F/A-18C Hornets Execute No Knock Raid | Operation Desert Storm | Digital Combat Simulator | DCS |

[@GrowlingSidewinder]

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[@jahamez0]

hiya

[@paulybassman7311]

You Are Officially "The luckiest S.O.B. in DCS" 🤣🤣✌️

[@paolo5140]

Could you make eurofighter video showing how good is it

[@themollerz]

@@paolo5140 You pumped for Heatblur's eurofighter as much as I am?

[@trumanhw]

all that and solar panels on the leading wing extensions. (nicely done)

[@2skydream]

During the mission Debrief SIO : “So GS, how’d ya do ?” GS : “Well sir, I hit the target and splashed 4 Mig’s” SIO : “FOUR MIGS !” GS : Looking deflated “Yeah what can I say…I ran out of missiles and gun amo”

[@lknanml]

I spent 12 years in Army Aviation (UH-60s). On one deployment we worked out of 2 hangars at Balad. Looking down at the floor you could see a HUGE patch job on the floor. Bigger than our helicopters. Look up and there was a patch job on the roof about half as large. EVERY SINGLE METAL DOOR was bowed outwards along the ones in the underground passages. Most INCLUDED the frame around the door. Those before us dropped some party favors and later when we took over the base they patched them up so we could use them. More than a few hangars were left blown to hell. In the back of your mind you think. Lotta good these hangars did for the last owners. Here we are working away in them..... Mortars and rockets bouncing off them. Thanks for the flashback. Awesome vid!

[@ricktcraig]

Thanks for your service.

[@Mr.Scootini]

We appreciate your service sir!

[@vash_the_stampede6570]

o7

[@AnytimeBaby78]

Okey , i'll admit, i am a big Tomcat fan , i miss it, but there is something about legacy Hornets that i find it more good looking then Superhornet

[@Null24]

I've never understood people who say the super hornet is cooler looking than the hornet.

[@Mako2-1]

I’ll say that the intakes on the super hornet are definitely cooler but the saw tooth leading edge on the superhornet is an eye sore tbh

[@timspivy7463]

I like the legacy hornet I really do but I do think the superhornet is cooler I'm just a a sucker for square intakes and a higher load capacity all my favorite fighter jets with the exception of the F4 Phantom II and F111 Aardvark have rectangular intakes

[@airupthere-vu9sg]

The Legacy Hornet is better looking, faster, and (mostly) more maneuverable. As they say, "There's nothing 'super' about the 'Super' Hornet. PS - Of course the 'Super' has much better avionics and quite a bit more gas...and thus, more drag. But still, Legacy Charlie's for the win.

[@CivisMilitarum]

​@@Mako2-1 Agree. I like nice curves. 😎

[@AnthonyWoodruffe]

Whiting how you fly, fight and narrate simultaneously is truly a wonder. Love your videos

[@AMemeFrom06]

Man, I can’t even imagine hopping in a MiG 21 alongside your buddy to go challenge a flight of 5 hornets.

[@beardedphobos5211]

I honestly love how you make everything so cinematic for bus thank you

[@kevinrollins7710]

Loved that you did a historic mission. My favourite video of yours so far.

[@drippyrooster286]

I love the fact that you are including a link for the mission on these videos. Thank you!

[@happyhaunter_5546]

As a Navy man, I am obligated to love my American Murder Hornet.

[@jamezzz0035]

Grun 2: “This is Grun 2, there’s three of ‘em.” Grun 1: “Well then, let’s have some fun.”

[@Wardog22476]

Full load on target, dodge enemy SAM, defended against 3 MiGs to Winchester, and flew back in time for dinner. Nice video!

[@RafaPolit]

This event is actually narrated by the pilot himself on the Air Warriors episode on the F/A-18. It actually says he shot his first missile (Fox 2) as is customary for under-10-mile engagement, thought it didn't connect, and fired a Fox 1 just as the first one impacted the bandit. It's a nice recreation here.

[@heathb4319]

Thank you...

[@420BulletSponge]

Seeing the Sara's flight deck at 0:57 brings back a lot of memories. I was working in Fly 1 when that picture was taken.

[@jamlarna]

That was an awesome vid ! That Hornet is way better than I thought..... To go from air to ground then back to air to air with all those bombs and defeat 3 migs is pretty special.relley enjoyed that GS 👌🏽

[@SPFLDAngler]

The main problem with Sparrows in the Hornet is they default to Loft. So when you fire them they just go straight up in the air. Always have to remember to set it to Norm when merged.

[@Jannik_Stein]

Honestly, I like missions more than dogfights and BVR. A/A missions (like the one protecting the special forces) are fine too, if there's any story behind

[@2-Hands]

The Naval Aviation Museum at NAS Pensacola in Pensacola, Florida have BOTH of the these F/A-18C's and the Museum is restoring one of them and the 2nd one will be going to another Museum. **NOTE** The Naval Museum is still CLOSED awaiting the OK from upper Washington DC Navy staff. The Museum also has a MIG-21MF that is currently being restored and will be placed next to the F/A-18C when both are done.

[@firstchevalier]

More of this please. Missions where you're not just picking apart other pilots. Loved this one. Thanks.

[@traviswalker8933]

That's what air to air missions are.

[@xtc6106]

Annnddd.. that is why fa18 is my favorite module !!

[@KalvyNoodle]

Masterful. Multirole missions like this are my favorite

[@vantaaax]

The gunsight on the f18 is just so brutally accurate

[@Mr.Scootini]

I like how it was a mix of what happened to that strike package and the story of Stroke 3. You dodged all those SAMs albeit using flares and chaff

[@maxgronros6728]

Absolutely love how you only talk when the perspective is in the cockpit. Makes it feel as if im watching real combat and a fighter pilot just happends to be a youtuber. Great work keep it up👍

[@ericforster2970]

F/A-18 tip at 2:50 : SCS aft to alternate between HSI and SA pages on the AMPCD. Love the channel, mate.

[@o-manthehuman7867]

I love how you responded to the inevitable comments about Jack of all trades before they even happened

[@clevercat5844]

Legendary day for the F/A 18 Hornet! Good stuff!

[@destruct0503]

if i wasnt a hornet fanboy before, this video definitely turned me into one

[@suecobandito8954]

My cousin may have been in on that mission in one of the other Hornets. He had boned up on the HARM beforehand. He was the youngest Hornet pilot on the first carrier raid and was interviewed on CNN. His brother was there in a Harrier. I had gotten out in November, 90. I was a KC-130 pilot.

[@MussbacherIndustries]

Loved this video with the F18c. I just picked it up the F18c on DCS and have already gone through a couple of training pieces. Watching you configure and setup for various tasks within the cockpit was great to watch and especially learn and reinforce my understand of the training. Thank you

[@IRON6600]

I wish I would have found you 3 years ago my grandfather would love these videos he used to build tomcats after he retired from the military in Vietnam war. Growing up all I heard about were these tomcat planes and seeing these stickers with a cat and an American flag and how they are the best plane in The world.. anyway great videos man I appreciate you and the memories you bring back to me

[@weirddeere]

Love all your recreations of actual events. Just a thought, for this time period was there helmet mounted HUD symbology? I thought that wasn't around for quite a while.

[@specialneedsmolester1957]

I think hmds have been out for a long time

[@nubbins70]

@@specialneedsmolester1957 JHMCS wasn't introduced until like 2003 at the earliest......kinda strange oversight here since there was clearly some attention to bringing the appropriate AIM-9M and AIM-7M loadout

[@Azframer]

@@nubbins70 Yeah, and I do believe they would've been flying the Alpha model as well.

[@nubbins70]

@@Azframer that's was my thought too, but upon looking it up they did deploy a mix of Hornets and both kills were in -C model

[@Azframer]

@@nubbins70 The Charlie and Delta models are at land base Marine planes now. No more carrier duty for them. Even the Fighting Omar Aggressor are now Super Hornets.

[@vicroc4]

There's just something about the legacy Hornet. I think it's because the design was originally developed for the same competition that produced the Viper, so it's still got some of that agility and speed even after saddling it with the A2G capability. As opposed to the hulking behemoth that the Super Hornet has become.

[@termitreter6545]

Its also just being a carrier plane, same as F-14. Needs low speed agility to land on carriers. The F-18s we got in DCS are also one of the very few US Hornets that got a more powerful engines. I think the Marines got 10 of those, rest was export. Navy only had slower Hornets.

[@willwamack3637]

For those who are interested, The Fighter Pilot Podcast has an episode titled "Desert Storm MiG Kill" and the featured guest is Capt. Nick "Mongo" Mongillo! It's a great interview/story hour and they even bring in some of the actual mission audio from the F-18's on that mission. Great video here! Just wanted to share that for those interested!

[@aaronbertini9714]

There’s a mission in DCS called “Ode to Mongo” that recreates the events that’s super fun

[@t3hjnz]

This video was a hell of a lot of fun to watch. Thanks for taking on a tough multirole mission in an absolutely iconic f/b - top-notch narration, great videography and editing, and of course peerless piloting. Your videos just keep getting better, friend.

[@Mattie_LIGHT]

I wish you would start a KZbin shorts channel with nothing but tack-view replays and the piano music in the background. Thank you

[@nathanrawling4353]

I'm gunna say it dear sir, think this is one of the best you've done

[@arizonaav8or399]

Ode to Mongo is one of my favorite missions for the Hornet. Great idea using it for a video!

[@gr1pen]

The cinematic LEGACY by L.A. West beautifully recreates this engagement and is definitely worth the watch.

[@TheGoddamnBacon]

Bombs on target, after taking out 1 intercepting MiG and before splashing 3 MiGs after. Mission accomplished indeed.

[@Viljoen]

Such fun! Would love to see a weekly or fortnight long format of these missions. Takeoff to landing.

[@heathb4319]

You said..."That's the Hornet for ya". I would add...That's the Hornet for ya... in capable hands" Well done Sir.

[@TimbavatiLion]

I love the mission style videos. Sure, dogfights are nice and all, but you can only show so many different 1v1 setups... missions never get old! And the varied engagements make really enjoyable content even if the video is longer.

[@jeffreybruce400]

This one was really awesome, love the historical aspects! Also, the new beat that you have at the end of the videos is pretty sweet. Keep up the good work, I've learned a lot from your videos.

[@weissrw1]

A lot of young folks don't know that a "jack" is a journeyman in a trade; for example a Master violin maker may have several journeyman doing the rough hand work or the fine and finish work under his supervision. It took a journeyman violin maker 15 years to be eligible to be a master violin maker (after submitting his "masterpiece" for playing and inspection).

[@sogerc1]

You know what, I've enjoyed this video more than a dogfight.

[@jesuscontreras124]

The replay of the splash on the last mig in synch with the music was amazing

[@ivellos]

I have to say, I like this kind of videos (multirole missions) much more then the regular dogfights. Well done!

[@CharlesHuse]

There is a certain part of the powerband on the legacy Hornet that produces a bit of a howl that is almost as unique as the howl produced by the RAF Vulcan.

[@GatorAaron]

Excellent mission, your prioritization and placement are *chefs kiss* GS.

[@Warcraze13]

I love this format. I would love to see more missions or campaigns. I like to see your thought process on engagement. The dogfighting engagements are entertaining but they don't necessary show all what you showed here. Thanks again.

[@estefanello]

Is the F/A-18 one of the most under appreciate/valued fighter jets? I know its a beast but it doesn't get the same "love".

[@stevemc6010]

Used by Spain, Canada, Switzerland, Australia, Finland, Kuwait among others. Very successful craft

[@Mike_Romeo]

Over appreciated in my opinion

[@Dr.Monday]

I really really like the mission type format.

[@lechestain2048]

This could easily be a mini docs vid 😏

[@CoolCarVideo]

Well that was fun and spicy 🌶️🔥

[@sike3000]

the outro music screams "John Wick in a Fighter Jet" and its banging

[@paytonsmith7068]

I’d watch a video just like this every day. These missions are sick!

[@ishaan863]

Imagine being in those Migs. Knowing that you're outnumbered, outgunned, outmatched in every way. But this is your life, and you have no option but to just fly towards your own death and wait for it. With an infinitely small sliver of hope.

[@tylerkaralynallen9286]

The last guy was just waiting till he was over a city before he ejected.

[@xxZerosumxx]

I never knew how amazing of a plane the Hornet is until I started watching your videos.

[@jamesmassee6629]

GS, I love your videos! A little bit of error in the historical accuracy of your video. 1) The hornet didn't have a helmet mounted optical system in 1991. 2) Coalition aircraft had a 10000 foot hard deck on all non-search and rescue missions. Planners were more worried about the large number of Iraqi radar guided AA guns than the Iraqi SAMs. Besides, the F-117s were the only aircraft allowed in the areas with heavy SAM threat. This combined with the low supply of precision guided munitions contributed to the very low accuracy of bombing missions. The Mk84s you used could miss the exact aim point by up to 6 feet for every 1000 feet of altitude. 3) I don't know for sure, but I don't think JTIDS, the Hornet's data link system, entered the fleet until 1 or 2 years after desert storm.

[@RagsHSC-7]

GS TOTALLY AWESOME ! LOVED IT ! Ty for Sunday I saved that and I'll be saving this 1. Very surreal❤🕊️

[@dioad1739]

GS my man you are awesome as usual especially with your depictions of real events keep it up I hope you get millions of subs as you deserve.

[@CarolusR3x]

Really want to see a battle of 2 Typhoons vs 38 Skyhawks to represent a modern Falklands Islands campaign

[@longjohnpilsners7750]

Isn’t it crazy that many people who served in desert storm are like around 50 years old now, or even older

[@bhanusharma233]

Something about the legacy hornets. Man they are beautiful.

[@nicktoms]

These missions are awesome, much more thrilling that one on one dogfights.

[@rohangangan8327]

GS Please make a Indian MiG 29 Astra BVR video!!! They are the most advanced version of the MIG 29 currently on the planet as said by the Head of MiG themself. Its known as the UPG standard ( MiG 29 UPG)

[@brentcowell5776]

i recall that day as it got noisy real early while i was on watch with a m60 which i had not shot til then!!!!

[@thomasfarley5070]

I watched an FA-18 at the Milwaukee Airshow some years back fly AROUND 2 buildings in downtown Milwaukee! Amazing aircraft!

[@jeremyortiz2927]

A Jack of all trades is a master of none, but oftentimes better than a master of one.

[@simenbo797]

Beautiful video!! Love the SAMS, something really satisfying withe smoke trails and tracking!

[@Paughco]

Great video! Baddest thing I've got is my A2A P-51, which I fly in P3D (civ version, no guns, but a kick-ass Garmin GTN650. The frustrated fighter pilot in me really enjoys watching you get it on in DCS. Charlie Mike!

[@The_Original_Brad_Miller]

Great edge of the seat video, I really like these mission vids ;)

[@williamstilgoe61]

Yet again, loved this vid and learnt some practical stuff too.

[@MrDewanchand]

Good flying. You make it look easy.

[@icaleinns6233]

Sheesh, what is that, Beast Mode? Nicely done!

[@ryanweintraub9448]

10:34 I dunno why but I just found the way you said pickle funny

[@rapodejko]

I turned 10 on 1/17/91. I remember waking up and seeing the start of desert storm

[@TJP443.]

The hornet, when you need to get things done

[@subjectc7505]

The hornet is a beast, sad that both are not in production anymore.

[@barbarossa1234]

Thank you for another interesting video. I enjoy your channel.

[@jamesd4013]

Boom...won the merge! Fox 2

[@filipvidinovski7960]

A jack of all trades and master of all of them.

[@JustinCglass]

That was a sick vid Great finish right there

[@chrisdouglas4427]

Love seeing you these!!!

[@Warthunderispain]

Love these videos man keep them up I’ve been watching since 2018

[@731trident]

SHAKE AND BAKE! Buddy that was so.eaction! Great video! Multi-task mission FTW!🏆🏆🏆

[@731trident]

*that was SOME ACTION... 😅

[@tippership]

I get such strong Behind Enemy Lines vibes from this- this was a little scary seeing you dodge those IR sams lol Though they didnt have the performance of the IR sams lol, for that you'd have to be fighting ground launch IRST missiles as SAMS, those are the only things that act like the missiles from that movie

[@SuperTrojan2]

We need an official collab with operations room

[@thinbluelinelife]

I enjoyed that, genuinely, fantastic flying skills good sir.

[@RagsHSC-7]

Oh btw my OQ2 VR just got for Xmas crashed😢 I ordered the IR5 with the attachment that is on your channel. Think that'll be much better, especially with key binding. Also f-18 hotas that'll be coming by June. Ty for the reference 🕊️

[@TheMagusOfTheMagnaCarta]

Love how that mig driver dumps his busted ass ride in someone's back yard to save himself a bit of a walk!

[@gofukursef]

Your Loss of situational awareness just for a few seconds was enough for him to scratch you.

[@trafficguy8872]

Thoroughly enjoyed that video.

[@doc7000]

During desert storm the AIM-7M did most of the killing followed by the AIM-9.

[@widowswine7994]

Saw 2 F-18S at work today looked like they were playing chase, couldnt have been more than 2 thousand feet up, so close i could see the drop pods on their wings, and then a few days before that saw a flight of 2 f16s in an arrow head formation the 16s were in the middle and then 2 f18s were the sides

[@GeoSkinMtb1]

Did they have some sort of jhmcs or headset mounted display back then in the Persian gulf?

[@yeti8it396]

Thanks! Love your content !

[@GrowlingSidewinder]

Thank you very much

[@BJDansie]

GS goes out heavy strike, comes home in air show configuration.