"Start Finding Me, Boys" - F-16 Ejection Over Serbia (Hammer 34) | HUD Video Breakdown
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All Comments (21)
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"Don't say my position again". Chilling words, knowing you are going to be on the ground fighting for your very survival in just moments.
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After the war they found the canopy in the backyard of a local guy. He had found it and used it to make a dogshelter. The local museum at Belgrade airport managed to convince the guy to donate it, but in return they had to build his dog a new shelter(which they did) The canopy, along with a predator drone, are now on public display. If you ever manage to go to the museum don't have the coffee. I managed to ditch mine but a cactus lost its life in the process.
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from a F-16 to throwing rocks like a caveman, what a night.
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What's crazy, is my second commander was his wingman and talked about how terrified he was during the situation. Then later in my career, I worked with one of the rescue crew members who picked him up. Said Goldfein was as calm and collected as anyone was when they picked him up, and obviously was grateful. Still buys all of them a 5th every year on the anniversary. He's a good dude.
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Do a breakdown of an f16 pilot evading 6 SAMs from 1991
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Gen Fingers Goldfein is a badass and incredible leader that got the Air Force back on the right track. Nicely done, Mover!
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Reminds me of my boss' evasion in North Vietnam after ejecting from his F-4D, and evading for 23 days before being rescued (front seater didn't make it). He only talked about it once. Said he never left any food on his plate after that. Roger Locher. A fine man and a great boss. He was PACAF/SE when I worked for him.
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Pilot: “Stop saying my position” Enemy: “damn” (Bright orange and white parachute appears) Enemy: “He had us in the first half, I’m not gonna lie”
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Was lucky enough to hear him speak at my college right after he became CSAF: "and yeah, I'm on of those guys that has more takeoffs than landings..." wild story and everyone in it was professional as hell. Great speaker and great dude in person.
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With that coolness after getting hit, he must have played that scenario over in his mind thousands of times. He knew exactly what to check over and what to do based on what functionality he had. Great story. Much better outcome than many of the shoot downs during Vietnam.
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Thanks for the clarification of the video. I first saw this back in 2000 in a museum installation in Novi Sad where you could watch the video while sitting in the actual ejection seat from the airplane that was shot down. The seat is still on display, now in the aviation museum in Belgrade, along with pieces of the F-117, Tomahawks and a full size wooden MiG-29 decoy.
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He had to glide down because those giant balls outweighed the available thrust.
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Much respect for Gen Goldfein. Every year on the anniversary of his rescue he takes a bottle of scotch to the STS squadron that rescued him.
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My testosterone levels increased by 33% from listening to this story.
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Fun fact, the same SAM battery shot down F-117, same commander Zoltan Dani
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3 months before I was born, and yet I'm here filling out my RAF application. That's surreal.
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Brings back memories of radio chatter between aircraft when I flew Cobra gunships in Vietnam...very similar scenarios.
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Commentary on the hud video of the F16 that avoided 6 SAM launches on inbound and egress to target on 1991/01/19 during the beginning of the Iraq war would be a great video as well.
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I really enjoy the insight you give with translating the jargon. I had seen this HUD before but dang!! it really adds a level of reality when you break it down and explain what we are actually seeing and hearing.
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Wow C.W...this brought me back. I was TDY filling a gap for Intel Ops at the 510th FS...I took the call from the CAOC asking for Hammer's SAR Card...I had to repeat twice that it wasn't our jet (Hammer was with the 'Nickle' 555th FS). It was a surreal experience to be involved in bringing someone back...never forget it. There were a couple of other 'funny' things that happened that will never make it into any article but it was just an incredible time to be there.
