The F-22 Raptor Is Unstoppable | Stealth Kills | Digital Combat Simulator | DCS |

[@GrowlingSidewinder]

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[@CallsignAegis]

Wha 4 hours ago?

[@louplinx2460]

@@CallsignAegis how has he done that?

[@SHINR__]

Please play in the perspective OF the F-35 soon, if that's possible. I and many others would like to see this.

[@BattleBrotherCasten]

Battle Penguin is the superior nickname for the f-35.

[@paulahutcherson1045]

We just finished watching this episode of you reaking havoc throughout the skies . Totally awesome how no one stood a chance against you. We really enjoyed the video. You are our favorite pilot to watch and listen to. ❤🇺🇸🇺🇦

[@SHARPSPEED]

On today's episode, GS takes the most advanced fighter jet on earth and uses it to just be a general menence to society.

[@well.7736]

Bo'omGun

[@k-peezy2723]

But was it while he was drinkin' his juice in the hood?

[@zilfondel]

As one does when one is piloting a raptor

[@covidhoax7646]

It’s only the most advanced compared to the biggest losers! 😂

[@jimmoynahan9910]

The F-22 ISN'T the most advanced fighter jet on Earth.

[@hatoffnickel]

Would love to see a wave attack of f22 vs fighter where each round the f22 faces progressively more fighters until it is finally outmatched

[@firebald2915]

The F-22's only lack would be lack of armorment per aircraft. Unless ramming is a tactic. The F-14 in that case could always jettison their Jester at them.

[@Durzo1259]

These don't feel very sporting tbh. It's like watching Mike Tyson proudly take on and beat a group of 10 year old's.

[@realherobrine5636]

the f-22 would run out of missiles though

[@freedomisnotnegotiable]

How many kills has the F-22? One white balloon 🎈… that’s it it never proofed itself in any conflict, probably scrap

[@hatoffnickel]

@@realherobrine5636 guns and maneuver kills

[@clairecelestin8437]

As an F-22 fangirl, I adore this video. A quick tactical note: during the engagement with the 2x F-16, lead spotted you and broke high. By immediately following him, you allowed the wingman to gain situational awareness, get some offset, and turn around to get a fox 2 solution on you. A better tactic would have been to take a few seconds to fox 2 the wingman first, before pursuing the lead F-16 in that vertical 2-circle. Since the wingman wasn't aware and wasn't defending, a fox 2 shot would have been a virtually guaranteed kill, and a few seconds delay wouldn't have been enough time for the lead to go offensive on you. I think if you had done it in that order, you could have stayed out of enemy weapons solutions and wouldn't have needed to rely on flares. Great video, and I love watching you sanitize the airspace in the Raptor. Thanks for the amazing content!

[@psiben99]

Your breakdown is spot on, but I suspect GS was after an entertaining video where he intentionally made minor errors like that, showing the the mighty Raptor can overcome. Cheers!

[@generfeld]

great explanation!

[@thetruegoldenknight]

🤤

[@linkthepaladin5202]

​@@thetruegoldenknight🤨

[@maxfreedom1710]

oh yay, a woman's opinion - though spot on. and thus, the duality of man persists. we should've gotten the f23 though, just saying

[@grimgamer24]

That external view of the maneuvers at 10:13 was beautiful. Cool seeing jets literally dancing around one another

[@dystopianlucidity4448]

The dance of death with the raptor.

[@Andro.d]

Would be cool to see one in an airshow

[@maverick740]

ngl kinda reminded me of the Top Gun Maverick

[@ducksractuallyepic]

@@maverick740 lol, yeah. "What is with those two?"

[@maverick740]

@@ducksractuallyepic yep that one

[@The08450]

If the raptor is this good according to publicly available knowledge, imagine how good it really is!

[@ryanquinn1257]

With the guys who might’ve flown it for decades too.

[@itsupport191]

It has some weaknesses but only Red Flag fighters know after sparring with an F-22.

[@jackdaniels5538]

It's probably worse. Modern military is centered around sales, not combat. Everything is oversold to maximize profit, rather than undersold to maximize effectiveness.

[@darkhawk2463]

@@jackdaniels5538 well the F22 doesn’t really have an export model, so sales are not something that would be considered. It’s completely possible that they are over exaggerating it’s capabilities, but there would not really be a reason to. Not to mention rival military’s don’t really care about publicly available info, they would have there own data

[@ChasseurTueur]

@@itsupport191 "It has some weaknesses but only Red Flag fighters know after sparring with an F-22." you mean Chinese balloon?

[@Vern_Trertnert]

GS flies the F-22 like he's ordering a slushy. "What do you think? Mango this time? Oh they don't have mango. Ok 9X then."

[@HeirofCarthage]

I am sure the real life exercises like this are a great way for an airforce to train not only their 5th gen craft, but learn ways to improve the use of their own 4th gen vs enemy 5th gen. Great video.

[@Fishing4Fish96]

Unfortunately not the case for F22 pilots. F22 pilots aren’t allowed to use the full capabilities of the F22 in these scenarios as they don’t want anyone to know the full capabilities.

[@Acrophobia2]

@@Fishing4Fish96 they can during internal usaf training!!

[@thepeacockk]

@@Acrophobia2 iirc their public statement is that radar reflectors stay on unless its wartime. They even left them on while destroying the balloon

[@Acrophobia2]

@@thepeacockk yes I knew that, but I was referring to the maneuverability limiter!

[@yulfine1688]

@@thepeacockk that's actually pretty funny because it means that in reality the one Rafael pilot only won the one time out of six because of that...

[@generfeld]

Really well said "there's a reason we don't sell the F22 to anyone"

[@grimgamer24]

I miss the adding of tacview breakdown at the end of the videos with BVR fights. It was always cool seeing how the missiles behaved and such

[@RayzeR_RayE]

Have to agree... the Tac View is actually what initially drew me to the channel!! Not needed for every video just seems he's gotten away from it a bit.

[@racket804]

These 5th gen fighers like the F22 really do dominate everying else. This reminds me of that one video where GS easily took out 5 superhornets with the Su57 felon. Would be cool to try the russian version of this fight to see how it goes.

[@gerkovandenberg4238]

You had too much fun during this exercise while fat shaming America's primary fighter

[@firebald2915]

And proving a point, F-22 Extreme Air Superiority with only one aircraft, alone.

[@tsepheletseka5115]

Now that would ne awesome. An Su-57 going up against Mig-29s, Su-27s, Su-35 and maybe some Chinese Flankers as well.

[@jvetter8586]

Exactly what I came here to say, either j20 or felon fight like this against nato 4th and fat Amy. Then at the end throw a 2 ship f22 formation against a single felon or j20😊

[@Acrophobia2]

@@jvetter8586 a 2 ship of F-22😂 that would be a slaughter😂

[@b.thomas8926]

Ok, true story. Was on a Caribbean cruise and as the ship was moving past Cuba, the Cuban air defense flew a Mig 29 out to the ship and the pilot gave us a show by doing loops and barrel rolls. Guy was clearly have a bit of fun and we waved and enjoyed the show as we sailed past.

[@PhycoKrusk]

I didn't really notice before, but in that side view of the fly-by on the cargo ship, the Raptor totally looks like a spaceship.

[@swordmonkey6635]

When your weapon allows you to choice the time, place and method of battle without the enemy having a say, you are in the fastlane to victory.

[@sjl-s7q]

The pop up attack at 9:17 is just about one of the coolest things you can see on aviation YT

[@nordithen]

I'd love to see some F-35 BVR content - is this possible with currently available mods?

[@Vsor]

In the discord I asked "Has anyone made a video about the F-35 doing whatever it is it is supposed to do? like group stealth tactics?" To which the reply was "Nice try China" I think dcs just doesn't do stealth and jamming well, and so much of what the F-35 does tactically is classified.

[@forzaelite1248]

​@@Vsor Tactics are classified as expected, but there's plenty of public info or pilot accounts of some of the capabilities of the systems onboard. It'd be interesting to at least try to piece together an interpretation of the systems and let the community figure out what works best but it seems they're not going anywhere near it for now. In either case they'd have to develop a lot of other things in general first, like getting the radar beaming to be physically simulated so that notching isn't as overpowered as it is now.

[@grimgamer24]

The thing about it is that it would be easy to do that video, but it wouldn't represent remotely close to the real world F-35. A lot of the features it has are not in DCS (small ex. The f-35 has a towed decoy that it can have trail behind it so that missiles track that instead of the stealthed plane itself.) There are more but that was one on the top of my head

[@vicnot229]

In command: modern operations I've found the F-35 much more useful than the F-22 in BVR, specially if used with “missile trucks” like the block 3 Super Hornets and F-15 EX. A F-35 can detect and track multiple conventional aircraft outside of missile range and has a much better chance at detecting enemy stealth fighters while staying safe itself. By relaying the targeting information to the launching platforms and guiding the missiles, the F-35 allows those to fire the missiles at the edge of the MAR and then immediately go cold, therefore archiving a higher probability of a kill while staying safe. There is reason to believe (so long as classified stuff goes) that the F-22 does not have the same sensor sharing and CEC capabilities as most cutting edge fighters do, therefore it is stuck doing the old “lock, then crank” maneuvers like every other fighter. It is still the best aircraft at it, but recent US comments suggest that cooperative engagements might be the future of air warfare.

[@freddyd1783]

A common one is for the F-35 to go deep behind enemy lines or closer than others can and lock a target (or several). Instead of shooting, it feeds the lock data to a F-15EX which is like a missile truck and the enemies just die thinking it was the non stealthy 4th gen on radar doing all the work..

[@theninjaneer4105]

This video was great content as always. Had a grown man laughing and putting up my fist in the air while saying "YES!" while performing sick maneuvers and getting air kills. Love it!

[@kylobear7991]

Absolutely love ❤️ the f22 t shirt! Just my size thanks!

[@Acestes.]

12:09 This made me smile so hard! To know they were just locked in deadly combat. That he spared the pilot so he can fight him again in equal footings. That's so much respect!

[@heisrisen1113]

Followed immediately with disrespectful flares 😂

[@thabettalova]

I agree with your statement. But unless that pilot climbs into an F22 himself, it won't be equal footing next time either. 😂

[@Acestes.]

@@thabettalova Very true, 😂 Still the F-22 played nice with a disabled aircraft. What I am saying is that any Pilot worth their salt on a F-22 wouldn't take an easy kill like that. 😂

[@niko7903]

F15 Pilot to himself: [head straight looking from corner of eye] "Don't move! He can't see us if we don't move." F22: "I can see you." F15: [puts hands up and then ejects]

[@Acestes.]

@@niko7903 😂 Pretty much, that F-15E Was just so steady lol didn't even want to flinch. Was first time I've seen a F-15 play possum 😂

[@bdogplayz]

I love how floaty the F-22 looks when its fighting the F-15

[@csjrogerson2377]

Ripping by the ship a 100ft!! I remember in the 80's when I was a watchkeeping officer in RN frigates, standing on the bridgewing, height of eye 39ft, looking eye to eye with Buccaneer pilots. As US F-16 pilots used to say when chasing Buccaneers in the desert - "I knew I was low when I had to climb to avoid a camel". Those Fleet Air Arm WAFUs were good, trouble was the Buccaneer was so smoky it was like a flying diesel truck. You could see them for miles.

[@f3nixfire]

I remember the account of the F22 pilot being interviewed that took down 6 F15 Eagles by himself. He said "It was like clubbing baby seals." Thats basically what you did here.

[@nathaniellazo5912]

Absolute blood bath: What was your kill tally today? 2x F-16 2x F-35 1x F-15 3x F-18

[@Mcree114]

2x F-15 He may have spared the wounded bird but he still mission killed it and forced it to limp home.

[@Danlovestrivium]

@@Mcree114 I don't believe that would count as an aerial victory, though. But for all intents and purposes, even the 15 pilot knew he was killed.

[@MMACHMP]

guy in the 2nd F35 was like damn it!!!!

[@eamonnneedler9160]

"I'm not gonna kill him, let's let him go" ... then one of your flares gets sucked in his intake and FODs his only good engine and he crashes.

[@shadowblade232]

11:21 GS: "Look at me, I'm your flight lead now." The absolute disrespect hahaha.

[@dystopianlucidity4448]

A GS video is the perfect excuse I needed to take a break from working for a few. A beautiful display of prowess in the battle with the F15. Great vid bud.

[@ghandiman]

Heavy Top Gun vibes.

[@danrazART]

The raptor is a scary beast sneaking behind someone. This video is insane! The F16 kill was too macho!

[@pigeonpoo1823]

It's a hitman

[@ryanvalicek7291]

love the irreverent treatment of the f35's lol

[@cpfpv6410]

You are probably my favorite content creator on youtube! I don't fly DCS at all but I can always count on an entertaining video when I see a new one from you. I have NEVER bought youtuber mech before today but I just grabbed an F-14 shirt from your store using your promo code. Keep up the great work!!

[@GrowlingSidewinder]

Thank you very much, and thank you for supporting the channel. I Really appreciate your support much love.

[@falkov2447]

first part of the video: "Leaving your wingman thats a stactics i haven't seen in a long time"

[@markymarc12]

10:08 Impressive skills from that F-15

[@phillysailormac]

Yup. Gained him another 10-15 seconds.

[@Dos895]

@@phillysailormac Yeah, desperate actions by the Eagle. Must of saw his life flashing by when he saw those first burst of rounds barely missed his cockpit.

[@locustkiller11]

F-22 is 100% alien tech dawg

[@stephenschroeder6567]

This edition of Clubbing Baby Seals was brought to you by the fine folks at Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, Raptor Funeral Services, LLC, and the parents of Growling Sidewinder. Tune in next week for the rebroadcast of the Holiday Special were GS and his trusty Raptor take on Santa’s Sleigh and those unpredictable reindeer.

[@PvtPartzz]

That first engagement makes me wonder if they’ve ever developed a function to lock IR missiles to individual targets before simultaneously firing multiple missiles to hit multiple targets at the same time.

[@Aeroman08]

I don't see any reason why not. That is interesting though.

[@optimusprimus89]

This was the F22 video I've always wanted.

[@Nurhaal]

Seal Clubbing with the F-22 should be a crime against the Geneva Convention lol

[@deadlybladesmith3093]

Always love a good F-22 video!!! 🤙

[@HenryProductionsYT]

I'd love to see a similar video but instead against foreign aircraft. I truly enjoyed this demonstration on once again how scary the F-22 can be even 25 years after its development

[@marcwanagas1234]

@henryproductions his Flanker and AWACS vs F-22 video (or the outtakes in the “best death” clips) is hilarious

[@HenryProductionsYT]

@@marcwanagas1234 forgot that existed. Was unbelievably hilarious

[@wookie7017]

The views of the raptor sneaking in behind the 16’s and 15’s was just bad ass.

[@coolguywithahat0127]

The F-22 is the most over-designed over-built fighter jet ever and it shows.

[@brown7583]

6:57 did the F35 break the sound barrier while dead 😂😂

[@danielgaona2148]

"My dude, you cannot touch this, Fox 2!..... hehAHhahHAHah... ...SPLASH." lol As always, great video!

[@nampah8621]

Thank you for the red circle, helps with situational awareness for the viewers

[@dodgedude908]

Gotta love the F22 and its air dominance

[@Carboneye7]

Love the air superiority videos

[@CharlieThunder24]

100% envisioned GS just casually pulling up behind the vipers then above and between them inverted like "Polaroid moment" a la Top Gun 1 hahhaha

[@opanami7]

OMG this got my blood pressure up this morning. I am immediately downloading this F-22 mod.

[@Erv704]

I love these scenarios. Keep up the great work

[@thuydoan7496]

I'm playing Kenny Loggins Danger Zone while watching this.

[@Khutch18]

This was so much fun to watch

[@denmarkiese4610]

Love that your F22 has the JBER (Alaska ) Fighter wing

[@latedistress2834]

Is truly amazing to see how far you’ve come since I first started watching at 20,000 subscribers! Absolutely love your videos man! You deserve nothing but the best, very happy to see your success after this time! Proud moment to see your dreams come true man 🙌🏽

[@FrostyXXIII]

I worked at a racetrack next to a Pratt & Whitney, one day to F-22 just popped up from behind the tree line

[@reese9276]

I'm not a pilot... first of all. However, I LOVE JETS !!! I really enjoy your site. Thank you for sharing these !!!

[@brothertyler]

I used to work on the P-3C Orions. You might as well have shot it down, it belongs in the boneyard anyway!

[@echo_43]

Man did that 2nd F-35 absolutely dirty lmao

[@anngo4140]

The 35Cs didnt seem to have AIM9s on them, and they sure dont have guns onboard, so when he got behind you he had very limited options anyway

[@danieldelanoval7656]

7:18 was a perfect opportunity to throw in the “Ejecto seato Cuz!” Line lol

[@ghostltk]

Would love to see the f22 and f35 work together how they are intended think that would be a fantastic video

[@ekhardrabie1678]

The cinematography is amazing.

[@cdubb444]

Amazing video man, probably my new favorite! Thanks for flying and taking us along my man!

[@Oats4761]

F-16 Fighting Falcon = 'Viper' F-35 Lightning II = 'Schumer'

[@dasmooze]

The missle guidance system would be proud!

[@Aminuts2009]

MoOoOommmmmm...Billy's playing with his food again!

[@aaronliddell4280]

7:38 “Uno reverse card my dude”! Lol 🙌

[@Kaipeternicolas]

I love those F22 dominance videos! They're the best!!!

[@arthurminiear2904]

Sneaky Pete em. They didn't even know what hit em . Sneaking up on the f15s was epic, they were still in formation when the gun took out that right engine.

[@devildog1989]

The F-22 is a straight apex predator

[@SlimeMonkey23]

This is why i love the F-22

[@natdmc85]

I love the minor side stories you sometimes give to NPCs, it's like watching Bob Ross when he describes some random bush or leaf in his painting.

[@oddy1637]

Alternate title: F-22 bullies everything in sight..

[@daveminion6209]

OK great job I can watch the whole thing up until the end at.... 12:20 - and VMFA SQUADRON of Marine F18s show up, cant watch my own guys get it from an f22.

[@rocketpunchgo1]

"Uno reverse card, my dude." -GrowlingSidewinder, 2023

[@2swordstacticaldefense95]

I’m still belly laughing at “FAT AMY” designation. 😂😂😂

[@larrymcdonald7187]

Freaking love it ....Quote "Uno reverse card on the f35" LMAO

[@madmax2069]

This is what happens when you give the F-22 a baloon only diet, it eventually breaks out and goes on a feeding frenzy. Its a predator, it wants meat.

[@blackbuttecruizr]

Can't believe the Air Force is asking to retire F-22's... We need MORE

[@thefdrummer9627]

Exactly

[@subjectc7505]

We can't afford more

[@forzaelite1248]

F22s are fairly technologically outdated both in systems and stealth applications, at this point it'll take the form of a new aircraft, see NGAD

[@kevintan5497]

​@@forzaelite1248 well atleast as far as the US is concerned, every single other country on the planet would happily buy them if they were top secret tech

[@jaek__]

Not really. The F-35 by all metrics seems to have more practical capabilities in a modern conflict.

[@Rose.Of.Hizaki]

That F-22 is like that one brother that nobody has seen or heard from for 50 years. Shows up at the door and instantly just beats everyone the hell up.

[@NietzscheanMan]

No idea what you are talking about, fortunately.

[@Rose.Of.Hizaki]

@@NietzscheanMan you didnt watch the video in that case.

[@NietzscheanMan]

@@Rose.Of.Hizaki referring to "that one brother" situation.

[@Rose.Of.Hizaki]

@@NietzscheanMan The single F-22 that goes on to beat up F-16s and F-15s...

[@NietzscheanMan]

@@Rose.Of.HizakiI mean I am not familiar with that kind of family situation.

[@TheHXCfrog]

Skipper of the Barge is just like… “Damnit Maverick!” Mean while GS is just like “Goodness gracious, great balls of fire!”

[@ewartlambert]

We need more of these 5th gen vs squad episodes. I’m curious about how big of a squad each 5th gen can neutralize before the numbers become too overwhelming Keep up the good work bro👊🏾

[@Aidenpohlman]

Bro just called f35 fat Amy 😂

[@uniacidz]

Love the F-22 Fights.

[@bigwave8165]

The way the raptor can just point the nose wherever it pleases is unreal… imagine when it gets equipped with hypersonics

[@WhyDidYoutubeDoThis]

To me, the F22 is the coolest thing on the block. It's a monster. I wouldn't want other people to have them lol

[@dexdeny8145]

Everytime Gs hits someone we can hear "ah hahahaha haha" soft evil laughter from GS 😂. Absolutely awesome 😎

[@АйбулатИсхаков]

That was criminally uneven. Poor guys not only had no chance, they even didn't know it

[@heathb4319]

I really thought that first match up was a perfect opportunity for a... "You should go home now" moment. Would have loved to see you sneak up to them and then come easing up right between them. Or just go by them at mach 2.25

[@allenarneson4349]

GS - From reports I have read and statements by Red Flag Pilots - What you just did with one F-22 is what they see consistently. F-22 is far superior to just about anything. I would love to see 2 - F-22's approach those SU-35's that keep bugging our B-52's on routine flights over the Black Sea. The comments would be - F-22 pilot - "I think you need to leave the area or be shot down". "Quit messing with Our bombers".

[@dioad1739]

You know what was really awesome that was on the big screen thanks GS.

[@user-dx4hb5le4v]

GS has got that maniacal laugh in the F-22, love it

[@crownbikes1375]

I like these types of videos where you get your splash and move on to another set. Great content been watching on a daily for a couple months and I’ve learned a lot

[@patrickreindel692]

Was kinda of expecting you too Pete Mitchell either the F-16s or F-15s, coming up from behind and below and splitting them.

[@johnpaulbacon8320]

Nice video. Get to see how the F-22's are supposed and expected to perform against everything other then another F-22 - LoL. F-22 vs F-22. NGAD is gonna very crazy when it enters active duty. Having all of the various capabilities are different tiers is what could be the USAF's biggest advantage over other's.

[@Chuck_Hooks]

F-35 pilots have said that the F-35 passed the F-16 in capability at least two years ago.

[@adamsteele6148]

Unreliable source

[@the-lag-gamerita5446]

@@adamsteele6148 they're still right tho

[@Stlaind]

@@adamsteele6148 No more unreliable than the sources that always reference a G-limited early prototype test flight.... which is all anyone that claims the F-16 is more maneuverable have to go off of.

[@BlyGuy]

Pretty sure the F35 was more capable than a 40 year old jet from day 1

[@overclocked1]

its hard to compare them cause they have different purposes

[@JPsTechReviews]

That was brutal, fun video to watch, and I am definitely going to keep my head on a swivel out there.

[@Eyerleth]

When you gunned the second F-16 a second time, after it was already spinning out, I said "Stop! Stoppp! He's already dead!"

[@itildude]

F22 - cannot become a history note. We need them. Politics and procurement aside. Thanks for another awesome vid GS.

[@timandshannon03]

I love when GS just decides to be a jerk........starts off regular with an appetizer of two F-16's, then goes full jerk mode and merges with two fat Amy's, decides to gun an F-15 by climbing up and over, rolls, and guns him, blasts his wingman, spares the Orion, unloads everything at three F-18's..............lol Good stuff my dude!!

[@timandshannon03]

Also, why were they ALL flying finger tip? Nobody was tactical spread

[@GrowlingSidewinder]

I think no one was expecting to get jumped there, the hornets had a good spread to be fair to them.

[@Maktumekal_Ilzrei]

@@GrowlingSidewinder When fighting something you have high odds of not seeing, expect the unexpected should be the default! Either way great video and some hilarious moments in this one

[@LarsRyeJeppesen]

They chose the name wisely.