Filmed on Nov. 27, 1992 in the course of the Venezuelan navy coup, the next video reveals Fuerza Aérea Venezolana (FAV, Venezuelan Air Drive) Lieutenant Beltran Vielma taking pictures down an OV-10 Bronco by way of his F-16’s M61A1 Vulcan 20 mike-mike cannon. The Bronco went down onerous and quick as flames and smoke erupted out of the rear-end of the OV-10.
On Feb. 4, 1992 an tried coup d’etat was launched towards Venezuelan President Carlos Andres Perez. The coup was led by Army and Air Drive personnel, beneath the command of Lieutenant Colonel Hugo Chavez, however the rebellion was instantly contained and Chavez imprisoned.
As informed by Santiago Rivas and Juan Carlos Cicalesi of their e book Latin American Mirages – Mirage III / 5 / F.1 / 2000 in Service with South American Air Arms, in November, a brand new rebellion was deliberate, headed by the FAV. Air Drive Common Francisco Visconti Osorio ready the actions that had been to begin at Base Space El Libertador, the place they had been out there two Mirage 50EVs, 3 North American Rockwell OV-10E and 6 OV-10A Broncos, the F-16s, 5 C-130Hs, 6 Aeritalia G222s, 2 KC-137s, 8 Aérospatiale AS.330 Tremendous Pumas and 12 Bell UH-1Hs. The plane had been deployed beneath the quilt of Air Drive Day, which is widely known in December.
Because the clip under reveals, the brand new coup try passed off at 03.30 on Nov. 27, with the occupation of Base Aérea El Libertador, the Air Drive Academy (geared up with North American T-2 Buckeyes and Tucanos) and different navy models and radio stations.
In the course of the occupation of the bottom, two F-16 pilots, Captain Labarca and Lieutenant Vielma, each loyal to the federal government, managed to flee in two plane that had been standing on alert, and flew to Base Aerea Teniente Vicente Landaeta Gil at Barquisimeto. Right here they joined the CF-5As of Grupo No. 12 and numerous T-2s.
The primary actions had been carried out by two insurgent helicopters, certainly one of which was shot down. Then, at 06.15 the 2 Mirage 50EVs attacked Venezuelan Army models at Fuerte Tiuna, to the west of Caracas. The Mirages inflicted some casualties amongst loyalist troops who had been assembly to suppress the rebel.
The Mirages returned to their base and took off once more some minutes later, bombing the air base at Barquisimeto after 07.00. The assault was flown along with Broncos, and the raiders succeeded in destroying three CF-5As and damaging one other 5, along with a civil McDonnell Douglas MD-80 airliner broken.
As they had been returning to their base, the Mirages had been intercepted by two loyalist F-16s, getting back from a fight air patrol over Caracas. The Mirages chosen afterburners and made their escape, however the Broncos had been unable to evade the F-16s, and two had been shot down.
One other air strike passed off over Caracas at 13.00. On this motion, the Francisco de Miranda air base at La Carlota was bombed, as was the presidential palace. In the course of the assault, the F-16s appeared once more and broken one Tucano. Anti-aircraft artillery broken a Bronco, which crashed shortly earlier than touchdown at its base. At La Carlota, a Roland SAM shot down one other Bronco. One F-16 started to pursue one of many two Mirages, however the pilot made his escape at supersonic pace, touchdown at Aruba, whereas the opposite Mirage escaped to Curacao.
Regardless of the rebels’ efforts, the loyalist F-16s gained the management of Venezuelan air-space. The rebels had been hampered by the truth that largely they had been unable to fly any of the F-16s at El Libertador, and that their two Mirages had been out of the battle. In the meantime, the rebels had been additionally struggling on the bottom, and by the afternoon it was clear that the coup try was failing. At 15.00 the F-16s bombed El Libertador as loyalist troops approached the bottom. Minutes later, C-130H FAV 2716 took off with the rebels onboard and headed to Peru, placing an finish to the rebel.
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Photograph credit score: Fuerza Aérea Venezolana
