Operation Iraqi Freedom - The Air War, Day 1 - Animated

A-Day, the first day of the Air Offensive, begins. Stealth aircraft head to Baghdad to lay ruin to military targets and Saddam's palaces. Conventional aircraft then maraud into Iraq to hit SAM sites, radars, communications and military infrastructure, in an awesome display of Shock and Awe. By the end of the first day, 1700 sorties will have been conducted against the Iraqi Military and Saddam Hussein.

[TheOperationsRoom]

Re-upload with a small correction - Would be massively helpful if you enjoy this video to perform a Comment and Like sacrifice to the algorithm gods!

[mightymcphee]

what a scary feat of power,
the fact that these pilots consider the Air Defense systems of Baghdad (the same systems that are actively trying to shoot them out of the sky) as being pretty to look at without a single jet being hit is incredible.

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[ZaGaijinSmash]

Keep it up! Amazing work. It’s impossible to imagine being a civilian in Baghdad that day. Must’ve been utterly terrifying.

[chrisbingley]

A dude taking his camcorder on a bombing run, as if he's on holiday. Has to be the most American thing I have ever heard.

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