The U.S. military would never send jet fighters with missiles as a search party for a lost piece of equipment. Especially flying in tight formation as shown in the first 10 minutes. The footage was more like a Blue Angels formation. Too close a formation for pilots to look down at the ground and look for the missile launcher.
Completely covering the missile launcher with hay and straw and then firing rocket propelled missiles from the launcher, doesn't seem like a well thought out tactic. The straw could easily catch on fire.