Al serb
Movie (2024)
Arabic title : السرب
French title (transliterated): L'escadrille or la nuée
English title: The Swarm or Aserb: The Squadron
Starring:
Ahmed Al Saqqa (Ali Al-Masri)
Sherif Mounir (Sherif El Masry)
Hend Sabry (?)
Mostafa Fahmy (Chief of Intelligence)
On 27 December 2014 and in January 2015, 21 Christian construction workers (one from Ghana, the others being Egyptians) had been kidnapped in the city of Sirte, Libya. On 12 February 2015, the Islamic State killed them for their faith. At dawn on 16 February, the Egyptian military conducted airstrikes on IS facilities in Libya. The film is based on this raid and, above all, the circumstances that preceded it.
Mil Mi-17
A pair of armed Mil Mi-17s both with modex 3259 !
Hit by a manpad missile, one of the helicopter crashes.
But a continuity error occurs at the end of the action : no more engine cowlings and a rear ramp is in place of the clamshell doors. Nose is too different.
45 minutes later, no codex !
Boeing AH-64D Apache
Two Apaches chasing a Mil Mi-17 without its clamshell doors.
Bell 412
Westland Commando Mk.2
Westland Sea King Commando Mk 2.
Note the Ilyushin Il-28 in the background between the palm trees.
Lockheed C-130H Hercules
With two Chinooks in the background.
Lockheed Martin F-16C Fighting Falcon
Lockheed Martin F-16C Block 52 with conformal fuel tanks (CFT). These 16 F-16Cs are the last ones ordered (in 2009 and delivered in 2013).
Lockheed Martin F-16C Block 40 :
Northrop Grumman E-2C Hawkeye
Egypt has bought seven E-2C Hawkeyes. Most of the time, it's the last of them we can see on the screen.
The aircraft is operated by a crew of five : the combat information center officer, air control officer, and radar operator stations located in the rear fuselage...
... and the pilot and co-pilot in the cockpit :
Boeing CH-47D Chinook
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