Crazy video shows a near miss for a UAE F-16 almost shot down by Yemeni air defenses.

Screencaps from the video via The Aviationist. 

New video from Yemen shows a near miss involving a pair of two UAE F-16's almost being hit by  anti-air missiles. The Aviationist. The video shows two missiles being launched at night and then cuts to FLIR video showing the F-16's dropping flares and almost getting hit by one of the missiles. The missiles might have been delivered to the Yemeni Houthi rebels by the Iranians as they match some of the designs produced by that country. 

My Comment:

This is about as close of a call as a pilot can get. My guess is that the pilot had to change pants when he landed as he was only seconds away from death. It seems it was more luck than anything else that the missile didn't hit. The maneuvers he did and the flares and countermeasures didn't stop the missile from getting close, but may have stopped impact itself. 

I also have to say that the proliferation of anti-air missiles in Yemen just goes to show how many arms are being poured into Yemen. Much like the effect of their ballistic missiles, it has greatly changed the nature of the war there. These ground-to-air missiles have made air operations in Yemen a lot more risky. 

I don't have too much else to add in this case as I mostly wanted to show the video. It's not every day you see a close call like this, so I figured I would post it.