F-22 Raptor | Capability Of A Raptor WALL Vs The Entire North Korean Air Force | DCS |

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[@BobertLee156]

Day 20 of asking for F-18 close air support. GS you pick the variant

[@themargrave]

Would love to see an Su-25 vs Me-262 battle - the best jet fighter of WWII vs a dog of an air to air jet in the 21st century.

[@J7Handle]

I would love to see you fly the MiG-31. First in BVR, but also a dogfight against something equally poor at turning would be interesting. Maybe a dogfight between an F-15E and the MiG-31? Or If the F-15E is still too much better, maybe weigh it down with some sort of load or payload?

[@nathangong8642]

Could you do 20 raptors vs entire chinese airforce

[@snizami]

To be fair, wouldn't the outcome here be incredibly similar were this a wall of f18s or something?

[@Spartan12]

The fact the entire NK air force was able to get off the ground and flying on the correct heading is a minor miracle. I applaud you.

[@truthseeker9454]

Sadly, there's no one left to receive the participation trophy.

[@Spartan12]

🤣@@truthseeker9454

[@imapopo2924]

@@truthseeker9454 Just duct tape it to a JDAM. Fat Boy will be accepting it personally.

[@lateefpou2986]

Facts 😂😂

[@SethBeck]

Yep.

[@Astral-no5dd]

“The raptors are doing trick shots now” you know the fight is over when one side starts gun killing enemy’s for the fun of it.

[@StephenDelRosario777]

"Hi! We're dude perfect and today we'll be trickshotting sukois"

[@Emma15969]

​@@StephenDelRosario777 😂😂😂

[@Astral-no5dd]

Did not expect this to get this many likes or get liked by GS

[@alexanderholm9278]

The where empty on missiles I guess, they carry 8 each.

[@SpeedyChicken2207]

*top gun intensifies*

[@edwhatshisname3562]

"Today there are only two types of aircraft, stealth fighters and targets." -Tom Clancy

[@Igor914624]

Tom Clancy also said an F-22 attack was like "Clubbing baby seals"

[@llamatronian101]

I imagine after that first volley of four missiles each, the Raptor pilots are fighting over the stragglers so they can get their ace.

[@pegcity4eva]

Sounds like the first F15 engagement in Syria.

[@llamatronian101]

@@pegcity4eva yeah, a similar thing happened in ww2 when Germany tried to resupply North Africa by air. A bunch of slow unarmed cargo planes turned into a turkey shoot.

[@canadianreserve]

Well, they only have 2 more long range and 2 short range missiles left after that initial barrage as far as I know. I was not able to keep track of how many were fired by the narrator.

[@ComfortsSpecter]

I Love How The Entire Practical North Korean Airforce Can Be Summarized in a DCS Operation

[@katherineberger6329]

This is like the original Independence Day from the alien POV. Practically invincible, against planes that are HOPELESSLY outdated compared to you.

[@AFNBarbosa]

This, for some reason I immediately thought about Independence Day

[@shutup4748]

I think he gave them 100 extra planes :clueless:

[@immikeurnot]

I wonder how many of their fleet are actually operable. And don't their pilots only get like an hour a month behind the stick on average? They're so low-hour that they barely know how to fly their aircraft WITHOUT someone trying to kill them. The US could just about go back to using Sabres and still waste the North Koreans because the pilot skill gap is like putting the Arizona Diamondbacks up against a little league team. And not a good little league team, either.

[@Sailboat_]

@@immikeurnotit’s more like 2 hours a year in flight time

[@spencerhauck690]

I wonder what the pilot is thinking having no radar contact of any hostiles in the airspace and just seeing 3 quarters of his buddies just being blasted to a million pieces.

[@JacobAsmuth-jw8uc]

huh? The raptors were in the cons for the entirety of the fight. Did you watch the video or just read the title?

[@spencerhauck690]

There's a difference between being in the cons than having no contact on radar. Even if the bandits seen their con trails it's already too late and yes I did watch the video thank you for asking.

[@mcbill7352]

​@@JacobAsmuth-jw8ucdoesn't mean they can be aeen on radar

[@user-ss8rz9mr8p]

I agree. It's like fighting ghosts.

[@kamingleung3792]

welp, you can go ask the Iraqis. Getting owned by f14 f15 f16 f18. especially f14s, the Phoenix made them think their jet blew up because of sabotage😂

[@sama5946]

I love how people really have no idea how deadly the f22 is. If you look into it nothing compares to it

[@snugglecity3500]

The f35 compares in a bvr fight being more capable but it does hold less missiles which is a major disadvantage.

[@SpeedyChicken2207]

@@snugglecity3500the f22 is also faster and more maneuverable

[@SpeedyChicken2207]

@sama5946 if all the raptors that are usable were let out to free range, absolutely nothing they chose to target would be safe, everything it wanted to kill would be dead before it knew it. Just at the mercy of the raptor squadron

[@snugglecity3500]

@@SpeedyChicken2207 yes thats why its FAR better wvr. The f35 is barely more maneuvrable than an f15.

[@SpeedyChicken2207]

@@snugglecity3500 exactly

[@craigwycinsky3889]

I thought there was linking software between the Raptors that kept them from aiming the same target. That would have been very helpful in this situation.

[@DuvalDashCams]

Not in the F-22. The F-35 has that connectivity though.

[@darrylsmith7871]

@@DuvalDashCams, My understanding is that the F-22 does have that capability through it's stealthy Intra Flight Data Link, but only with other F-22s. The F-35 has an expanded capability to datalink with other aircraft.

[@stevenwinklepleck8395]

I believe that is part of an upgrade being implemented in what Raptors are not being decommissioned. The F35 has it, the Raptor is 25 years old already and most hadn't been upgraded yet. The DCS model is based on the OG Raptor.

[@MetalHeadMarc]

If this is known capability of the Raptors firing solutions. Would it have been best to fire in a staggered way in wider formation?

[@corporate_marshmallow]

as somewhat of a n00b to this scene whose interest far outweighs his knowledge, could I ask a question? How is it that the Raptor wasn't being used in the 90s then? Why do these planes exist so "early" yet never get used? It always comes across as a huge waste of opportunity. Like the guys at Groom lake are so far ahead of what budget allows...@@stevenwinklepleck8395

[@beatboxbuggi6884]

I wonder what it’s like being the pilot of some North Korean MiG-15. How in any world can they possibly think they’d stand a chance in a modern combat environment ?

[@Fred_the_1996]

I highly doubt they use their mig 15s as anything other than training aircraft since they have access to mig 29s and stuff

[@tumsfestival8027]

I think they don’t really know. Most are flying mig-29 by now. But I’ve seen docs where the nk people were watching smuggled South Korean dramas, and they thought it was a sci-fi due to the technology in the show (cell phones trains etc)

[@Fred_the_1996]

@@tumsfestival8027 nah there are cell phones in north korea, most people dont have them but just because i dont own a yacht doesnt mean i dont know what it is lol

[@Ifoughtpiranhas]

Let's just say they have a better chance in the MiG-15 than they do against a firing squad...

[@kurousagi8155]

@@tumsfestival8027MiG-29s are given to elite pilots. Even MiG-23 is rare. MiG-21/J-7 is the most common North Korean fighter jet.

[@Christian-fg3we]

The US has around 190 Raptors, it doesnt sound like many but considering how powerful they are, thats more than enough. Just an insane aircraft

[@nickc6882]

Only 17 countries have more fighter aircraft in total than that. If the US ONLY had raptors it would still have the 18th largest air force in the world.

[@Christian-fg3we]

@@nickc6882 and it would still be able to take on the majority of the larger air forces, nothing is close to the Raptor

[@user-fd4il6pi9i]

felons, su 30's, su 75 checkmates(production begins soon) mig 35s@@Christian-fg3we

[@echo_43]

And those are *just* raptors. That doesnt include the USAFs F-35s, F-15s, F-16s, or any of the USNs fighters

[@Yayaloy9]

F15 has ratio of 108-0 Imagine the level of skills to go up against one that is decades old plane. Now imagine facing an F22 that eats F15 entire squad for breakfast....

[@Kingcheysha]

It would be a cool idea to do a similar mission, but do 1 F-22 against a bunch of player-controlled NK aircraft. It may give a better idea as to 1) how effective a single F-22 can be against a larger force, and 2) how a pilot or team on the NK side might try to defeat an F-22. Very cool video nonetheless!

[@MartinInBC]

If I were one of the players controlling an NK aircraft, my first thought on noting Raptors approaching would be, "OK, where's the 'Defect to South Korea' button?"

[@stevepalpatine2828]

Just go lo and fly along the deck, according to Top Gun terrain confuses the radar on a 5th Gen Fighter... -_-

[@joshuamiller7502]

I don't know any off the top of my head but i bet theres a number of pack tactics you might be able to employ to bait the f-22 into a position for a kill from another aircraft. But I guess that also depends on how many NK aircraft there were

[@lordhickory3322]

3:30 Man, I love how they all launched their AMRAAM's simultaneously, that looked so epic

[@Sean-rn9kw]

It’s like the Independence Day scene

[@Eluderatnight]

Crazy idea for a mass formation tactic. Fly single file into the missile radar so it locks onto one silouete, then break. Ideally one guy takes all the missiles for the team.

[@danielnoahalie9186]

I ain't signing up for that suicidal role

[@bachelorchownowwithflavor3712]

@@danielnoahalie9186I could see commie nations trying it. There's much more voluntelling than volunteering in those organizations.

[@syper51]

but what if the missiles are above or below you?

[@XiaOmegaX]

@@syper51 Until the missile starts its own radar up it'll go after whatever is lit up, aka the lead

[@StephenDelRosario777]

[@davepenn3560]

Imagine being one of the last of your air force left, looking back and seeing half a dozen raptors jockeying for position on a gun kill. That swarm of raptors gunning indivdual migs at the end of tac view was impressive

[@Dirtyharry70585]

Was like hungry blue sharks going after mackerels

[@Klaaism]

MineMIneMIneMineMine!

[@ecleveland1]

At what point would the NK pilots just eject to save their life? If they don’t even know what or how all the other planes are being shot down some of them have got to realize they are better off ejecting.

[@SpeedyChicken2207]

@@ecleveland1it’s called “I gotta be better than Timmy” mindset

[@Skiergold]

​@@ecleveland1might have something to do with what the Pirrsbury dough boy might do to their families. Textbook case of damned if you do, damned if you don't.

[@FireflyMyLife]

I'm so relieved you got those enemies near the end of the engagement. The greatest risk in this mission could very well have been your not getting any air kills and then having to live it down back at base.

[@atlasf5756]

bro imagine all of your friends and teamates get killed in less than 5 minutes while you see absolutely nothing on radar. must be terrifying

[@meady888]

No doubt North Korean media would tell of a different outcome that one North Korean pilot destroyed all 10 raptors with one missile 🤣

[@bradlovell3884]

*Bullet.

[@wolfpreist]

I remember that time they were touting their new Air to Air Missile, and the footage was just flipped Top Gun kills from the original Top Gun Movie.

[@kamingleung3792]

they even said something like hamburger is invented by Kim's.

[@ecleveland1]

I honestly don’t think their pilots have been told the truth about the capabilities of the US military or the aircraft they would be fighting against.

[@zqzj]

"The Ghost of Pyongyang" lol

[@m.searay4629]

Tacview was like watching 10 sharks devour a school of minnows 😆

[@jedimaster847]

Seriously! Watching the nine split-s one at a time to let the later ones shepherd the remaining bogies made it clear NK was already dead at that point

[@Nurse_Xochitl]

A bunch of raptors slaying fish

[@Xcieg]

I couldn't even imagine flying into a modern air combat with a plane that doesn't have modern countermeasures.

[@jlpowell51]

You can imagine flying into it, you can't imagine flying out of it.

[@parrettfamily4041]

“41 raptors? That’s crazy!” “Correction: *9 raptors* and *36 amraams!*”

[@Nurse_Xochitl]

10 raptors

[@tyson31415]

"Look at all these Raptors!" North Korea: "I don't see ... oh no."

[@TeeBagger]

Then his RWR starts screaming at him lmao

[@vergilwithagun]

​@@TeeBaggerProvided it actually works

[@StephenDelRosario777]

"Clever girl..." *KABOOM*

[@tutel9496]

"where's the rap-"💥

[@matthew_natividad]

@@StephenDelRosario777yes Rico kaboom

[@logyz450]

Could you imagine hearing 10 Raptor sonic booms + all the missile booms at almost the same time? Awe inspiring yet horrifying!

[@DonVigaDeFierro]

I'd be glad to hear it, because that would mean I wasn't the target.

[@pigeonpoo1823]

For DCS to be truly immersive, id like to see how the North Korean state media would have reported their historic victory despite losing every single plane in its fleet.

[@maelyndavis5395]

Scariest part is, you won't hear them to begin with.

[@DarkhorseGaming1775]

NK EWR operator: sir, we have a bunch of bees crossing the DMZ at this time. NK commander: oh shit...

[@SnuffySpaghetti]

Imagine all 180 of these creatures using their full classified performance. You won't even have a chance to fight back. It's absolutely terrifying.

[@coltonlucas1016]

Combine that with 180 F35s. You would have a force in the air that's almost unstoppable

[@SelfProclaimedEmperor]

​@@coltonlucas1016US air force has like 300 F-35 now

[@Ugh-Fudge_Bwana]

@@SelfProclaimedEmperor Will eventually be 1763 F-35s

[@jacehiggs3637]

​@@Ugh-Fudge_Bwanathey won't make that many. Within the next 10 years they'll release the 6th gen fighter and hints of the 7th gen. As both are already being tested, used sparingly and compared vs comparing costs of upgrading 18s, making more 35s as you mentioned or having 50 ish produced and the world knowing the 35 is 2 steps behind what is really out there, as great as it is.

[@chrismaverick9828]

That tac-view was what we needed in the last wall attack. Glad you added it here! Thank you!

[@lukesummers2446]

The Raptor can have one interception, as a treat.

[@Spartan536]

@@jedimasterdraco6950 I'd intercept me

[@parisbtw5779]

Id love to see hlc talk about this lol

[@paulleach3612]

Now, don't be getting the kid excited...

[@aznravechild6i9]

​@@paulleach3612let the kid eat!

[@davidvasquez08]

@@paulleach3612meats back on the menu boys

[@radioactive9861]

Watching the 'TacView', it seemed like the biggest threat to the Raptors was avoiding colliding with each other...LOL(I know the icons are BIG and the planes probably weren't that close, but, DAMN that looked funny!)

[@jchowe07]

Came for a quick laugh. Stayed for the shock and awe. The way the 22s just weave through any R77s is amazing, really showcasing the capability of the low radar cross-section. Fantastic demonstration here.

[@ExternalInputs]

Air to air combat is a thing of the past, like US dominance.

[@joelrasdall7662]

I had the same reaction: clicked on it on a lark, then sat and watched silently, eyes widening.

[@chrisd2962]

​@@ExternalInputssomeone is delusional

[@GaionSputro]

​@@ExternalInputs ye

[@vanguard9067]

A formation of Raptors like that looks pretty sweet, and terrifying at the same time. I like it.

[@stratis722]

only terrifying if you're on the other side

[@MaximilianoAedo]

Good to see you using the TACView again. This was the craziest furball you've ever participated on DCS.

[@alexanderleach3365]

That’s the power of the US Air Force with the F-22.

[@alkagupta6810]

Where did the emoji cams from?

[@alexanderleach3365]

When you become a long serving member to the page.@@alkagupta6810

[@giestron336]

​@@alkagupta6810Comunity emojis

[@koczeka]

Paper tiger army.

[@Boomkokogamez]

@@koczeka Nah, that your Hungarian armed forces.

[@JAnx01]

12:48 - One MiG-29 was possibly going to score a Raptor kill, but its missile was intercepted by an AMRAAM at 12:52

[@josephxiong6476]

Those F22s were farming those Migs for XP

[@spidlenexor]

even tho i doubt we will ever see another air battle with those numbers, the idea that you can have a flock of stealth aircraft lock, shot and retreat without you even being aware of it is a scary thought

[@cengems]

The biggest fight is that amongst the Raptors for a kill. It's like 20 Eagles going for a half starved and half blind pigeon.

[@udhaykapil105]

I have to say...the audio capture of the engines in the first 2 minutes! Just simply amazing 👏👏👏

[@HereticsRight]

I'd be interested to see this side by side with 10 F35s vs the whole North Korean Air Force just to see how the F35 would be different from the F22.

[@clairecelestin8437]

The capabilities of the F-35 aren't well-modeled in DCS, but it's designed to excel at this kind of engagement. We would have seen better coordination and less double-splashing of targets. Everybody would have gone down in the first volley, and there wouldn't have been a cleanup furball.

[@trschreck]

i'm not sure it is possible to get 10 f35's flying at the same time.

[@Konradogord]

f 35 got less rockets, is less maneuverable then mig29 or mig 15. they may just not succeed

[@panan7777]

@@trschreck Current production rate: every TWO days one rolls out. 25 Sept 2023 - That works out to a rate of roughly 180 jets a year if the existing schedule holds - a rate that Lockheed was reportedly aiming for before the ...

[@HereticsRight]

@@trschreck F35 has seen combat, F22 hasn't...

[@gripen777]

"Mobius 2 on standby." "Mobius 3-7 on standby!" "Mobius 8 on standby." "Preparations complete, ready for battle. All aircraft, follow Mobius 1!" *"Mobius 1, engage."*

[@champagnegascogne9755]

You're not gonna believe this, Jean-Louis! All of them have Ribbon insignias!

[@DJ-PH03N1XX]

If you see the raptor, you're either on the same side or you're not looking at a raptor; you're looking at death.

[@edsloan8535]

Imagine how demoralizing that would be. All pumped up seeing dozens of your Airforce's forces amassing only to see half of them splash in seconds.

[@guyray1504]

Headlines reads " the NKAF took out all the missiles that the F- 22 shot at them".

[@StephenDelRosario777]

"All pilots made it home safely. There was a party afterwords."

[@darkodin2007]

Damn,so that was what a normal high school football team vs the 1985 bears would look like...

[@OoheavysackoO]

lmao, just missing the fridge

[@midgetydeath]

I love how the tac view shows the Raptors behaved like actual birds of prey in how they fought. Especially twisting around diving on the migs that went low.

[@billfrost6968]

I am a retired Air Force aircraft mechanic. A friend of mine that worked on F-22's told me that one replaces an entire wing of F-15's. He said the only F-22 that had ever been shot down in and exercise was due to a previously shot down F-15 reengaging the F-22. The F-22's weapons system ignored the F-15 because it had already shot him down. The F-15 was supposed to return to base after being shot down. It was not considered an actual kill.

[@OfMoachAndMayhem]

That felt like that famous pile-up scene from Blues Brothers, except that instead of police cars joining the crash, it's Migs getting schwacked! What a show!

[@DirkGently1972]

That tactical debrief looked like sharks at feeding time!

[@TauMale-fy2yd]

I watched four raptors fly over my town on veterans day. That was potent.

[@L.vegmadekid.V]

Living in Las Vegas by NAFB I get to see them fly by almost everyday that seeing them is like nothing, but damn I can't imagine how it feels for someone who doesn't see them often or even worse when you're on the opposing team lol

[@satcom6]

That tacview just looked like a bunch of sharks that suddenly smelled blood in the water. Raptors wiped out the higher altitude flight and then circled back, dove, and swarmed. Really cool to see

[@channelanything3616]

We need to see you fly the F 35

[@ExtinctAirplane]

Those poor mig17s had no chance against the raptors 😂

[@vash_the_stampede6570]

3:39 FIRE! (Cinnimatic Shot) FIRE (C.Shot) FIRE! (C.Shot) FIRE!

[@ConJonLeprechaun95]

"Planes incoming" "Those are Missiles.." .... ..

[@xierus]

Awesome! Love seeing the F-22 hunting in a pack!

[@ZacharyEvansStarTrekfan]

This wasn't an aerial battle this was a slaughter

[@Rose_Butterfly98]

That synchronized firing is so beautiful

[@vgooters444]

That first wave of volleys in sync looked wow indeed

[@abdulmismail]

I think out of all the camera angles you've used, G/S, in all the videos you've done over the years, nothing matches that volley of AMRAAMS from all those Raptors in the contrails. That was a siight to see.

[@cconnors]

I can't imagine being a pilot like that in a live formation and seeing them all leave at once. I understand they are focused on their job and worried about counter-fire but for a second they have to go, "Damn that is incredible looking."

[@mostlyevilmisha]

"that's too many raptors, put some back; we have fat amys and eagles at home" -some general, probably. Seriously, loving the work, keep up the great vids.

[@Issenthevampire]

An entire new series like some of those Elden Ring boss series. "Can anyone survive the Raptor Wall?"

[@ChatanikaRoosting]

Love these large scale combat scenarios!

[@syper51]

I can imagine the raptor pilots making bets on who can down more bandits XD

[@toddh4654]

How about F-22 against that same North Korean Air force? I need to see how you hold up against impossible odds. Using missles, guns, middle fingers, etc I so love the Raptor. Unbelievable that they want to phase these out of commission. Thanks for the videos.

[@gamlaman]

If the F-22 has enough time, an airbase to refuel and reload missiles, and enough Patriot sites and other air defenses to defend that base so it can't be taken out on the ground, then it's not impossible odds. In fact I'd say it would be quite easy. Just take off, climb to 60.000 ft, fly towards North Korean planes, launch 6 AMRAAMs at 15 miles where your AMRAAM can't miss them but also they can't lock you yet, turn around, speed away back to base at 60.000 ft, land, refuel and reload, repeat. Nothing they can put into the air should be able to do anything about it. If they choose to remain on the ground, well, the F-22 can carry precision guided bombs too.

[@remain_]

Or two morons in f22s. (Seriously, need more two morons content)

[@lexwaldez]

The only reason they'd think about getting rid of the F-22 is that there is a cheaper, better alternative. Just wait until the Defense Department decides we need a 6th or 7th gen air to air missile to match the NGAD's level of scary.

[@tetraxis3011]

That gen is still super far away. The AIM260 isnt even finished yet.@@lexwaldez

[@lurkingcarrier8736]

Because, as you saw, the data-link on the F-22 isn't able to talk to other F-22s to tell them that they're engaging X target and not to stack missiles on that target. And the airframe itself has flaws. Next Generation Air Dominance platform is basically the F-22 without the vertical stabilizers (thus further reduction to RCS), is built with future-proofing in mind (eg. the avionics and software don't need to be completely reworked in order to install new stuff, which has been the primary issue with upgrading the F-22 thus far), and including a pilot is optional, meaning maneuvering is no longer restricted to 'what the bag of flesh and blood in the cockpit can remain conscious through/survive'.

[@randomradon]

"There seems to be a wing of canadian geese approaching us!" "We are in asia, those arent geese"

[@csjrogerson2377]

Co-ordinated targeting in large formations of aircraft (aggressors and defenders) is extremely difficult in such fast moving scenarios as can be seen from the Tac-view. Quite a few missiles flew through the MiG-9 formation and 1 MiG became a missile magnet. This might become critical if larger formations are encountered and they employ more thoughtful tactics, ie, multi-heights, multi-directions and staggered waves aswel as jamming and walls of chaff.

[@Asghaad]

which is exactly why networked computing and radar integration is such a big deal on F-35, those thing would all link together and dedicate one weapon to each target in the innitial volley

[@johnosbourn4312]

Those older MIGs were MIG-17 Frescoes, North Korea never had the MIG-9 Fargo. The Fargo only served in the Soviet Air Force, and was one of their Gen-1 jet fighters.

[@csjrogerson2377]

@@Asghaad Would be good if such a thing existed, but it doesn't, so your point is moot.

[@Asghaad]

@@csjrogerson2377 what are you on about, sensor networking and weapon guidance sharing is BASIC function of the F-35 ...

[@TheOtherSlideYT]

Oooooh Christmas came early! Should be a pretty crazy battle

[@jeepinbanditrider]

Watching those volleys of missiles was quite the view.

[@NetVoyagerOne]

Seeing that many raptors is wild. That's like ten percent of the currently operational fleet.

[@vergilwithagun]

Nope! It's a bit above 5% (10/~190)

[@NetVoyagerOne]

@@vergilwithagun I thought of the 190 only a little more than 100 are mission ready?

[@ZacharyJClark]

The fact that watching it you know the Raptors capabilities are not on full display and DESPITE this, the sheer movement off the Raptors is terrifying.

[@m.searay4629]

Clean up hitter with a Raptor....nice work!

[@FakeMessiah94]

That set of simultaneous launches at 3:19 was hot.

[@Lee-sti8wrx]

Bro, that was such a sick idea for a video. Man I love the F-22. It's just an absolute monster for anybody to comes up against it. Looks amazing and fights like Mike Tyson. Cool to see 10 of them. That was so unfair lol but awesome to see. Great video champ, and I can't wait to see the next. Cheers for the tacview man, haven't seen one for a while, and I was surprised to see how close you guys got to them. Love the channel dude.

[@YBWhooby]

"Everyone is dead Dave. Dave. Everyone is dead. EVERYONE IS DEAD...DAVE."

[@aggressivelychad]

I saw a two-ship of Raptors at the Honolulu airport in 2016 while we were taxiing. They were beautiful. How many passnegers knew they were next to the deadliest aircraft in the world and one of the most advanced weapons ever made by man?

[@JC7119]

Habitual Line Crosser sitting there going, "Would you intercept me? I'd intercept me"

[@mikemosley535]

In falconry, a group of raptors is called a cast. People with Harris hawks fly in huge cast I’ve flown with 5 at once.

[@RyanMiller-mu9mu]

Tac view shows 3 raptors simultaneously gun killing the same guy. Trick shots indeed! haha

[@Retardando]

Its pretty amazing how he got 900 aircraft to run in DCS his computer must be super good!

[@Orca19904]

"You're not gonna believe this, they all have cobra insignias!"

[@happyreaper11]

This is my first time on your channel and that was immensely enjoyable! I was worried for the Raptors for about 13 seconds lol!

[@thelordoftime803]

Flying that FT2 into F-22's is like shooting a water pistol at a tank you can't see

[@hoyofink9250]

Imagine seeing just a beehive going faster than the speed of sound on radar

[@btheis2]

Love the Raptor content!!!!

[@williamrodrigues2902]

After that first volley, all the Mig 29's were dead and to see the Raptors swing back on the older Mig group was really amazing in that Tact view.

[@GuildofThunder]

HAHA! The music for the TACView sequence. EPIC! Such a beautiful ballet of defending freedom! Well done!

[@weltall7283]

reminder that the performance we see here is the officially declassified performance of the raptor, not the classified true top performance.

[@CaptainSpacedOut]

Imagine the SU looking in his mirror and seeing 4 raptors on his 6 all with gun solutions

[@squishy716]

This video is actually insanly cinematic , I love it.

[@NickScottProducer]

Crazy seeing how much this channel has grown!

[@gpgpgpgp1000]

Could you imagine being a pilot in 2023, and you're assigned a MiG-15? Just shoot me now!

[@imtiredtiredtired]

Man, if that happens, i'd rather be an infantry grunt. Just give me AKs rather than that antique flying bucket

[@MahGray]

@@imtiredtiredtired probably gonna fall apart during take off 😂

[@initialdeeznuts8614]

The deep instrument made this feel like a movie, with aircraft exploding all of a sudden, with the only warning being the trail of a missile approaching them. Little if not no signature on radar to have them prepare, only the sight of smoke coming from the missile. (and their friends exploding)

[@SaleenDrift]

And the crazy part is that you could have three raptors lock onto each target independently and relay that info to a wall of B1 and B2 way back out of range and they can take out those targets. The F22s won’t ever need to fire a shot.

[@itwasme2435]

Good old tact view, nothing beat that =)

[@guiribeats]

(i'm not even American, this is just for the memes) All those Raptors in the first few shots looks like 🇺🇲🇺🇲FREEDOM 🇺🇲🇺🇲 🦅🦅🦅RAAAHHHHHHH🦅🦅🦅

[@jeffhall2411]

to me, on the last part watching how tight that planes turn radius is.. insane

[@user-iz5fk1ug6d]

By far best video you have ever made please do this more!!!

[@nathanielpadilla5350]

It would be terrifying for any other country to find out a squadron of 10 raptors operating in their airspace.

[@Dman1998]

Unpopular opinion, those unpainted North Korean MiG-29s are beautiful!

[@alg54]

And if it ever comes to this, I hope this is exactly how it turns out.

[@joshuaoliver5878]

This is what I wanted to see. This type of modern air to air battle.