Some of the footage is from the 1981 movie "Gjurme ne kaltersi". There is a true story in the movie. One albanian pilot managed to land a Mig 15 without any damages after his engine shut down during a military exercise training.We managed to keep these aircrafts in air even after the relations with China were over and considering that Albania is a small country. This video really made me nostalgic since some of my close relatives were in the Albanian air force at that time. Thank you !
"Nga pilotet duhet te mos njihet, liberalizmi, indisiplinimi, si ne jete, si ne shkolle, ashtu edhe ne fluturim." - Enver Hoxha Excellent video, as always.
For anyone that's interested, pretty much all the aircraft in this video aren't actually Soviet they're Chinese. This is because during 1962 Albanian and Russian relations soured which happend due to disagrements over marxist doctrine. Essentially this put Albania into political isolation with their only ally left being China who came in and provided Albania with most of it's military equipment airforce included the types shown in the video are: Shengyang J2 (a licensed produced copy of the Mig 15 bis) Shengyang J5 (a licensed produced copy of the Mig 17F (this one has an afterburner)) Shenyang J6C (an upgraded J6 (comparable to the Mig19S) with better engines and the ability to carry missiles) Chengdu J7 (a licensed produced copy of the Mig 21F-13)
@@Tigershark_3082 no, los albaneses tuvieron el F-7A, la copia casi exacta del MiG-21F-13 soviético, fueron los primeros que construyeron los chinos (incluso dentro de los primeros lotes de aviones eran kits de origen soviético para ensamblar en China justo antes de la ruptura de la URSS y la RPC). Los primeros se llamaban J-7 "sin sufijo", eran unidades de preserie, aproximadamente 30 fueron construidos por Shenyang a fines de los 60s (la fábrica de Chengdu no estaba disponible en ése momento), una docena de estos fueron reacondicionados y vendidos a Albania con el nombre de F-7A.
Soviet Union: hmm, we don’t need that plane | Also Soviet Union: THEY DONT SUSPECT ANYTHING, GET THE VODKA AND BEARS, WE NEED TO MAKE AS MUCH OF THESE AS POSSIBLE
This kind of videos got me into plastic models. I'm already the proud owner of two 1/72 scale MiG-21 and MiG-31. After finals I'm going definitly for either a MiG-15 or a Sturmovik.
I believe it. None of those markings looked they're from the Soviet Union. I didn't recognize the picture of their leader. I try looking at other Warsaw pact roundels and none of the match, but the Albanian roundel matches. Thanks for cluing me in! Edit: I tried looking at some of the larger Warsaw pact nations and the roundels didn't match.
When I was still at school, I was wondering sometimes if I was weird to love this era's MiGs (15 to 19). Thanks to youtube and the comments under these videos, I found out I was never alone ✌🏻☮
I can't get over how beautiful the MiG-19 is. An effective bird for her time, with firepower as well as looks. But all that pales in comparison to her successor. Another fine video btw.
@John Streyn more like licensed versions, the soviets were aiding China during the 50s until the sino Soviet split. The Shenyang j6 (the Chinese version of the mig 19) was the backbone of the Chinese air force for a couple of decades.
This is very good video showing the not very known Albanian Air Force. Sadly they dont have any fighter jets currently in service, only few helicopters. I could be said that their Air Force was "canceled."
I wouldve never guessed this was about Albania, considering theres such a small quantity of content regarding cold war Albania, grats on the good work as always Mauzer
Забавно что ни в Албании, ни в Югославии не переводили надписи внутри кабин истребителей, т.е. в Юго-мигах всё было написано по-русски, а в Албанских, судя по видео - по-китайски
Bellissimo, ai quei tempi c' era l' esercito, e no come oggi ché stiamo con sedere per terra. Ho fatto militare a Gjader. Quei aerei gli ho toccato con la mano.
Life of a pilot wasn’t easy, believe me. You may would be flying in a beautiful plane but you have to constantly train, make fly-outs, educate and polish your knowledge, and all of that may be wasted for nothing when some mig/etc hits your back from 2 miles away.
@@avgVar it's kind of crazy, cause during the vietnam war, american pilots became A-dime-a-dozen sort of thing. They no longer new how to dogfight, and their training wasn't too great. That's the reason the Air Force got decimated during all of Vietnam. The Navy introduced the Top Gun fighter program sometime close to the end, but their results instantly got better. The Navy (which was using the F-4C at this time) was doing better than the Air Force (even though the AF had a superior version of the Phantom, the F-4E)
@@Tigershark_3082 Pilots werent trained to dogfight until the late 60s, when Korean War and World War 2 veterans taught pilots how to dogfight, thanks to their jets like the F-4 Phantom II having guns and missiles, instead of missiles only.
Phantom-051-plane guy it’s not that simple, the USAF has much higher casualties than the navy primarily because North Vietnamese early warning radar could detect US all the way into Thai airspace where their bases were located, which allowed the radar operators to vector their migs into a intercept course usually from behind or to the side of the incoming aircraft, they would engage one or 2 targets then retreat into friendly airspace, some 80% of kills were like this, the navy had no such problem because they had the luxury of being able to attack from anywhere off a carrier giving the enemy little to no time to intercept their strikes. this is not to say the navy was bad or the Air Force but the North Vietnamese were able to take advantage of the short comings of US information gathering and adequate radars, the eventual introduction of AWACS aircraft would cover this pitfall
This movie was our version of "Top Gun". It used to give me the chills and was my favroite movie when i was a kid. Albania today is only a shadow. Once there was a really strong nation. (For only the second and last time in history after Skanderbeg)
Those MIG-15s are so sexy and capable. Love the story of the engines - Stalin asks the UK for plans and copies of the RR Nene half jokingly and - surprise - they give him exactly what he wanted!
Thank you China for provide our country Albania with Shenyang j-6 (Mig 19) and Chengdu j7 (Mig 21) in 60s and 70s. We were the strongest in Balkan at this period. 🇦🇱🤝🇨🇳
ISHIM TE MBROJTUR... SI NGA TOKA DHE QJELLI. ENVER HOXHA STRATEGU SHQIPETAR.......SOT KA NEVOJE POPULLI YNE NJE SI SKEDERBE EEEE UNE ENVER HOXHA😂😂❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Incredible work as always, remember that in the beginning, Albania created god. On a side note, I revisited Galactic Empire.mp4 and was wondering if you could sort of do the same with the Gundam series, in the case that you actually know what it's really about.
Some of the footage is from the 1981 movie "Gjurme ne kaltersi". There is a true story in the movie. One albanian pilot managed to land a Mig 15 without any damages after his engine shut down during a military exercise training.We managed to keep these aircrafts in air even after the relations with China were over and considering that Albania is a small country. This video really made me nostalgic since some of my close relatives were in the Albanian air force at that time. Thank you !
@Alex Snowden Thanks !
@Alex Snowden *Balkan
Can the movie be seen in Japan? 🇦🇱🇯🇵
Did the guy land at the base or did he crash land on a field?
@@adamcheklat7387 Yes he actually did land.
MIGs are so beautiful, Like Silver arrows in Balkan skies
Beatufull Silver arrow that pierces your heart
"Nga pilotet duhet te mos njihet, liberalizmi, indisiplinimi, si ne jete, si ne shkolle, ashtu edhe ne fluturim." - Enver Hoxha
Excellent video, as always.
thëniet i kishte të mira por veprat jo edhe aq, fatkeqsisht
@@user-zv7yb4yp9g true
For anyone that's interested, pretty much all the aircraft in this video aren't actually Soviet they're Chinese. This is because during 1962 Albanian and Russian relations soured which happend due to disagrements over marxist doctrine. Essentially this put Albania into political isolation with their only ally left being China who came in and provided Albania with most of it's military equipment airforce included the types shown in the video are:
Shengyang J2 (a licensed produced copy of the Mig 15 bis)
Shengyang J5 (a licensed produced copy of the Mig 17F (this one has an afterburner))
Shenyang J6C (an upgraded J6 (comparable to the Mig19S) with better engines and the ability to carry missiles)
Chengdu J7 (a licensed produced copy of the Mig 21F-13)
I believe the specific J-7 variant is a J-7II, correct?
albania had J-7II that is mig 21fm it had 150 mig 21 jets
@@Master-12s Was strongest in that time in europé and then came some idjots sold out there country !!! Edi Ramovic is one of them now
@@Tigershark_3082 no, los albaneses tuvieron el F-7A, la copia casi exacta del MiG-21F-13 soviético, fueron los primeros que construyeron los chinos (incluso dentro de los primeros lotes de aviones eran kits de origen soviético para ensamblar en China justo antes de la ruptura de la URSS y la RPC).
Los primeros se llamaban J-7 "sin sufijo", eran unidades de preserie, aproximadamente 30 fueron construidos por Shenyang a fines de los 60s (la fábrica de Chengdu no estaba disponible en ése momento), una docena de estos fueron reacondicionados y vendidos a Albania con el nombre de F-7A.
The video: *planned for 3pm15*
Also the video: *get 60+ likes before it even starts*
He’s gonna gets more and more
Soviet Union: hmm, we don’t need that plane | Also Soviet Union: THEY DONT SUSPECT ANYTHING, GET THE VODKA AND BEARS, WE NEED TO MAKE AS MUCH OF THESE AS POSSIBLE
XD
Soviet Union in RA2: "hmm, we don’t need these planes"
Soviet Union in RA2: KIROV REPORTING
ГОВОРИ ПО РУССКИЙ.
@@KrystobalHozyaevich You forget another one.
Soviet in RA2: We don't need planes! (Kirov doesn't count)
Soviet in YR: *MIG ON THE WAY!*
Смешно, прям обоссаться
This kind of videos got me into plastic models. I'm already the proud owner of two 1/72 scale MiG-21 and MiG-31. After finals I'm going definitly for either a MiG-15 or a Sturmovik.
Hoxha gang on the sky
You know too much about hoxha , the gulag is waiting for you
Nahh they were just real men , eagles doing their duty protecting homeland , hoxha's gang were somewhere else..
@@camillomancini5619 Hoxha was Stalinist,he's immune to GULag.
From Slovakia to Albania with love
much love back to you
Accept Kosova first as an albanian land !!
Love to you back
🫶 thanks bro
Technology and elegance at the service of the revolution. Greetings from Venezuela.
уважение народу Венесуэлы!
Salve do Brasil!
No toilet paper!
Boys you gonna laugh but thus seems to be about albanians of communist era, not USSR +
I believe it. None of those markings looked they're from the Soviet Union. I didn't recognize the picture of their leader. I try looking at other Warsaw pact roundels and none of the match, but the Albanian roundel matches. Thanks for cluing me in! Edit: I tried looking at some of the larger Warsaw pact nations and the roundels didn't match.
All those, except for some MIG-15s were Chinese built MIG-19F/J-6 for Albanians in 1960-70s
The person in the picture is Enver Hoxha he was the leader of the people's Socialist Republic of Albania.
One of the frames had "Enver hoxha" the albanian communist leader
I was wondering why that didn't look like the Soviet Premier. I actually thought it was the head of the Soviet Air Force.
When I was still at school, I was wondering sometimes if I was weird to love this era's MiGs (15 to 19). Thanks to youtube and the comments under these videos, I found out I was never alone ✌🏻☮
The mig 17 looks like a silver arrow, reminds me of the Air New Zealand logo which probably would be better deserved on the mig 17
I can't get over how beautiful the MiG-19 is. An effective bird for her time, with firepower as well as looks. But all that pales in comparison to her successor. Another fine video btw.
@John Streyn more like licensed versions, the soviets were aiding China during the 50s until the sino Soviet split. The Shenyang j6 (the Chinese version of the mig 19) was the backbone of the Chinese air force for a couple of decades.
@John Streyn Most of them are Soviet
Imagine that these planes are now for sale and sold by the Albanian Air Force to private individuals
where buy
We hope that albania will invest in New aircraft soon .. they have a NATO airforce base in kuçova so let's see
@@tinycockjock1967 eBay
There is no more albanian air force everything was destroyed along with the government now is all ruin and memory
The west: *you can't make a highly maneuverable aircraft and arm it like a tank*
Soviets: *haha mig15 goes boom boom and zoom*
Albania
The west: *you cant make better mig-15*
Soviets: *hahah mig-17 goes brrrr booom*
@Sky pirate not maneuverable or fast tho
@@klocu8733 *MiG-19 intensifies*
@Sky Pirate Dang, aight.
The title: *Albania* not cancelled
The comments: literally anything but Albania
Been to Kucevo Air Base in 2023, those old J-6C's r still standing there... magnificent birds, magnificent place
I just have the nostalgic feeling of flying Soviet MiG's through a purplish dreamscape sky similar to a vaporwave aesthetic
This is very good video showing the not very known Albanian Air Force. Sadly they dont have any fighter jets currently in service, only few helicopters. I could be said that their Air Force was "canceled."
I wouldve never guessed this was about Albania, considering theres such a small quantity of content regarding cold war Albania, grats on the good work as always Mauzer
Fantastic job with this one, very laid back and has great vibes. It feels like a dream
As a Chinese person I can say proud of ya ❤! 🇨🇳
Забавно что ни в Албании, ни в Югославии не переводили надписи внутри кабин истребителей, т.е. в Юго-мигах всё было написано по-русски, а в Албанских, судя по видео - по-китайски
That roll at 1:05 😍
Как всегда, превосходно!
Спасибо, товарищ Маузер!
I want only one thing : Galactic Republic.mp4
This would be epic
Yes, comrade general.
United Soviet socialist galaxy!)
Great video for a mitic aviation during cold war. Total respect from Italy
Спасибо Маузер за R E L A X W A VE привет передаю тебе из казахстана.
факт
Привет Казахстану! Федерация, Чувашия. ✊
this track was in my 12 hour chillwave playlist. Feels weird seeing these pictures to it...
Albania Air Force + Chinese MIGs
Chinses characters at 2:45 右（right） 左（left） 转/分 （round per minute）
@@jimzhangzhang ?
J-6s?
@@anaveragesoviettankfromthe70s J-6 （Mig-19）and J-7 （Mig-21）
@@LEEGOOVER9901 It's probably the engine tachometer of the MiG-19, as the 19 it's the only 2-engined MiG until the MiG-25.
Bellissimo, ai quei tempi c' era l' esercito, e no come oggi ché stiamo con sedere per terra. Ho fatto militare a Gjader. Quei aerei gli ho toccato con la mano.
Great song and amazing footage. Well done!
I would love to be one of them... The beauty of cold war engineering...
Life of a pilot wasn’t easy, believe me. You may would be flying in a beautiful plane but you have to constantly train, make fly-outs, educate and polish your knowledge, and all of that may be wasted for nothing when some mig/etc hits your back from 2 miles away.
@@avgVar it's kind of crazy, cause during the vietnam war, american pilots became A-dime-a-dozen sort of thing. They no longer new how to dogfight, and their training wasn't too great. That's the reason the Air Force got decimated during all of Vietnam. The Navy introduced the Top Gun fighter program sometime close to the end, but their results instantly got better. The Navy (which was using the F-4C at this time) was doing better than the Air Force (even though the AF had a superior version of the Phantom, the F-4E)
@@Tigershark_3082 Pilots werent trained to dogfight until the late 60s, when Korean War and World War 2 veterans taught pilots how to dogfight, thanks to their jets like the F-4 Phantom II having guns and missiles, instead of missiles only.
Phantom-051-plane guy it’s not that simple, the USAF has much higher casualties than the navy primarily because North Vietnamese early warning radar could detect US all the way into Thai airspace where their bases were located, which allowed the radar operators to vector their migs into a intercept course usually from behind or to the side of the incoming aircraft, they would engage one or 2 targets then retreat into friendly airspace, some 80% of kills were like this, the navy had no such problem because they had the luxury of being able to attack from anywhere off a carrier giving the enemy little to no time to intercept their strikes. this is not to say the navy was bad or the Air Force but the North Vietnamese were able to take advantage of the short comings of US information gathering and adequate radars, the eventual introduction of AWACS aircraft would cover this pitfall
This movie was our version of "Top Gun". It used to give me the chills and was my favroite movie when i was a kid. Albania today is only a shadow. Once there was a really strong nation. (For only the second and last time in history after Skanderbeg)
your whole channel can be described in one word: *euphoria*
Beautiful, calming. I took a mini vacation
Stunning!
love how this channel not lost their essence
One of the best music channels of youtube
Love the aesthetics of the video. Surpeb job Mauzer.
This hits different after the Kucova airbase has just been reopened
I actually have a MiG pressure suit like one shown in the video at home
Wow!
@@mattwright1101 Believe me or not...it´s more comfy than it looks...
@@dukeofwar1003 hahahaah! Your very lucky to have it!
@@dukeofwar1003 vintage
Those MIG-15s are so sexy and capable. Love the story of the engines - Stalin asks the UK for plans and copies of the RR Nene half jokingly and - surprise - they give him exactly what he wanted!
this engine (RD-45) is still used somewhere in Russia to clean runways from ice)
@@ilyaanry interesting, where did you hear this?
One word: epic
What I think I look like in war thunder:
You have a hole in your left wing
@@turcitox YOUR LEFT WING
comrade Mauzer consistently putting out the best *_pactwave_* this side of the iron curtain
Класс, спасибо за хронику!
T H E A L B A N I A N E A G L E S
Взор советских людей был всегда направлен в небо, в прекрасное будущее...
Это албанцы же.
@@АзарЯвед-э4м Как часть Восточного блока, Албания могла иметь схожие с советами взгляды на будущее
2:52 hmmmm, is that a Chinese-aid jets?
Shenyang J5s and J6s, supplied by the CCP as military aid to Albania.
I love air force videos.
teach your kids about Russian bias, it's the only way to be a responsible parent.
Sorry bro. But i don't understand. What do you mean?
@@Lativik he means the russian bias (aka overpower) on a computer game called War Thunder
Indeed
This is albania tho
Komarovo Sevastopal it’s Russian jets tho
This is a very cool warthunder montage
What's the graphics setting to get such quality?? Pls I need to know
Grim Reapers 4000 GB ram with an Intel core processor i69 with 42079p graphics with a turbo charged fan and lava cooler
this is an epic video
Nice chill video comrade Mauzer👍
Some of these Migs are actually J-5 and J-6 donated by China, right? I saw some chinese characters on the panel (1:42 amd 2:52)
Yes, Albanian airforce mainly consisted of Chinese Shenyang and Chengdu fighters after Hoxha split with Khrushchev
@@HoChiMeme Albania also produced Chinese models when China had their technicians in Albania,then after the breakup they left
Those lovely MiG 17s oh my....
These are mostly MiG 19/21’s although a few 17’s show up
@@abandonedchannel281 yeah but those are Chinese copies.shenyang j-6 and j-7 if I'm not wrong
Very beautiful👍
Its fantastic when nice bgm + realistic recorded video
I want see more thx
Goddamn, this is Aesthetic AF
Send sharks Mauzer
From 1:24 to 2:20 is absolutely fantastic. You are really talented
Great...
They fly now...
RIP Free Albania 1944-1991
Thank you China for provide our country Albania with Shenyang j-6 (Mig 19) and Chengdu j7 (Mig 21) in 60s and 70s. We were the strongest in Balkan at this period. 🇦🇱🤝🇨🇳
You are welcome old comrade we are not close anymore on the surface , but beneath we are wishing you well always ❤
I love this one
Как всегда лайк) Прекрасные видео под синтвейв)
Kush eshte shqiptar behu like!
and here i was thinking the air force was cancelled
Nice 👌
Many Migs in Albania were got from China/ North Korea as gifts in early 1970s. See 2:51 the dashboard with chinese character.
A soft flight with Mig
Это великолепно!
They did offer the jets up for sale few years back
My next modeling project at 1/48 scale => Shenyang J-7 from Albanian Air Force. Are these planes equipped with AA-2 Atoll missiles?
This one is kinda relaxing
amusingly calming
Back when the only enemy is the western govt not the race or culture.SAD 😭
Ohh those good old MIGs and deligtful Soviet times...
I like this kind of videos
I think, these are Chinese copies of Soviets MIGs, not them themselves
Good observation, at 2:54 you can even find out Chiese characters on that meter.
They were new ones...
ISHIM TE MBROJTUR...
SI NGA TOKA DHE QJELLI.
ENVER HOXHA STRATEGU
SHQIPETAR.......SOT KA NEVOJE
POPULLI YNE NJE SI SKEDERBE
EEEE UNE ENVER HOXHA😂😂❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Nice Romanian air force. Seems no one in the comments realises this?
Edit: Seems it's not the Romanian but Albanian air force
It's the albanian airforce though
@@БогданИлић-з8ц ow okay wasn't sure, sorry to all Albanians
Warfare is really a beautiful thing isn't it?
А как называлась песня в удалённом ролике "Argentina air force"? Никто не помнит?
Meanwhile mig-21 still in service in Syria
More like North Korea
India and many other countries too. Croatia has them, and it is part of NATO.
@@AlexMilenk serbia has them too but they are too old to fly and it would be embarrassing to use them now in 2023.
And then the song played "Without - Unfound"...
M I G A L L E Y
awww .mp4 is gone from every video
The pilots doing the Rot Front is the cool thing
The only europe air force that used chinese fighter jets.
Kirov reporting !
Can you make a "BENEdeLUXe" video ?
Incredible work as always, remember that in the beginning, Albania created god.
On a side note, I revisited Galactic Empire.mp4 and was wondering if you could sort of do the same with the Gundam series, in the case that you actually know what it's really about.
Once upon a time ... unfortunately
Some interesting.
Ahhhh yes glorious Soviet machines
j6 stell in service at 'pytjamas army!!..' whe have also a Mig17 captured from Korea war to a museum...
Is it the base in Kucova?