sidekick65 Posted September 11, 2020 Posted September 11, 2020 I am starting a new series of videos featuring the A-4 Skyhawk during the Yom Kippur war in 1973. Let's start off with a tour of the Golan Heights battlefield.
sidekick65 Posted September 11, 2020 Author Posted September 11, 2020 Episode 1 - Prelude to War Here is the first episode. This is based on an action that took place in January 1973 in the prelude to the actual war. A little tune up without much active air defense to worry about.
Stingray 537 Mongo Posted September 11, 2020 Posted September 11, 2020 Nice video OP. Sent from my Pixel 3 XL using Tapatalk 537 Mongo CO vVF-161 Fightin' Stingrays Check us out on the web!
sidekick65 Posted September 11, 2020 Author Posted September 11, 2020 Nice video OP. Sent from my Pixel 3 XL using Tapatalk Thanks!
sidekick65 Posted September 17, 2020 Author Posted September 17, 2020 Into the Valley of Tears Here's a quick video to show just what we are up against over the Golan Heights. It will not be healthy to spend much time at any kind of altitude at all...
sidekick65 Posted September 17, 2020 Author Posted September 17, 2020 We Are Under Attack The first war time mission in the series. Israeli covering forces are under attack and are hard-pressed by Syrian armor. The Syrian air defenses are dense and effective. What is one Skyhawk to do? Fly Low. Pop up hard. Find the targets in a hurry. And drop some bombs on the enemy... or die trying!
Mr_sukebe Posted September 17, 2020 Posted September 17, 2020 That’s a really cool looking mission, very smart 7800x3d, 5080, 64GB, PCIE5 SSD - Oculus Pro - Moza (AB9), Virpil (Alpha, CM3, CM1 and CM2), WW (TOP and CP), TM (MFDs, Pendular Rudder), Tek Creations (F18 panel), Total Controls (Apache MFD), Jetseat
sidekick65 Posted September 17, 2020 Author Posted September 17, 2020 That’s a really cool looking mission, very smart Thank you, sir. It was also A LOT of fun to fly. I am hoping to release all of these missions eventually. So everyone can give it a try. Staty tuned.
Rudel_chw Posted September 17, 2020 Posted September 17, 2020 I am hoping to release all of these missions eventually. So everyone can give it a try. Staty tuned. Looking forward to it :thumbup: For work: iMac mid-2010 of 27" - Core i7 870 - 6 GB DDR3 1333 MHz - ATI HD5670 - SSD 256 GB - HDD 2 TB - macOS High Sierra For Gaming: 34" Monitor - Ryzen 3600 - 32 GB DDR4 2400 - nVidia RTX2080 - SSD 1.25 TB - HDD 10 TB - Win10 Pro - TM HOTAS Cougar Mobile: iPad Pro 12.9" of 256 GB
sidekick65 Posted September 27, 2020 Author Posted September 27, 2020 Episode 3 - Into the Dark It's evening on 6 October, 1973. Israeli covering forces are stretched the breaking point with Syrian armor opening gaps in the southern sector of the Golan Heights. Now, Syrian infantry, with the aid of Soviet provided night vision gear is preparing to infiltrate those gaps and blow the front wide open. The Syrian integrated air defense system is still in place and inflicting losses. What is one A-4 Skyhawk to do? Tune in to find out...
sidekick65 Posted October 11, 2020 Author Posted October 11, 2020 Comes The Dawn... Dawn on 7 October, 1973. The Israeli frontier in the Souther Golan Heights has been infiltrated and Syrian armour is moving through the gaps. But they have out run their SAM umbrella. Time to get airborne!
Krasniye Posted October 11, 2020 Posted October 11, 2020 You seem super knowledgeable about the Yom Kippour war. I've thought about making my own A4 ops around the concept but I've struggled to find good sources and such. Do you have a source that can show more about the Golan Heights campaign? Or maybe possibly make your own map? >>Find my liveries (new model MiG-29 Liveries!) and mods here<<
sidekick65 Posted October 13, 2020 Author Posted October 13, 2020 See the attached screenshots of a couple of books that were very helpful. Before embarking on this little project, I really didn't know much about the Yom Kippur war. I read the books and did a lot of flying over the Syria map while trying to locate the landmarks they mentioned. I have a video that includes a "battlefield tour" that also might help you get started. Good luck. Let us know how you make out
sidekick65 Posted October 31, 2020 Author Posted October 31, 2020 Episode 5 - In which we toss some Rockeyes at Syrian Infantry by the lakeshore. This episode includes an added bonus in that shows off the CP-741 bombing computer that will eventually be included in the A-4E EFM.
sidekick65 Posted October 31, 2020 Author Posted October 31, 2020 Guys - I am trying to decide where to put the effort in making new videos and missions, if you could let me know what you think of this series, I would really appreciate it. Would you rather see more "story" videos like this - or more "tips and tricks" type tutorial videos? Or would you rather see videos featuring different aircraft. I'd really like to know!
skouras Posted November 5, 2020 Posted November 5, 2020 nice man keep going!!!! [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]W10(64bit)Asus Rog Strix Z370-F - i7 8700K - Dark Rock Pro 4 - 16 giga ram Corsair vengeance 3000 - MSI RTX 2070 Super - Asus Rog Phobeus soundcard - Z906 Surround speaker - Track ir5 - HOTAS Warthog
HotTom Posted February 9, 2021 Posted February 9, 2021 These look great, sidekick and I hope you make more. But where can we get the actual missions? Exceptional engineering...and a large hammer to make it fit!
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