Could Just 9 x B-1b Lancers Destroy More Than 631 x WWII Bombers At Rabaul? (WarGames 42) | DCS

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[@Uselessnoobcow]

The AI take off into the wind, if you adjust the wind settings you can essentially choose which runway they use

[@grimreapers]

thx!

[@panzerabwerkanone]

I don't see how that would help decide whether they use the right or left runway. IRL both runways would be used in the same direction to launch a sortie like this.

[@Uselessnoobcow]

@@panzerabwerkanone it doesn’t, it does let you pick which side of the airfield they take off from preventing a huge taxi or taxi back though

[@ussiowa8393]

Slight correction: the B-1s readiness rate hovers around 40-50%, which means that at any one time, about 4 in 10 are ready for action. In other words, out of the 45 B-1s we currently have in service, about 20 are mission capable. That's pretty atrocious, but it's not quite so bad as 4 planes over the entire fleet.

[@Sethgolas]

They are pretty much clapped out. I think the fleet is at something like 90% of their design hours.

[@grimreapers]

thx

[@virginccyy7645]

Don't we have 95 b1 bombers

[@charlietheunicorn5383]

I can't understate what it looks, sounds and feels like when a B1 goes from zero to afterburner on a runway. Experienced this take off at an airshow. They were able to get off the deck pretty quickly (around 2k feet), then the aircraft went completely 75 degrees to the horizontal. Felt like watching a fighter jet taking off, not the massive aircraft it actually is..... only one experience was even more jaw dropping, watching a SR71 take off.

[@randlebrowne2048]

I used to live near the runway of Dyess AFB, Texas (one of the major B-1b bases). When they would practice the sort of take-off that you describe, it would literally shake the lightbulbs loose in my house!

[@tomriley5790]

Haven't heard a B1 take off but Avro Vulcans with 4 Olympus engines were incredibly loud, it was only one in my case but in the 1960s with 4 minutes before Russian ICBMs would have hit their bases they used to scramble entire squadrons faster...

[@AdequateOregonian]

One of my favorite memories when stationed at a B1 base was when those things take off fully loaded and the rage of those engines. Nothing compares that I've experienced. Wish I could have seen/heard a SR-71!

[@PBAR_B1B]

Flew a simultaneously runway departure with 2 B-1s (I retired as a B-1 weapons systems officer several years ago) at Nellis at 5 am many years ago...base public affairs was inundated with noise complaint phone calls. Also, I think the loudest thing I have ever heard in my life was a really low funeral flyover in full afterburner by one of our Bones for a squadron mate who had passed away.

[@AdequateOregonian]

@@PBAR_B1B Nellis was a great base to be at for exactly that reason. No stop flying power!

[@wulfwalker2514]

When bombing a runway or ship you should be using a delay setting on your fuses so it will penetrate before detonating. This causes the bomb to detonate inside the ship or underground causing more damage.

[@whiskeysk]

or load shitton of durandals for the runway....

[@wulfwalker2514]

@@whiskeysk That works too.

[@FelixstoweFoamForge]

That was NOT an air raid. Not at all. That was a cold-blooded execution. Loved it!

[@Arstine]

As for the comment of there only being 6 airworthy, I live right off Ellsworth AFB (28th Bomb Wing) and we have more than that active just at this base alone.

[@grimreapers]

Well that busts that myth then.

[@theboothy91]

Just cause you live near the base don't mean you know anything about their aircraft

[@Arstine]

@@theboothy91 Fair enough. I do however regularly work on the base and I most certainly do know approximately how many are there. Even if I wasn't ever on base you can SEE them on the flight line from well off base. Also, being a private pilot here we are regularly vectored over Ellsworth when RAP is using 14 so we can see the flight line from the air as well. Not to mention that I regularly share air space with the B1s and have for the last 25 years that I've been flying here. Does that satisfy you that I might know what I'm talking about or do you think you need to poke in to stir things up some more?

[@theboothy91]

@@Arstine yea just cause they are on the flightline doesn't mean anything either. At my base there are a lot of jets on the flightline that doesn'tmean they are all ready to go it just means some are waitingon parts or hangar space. You won't know which ones are ready to go unless you work in the squadron or work on the aircraft.

[@Arstine]

@@theboothy91 I'm just gonna leave it at this. You don't know what I do or what I might know. I've stated that I do know that what I said in my original post is fact and given a good bit of information to back that up. You are making assumptions to attempt to prove me wrong for some reason. I can only assume at this point that you have decided to point a trolling finger at me or are just the type that has to jump in to other's conversations to act like you know it all. Bottom line is that what I said in my first post is accurate information and your involvement in this is unnecessary and pointless.

[@kill3stdayz910]

Holy cow! I'm not sure if that's my Bone request, but what a great video! I wish a modder would fix the Lancer in DCS so you guys could use it more. That has been my favorite plane for 20 years! Thanks Cap and RC!

[@guidokorber2866]

The bone looks like a fighter when you have no reference how big it is. Saw them several times in static display at the ILA at Berlin and once in flight at Miramar. The transsonic flyby was probably the loudest event I ever witnessed.

[@mikeynth7919]

Saw the one at the AF Museum. So sleek it is.

[@kondor99999]

The Bone kicks so much ass. Me and my kid sat in the cockpit of one at the USAF museum at Wright-Patterson AFB. If you get a chance, just go there. It’s the greatest place on Earth.

[@cmotdibbler4454]

The BOne needs to have a flyable model so you can have actual pilots dropping sticks of death on unsuspecting airfields... It would be interesting to see how this would play out if you had hornets on fighter and anti ship duties and three or four Hercules to take out the land assets (either as AC130 or with GBU-43)

[@krismurphy7711]

Fly Nap of the Earth in a B1...B52...B2.....yippee kayyah!!!!!

[@KroMagnum4]

Great video I worked those beasts back in the 80's at McConnel AFB. The first 6 months we did not have enough tires to keep up with the training schedule. So we constantly had to swap them out or risk tire failures on take off and landings.

[@michaelmcternan4997]

Oh the boom boom, oh the devastation!!! That guided strike on the ships was awesome and the bomb line down the run way was awesome!

[@johnnewton6877]

B-1 Lancer... maintained by the badasses at the OC-ALC at Tinker AFB in OKC! I worked on the Stratotanker and the AWACS. One of my best friends works in the B-1 hangar. : ) And there are far more than 6 that are mi-cap.

[@cmdrbigity6914]

Also Dyess :D Late to the party I know, just recently discovered this channel.

[@Tracked350Z]

Had the joy of working these things for 6 years as an engine mechanic. Served in OIF/OEF, Libya, Syria, and the Horn of Africa. Got to see a lot of B1's take off full and come back empty. Nothing like it.

[@keyogen]

The active runway will change base on wind direction. So if you want an aircraft to takeoff in a specific direction in DCS you have play with the wind settings.

[@grimreapers]

thx

[@tamelailes8166]

I'd love to see this mission replayed, but with something like the C-141 dropping BLU-82's. Have three or 4 of them drop over the ships set to air burst at 50' or so, and another 4-6 taking out the airfield and fuel storage.

[@winglessviper]

As a former B-One maintainer and weapons LDR, I enjoyed my work, most of the time. JDAMs were still in testing my last year in service, 94. They have to slow down to open the bomb bay doors, but can re-accelerate when the doors are open. And yes, they are VERY loud.

[@grimreapers]

thx

[@pierrelahaie6359]

I wonder what a WW2 radar would say about a 600knots aircraft? And on the deck! Niiice video.

[@haroldbenton979]

Considering that the Japanese didn't even have a ground based radar system until 44 they would have been totally surprised by the attack. Just look what happened at Midway when the dive bombers showed up over the fleet.

[@pierrelahaie6359]

@@haroldbenton979 So even the latest German radars in Europe would be mystified.

[@viperkeeper]

Fantastic video, well done!

[@KrisTheLVN]

Holy cow! Does Elvis and Kermit know you watch the Grim Reapers?

[@TonyHobbs]

Miss the Tomcat shame older planes get removed as I'm sure some still good today. Our Buccaneers were awesome in the day at low level

[@randalljones4370]

Q: Why does DCS always have the drone-bones taxi to the end of the furthest runway? A: That allows more time for strafing by the Zeroes. ;) Watching those bones taking off... reminds me of the time I was taxiing up for take off at microsized Hartford/Conn airport in a nano-sized 12-seat/twin-prop job and the bloody CONCORDE was roaring down the runway, turning the tarmac fly-paper-sticky with those blowtorches. Watching the B1b bombing...it looks like strafing, but with 500 lb boomboom. Soad to hear Cap say there are only 6 bones in flying shape... what an amazing plane. Back in the 80's I watched one do a wing-standing turn and circle over the Hillsboro Airport (Oregon) during an airshow... so incredibly loud !!

[@Renmazuo27]

Have you guys done a re-enactment of the Force Z from Malaya attacks? Say could a flight of Eurofighters or F35's have prevented the Japanese from sinking Prince of Wales and Repulse?

[@grimreapers]

Cool idea

[@tomriley5790]

You could even try the world war 2 aircraft that were available (despite the RAF telling the RN they weren't the day before and not responding to previous air attacks) the Buffalos arrived just after they'd been sunk.

[@Renmazuo27]

@@tomriley5790 Yeah as a two-parter. Warbirds then modern.

[@trentbyington5957]

@@tomriley5790 and the fact that fighter cover wasn’t requested until it was too late

[@gofoats]

@@grimreapers Wouldn't that be seal clubbing? LOL

[@timblack6422]

I went up , at the time, and saw the first operational Air Force squadron of B1s in Texas in the early 80s

[@Bigfoot1955]

Nice "elephant walk" for takeoff of the Bones. I'm surprised that AA even hit any of the Bones. Visually aimed at the speed they are traveling should be just about untouchable. Cluster bombs would have been a nice touch for the airbase.

[@wakes_inc]

It wasn't AA, it was a cluster of three bombs that collided mid air right behind the plane. Watcha l watch at around 11:51.

[@Bigfoot1955]

@@wakes_inc thanks I didn't catch that.

[@r2020E]

@@wakes_inc lol somehow the bombs collided mid air.

[@atigerclaw]

@@r2020E And of course, video game bombs, so they just detonate at the lightest tap from any direction.

[@r2020E]

@@atigerclaw ah yes hitboxes and hitpoints mechanics

[@xxxm981]

The cookoff on the ammo dump is pretty neat

[@orsonincharge4879]

13:27 f ' ing glorious

[@Wayoutthere]

@13:08 That was cinematic AS HELL.

[@stevenlarratt3638]

10:35 seeing the Altitue dial go to zero and not crashing!

[@pahtar7189]

Readiness was below 10% for a while a couple years ago, but they retired the worst cases, bringing them to the current 45 B-1B Lancers in service in the US Air Force and Reserve. Some upgrades were done and more spares obtained, resulting in a present readiness of about 50%. So in a crisis the US could conceivably task over 20 B-1Bs for combat.

[@uncletiggermclaren7592]

Imagine how appalled and frightened the defenders would have been, if planes going "too fast" had of been approaching, and then EVERY bomb hit its target.

[@randlebrowne2048]

When I used to live just off the flight line of Dyess AFB, Texas, they would sometimes practice emergency scramble take-offs. The roar of the engines was so loud that it would literally shake the lightbulbs loose in my kitchen!

[@kill3stdayz910]

I grew up under the approach path of Davis Monthan AFB, in Tucson, AZ. My childhood was full of watching a10s and c130s on final approach,as well as many other military aircraft! My favorite to this day was the Bones departing the day after an air show. They would take off full afterburner, and the sound would stick around for 20 minutes afterward!

[@my67falcon]

Was stationed at Ellsworth when their first B1 came in. Looked so futuristic next to our B52s. Later in my career I watched the first B2 fly over my head as I provided security on the north end of the runway at Whiteman. Been retired almost 20 years and still stop to stare at the B2s that fly over my house.

[@kaustubhacharya7642]

Indian Jaguar and Mirage 2000 vs A base with SAMs and AAAs ....Big FAN

[@robertvantine2810]

RC: "Wake turbulence?" Cap: "Dammit, RC, we've bombed the wrong island! This is Rabaul!!!"

[@alphaastro3068]

I guess this is the most successful raid ever

[@jpsmusicforthemood5197]

I apologize if somebody already pointed this out - it seems that at roughly 11:52 two of the bombs may have collided taking out the Bone and also a 3rd bomb. OR... it was AA that took out the Bone and all 3 bombs perhaps. Is either of those scenarios possible irl?

[@grimreapers]

yes bombs hit each other and fused :( unlucky bone.

[@JoeInTheDark]

Starting @12:50 o gosh it gets so beautiful. SUPERB job Reapers. Astounding video Cap!

[@tysen_ellison]

Maybe adjusting the wind direction will determine which way they take off.

[@grimreapers]

thx

[@johngardner1290]

I enjoy these reenactments on historical events. The modern aircraft really put a different spin on it! Thanks GR's.

[@tomboyle7901]

Thanks for doing this Cap. It would have been cool about the Apaches but this is even better.

[@grimreapers]

rgr

[@glenproctor1999]

Cool bombing runs! A suggestion for a rewenger video, a flight of Japanese F-15's taken back in time to try and stop a B-29 raid on Tokyo?

[@JAEUFM]

To be honest, just the B1s blasting in low at full throttle would cause so much noise, it would likely traumatize the Japanese personnel so badly that bombing would not be necessary.

[@strambino1]

And a single B1 can carry 24 LRASMs, such a potent weapon system!

[@SilentShark]

I approve of the use of the Ace Combat: Assault Horizon music. It's not quite from the mission where you actually fly the B1, but I acknowledge it nevertheless. 😄

[@grimreapers]

Well spotted

[@ryanpayne7707]

6:55: That irks me. Its a displaced threshold, not a blast pad. So why are there REILs at the end of the DT?

[@ghostrider1827]

Man... I paid yall to build missions for me! You guys put together the best missions

[@troybalster3687]

Used to live in Rapid City south dakota near ellsworth afb. They either land or take off over interstate 90. Awesome when they take off or land over your head when your driving by.

[@hawk4192]

B1s are easily the prettiest bomber ever made. Very impressive aircraft.

[@kusaamani9415]

I notice your group normally uses modern planes against older historically accurate war birds, have you ever considered using weaker planes and enhanced tactics if any weaker planes could still contest the event re enactment ??? Just thought you normally massacre these re enactments... what if the tables had been reversed?

[@RicktheCrofter]

Ditto. If I remember correctly the Bismarck was sunk by slightly obsolete British bombers. A suggestion: state of the art, allied WWII aircraft against Russia’s “modern” Zhukov aircraft carrier.

[@Wolfen443]

Abusing Civilization Gaming advantages can only be fun for so long, try reversing roles to see if even a decade earlier aircraft or ships can get the job done.

[@Not-TheOne]

That scene from 13:25 to 13:44.....that was epic!!!

[@BCSchmerker]

+GrimReapersAtomic 💥 *The F/A-18C is satisfactory as a B-1 escort with full ammo in the nose, two AIM-7's on the ejectors Stations 4 and 6, six AIM-9 on the tips and dual LAU-7 pylons Stations 3 and 7, and one fuel tank Station 5.* The F-14B can carry all bombs under the fuselage, with full ammo for the gun and four AIM-9's under the gloves to splash any enemy encountered on the flip-flop; external tanks not needed.

[@aminrezakhoshbahar5094]

Greetings from Iran 🇮🇷♥️ Wonderful videos , absolutely mind-blowing.

[@jackofall2305]

That was....... beautiful

[@theconvictedquokka]

My great grandpa was a fighter pilot in the raaf and was at rabaulit was awesome his story

[@m1t2a1]

All swing wing. Lovely

[@gooner72]

I have to totally agree with you about the B-1B mate, I live about 40 minutes from Mildenhall and used to go to the air shows when I was a boy..... she was, and still is, my all time favourite bomber in history. She's probably, well..... she actually is, the greatest and sexiest bomber ever designed. I adore the B-1B.

[@philipr.6090]

The B-1 is definitely a beauty, but I don't know if I like it or the B-70 better. That was an amazing looking aircraft also!

[@diapason89]

"Random holiday flat bombed." Smell that? It's the smell of...war crimes.

[@oldmanjenkins38]

Bloody Brilliant!! Nice watching that on my 70”.

[@grimreapers]

:)

[@mrlodwick]

Outstanding.

[@Youngie761]

Wow, amazing job!

[@henrygibson9613]

Could you do some more B1 strikes vs other targets. Maybe some modern scenarios ?

[@CraigGrunenfelder]

woohoo! These fly by my house on a regular basis. Love the sound.

[@angstrom1058]

Lived in Rapid CIty and watched B1-Bs based there flying about regularly. They are amazingly cool aircraft.

[@CorsetGrace]

The picture, if you freeze frame at 13:30, is just glorious!

[@EchosTackyTiki]

It's pretty funny that you have the B-1s launching from Anderson; last I looked (as of 13 May 2022), on Google Maps, there was a squadron of Bones parked up on the tarmac at Anderson. I don't even want to know how many random broken windows there must be in Yigo from those things taking off next door.

[@kenhelmers2603]

Good use of the Bone!

[@martinjones12]

I remember when I was at RAF Waddington and a B1b arrived from the USA, did a flypast and got stuck in "burner" with all 4 motors,,,,,,, pitch up.......and climb vertically ,,,,, getting ready to kill 2 motors.......and work it out is the words of the pilot later........ nice chaps

[@jameshewitt8828]

One of my fondest memories was standing on the grass at a Mildenhall airshow watching and holding my ears as a B1B took off in full re heat

[@grimreapers]

Same here JH :) xxx

[@APV878]

jeepers, that carpet-bombing ripple is mental.... I remember as a kid there was a BONE at 1-2 airshows I've been to and yes they are incredibly loud and huge.

[@davidelliott5843]

120,000 pound sounds huge but it’s about 50 tons - slightly more than one 18 wheeler semi truck. The WW2 Lancaster carried 5 tons (12,000 pounds). Ten could shift the same weight though a lot more slowly.

[@grimreapers]

Roger

[@barrymilligan5167]

Last I heard there were 10 active B 1s

[@thepilotman5378]

So cool!, It's like watching the final countdown except the B-1s are here too!

[@tadficuscactus]

The bones are designed for high speed at low altitude right?

[@grimreapers]

yes

[@davidurban3357]

Photographed a Bone flying in/around Nellis AFB in Vegas. From a distance it looked like an unusually large fighter, then it turned and the wing became visible and the sighting became an event. First time seeing one fly outside of an airshow. Truly amazing even at 40yrs service.

[@JoeInTheDark]

I live near the airforce base that does maintenance on the B-1 B bombers. Yeaaaaah theyre notorious for being difficult to maintain. They leak fuel a lot.

[@PerthLuxury]

Flying this in an F-111 would be sub zero cool. Set the TFR to tree top level and sweep the wings back and get ready to break windows lol

[@DelaV3]

Sometimes a damaged ship is worse than a sunken one. Eats up resources like crazy.

[@fernandorosati9450]

Great video!

[@proxlamuz4591]

This is super cool! Well done

[@grimreapers]

thx

[@Chio_OB]

Good stuff!

[@Senorgusanos]

This was incredible to watch...well done

[@samanazimi5087]

Remember that winwing technology is your ultimate hardware solution :) 133

[@lohrtom]

Love the heavy bomber missions

[@pastrie42]

"it's gonna be very fast very low, and very sexy." Someone's been reading my diary

[@bobk4438]

I worked in the B1 program office back in the 80's. Pretty cool aircraft.

[@willwozniak2826]

Outstanding!!

[@rbtsubs]

Now imagine 12 F15Es using guided munitions just staying high

[@jasondiaz8431]

Thank you for the use of the imperial measurement system. Us Americans really have no concept of Kilos. Celsius meters, and litres we just choose not to use because the measurements are not impressive enough. For example 110 degree Fahrenheit in Texas sound was more deadly than 30 something. And a litre is just a way to get cheap for Soda as a gallon is way bigger ans we still sell milk by it.

[@grimreapers]

Roger, I use both sets.

[@Nordy941]

How do 5 carrier (3 Fleet & 2 light) carry 631 aircraft geez packed like sardines.

[@species3167]

There were some ground-based aircraft thrown in as well, mostly Marines based in the Solomons.

[@helterskelter416]

when i was little we lived in Abilene and they had B-1's there, I got to go onboard one and sit in the cockpit at an airshow. we used to see them all the time, along with c-130's. one time they had some c-130 drill at the airbase and there was just a string of c-130s in the air, i counted more than 40 before we got to the mall.

[@willcchiwill8836]

I think the Bone that got shot down was hit by shots aimed at the one in front of it. Perhaps they need to have wider spacing between them?

[@romakrelian]

So glad I didn’t skip this video.

[@grimreapers]

Skipping GR vids is bad for the soul I hear...

[@28boudreaux]

I'm 4.5 in and I'm going to say I'm glad to have RC BACK!!!

[@87alphaone]

This was great!

[@johndaniels5226]

Omg please do more with B-1’s! That was awesome!

[@signore1]

They recently retired 17 b-1s leaving a total of 45. Not sure how many of those are ready to fly at any one time tho.

[@danielwideman5255]

It's pretty typical from some things I've read to plan on 1/3 of an active force ready at any given time. 1/3 on duty, 1/3 training up, and 1/3 in maintenance. So that puts about 15 active with another 15 readily available if needed (the one working up)

[@hoghogwild]

Mission capable rate was down in the single digits a few years ago with its CAS support mission, is up over 60% now. 8 airframes are dedicated to new weapons testing, plus a further 9 aircraft down in depot including 2-4 in the structural repair line leaves about 30 aircraft to work with.

[@loganolson8764]

I live by a airbase where they are and during the Fourth of July they fly over the parade and it shakes the ground

[@jonathanbaron-crangle5093]

Excellent bomb-runs on the airfield.

[@peteruk8925]

What amazing aircraft the B1 are F14 are beautiful to look at and deadly in how they achieve missions !