zelkos kit, tail wing of F16, national hero medal and other items. It was an honor to serve with those men.

    • @florin3161
      @florin3161 Před rokem +5

      hi ther is a story less known about also shuting down one B2 and ther is forest were suposedly felt... and can been seen one some hills... is this true or...not that much...i find once in forum...

    • @cnnr441
      @cnnr441 Před rokem +20

      @@florin3161 no b2 has ever been shot down
      Only one lost was the single one that crashed

    • @husainibnrosyid1234
      @husainibnrosyid1234 Před rokem +13

      u sounds very proud for the invasion on Yugoslavia by NATO

    • @Matlockization
      @Matlockization Před rokem +1

      A hero to America & the freedom loving people of the world.

    • @Matlockization
      @Matlockization Před rokem +14

      @@husainibnrosyid1234 NATO never invaded greater serbia. But russia invaded Ukraine.

  • @jonathonnolan2195
    @jonathonnolan2195 Před rokem +3

    I think this incident was the inspiration for Behind Enemy Lines (2001)

  • @ziqqqqqqq
    @ziqqqqqqq Před 3 měsíci

    It is kinda fascinating how air engagement have been from ww2 to modern... I hope there is more fight analysis like this👍

  • @dumptrump3788
    @dumptrump3788 Před 2 lety +365

    F117 were NOT "Invisible to radar", they were "Low Observable" & were at risk if not assisted by radar jamming & counter battery fire. This mission should have been scrubbed when the anti missile battery & radar jammers failed to get airborne.

    • @dellawrence4323
      @dellawrence4323 Před 2 lety +24

      But the Americans said they were "invisible" were they lying again?

    • @jm6841
      @jm6841 Před 2 lety +53

      @@dellawrence4323 found the Russian bot (seriously)

    • @2639theboss
      @2639theboss Před 2 lety +62

      @@dellawrence4323 They might have thought that they were; but as radar and counter radar have evolved, theyve learned that may not be the case.
      Not sure what point youre trying to prove. Titanic was unsinkable, the british navy was invincible until the hood exploded, carriers were for scouting and nothing more.....historical hindsight makes everyone look like a genuis.

    • @benn454
      @benn454 Před 2 lety +16

      @@dellawrence4323 Of course they were lying. They wanted their enemies to THINK it was invisible. It's called disinformation.

    • @jtgd
      @jtgd Před 2 lety +4

      @@dellawrence4323 says the “brit”

  • @user-ek3nu5pw5x
    @user-ek3nu5pw5x Před 2 lety +976

    An old Serbian proverb says: The battle is not led by powerful weapons, but the battle is led by the heart of the hero.
    Sorry, we didn't know it was invisible.

    • @smcitex1
      @smcitex1 Před 2 lety

      Yes, but serbs are not hero in 90's. Just garbage.

    • @r0flhax0r
      @r0flhax0r Před 2 lety +24

      Dropping that Flyer was such a bold move. Love it!

    • @mrbullet3884
      @mrbullet3884 Před 2 lety +54

      Yep, you still lost Kosovo which is independent today

    • @r0flhax0r
      @r0flhax0r Před 2 lety +69

      @@mrbullet3884 That mindset is exactly why we had a war in the first place.

    • @mrbullet3884
      @mrbullet3884 Před 2 lety +53

      @@r0flhax0r The only reason we had war in 90s is because your serb mindset. Dont worry you can enter Republic of Kosovo,but only as a tourist and with a passport

  • @Cynd3r_
    @Cynd3r_ Před rokem +7

    PLEASE do more videos with Operation Allied Force! I love your content and would love to see that conflict covered in depth!

    • @donisthatcool
      @donisthatcool Před rokem

      Please do this. I was a child at Aviano air base when Allied Force popped off. I would love to learn more about it without having my parents having to relive through it, as it was very traumatic for them both.

  • @ItsNotJustRice
    @ItsNotJustRice Před 2 lety +50

    The odd friendship is actually kind of inspiring. Never heard this story before, wild.

    • @abc-eq9so
      @abc-eq9so Před 2 lety +1

      You have the full documentary with them on iTunes.
      Called The second Metting.

  • @mwethereld
    @mwethereld Před 2 lety +93

    Awesome, another quality produced video. Love watching them. Combines my love of military tactical overlay and history. thanks!

    • @buzzkillington1602
      @buzzkillington1602 Před 2 lety

      @@militavia-air-defense-aircraft exactly. Most of the stuff is incorrect

  • @gl55122
    @gl55122 Před rokem +1

    Great work!

  • @RickyBobbyNASCARLOVER
    @RickyBobbyNASCARLOVER Před 18 dny +1

    Serbian guy controlling the SAM battery was incredibly talented

  • @fefe2044
    @fefe2044 Před 2 lety +352

    I always wondered how the Serbs were able to bring down a nighthawk. Very interesting video, as usual. You should do another for the Battle of Cape Matapan as well!

    • @csongi6
      @csongi6 Před 2 lety +12

      The Serbs nowise, Dani Zoltan is hungarian :)

    • @neznamdeteram9494
      @neznamdeteram9494 Před 2 lety +33

      Not only 1. They hit 2 f117 , but gouverment never tell that because Serbia take money from America after war.

    • @neznamdeteram9494
      @neznamdeteram9494 Před 2 lety +55

      @@csongi6 yes ,but born im Serbia. Its Like u say some black solder from America is African

    • @csongi6
      @csongi6 Před 2 lety +3

      @@neznamdeteram9494 You wrong, he born in Yugoslavia

    • @Sky_Guy
      @Sky_Guy Před 2 lety

      @@militavia-air-defense-aircraft I thought you were trolling, but your videos are actually very informative! You should try to contact The Operations Room, I'm sure he'd like to pin a comment or something with your corrections!

  • @bradhobbs6196
    @bradhobbs6196 Před rokem +77

    Worked for a while with the guy that was his wingman that mission - he was generally tight lipped about the incident, but did say that that was the third consecutive night flying the exact same profile. He also told a tale of an epsiode of losing IFF near Aviano, and opening the bay doors so radar could see them.
    On a visit in Germany, also got a chance to speak to former East German SAM operators, that related that the radars were not their only trick - and when the attack angle/route of the targets was known of surmised. they often used visual tracking before turning on the trackers at the last moment, when it was too late for the targets to evade. They mentioned that it was one of their highest percentage tactics (exercise scoring).

    • @stupidburp
      @stupidburp Před rokem +1

      Optical targeting is becoming increasingly sophisticated and capable. AI monitoring huge camera networks and flagging items of interest in live video feeds is already a thing. Optical sensors can see quite far under some conditions. Could soon be a more challenging environment for stealth aircraft.

    • @vanetu1
      @vanetu1 Před rokem

      They wait airplane to came in cone of 15 to 10 km from SAM battery, in that zone there is no way to escape missile, now they use Pantcirs but tactic is the same, old S125 got new thermovisions for passive scanning the sky.

    • @MrAurelius1966
      @MrAurelius1966 Před 6 měsíci

      Bay doors were never opened. That is a USAF LIE to justify a clean shot. And it was the second night not the third. Again deliberate lie.

  • @urethracrawler115
    @urethracrawler115 Před rokem +3

    We are truly *_sorry_* since *_we didn't know it was invisible_*

  • @valerapopovich4135
    @valerapopovich4135 Před 5 měsíci +5

    Very well presented. I can confirm that SAM operator was obsessed with catching stealth aircraft to the point that he was consulting on several occasions with the actual engeneer of his SAM battery in Russia seeking advice. They had a documentary about it with both man (they also became friends). Happy for the pilot and glad they are freinds too. Real military professionals have mutual respect. May all troops be safe🙏

  • @RealPunkie
    @RealPunkie Před 2 lety +159

    Story of Zoltán Dani and his team is an excellent one! He makes hungarians and serbians equally proud.

    • @asintonic
      @asintonic Před 2 lety

      Hmmm you got me intrigued... i will find the book.

    • @Frostensen
      @Frostensen Před 2 lety +5

      No, it makes us embarrassed. This guy and most others targeted mostly civilians on their way to work, at hospitals, tv stations, killed children sitting on their little stool pots. They couldn't really get the military because it was hidden in forests and underhill forest bunkers. So anyway, this guy didn't loose anyone so it was ok for him to befriend someone killing his neighbors. Shows a certain Serbian lack of character and respect for himself as well as others (which is something Serbs are known for, except being stupidly righteous)

    • @pedjaalbijanic7259
      @pedjaalbijanic7259 Před 2 lety +4

      @@asintonic You might have it on Amazon, name ,,Nighthawk down‚‚ wrote by coll. Slaviša Golubović, who was a officer member of 3th squadron of 250 SAM brigade.

    • @pedjaalbijanic7259
      @pedjaalbijanic7259 Před 2 lety +4

      His mama are Romanian and father Hungarian nationality. And he is A Federal Republic of Yugoslavia army (VJ) officer.

    • @lajossimon6371
      @lajossimon6371 Před 2 lety +8

      @@pedjaalbijanic7259 His Mother language is Hungarian . And he is proud of that. I think his mother is not Romanian . She is Hungarian .

  • @stevenmacdonald9619
    @stevenmacdonald9619 Před 2 lety +236

    I always love it when former combatants are able to meet and form a friendship, It is the most humane part of war. Thank you for sharing this story, as well as you always do, Operations Room.

    • @laonda5673
      @laonda5673 Před 2 lety +16

      I believe its a shame that serbia and the US fought each other, after all they were on the same side in both world wars, while the albanians that the US along with NATO supported were on the side of the germans in both world wars.

    • @59vlada
      @59vlada Před 2 lety +1

      @@laonda5673 That tells you which side is the US on now, doesn't it? It's not a secret that the big capital of both, US and UK, financed Hitler. A Texan that now fights for Donbas says: US today is full of "good Germans". Btw they didn't fight each other, US/NATO attacked Serbia.

    • @Strasnilo
      @Strasnilo Před 2 lety +7

      Very touching. He should have shown the American what he had destroyed and how many innocent people he had killed.

    • @stevenmacdonald9619
      @stevenmacdonald9619 Před 2 lety

      @@Strasnilo Most humans do not need a guide rope to the destruction caused by warfare. You are patronising to think, we don't in our own minds, count the cost. Even the way you write 'very touching' is almost sarcasm. So maybe you need to understand your own motivations first? These are the kinds of statements I would expect from A.I in it's infancy, and how rude it will be to people of experience and intelligence. A bit like the way youth speak to their elders in today's world.

    • @Strasnilo
      @Strasnilo Před 2 lety +1

      @@stevenmacdonald9619 You are not sorry for the innocent Serbian victims.

  • @TreyVaswal
    @TreyVaswal Před 4 měsíci +1

    I remember watching the US network coverage of the footage from the crash site as the fire still burned. Immediately knew for sure it was an F-117 from the distinct sawtooth outline of the cockpit front edge backlit against the fires. Nothing else of the world has that.

  • @sulyokpeter3941
    @sulyokpeter3941 Před rokem +3

    Being in a stealth airplane of fighter jet doesnt mean you are inivisible. When I was reading and reading a lot of this stuffs how radars work and stealth works I was already know that you cant be invisible to radars. You just cant do it. Your aircaft shape, design, altitude etc etc can make it hard to track you and lock on you, but you will never be invisible.

  • @Avofan
    @Avofan Před rokem +73

    This shows how important the Prowler was when it was in service. Highly underrated aircraft and it doesn't fly for the Air Force.

    • @madgavin7568
      @madgavin7568 Před rokem +2

      All things considered it was probably a mistake for the US Air Force to retire the EF-111 Raven so early.

    • @madgavin7568
      @madgavin7568 Před rokem

      @Natan Irrelevant nonsense.

    • @beyondrecall9446
      @beyondrecall9446 Před rokem

      but, it was not so needed because the radars were always off... Only when they knew that there was an airspace breach (Anti-Air people who served told me that they could tell by the sound it the plane is coming at you or is making a turn or whatever.. The radars were allowed to be turned on for 18 seconds to aoid detection. The Anti-Air part of the army had insignificant losses and there was hardly a piece of movable equipment hit. In fact, they were all dummies and NATO found that out after boasting of hundreds of tanks and other vehicles hit. That hurt so they turned to civilian targets because they had to justify it all somehow. When the first peacekeepers entered Serbia, they reported 16 tanks destroyed.. Serbia to comply and leave the territory that was internationally recognized as Serbian sovereign territory. They even bombed an open-air marketplace, full of people buying groceries, and with cluster munitions. But it's fine cos NATO is a defensive alliance.. from wiki:
      The bombing caused damage to bridges, roads and railway tracks, as well as to 25,000 homes, 69 schools and 176 cultural monuments.[180] Furthemore, 19 hospitals and 20 health centers were damaged, including the University Hospital Center Dr Dragiša Mišović.[181][182] NATO bombing also resulted in the damaging of medieval monuments, such as Gračanica Monastery, the Patriarchate of Peć and the Visoki Dečani, which are on the UNESCO's World Heritage list today.[183] The Avala Tower, one of the most popular symbols of Belgrade, Serbia's capital, was destroyed during the bombing
      As for that bomb bay door narrative, which has been widely accepted and told again and again. I donlt know how do you justify the second one hit?
      again wiki:
      American sources state that a second F-117 was targeted and damaged during the campaign, allegedly on 30 April 1999. The aircraft returned to Spangdahlem base, but it supposedly never flew again. However, the USAF continued to use the F-117 during Allied Force.

  • @759Alexander
    @759Alexander Před 8 měsíci +5

    Well Done brothers.❤. Так держать

    • @Prometheus980
      @Prometheus980 Před 6 měsíci

      Нисмо се ни трудили😉

  • @Miller2537
    @Miller2537 Před 2 lety +65

    I remember when this happened, didn't believe it until I saw the wreckage of the plane on television. Contrary to popular belief, stealth aircraft are not invisible, just incredibly difficult to detect.

    • @RenKnight347
      @RenKnight347 Před 2 lety +5

      As long as the weapons bay/landing gear doors remain closed, they are indeed difficult to detect.

    • @bogdagt
      @bogdagt Před rokem

      @@RenKnight347 It has nothing to do with bay doors. Its radar reflection is smaller with the distance, its not invisible dumbass. On a close range it is visible just as any other aircraft.

    • @mrobocop1666
      @mrobocop1666 Před rokem

      Modern SAM systems are designed to detect stealth aircrafts

    • @jurajsintaj6644
      @jurajsintaj6644 Před rokem +5

      @@mrobocop1666 depends, and they are better than detecting stealth aircraft because they are better at detecting aircraft in general

    • @beyondrecall9446
      @beyondrecall9446 Před rokem +2

      @@RenKnight347 The bomb bay narrative has been so widely accepted but, what do you say about the secon F117 hit, wih closed bomb bay doors?

  • @TonyStark-uu9us
    @TonyStark-uu9us Před rokem +1

    Incredible video ...

  • @gabrielzhu
    @gabrielzhu Před 9 měsíci +2

    Good job 👍

  • @Seraph10101
    @Seraph10101 Před 2 lety +17

    'The two men remain friends to this day.' True professionals

    • @Statek63
      @Statek63 Před 2 lety +1

      Yes - and they happily lived ever after...

  • @Gannen
    @Gannen Před 2 lety +11

    Was 9 years old back then, they bombed our city too (Subotica) on top of the country, March 24 is actually my birthday and bombs started to shake the ground on the exact minute of my birthday too, 5 minutes before 8 pm.
    Btw i dont remember it bein harsh weather that day since we as kids were outside playing and were instructed by our parents to get inside.

  • @jackryan444
    @jackryan444 Před rokem +1

    Hell of a way to meet a friend.

  • @bradfallin2698
    @bradfallin2698 Před rokem +1

    I was on the KC-135R tanker that night taking refueling photos with an IR intensifier.

  • @thesmallestfeller
    @thesmallestfeller Před 2 lety +85

    Always cool when old war adversaries meet after the war and become friends. Seen a bunch of American and German WW2 soldiers and pilots that got along great years after the war was over.

    • @sinisa7772
      @sinisa7772 Před 2 lety

      Zločinac došao da pita koliko je djece ubio, nacista, kako ga nije sramota, a to je demokratija američka, Sirija, Afganistan, Irak, Libija, Jemen itd. Milioni nedužnih ljudi ste pobili...

    • @user-jf7rm4wd1i
      @user-jf7rm4wd1i Před 2 lety +1

      We are not friends,come again

    • @rockrollking9997
      @rockrollking9997 Před rokem

      AND AFTER THAT THE SATANIC AMERICA TALKED TO RUSSIA ABOUT INTERNATIONAL LAW, THE UN CHARTER??WHERE IS THE CONJUNCTION FOR AMERICAN AND NATO CRIMINALS?? AFGHANISTAN, IRAQ, IRAN, SYRIA, SOMALIA, VIETNAM,YUGOSLAVIA-SERBIA?!? THAT WAS THE BIGGEST CRIME IN SERBIA 1999 ,WHERE THEY POISONED THE WHOLE SERBIA WITH URANIUM AND WHERE TODAY ARE THE MOST PEOPLE SICK OF CANCER AND OTHER MALIGNANT DISEASES..BUT GOD SEES EVERYTHING.. ...THANK GOD THE END HAS COME TO YOU..AMERICA IS THE GREATEST VILLAIN AND ENEMY ON THE PLANET AND THANK GOD IT WILL BE DESTROYED VERY SOON.

    • @truereaper4572
      @truereaper4572 Před rokem +1

      @@user-jf7rm4wd1i loser

  • @Killacam1992
    @Killacam1992 Před 2 lety +54

    The pilot and the SAM commander met and became friends?? Man that is incredible. Just goes to show you how most people are good hearted and want the same thing.

    • @dzonikg
      @dzonikg Před 2 lety +12

      American pilot actually come with his whole family in Serbia multiply times to him and his family so both family hang out together and their kids play together,and also Serbian SAM commander with his family and kids visited him in USA

    • @Killacam1992
      @Killacam1992 Před 2 lety

      @@dzonikg truly an amazing story.

    • @ivanpetrovic1951
      @ivanpetrovic1951 Před rokem +3

      There is a documentary movie about that, name is "the second meeting"

    • @mijodragvujosevic5544
      @mijodragvujosevic5544 Před 6 měsíci

      @@dzonikg to pokazuje u kakvom jadnom sistemu vazalnom zivimo.To sto je taj pilot bio u Srb i snimao film itd..To nikada nije smelo da se dogodi da covek koji je ubijao narod po Srbiji i bacao bombe dodje i ovde prodje bez ikakavih sankcija.Sramota za nas i nasu drzavu.

  • @AzureKaioshin
    @AzureKaioshin Před rokem +3

    Wow, the guy who shot down his plane is now friends with the guy he shot down, that's a twist of fate I thought I'd never see.

  • @muzikizfun
    @muzikizfun Před rokem +2

    The biggest obstacle to success is thinking and attitudes that become stagnant. The fact that the aircraft remained stealthy until the bomb bay doors were opened should be a point learned by the current generation of stealth aircraft. The doors on the F-22 open and close very quickly, not sure if the F-35 is as quick.

  • @clarencesarion4854
    @clarencesarion4854 Před 2 lety +18

    Great video as always!
    If I can make a suggestion for another Naval Operations video, it’s a rather simple one but a video about the sinking of the Yamato would be cool. When she under the waves it marked the end of the Imperial Japanese Navy in WW2, and the fact that they tasked TF 58 to hunt her down was even cooler.

    • @rockrollking9997
      @rockrollking9997 Před rokem

      AND AFTER THAT THE SATANIC AMERICA TALKED TO RUSSIA ABOUT INTERNATIONAL LAW, THE UN CHARTER??WHERE IS THE CONJUNCTION FOR AMERICAN AND NATO CRIMINALS?? AFGHANISTAN, IRAQ, IRAN, SYRIA, SOMALIA, VIETNAM,YUGOSLAVIA-SERBIA?!? THAT WAS THE BIGGEST CRIME IN SERBIA 1999 ,WHERE THEY POISONED THE WHOLE SERBIA WITH URANIUM AND WHERE TODAY ARE THE MOST PEOPLE SICK OF CANCER AND OTHER MALIGNANT DISEASES..BUT GOD SEES EVERYTHING.. ...THANK GOD THE END HAS COME TO YOU..AMERICA IS THE GREATEST VILLAIN AND ENEMY ON THE PLANET AND THANK GOD IT WILL BE DESTROYED VERY SOON.

  • @Bootneck-RMC
    @Bootneck-RMC Před 2 lety +7

    Another well researched, produced and very well edited video about something that very few people knew about from The Operations Room. 👏👏👏👏👍

  • @adamweaving4122
    @adamweaving4122 Před rokem +1

    A good operation room video would be the shootdown and the TRAP rescue of Capt Scott Grady, Call sign (Basher 31) during the Bosnian campaign in 1994

  • @imranabbas111
    @imranabbas111 Před rokem +21

    The fact that an Old Soviet Radar could detect a Stealth Bomber is just insane.

    • @1GTX1
      @1GTX1 Před rokem +11

      P 18 radar was made in 1970 while S-300 was introduced in 1978. 44 year old Soviet S-300 system is similar to US Patriot air defense system that is still in use by USA in 2022, it puts things into perspective. P-18 radar was only 13 years older than the US stealth bomber.

    • @Linki8uu
      @Linki8uu Před rokem

      Also the 117 nighthawk is a fighter that’s what the F designation means at the beginning not trying to be rude just pointing something our

    • @imranabbas111
      @imranabbas111 Před rokem +1

      @@Linki8uu What type of fighter was it that it didn't even had a radar. Fighters of that time had best radars available to them. It was a stealth bomber as per U.S Military.

    • @thatguyouturwindow6688
      @thatguyouturwindow6688 Před rokem

      @@Linki8uu it was a bomber, the fighter designation was really just a way to scare the world

    • @Testimony_Of_JTF
      @Testimony_Of_JTF Před rokem

      Did you watch the video?

  • @ZeroGamerAssassin
    @ZeroGamerAssassin Před 2 lety +24

    We getting Yugoslavia content? Let’s go hopefully we can get some Bosnia videos in the future if CZcams would allow it

    • @TheWolfDude91
      @TheWolfDude91 Před 2 lety

      CZcams wouldn't notice it unless some hater reports it.

    • @nikolakovac9445
      @nikolakovac9445 Před 2 lety

      Maybe, let’s get some western countries videos in the future 😂

  • @ConfusedGeriatric
    @ConfusedGeriatric Před 2 lety +3

    Really cool video and very well explained, loved the graphics! Thank you mate 😁

  • @lucae6817
    @lucae6817 Před rokem +1

    I didn‘t knew this version.
    Always heard the one with 3 different radar stations and a mig shooting down the nighthawk

  • @wysoft
    @wysoft Před 7 měsíci +7

    Even that "old obsolete hardware" can still be a real threat when you put it in the hands of the rare guy who knows its ins and outs like the back of his hand, and even has a few of his very own tricks up his sleeve. The accounts I've read of the shootdown all state that Dani's battery drilled constantly and were on the top of their game, commanded by that rare guy that knows exactly how to use their gear. The obsessive level to which Dani's crew studied their NATO targets and had their own radar tunings for detecting hard to track aircraft, shows that he took his job as their commander very seriously.

  • @timalexander7758
    @timalexander7758 Před 2 lety +5

    Fantastic job again!
    Always look forward to new installments!
    Thank you!

  • @tomh.7895
    @tomh.7895 Před 2 lety +5

    These videos are incredible. Thank you for making them.

  • @AK-ky3ou
    @AK-ky3ou Před 10 měsíci +3

    How do helicopters get passed the radar? Are they going low as hell? Wouldn’t the sound alert nearby Serbian search parties?

  • @chebochevato8336
    @chebochevato8336 Před rokem +1

    Wow. Thays awesome they actually met and struck up a friendship. Thats mutual respect right there..

  • @Alomoes
    @Alomoes Před 2 lety +41

    That was an impressive search and rescue mission. My god.

    • @vdanilo87
      @vdanilo87 Před 2 lety +15

      Trust me, it wasn't. Basically, Serbian army didn't want to engage. Land there is flat, you could see choppers from miles, could be easily downed. But army got order to not engage and let them pick up guy.

    • @Cardan011
      @Cardan011 Před 2 lety +2

      Biggest worry for Serbian security services was if some drunken farmers got hold of the pilot, so pretty much buffer zone was made for US search and rescue teams and they were not interfered in rescuing the pilot.

    • @hotlinetech151
      @hotlinetech151 Před 2 lety +1

      @@vdanilo87 Just curious, why did they decide not to engage?

    • @okie1011
      @okie1011 Před rokem +1

      @@vdanilo87 source: trust me bro

    • @vradomir
      @vradomir Před rokem +2

      @@hotlinetech151 This question haunts me since 1999 till today. I'm sure Serbian Army let this happen, was there some external intervention, fear of retaliation .... no idea. This bothers me because we were being pounded hard but when we have a chance to pound back - we didn't. More pissed at Serbian leadership than NATO/US. We also captured couple of US Army scouts in Kosovo and let them go via rev Jessie Jackson mediation. Sounds like our stupid leaders tried to suck up to our enemy rather than fight. I was unfortunately involved in this conflict and was disappointed in my homeland's Army and leaders as much I hated NATO for unprovoked attack.

  • @ISAF_Ace
    @ISAF_Ace Před 2 lety +17

    Good to know neither holds grudges, I like to imagine that they always tell that story at pubs “I met this guy after he shot me down with soviet missiles” it always going to be a captivating opener

  • @xabre9995
    @xabre9995 Před měsícem

    Interesting to see where the inspiration for 'Behind Enemy Lines' came from.

  • @sillybilly121212
    @sillybilly121212 Před 4 měsíci +1

    I remember this. Utterly humiliating for the USA. I can remember the Serbs laughing and saying “sorry! We didn’t know it was supposed to be stealth!”

  • @Rob-uy9dx
    @Rob-uy9dx Před 2 lety +60

    I continually find it amazing how soldiers from opposing sides are able to meet up after the war and become friends.

    • @PerfidiousPuffin
      @PerfidiousPuffin Před 2 lety +7

      It's typically not personal (unless one side engaged in atrocities). And they have a shared experience.

    • @dextercochran4916
      @dextercochran4916 Před 2 lety +5

      Soldiers usually don't hate other soldiers. Whichever side they are on, orders are orders. Both of these guys was just doing their job.

    • @quantumtacos
      @quantumtacos Před 2 lety +1

      Opposing soldiers on a battlefield have much more in common with each other than either of them has in common with the top command who sent them there.

    • @joedoe2407
      @joedoe2407 Před 6 měsíci

      It's amazingly moronic to be willing to fight and die for your master, but not for yourself.

  • @Jonathan_Strange
    @Jonathan_Strange Před rokem +8

    Great story, well animated and narrated. Thanks. I enjoyed it!

  • @ferdrew1809
    @ferdrew1809 Před rokem +1

    Great lesson learned... ☝️☝️☝️

  • @aaronsmith4940
    @aaronsmith4940 Před 4 měsíci +2

    Complacency kills

  • @mitchwood6609
    @mitchwood6609 Před rokem +1

    That last picture is So damned COOL.

  • @BasedF-15Pilot
    @BasedF-15Pilot Před 2 lety +75

    I flew F-15C's in the 493rd during Allied Force. One of my squadron mates almost hit an F-117 with a missile not because of any lock, but just because the F-117 was in the flight path of the missile between the Mig-29 and the F-15.

    • @TheRealBanana
      @TheRealBanana Před 2 lety +3

      I think they talked about that incident on the History Channel tv show Dogfights (before history channel went down hill). The pilot in the incident they talked about was Mike "Dozer" Shower. Thank you for your service.

    • @MaximilianoAedo
      @MaximilianoAedo Před 2 lety +8

      I remember that. An episode of Dogfights actually showed it.

    • @djordjetodorovic4176
      @djordjetodorovic4176 Před 2 lety +1

      Csn you give me the name of the episode?

    • @MaximilianoAedo
      @MaximilianoAedo Před 2 lety +2

      @@djordjetodorovic4176 Night Fighters

    • @nenadpetkovski1563
      @nenadpetkovski1563 Před 2 lety +3

      Any information about a dogfight between USAF F-15 and SR Yugoslavian MiG-21Bis?

  • @kenchen704
    @kenchen704 Před 2 lety +22

    A chain of events, with luck, skill, and negligence, all resulting in the downing of the F117. Never underestimate your enemies.

    • @josephryan9230
      @josephryan9230 Před 2 lety +1

      Absolutely. Particularly in Third World countries, where we think our technology and superior firepower are sufficient to win the day. The U.S. Army has had some very close calls as a result of this, to include Ia Drang Valley (1965), Mogadishu (1993) and Niger (2017).

    • @igor7195
      @igor7195 Před 2 lety +1

      @@josephryan9230 Serbia was second world country back then,now i would say that it is 8th world.

    • @josephryan9230
      @josephryan9230 Před 2 lety +1

      @@igor7195 I'm sorry to hear that about Serbia. I thought things had been getting better there over time.

    • @hachi4691
      @hachi4691 Před 2 lety +2

      @@josephryan9230 Nowhere is better after USA intervention.

    • @josephryan9230
      @josephryan9230 Před 2 lety +1

      @@hachi4691 I definitely agree regarding Iraq and Afghanistan. Disagree regarding Kuwait.

  • @marniusvanderlubbe
    @marniusvanderlubbe Před rokem +12

    please don't interrupt my ethic cleansing

    • @Filip1389_
      @Filip1389_ Před rokem

      You should learn the history of the Balkans before commenting. Otherwise you look like a moron.

    • @MeatSnacks
      @MeatSnacks Před rokem

      @@Filip1389_ Yeah, you do look like a moron you slimy little troglodyte.

    • @ThePointlessBox_
      @ThePointlessBox_ Před 4 měsíci +2

      you have no idea what you're talking about

    • @conspiracyscholor7866
      @conspiracyscholor7866 Před 10 dny

      @@ThePointlessBox_ Anybody America doesn't like does "ethnic cleansing." Strange, huh?

    • @gloverfox9135
      @gloverfox9135 Před 5 dny

      @@ThePointlessBox_he’s correct

  • @milandjurdjevich1685
    @milandjurdjevich1685 Před rokem +1

    Sorry for crashing it, we didn't know it was invisible!

  • @HAL_9001
    @HAL_9001 Před 2 lety +52

    Excellent video as always. I'm glad you included the end part, when they met and became friends once hostilities ceased.

    • @TheOperationsRoom
      @TheOperationsRoom  Před 2 lety +16

      Glad you enjoyed it!

    • @benn454
      @benn454 Před 2 lety +2

      Now open the pod bay doors, please.

    • @igor7195
      @igor7195 Před 2 lety +10

      @@TheOperationsRoom Why you didn't mentioned that NATO killed 3000 serbian civilians? Being desperate because they did barely any damage to Serbian armed forces capacity.Also NATO used banned depleted uranium cluster bombs and many Serbs are dying of cancer today because of that.

    • @jorgoasparuhov4131
      @jorgoasparuhov4131 Před 2 lety +1

      @@igor7195 and so the author here is ""Glad you enjoyed it!""" he enjoyed in uranium cluster bombs he enjoyed in the atrocities against the Serbian people and the sovereign independent Serbian state, he enjoyed in violation of international law, norms of law, he enjoys in the fascist forcible annexation and secession of a sovereign part of the Sovereign Free Independent State of Serbia (Kosovo and Metohija)........... He enjoys it well, when they had Devilish power, and they did Devilish things all over the world, but the enjoyment comes to an end.

    • @igor7195
      @igor7195 Před 2 lety +7

      @@jorgoasparuhov4131 That NATO "action" was far more illegal than this Russian one. Putin was like eh everyone is violationg international law why wouldn't we ? But idk did he expected all this crying and sanctions .. ?

  • @stuckonluck
    @stuckonluck Před 2 lety +54

    JNA (former Yugoslavian National Army) was one of the most feared armies in the world and Europe in 70's and 80's. Army was made from nations across Yugoslavia (Serbs, Croats, Bosnisns, Montenegrans, Macedonians and Slovenians). After Yugoslavia breakdown, most of the army personnel was in Serbia as largest nation and territory from former Yugoslavia. While technics were obsolete in the time of bombardment, personnel was still from glorious JNA era, tactically well trained and very capable. Serbian army was exhausted with almost 7 years war in Bosnia, Croatia and at the end Kosovo, and still they managed to resist dozen times stronger enemy with sophisticated superior technics. People born in Yugoslavia remember what JNA was and how fearfull it was.

    • @zexfafa2794
      @zexfafa2794 Před 2 lety +2

      As a Bosnien my Father and Grandfather both served in JNA as Bosnians. It was 3. strongest army in Europe after France and UK. My Father later fought in Bosnian war and he says that they main cause that so much warcrimes were commited in Bosnia was because Serbs got most of Technology and wepons of JNA

    • @zexfafa2794
      @zexfafa2794 Před 2 lety

      In a mountain in Bosnia to this day there is an underground Hangar and millitary airport complex. If Bosnia were to join NATO it would be Natos Main airbase in Balkans for sure. Unfortunatly it now just rots since Bosnian army is a joke and dose nit have money to Renew it

    • @stuckonluck
      @stuckonluck Před 2 lety +3

      @@zexfafa2794 That awful war is biggest mistake we all made. Im still angry cause Yugoslavia broke down. We were big, happy, wealthy country, and now we are small poor countries except Slovenia. My father didnt want to go in war against own people, and cause of it we left Serbia in 1992. Sad story.

    • @zexfafa2794
      @zexfafa2794 Před 2 lety +3

      @@stuckonluck yeah man my father stayed to fight. He said it was worst mistake he made in his life.

    • @banjaluka9857
      @banjaluka9857 Před 2 lety +1

      @@zexfafa2794 Bosnians did war Crimes Zoo My son 😁❤️ bosnisks massacred Kroatians and Serbians

  • @AgoraphobicNews
    @AgoraphobicNews Před rokem +1

    During the war, there was a saying: "Sorry, we didn't know it was invisible".

  • @bnast6849
    @bnast6849 Před 4 měsíci +2

    I was 17 years old when NATO attacked us and there was no chance they could've extract him like that if Serbian authorities didn't allow it, they didn't want that hot potato in their hands and they let him escape.Just like when they caught those several US soldiers and just let them go. Does anyone know what happend to the second f117 that crash landed in Bosnia?

  • @janmachacek2862
    @janmachacek2862 Před 2 lety +5

    Great video. But the bombing of Yugoslavia in 1999 was outrageous and heinious crime against international law.

  • @cobeer1768
    @cobeer1768 Před 2 lety +3

    Ive started looking forward to these. Thank you

  • @makantahi3731
    @makantahi3731 Před 8 měsíci +1

    they said : sorry we did not know that it is invisible