How The USAF Tells Friend From Foe | Air Supremacy Series

Before a fighter can start slinging missiles at a distant target it needs to properly identify it. We've covered IFF on this channel in a previous video and that's part of the identification process. But it doesn't always work the way we want it to. So how does a modern air force like the USAF ensure a proper ID? We'll answer that question in this video. IFF/SSR Explained:    • Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) & Secon...   The Secret Behind US Air Supremacy:    • The Secret Behind U.S. Air Supremacy   Brevity code publication: https://www.alsa.mil/mttps/brevity/ Air Combat Communication publication: https://www.alsa.mil/MTTPs/ACC/ Image credits: Georgian Su-25 By Marcus Fülber - received via e-mail from autor, Attribution, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... Russian Su-25 By Fedor Leukhin - _VO_8219, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... MiG-31 By Dmitriy Pichugin - commons.wikimedia, GFDL 1.2, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... Ka-52 By Fedor Leukhin - VVO_8020, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... Obligatory disclaimers: The presence of DOD Visual Information in this video does not constitute endorsement by the DOD or any of its departments. Any views expressed by the presenter are those of the presenter and do not represent the views of the DOD or any of its components.