When an Iranian F-4 Tried to Take Down P-3 Orion #shorts

In 1987, an Iranian F-4 attempted to shoot down a U.S. P-3 Orion as it headed toward the Strait of Hormuz. Unfortunately for the Iranians, the P-3 wasn’t alone… #shorts

[michaelandrews]

F-14 spelled doom for enemy fighters back in the day... 😎

[briantaylor]

Tomcat: "Yeah, b!+<#, you better run!"

[MBCGRS]

I wonder where the Iranians got 225 F-4 Phantoms and hundreds of Sidewinders from...?

[yoslauda]

Those big, slow, and "vulnerable" military vehicles aren't alone, they're the boss, just chilling while the gang members are protecting their leaders

[GeorgeCElliott]

Hunter becomes the hunted. The Iranian F-4 fighter was so busy trying to hunt and kill the Orion that it put itself as easy prey for superior hunters the US Navy F-14 Tomcats

[cpfpv]

I was a P-3 Orion flight engineer and had no idea this happened

[jeffrose]

So TWO F-14's couldn't shoot down a single F-4?

[stuartpowell]

Should have never been permitted to get within range of the p3.

[konggg]

And the next day Singapore celebrated its National Day

[ljmods]

Funny how they get all that us military equipment, spare parts to keep those planes in the air aswell🤷‍♂️ if if they found a f4 they wouldn’t keep it in the air more than a week

[Alexander.Baiceanu]

Does the Orion not have any chaff or flares?

[annoyingbstard]

What I learnt is all these missiles are useless.

[inspireddroneimaging]

So 3 missiles and they all missed their targets is what your saying 🤷🏻‍♂️

[Sammy_kk]

Why is the US doing there in the first place near Iranian borders?

[usman]

F4 defeated whole American Air armada??? 😂

[harrybalsak]

What is disturbing is that the F4 defeated two Sparrows.

[dorond]

Two F14, couldn't shot down one F4?

[shermansquires]

So these tomcat pilots had a once in a lifetime chance of using their weapons in anger, and they missed? 😂😂😂

[HendrikPlukaard]

The result is: 1 cheap old Iranian missile wasted, 2 expensive modern American missiles wasted.

[alihousseini]

Never this guy will say an american plane ever been shot down 😂