F-16 dodging 6 Iraqi SAM launches on Jan 19, 1991

That’s an insane display of skill and sheer nerve. Dodging six SAMs without countermeasures is practically unheard of—especially in a high-threat environment like Desert Storm. The F-16’s agility is legendary, but it still takes a pilot with razor-sharp reflexes and nerves of steel to pull off something like that.

It’s crazy how Operation Desert Storm was over 30 years ago, yet footage like this still feels just as intense today. Watching a daylight raid of that scale, with pilots flying into a wall of enemy fire, really highlights the raw courage and unmatched trust between man and machine.

And the fact that the two shot-down pilots survived and were released? That’s an incredible ending to an already insane story.