BEAR HUNT | F-14 Tomcat Vs Mig-31 Foxhound | Digital Combat Simulator | DCS |

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On this channel we like to do a lot of dogfighting most videos are some sort of dogfight between 2 different aircraft as we explore their different capabilities. From time to time I like to dabble in Virtual Reality, I think VR is a great new technology and I love to show that stuff off for the channel from time to time.
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[@GrowlingSidewinder]

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[@Strider182]

I do love the Mini Docs channel! I find that stuff super interesting, so I highly recommend it to anybody!!

[@DylanDavidVindasLopez]

we'd love to see a F-35 vs Su-57 BVR fight.

[@zachboyd4749]

Hey Growling, what happened to the F-16 Nuke intercept video? I can’t find it anymore

[@man15h]

*why wasn't the f22 and f15 selected by US Navy* ? All of them the hornet the Falcon raptor eagle aardvark have tail hook

[@leratomojalefa3162]

@@doczspec4502 no it's the ugliest thing I have seen

[@heathb4319]

There is one more documentary that you haven't realized you are doing. You are documenting how to build a proper channel by being... engaging receptive knowledgeable friendly funny serious ever improving and learning sharing those wins and losses with others entertaining and just an overall awesome person Well done brother...Well done.

[@GrowlingSidewinder]

your feedback is valued greatly. Thank you.

[@Kwaj]

The F-14 and the AIM-54... It's like a PBJ; they go SO well together.

[@insanity2477]

Especially considering the only plane that can carry the aim-54 is the tomcat

[@strider0303]

exactly.. PB&J, the only combination 😊

[@mohammadrohams7056]

All that plus an Iranian pilot

[@krismurphy7711]

That was a design Combo.....Both designed for each other....for Fleet Protection.

[@alidaraie]

Yep, as if the were made for each other just like PBJ

[@Fighter_Daily]

Day 47 of asking for F-35 vs Su-57 bvr

[@DylanDavidVindasLopez]

Same! i want to see F-35 vs Su-57 BVR

[@dehoihoiman2107]

I really don't know what to expect from that fight

[@dashdanny]

Same, but also a merge, although I think the su-57 would win in a close quarters dogfight

[@HAMlLTON]

@@dashdanny 10/10 i bet the felon has as much lifting surface on one side of the aircraft as both the 35s wings combined

[@vash_the_stampede6570]

The X-ray cockpit fighter 🆚. W I D E stealth fighter would be interesting.

[@Duvstep910]

Interesting fact: you had to launch tomcats one at a time off the older carriers because when their wings were fully extended they would reach over to the catapult beside it

[@TriclphZ]

Yep, finally someone says this

[@rafaelespinoza6530]

😮😮😮🎉😂❤❤❤❤

[@viper29ca]

On the older smaller, non Nimitz class carriers, yes.

[@leratomojalefa3162]

The f14 is a horrible plane and the ugliest I have even seen 😊

[@Rhaumar]

Another fact, the Midway Class Carriers could not launch the Tomcat due to the weight. They could land them, with the Barrier, but, never launch them.

[@Rouhollah74]

Words fail to describe just how much I love the F-14.

[@tufftrucker40]

When I was in the navy I used to watch the f14 and the a6 intruder flying around and it made me feel invinsible. I don't know if the modern aircraft exude as much confidence in today's sailors but I hope they do.

[@rafaelespinoza6530]

😮😮❤😂😂😂

[@leratomojalefa3162]

Yes in air combat, but submarines have something to say about that

[@survivalSC]

Well I’m not in navy but I work in a area that has fighter jets flying in and around the sky of a joint strike base. And we see a lot of f15 and f22. I can truly tell you when I hear the sound of those twin after burners I truly know we are a protected nation and I know no matter what this city is protected no matter what lol. I hope everyone feels that sense of safety and national pride when they see fighter jets.

[@yaseen157]

Speaking of the R-37 in previous videos, I think it would be super interesting to put the powerful mig31 radar against the F-35!

[@TheBear710]

stealth go brr it would be a quick fight....

[@pbdye1607]

It'd be more interesting to try and guesstimate what Israel is going to do to/with their F-35Is. Just adding the Python 5 would be interesting close-in.

[@sulyokpeter3941]

With meteors, dont forget!

[@Stinger522]

@@sulyokpeter3941 Only British F-35s carry the Meteor. American F-35s use the AMRAAM.

[@sulyokpeter3941]

@@Stinger522 i know but he did a video recently how powerfull the F-35 with Meteors. This is why.

[@vindigga6]

Man, the F14 looks so cool with the wings swept and missiles loaded out. I know it goes without saying.

[@MegaConrad101]

Excellent video! With a Tomcat, you can guarantee that the opposition will lose that living feeling ☹

[@heathb4319]

...would you like for me to get the door for you... Or do you want to see yourself out? :))

[@Dagbar81]

Oho that loving feeling!

[@megarouge61]

I sort of laughed when the screen said the bear was getting too close to the carrier. In 1980, when Iran had the American hostages, my Marine amphibious unit was on the USS New Orleans, a helicopter carrier, floating in the Persian Gulf. The Soviet Bear aircraft flew so close to the carrier that you could see facial details on the Soviet airmen. We would wave at those guys and they waved back. They would circle around the ship several times, disappear, and then return again and again. We were floating around out there for about 60 days.

[@nathanjordan1782]

When I was in 2/3 I got to do RIMPAC one year and was on the helicopter carrier HMAS Canberra. We got a couple flybys from Chinese aircraft close enough that we could see a pilot taking pictures of us, so a few of us decided to moon them on one of their passes. I hope my cheeks are still in a folder marked “INTELLIGENCE” somewhere in Beijing

[@donakahorse]

the F-14 will always be one of my favorite aircraft. For it's time it was a beast

[@uberschnilthegreat22]

In terms of avionics and rising maintenance costs due to airframe fatigue, it was starting to grow long in the tooth by the mid-late 90s, but the design itself? Certainly had some more life left in it.

[@javieriniguez1444]

Awesome video. I really like the minidoc/fight format. The fact that it was about the Tomcat , and what it was designed to do made it very special. Great job.

[@jimblack-yf-19]

Love this documentary content and the dogfights. I stay to the end on those too. Such great content and humble attitude.

[@manjisaipoe517]

Really enjoyed the mini doc before the DCS fun, thanks for letting me fly through your vids, as I currently can not afford to upgrade anything computer wise. Peace.

[@terminusarms113]

2 uploads in one day? Nobody can sleep on GS's work ethic

[@JZ909]

I would love to see MiG-31 vs Tomcat, but the MiG-31 is doing MiG-31 things, like flying at mach 2+ at 60,000 feet. Might have been a harder fight and more representative of what an actual fight between these two aircraft would look like

[@dreaminknight]

Inclusing their real world radar problems?

[@lightningstrike5024]

@@dreaminknight mig-31 has a better radar than the f-14

[@smacman68]

I spent 4 years on board the Theodore Roosevelt CVN 71 as an Aviation Ordnance tech working in the weapons magazines. I was primarily in the forward missile mags working with the 7M Sparrows, 9M Sidewinder and 54C Phoenix’s. We had not yet received the AAMRAMs. Good days

[@treeWasNice]

Day 10 in a half of asking for AH-64 Apache versus SU-57 Felon

[@mannyspeed1873]

What 💀

[@hertzwave8001]

why do you hate SU-57 Felon

[@dominiksoukal]

​@@hertzwave8001 coz it deserves it

[@matk4731]

Best KZbin short idea ever!!

[@bret9741]

I’d love to see someone take the specs for the Super Tomcat 21 and make it for DCS

[@SPFLDAngler]

Yes please. I might actually start doing that. I’ve dabbled in 3D modeling(took some courses for it too) and I’m entry level with programming(only know C#) So I think it would be possible if I could dedicate the time to it. Even if I do though, it will still take a couple years minimum without any help. But yeah. I think I’m gonna start the process by learning how others made mods and learn what I need to in order to start on it.

[@bret9741]

@@SPFLDAngler considering the tremendous speculation on what the aircraft would have been. You might reach out to see if any of the aeronautical engineers that were part of the forward designs are still alive. My understanding is the Super Tomcat 21 was going to have a reduced radar profile and significantly lighter empty ramp weight. There are some great articles on “what might of been” n

[@operator0]

I wish we had a way to know what the Iranians have done to upgrade their Tomcats. Jane's says that they have new avionics, which includes a new AESA radar package that is either of Russian or Chinese origin. They may also have new engines, almost certainly of Russian design, and may have true combat flaps. Other possible upgrades can only be speculated. I'm sure NATO and the Israeli military know, and probably the Saudis know, but I'm very interested to also know.

[@captainmadpat7632]

love the tense score you use when showing your adversaries

[@lwrncschmchr]

I know people think the Russkie airframes are sexy, but man, the Tomcat is in a whole other class.

[@terryfreedom9742]

If Dick Trickle taught us anything, it's that the F-14 is a phenomenal dog fighter.

[@1stNumberOne]

Omg! I love the mini doc content First half of the vid!! Thanks so much!!🔥🔥🔥 Instant SUB!!

[@deanlawson6880]

Great Video GS! During my time in the Navy, while I was on the Kitty Hawk we had F-14s. I was able to get up close and personal with those awesome birds. It's really surprising how *BIG* they are! Their afterburners hitting the JBD's (jet blast deflectors) at launch are probably the most awesome sight you'll see!! Such an awesome fighter!!

[@stepheno21]

You done the F-14 proud there Growling. Some great shots of her too. 👌

[@Anakinch0]

I'm loving these objective-based videos! My favourite content by far.

[@BeingFireRetardant]

Really like this format. History, then reinactment using period equipment.

[@waitselkelley6383]

Anytime Baby!

[@AximandTheCursed]

Appreciate the relevant history lesson here, the F-14 and Mig-31 were both gamechangers, but money's definitely on the Tomcat if it gets to a dogfight.

[@davidwright9092]

One of your best videos ever I think. Covered all the bases

[@JBSmoke1]

Great video, GS! I loved the intro.

[@itildude]

Your content is second to none man. Love it.

[@RagsAIN-14]

Very well done and really enjoyed How the F-14 in Phoenix evolved 🇺🇸👊😎

[@jashaejoseph3752]

@growlingsidewinder this is an exceptional video! Will love to see more like it

[@mikemontgomery2654]

What a fantastic Tomcat video. Well done GS!

[@SafetyThirdRC]

That was fun and interesting to watch. Mr. Sidewinder, you rock.

[@The_Tau]

Great job! I appreciate you took your time and effort to learn about F14/AIM54 deployment more. Its much different than AIM120, habits die hard and I can see you improved a lot in comparison to your older BVR F14 videos :P Keep up the good work

[@maybesherlock734]

Thank you for making this video ... especially the part you mentioned about glory days of tomcat during iran-iraq war ... keep up the good work m8 ♡

[@coachwilson5967]

My dad, "Smoke" Wilson was the 6 on 6 test pilot, flying out of the Pacific Missile Test Center at Pt. Mugu, CA. 😎

[@sknaop]

Thank you for your commitment to making amazing content!!!❤❤❤

[@gregtheegg3576]

agree

[@Wellerhouse31]

Great video! Love the Tomcat. Would love to see you do a video building off of what you were saying towards the end with multiple Tomcats intercepting multiple bombers with escorts. Thanks for the great content!

[@survivalSC]

If anyone is ever in Charleston SC. We have a f14 on the deck of the Yorktown carrier. I think we have a f18 also. But the f14 was added back in 2017 I think it was. They have to sent up in launch ready. It allows you to walk around and get hands on with the f14.

[@groundpounder0541]

I actually learned a lot about fighting in the cat. Thanks GS 👊

[@Thunder_Addict]

I forgot this was a DCS video after this amazing intro lmao

[@bobbyshaftoe45]

Love.. LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE THIS FORMAT! This IS the schick!

[@timbaskett6299]

My first intimate experiences with the F-14 was on board the Lincoln. I always thought they looked too big to be a fighter, but when they were removed from service, I missed them. I had seen flight demos for them when I was younger and was always impressed by their maneuverability, but that really isn't saying much. I can remember being impressed by how maneuverable the B-25 was while doing a fly by during a warbirds airshow.

[@j.s.unknkown7870]

I was rewatching you F14 videos just today! I love that aircraft!!!

[@CalebGrahnert]

Love the history lessons added on!

[@bobbythomas6520]

I’ve said this forever, if the navy took the F14 and reworked the sweeping wings so it didn’t have as many moving parts, 3D printed the already designed frame with updates, update the HUD and canopy, and throw like F35 dual engines on it with modern missles. Thing would be an absolute unit

[@johnhermann7498]

Great Video! Anything with the F-14 is guaranteed to put a smile on my face!

[@princegaming1317]

Amazing video as always. As a tomcat fan myself, I can say it's truly a magnificent aircraft

[@timsullivan4566]

Just checked the calendar to confirm it is NOT my birthday... ...so then how come I get TWO videos from Growling Sidewinder on the SAME day?! 🤔🤔🤔

[@GrowlingSidewinder]

U the man Tim, always nice to see you commenting around here. All the best.

[@timsullivan4566]

@@GrowlingSidewinder Don't want to argue, but must politely insist that... ...YOU the man! 👍👍👍

[@702BattleBorn]

Yo GS. Nice mix of minidocs and your GS content. great video as always. F14 any time baby! Have a pleasant day. Cheers

[@zachboyd4749]

Two vids in two hours? GG Growling!

[@dabbyduck517]

Nice Mini Docs opener 👍

[@jasonwilson4185]

I know I've been watching the Mini-Docs channel. Good Stuff. I like how you brought a mini-docs intro into this video. You've done this style before here and there. Would be cool to get a more in depth analysis of the content here over on mini-docs (for example elaborating on what the Iraq-Iran war was...Why Iran was sold F-14's at the time, clearly we are not so friendly now...etc). Sort of like using this as a trailer for mini-docs sometimes, while giving the BVR and dogfight crowd on this channel what they want at the end of the explanation...every now and then. Obviously they don't want to sit through that every time.

[@skyknight1414]

It's about 90 miles from Buffalo, NY to Erie, PA. Puts it into new perspective how far 100 miles is and how something was able to make a kill at that range.

[@derneuemann]

I love any F14 content where GS flies the F14! I'm having a lot of fun in the F14 in DCS myself at the moment.

[@BobertLee156]

Love the History Lesson at the beginning

[@mikeodonnell1150]

Id like to see a carrier landing. If it can be done on dcs

[@liamburkhart6641]

did yall know that the audio in the introduction is from the conflict between two american f14s and two syrian mig 21s

[@andrewfranson4756]

This video reminds me of the decades I spent living in Alaska where fighters scrambling from Elmendorf AFB to intercept incoming Bear bombers testing our response time is a regular occurrence. Instead of doing a doc on a particular aircraft, that ten hundred other guys have already done, how about doing some research and educating us on the history of Bear intercepts over the bearing sea? Is could easily be a series of episodes showcasing the various aircraft that have served in this capacity over the last 70ish years, F86, F4, F15, F22, maybe more. I appreciate your content, I'm sure I have learned more about aerial combat form your videos than any other source. Keep up the good work!

[@johnkruton9708]

I know your channel name is Growling Sidewinder and that’s so badASS. I vote that your tactics and demeanor are true ICEMAN. Those warning bells drive me nuts, I don’t know how you are so calm, cool and collected. Love your channel and the fun you have being so professional.

[@GrowlingSidewinder]

thank you John, I appreciate you. You do anything enough times and you'll also be calm while doing it also lol nothing special here man.

[@jasperhunter8386]

@@GrowlingSidewinder Man, I know thousands of people must've said this, but I do love the history at the start about the planes! Thanks GS!

[@mrrys_4307]

The Intro was very cool!

[@j.s.unknkown7870]

I really like it when you try to engage bombers and stuff

[@ghostdog2898]

Great vid and mini doc

[@1972bcain]

Feel free to call the Phoenix your ‘Great White Wingman’ after launch, lol. And just like dropping your tanks before a merge make sure you unload the rest of the Phoenix (active) before a merge…. 1k pounds of dead weight each when you are in a phone booth.

[@abbaerfani9007]

Great fight by you GS in beautiful F14 Tomcat

[@TOPGUNKHA]

6:35 beautiful cinematics in those sky scenes

[@codychild2665]

That Tomcat is a sexy beast. Great video, GS!

[@rocketpunchgo1]

Another excellent video!

[@dblgonzo]

I was an VF143 F14A TARPS guy. I was in the second class for TARPS in Miramar 1981. I loved the Tomcat. The powers that be should have kept 12 F14 squadrons one for each CAG and one RAG and gone with the modernization program. The F14 was a big stick with decades more life left in the ar.

[@bri-manhunter2654]

Another great video sir!

[@AimlessAirsoft]

That was a really good military history lesson

[@itsdokko2990]

had my first day at my new job. being received by a new GS video is just 👌

[@GrowlingSidewinder]

very cool, hope you had a good first day and you enjoy the new job.

[@holden5478]

All dads: "We're going on a bear hunt..... I've got my binoculars"

[@MacVerick]

entertainment level 10/10.

[@ThisFinalHandle]

If they had just coated these beasts with a can of Rust-Oleum Matt Black they'd still be in service today as a stealth.

[@franknstein546]

Those bears need a shaving. Badly.

[@KillerKev1961]

Outstanding.

[@evilascanbe]

Great Video @GrowlingSidewinder! So this scenario exemplifies the purpose of the fleet interceptor and what the F14 Tomcat was built for, but it would be interesting to put one F18E/F in this same scenario to see if it can fill the shoes the Tomcat left behind. Moving the US and Russian (since the USSR has fallen) technological clock forward 10 to 20 years in technology just to be fair. Obviously carrier fleet defense is still a valid scenario, or has this threat diminished?

[@luciusvorenus9445]

"...ANYTIME, BABY!" Love the Tomcat! I wish the Navy would have kept upgrading the Tomcat. I know she was a maintenance hog and I love the Bug and Super Bug but the F-14 is just an iconic Naval Aircraft. Would have liked to see Super Tomcat 21s, flying an Alpha Strike with A-6Fs and Super Hornets.

[@donnieweston3249]

The fleet defender, imagine it with the new BVR missiles

[@Milchreismitschoko2]

Very entertaining video👍

[@bjrneirikstrkersen1021]

Always nice to have someone to manipulate your tids.

[@obvioustruth]

It would be good to have tac-view analysis for this.

[@renderedfrog]

Ahh.. f-14 asmr. BEOOOBEOOBEOO OOOUP BEBEBEBEBEBBE

[@luminary69revision2]

4:30 bruh by this point I forgot this was a DCS video, thought I was watching one of those documentaries Nicely done tho lmao

[@TheCulturedMan34]

I remember this matchup ending brutally. A cpu became a statistic that day

[@greybuckleton]

Love this format. See if you can upgrade the bomber to a Backfire next time. Possibly Flankers for escort.

[@CarThings___]

A mini doc on the Saab J35 Draken would be cool

[@wackswax8423]

That was epic!

[@MrJag15]

I love the background song when you show the Russian planes.

[@scottbrennan8044]

Another awesome video.

[@Tigerhawk30]

That Bear looked like he was hauling ass. Even when the Foxhounds separated to engage you, it didn't look like there was a ton of separation. Might have been a trick of the optics, but, still. Nice intercept.

[@SarcasticGame]

Finally, you got the Mig-31 without using the Raptor or riding the ground crashing into trees lol. Well done. I was hoping you would Merge with it and take it to school.

[@sanjeevnair4069]

Would love to see you land on the carrier after the mission.

[@pyronuke4768]

What's interesting is that the F-15's design team was at one point considering to mount the Phoenix missile. To oversimplify why it ultimately didn't go through the reasons were threefold; First, being a Navy project there were some concerns that the missile may not have been entirely compatible with the Air Force's hardware, notably given that it had been specifically designed to work with the AWG-9 radar and not the Eagle's APG-63. Second, the modifications to allow the Eagle to mount AIM-54's would've increased the empty weight by about 15% (and then you factor in that each Phoenix is almost twice the weight of a Sparrow). After the debacle with the Phantoms the Air Force was a little conscious about increasing the plane's weight too much. And finally, a difference in doctrine with how to conduct stand-off operations was the final nail in the coffin to Phoenix-carrying Eagles. While I understand the reasoning of the USAF, it's still interesting to imagine an alternate timeline where Eagles scored kills with Phoenix missiles.

[@GrowlingSidewinder]

it also may of interest to people to know that NASA did indeed strap an aim54 onto an F-15 and shoot it into space for research purposes.

[@man15h]

*why wasn't the f22 and f15 selected by US Navy* ? All of them the hornet the Falcon raptor eagle aardvark have tail hook