Full Video of the operation against an Abu Sayyaf Boat last Nov. 3, 2020

Short Video Clips of the of the Joint Task Force Sulu’s (JTF-Sulu) operation against a Fast Boat of the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) last November 3, 2020 were released about a week ago, but here is a longer, more complete Video (almost 5 minutes long) from which those seem to have been taken from. 

As we can see, the Video was of a Display Console from which the operation was being monitored. We can also hear the voices of some of the People involved in the operation. 

The operation was carried out by Philippine Air Force (PAF), Philippine Navy (PN) and Philippine Army (PA) Personnel and/or Assets, and some of the Assets used were the AW109 Helicopters and Multi-Purpose Assault Craft (MPAC) Mk 3

‘Observations’
And here are some of my observations about the Video: 

* There seems to be two AW109 Helicopters, the Video seems to be taken from one of them. 

* The Pilot in Command of the other AW109 Helicopter providing Close Air Support (CAS) was a Woman, so this is a big boost for all Women Pilots out there. 

* The spread of the bullets from the .50 cal. Machine Guns seem a bit wide, I think a guided Missile would’ve done the job better. But of course it would’ve been more expensive and as of now it doesn’t seem like our AW109 Helicopters are qualified to use any guided Missile yet. 

* The Electro-Optical/Infra-Red (EO/IR) used in Video doesn’t seem to have Automatic Tracking of objects, which seems a bit strange because there are a lot of Videos out there of other EO/IR Systems which has that feature. Auto-tracking is actually quite common nowadays, my old DJI Spark Drone has it, so has those new Gimbal Cameras like the DJI Osmo Pocket has it. 

* The MPAC initially passed close to the Boat, but made another pass that ran over the Boat which finally stopped it in the water

‘Video Transcript’
Below is an approximate Transcript of the Video so we can understand the situation a little bit better. You can also watch the Video with the captions below.

Start

Male Voice 1: "Range 1-8 sir, range 1-8" 

Lead 1: "Roger" ... "I'm start turning Fire na ... Lead turning fire na" ... "Coming in hot"

(Machine Gun Fire)

Lead 1: "Off right" ... "Ma'am ingat sa altitude nyo Ma'am, ha"

(Machine Gun Fire)

Lead 1: "Oo" ... "Off right!" ... "A, nasa Bravo ako ng target"

Male Voice 1: "O tayo na sir, o"

Lead 1: "Sige lang, tama yan, tama yan, tama yan, tama yang ginagawa niya, tama yan" ... "Ayan ayan na, patay na yan" ... "Sir na engage na nila, sir, nalapitan nila sir"

Male Voice 2: "Okay sige po. Provide na lang tayo"

Lead 1: "Oo sir, oo sir"

Lead 2: "Captured na siya ng MPAC"

Lead 1: "Kaya lang mamaya na Ma'am kasi nag re return fire pa sila" ... "A tingnan mo nga, i draw mo nga, tingnan mo kung nag re return fire"

Male Voice 1: "Doing, sir"

Lead 1: "Meron siya, nag re return fire sir"

Male Voice 2: "Bumabaril na yung kalaban?"

Lead 1: "Bumabaril sir" ... "Ma'am mag ready ka ng guns mo Ma'am ha, just in case ha, kasi na re return fire itong kalaban"

Lead 2: "Roger"

Lead 1: "Wala na, di na tumatakbo yan ... tumatakbo pa rin"

Lead 2: "Roger. Charlie kami nasa nine o'clock namin kayo"

Lead 1: "Sige lang Ma'am, sige lang Ma'am ... dito lang kami Ma'am, iniilawan sila"

Crusader Night Hawk: "NIGHT HAWK, NIGHT HAWK! SA LIKOD, SIR! SIR SA LIKOD!"

Lead 1: "Go go go go"

Crusader Night Hawk: "SIR SA LIKOD!"

Lead 1: "Roger, roger!" ... "Okay ... Ah, Lead 2 Ma'am mag ready kayo Ma'am, ready kayo"

Male Voice 1: "Boom"

(Inaudible)

Lead 1: "Two thousand, two thousand"

Lead 2: "2-5"

Lead 1: "Teka lang, kunin mo lang" ... "A, two lead, Ma'am" 

Lead 2: "Ano yun?"

Lead 1: "Two lead, two lead. Ma'am mag ready kayo ng guns nyo Ma'am just in case mga ano Ma'am mang hingi ng tulong itong, a, Crusader"

Lead 2: "Roger. Naka ready naman na kami. Mag bababa lang ako ng altitude mamaya, pag mag pa fire"

Lead 1: "Mamaya Ma'am, sige mamaya, mamaya. Nasa Charlie ka Ma'am, ha, sa Charlie ng target, ha"

Lead 2: "Delta"

Lead 1: "No, Ma'am, negative Ma'am. Charlie ka, Charlie"

Lead 2: "Okay, Charlie, Charlie"

Male Voice 1: "Disabled na yung, a ..."

Lead 1: "Teka lang, wala pa yan, wala pa, tumitira pa yan" ... "Go go go"

Crusader Night Hawk: "PAALALAY NYO NAMAN KAMI, SIR!"

Lead 1: "Roger roger, sige, a ... sige, a ... layo kayo konti ... lakasan mo daw, lakasan mo" ... "Layo kayo konti, layo kayo konti para makalapit yung two namin" ... "A Lead two, Ma'am"

Male Voice 3: "Sabihan ninyo kung disabled naman yung ano, boat"

Lead 1: "Crusader, Night Hawk"

Male Voice 1: "Sir, disabled na sir"

Lead 1: "Roger, a ... Crusader, nakikita namin dito hindi na gumagalaw yung Bangka nila"

Male Voice 1: "Nasa dagat sir" ... "Nahati sir yung Bangka, sir"

Lead 1: "A Lead two Ma'am, Lead two" ... "Lead two, lead two"

Lead 2: "Hello"

Lead 1: "Ma'am maintain ka lang ng 2-5, ha."

Lead 2: "Oo, nasa 2-5 ako, nasa Charlie"

Lead 1: "Thank you Ma'am, nandito ako, lalapit ako sa me target Ma'am, baba ako"

Lead 2: "Roger"

Lead 1: "Crusader, a, Night Hawk"

Male Voice 1: "Nahati yung Bangka, sir"

Crusader Night Hawk: "GO AHEAD SIR, GO AHEAD SIR!"

Lead 1: "Roger, kita namin dito nahati itong Bangka, a ... Nahati yung Bangka, nahati yung Bangka"

Crusader Night Hawk: "WAGWAGIN MO NA, SIR! KALABAN NA YUN!"

Lead 1: "Roger, roger. Copy. Sige, a, distansiya muna kayo, distansiya kayo."

Crusader Night Hawk: "SIR DISTANSIYA MUNA TAYO SIR AT BIRAHIN YUNG ANIM NA BANGKA, SIR!"

Lead 1: "Roger sige, copy" ... "Punta kayo ng North ng target, North ng target, punta kayo diyan sa North" ... "Crusader Night Hawk" ... "Punta kayo ng North ng target, North ng target"

Crusader Night Hawk: "GOING KAMI NG NORTH NG TARGET, SIR"

Lead 1: "Roger. A, two lead, Ma'am"

Lead 2: "Yo"

Lead 1: "Roger Ma'am, a ..."

Crusader Night Hawk: "ME BUTAS KAMI, SIR. ME BUTAS KAMI SIR"

Lead 1: "Sige, ingat kayo diyan, ingat kayo ha"

Lead 2: "Maintaining 2-5 ako, Charlie"

Lead 1: "Ma'am, baba ka na diyan sa ano Ma'am, a, 1-2-8 ka Ma'am, 1-2-8"

Lead 2: "Okay, sige"

End


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