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3MiB, 320x240, Libyan SA-8s heading for Benghazi March 18 2011.webm
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The speeches archive for the Air Force Association's 2011 Air & Space Conference & Technology Exposition, National Harbor Md., Sept. 21, 2011 mentions the following,
>With about 24 hours notice, our first SCAR missions consisting of a package of Strike Eagles from the 48th Fighter Wing and CJs from the 52nd Fighter Wing, were airborne. While the majority of Libya's integrated air defensive system had been disabled, at this point, a tactical threat still remained. In fact, as the SCAR package approached Benghazi, an SA-8 tactical Surface to Air Missile system went active. And of course, as soon as this system went active, so did our CJs and as you can see from this video, things did not go well for the SAM.
https://web.archive.org/web/20170919083831/https://www.af.mil/About-Us/Speeches-Archive/Display/Article/143846/defending-americas-vital-national-interests-in-africa/
https://www.af.mil/About-Us/Speeches-Archive/Display/Article/143846/defending-americas-vital-national-interests-in-africa/
I'm interested in the 2011 NATO intervention in Libya, and in particular in the suppression of Gaddafi's air defenses. This is one of few times I've seen a video targeting active air defenses referenced (pretty much every other video released has been targeting powered down air defenses), so I'm super interested in it.
I checked DVIDs, but that doesn't have it; the only targeting footage featured there seems to be from the RAF well after Operation Odyssey Dawn became Operation Unified Protector.
I also can't find any recordings of the Air Force Association's 2011 Air & Space Conference & Technology Exposition, National Harbor Md., Sept. 21, 2011 event itself. At this point I'd even be happy with a second hand recording of them showing it on a screen/tarp at the event.
>With about 24 hours notice, our first SCAR missions consisting of a package of Strike Eagles from the 48th Fighter Wing and CJs from the 52nd Fighter Wing, were airborne. While the majority of Libya's integrated air defensive system had been disabled, at this point, a tactical threat still remained. In fact, as the SCAR package approached Benghazi, an SA-8 tactical Surface to Air Missile system went active. And of course, as soon as this system went active, so did our CJs and as you can see from this video, things did not go well for the SAM.
https://web.archive.org/web/20170919083831/https://www.af.mil/About-Us/Speeches-Archive/Display/Article/143846/defending-americas-vital-national-interests-in-africa/
https://www.af.mil/About-Us/Speeches-Archive/Display/Article/143846/defending-americas-vital-national-interests-in-africa/
I'm interested in the 2011 NATO intervention in Libya, and in particular in the suppression of Gaddafi's air defenses. This is one of few times I've seen a video targeting active air defenses referenced (pretty much every other video released has been targeting powered down air defenses), so I'm super interested in it.
I checked DVIDs, but that doesn't have it; the only targeting footage featured there seems to be from the RAF well after Operation Odyssey Dawn became Operation Unified Protector.
I also can't find any recordings of the Air Force Association's 2011 Air & Space Conference & Technology Exposition, National Harbor Md., Sept. 21, 2011 event itself. At this point I'd even be happy with a second hand recording of them showing it on a screen/tarp at the event.
