SR-72 Darkstar & F-22 Raptor | DEEP STRIKE | Digital Combat Simulator | DCS |

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[@bodiegoodlow9114]

KEEP GOING ON

[@numberyellow]

NGAD vs F-15 ACTIVE, dogfight, guns and missles plzkthx SU-57 vs F-15 ACTIVE, dogfight, guns only plzkthx

[@ditzydoo4378]

Soooo, flying cover wingman for Mav in the Darkstar. nice...

[@jaxxgaming7937]

Play as the dark star

[@leviworld3]

What's ur call sign would love to fly with ya sometime

[@Enkarashaddam]

F22: masks signature behind mountain Darkstar: masks signature behind jupiter

[@truthseeker9454]

😄

[@peterruiz6117]

😅

[@geoffshank2422]

SR-72 Darkstar Location - Classified because its so fast their own people don't know where it is. lol

[@MrHeuvaladao]

So fast it falls in Heinsberg Principle: can't tell it's velocity and position at the same time.

[@victorpapaavp]

Location: That way!

[@benn454]

​@@mehmet9689It was a joke. Don't take everything so literally.

[@hihihi229able]

Terrain masking? What geography can it possibly be utilizing at mach 9+... Earth?

[@martinbarba7689]

@@hihihi229able Behind the Van Allen belt....

[@shauryajha9479]

Darkstar entering atmosphere to shoot missiles 💀☠

[@SwordOfApollo]

Yeah, why cruise missiles? Just lob rocket-powered air-to-ground missiles at full speed and altitude! Massive range!

[@truthseeker9454]

@@SwordOfApollo At that speed they could just dump a load of bricks and saturate an area! 😆

[@SwordOfApollo]

@@truthseeker9454 Just about! Though I'd be afraid bricks would be a little too un-aerodynamic and slow down too much before hitting the ground. Inert tungsten rods with fins would probably do pretty well, though.

[@grumpy2.0]

​@@SwordOfApolloDarkstar would solve the cost inhibitors of that great 80s orbital battery idea of rods from space.

[@thebeemd1470]

"Maybe my stealth is just that good?....." - Held my breath waiting for the surprise R-77 M...

[@tedball8677]

Same.

[@mikewebber4784]

Waiting for that famous jump scare 😂😂

[@truthseeker9454]

@@mikewebber4784 GS gave that to the Russian AWACS pilot this time. 😁

[@peterruiz6117]

😅 Those famous last words 😂 " Oh look.,The P38s are trying to climb and @#!* "

[@user-vt2cr8qd1b]

F22 is just built different

[@ExSpoonman]

My daughter: "Dad, what kind of paint job is that?" Me: "On the DarkStar? It's called Friction"

[@playingdoge7407]

No way Gaijin sponsored DCS video

[@mich421]

It's not the first time they've done this. I hope they take some inspiration from dcs

[@fuel697dark9]

nah the must be propagnda

[@playingdoge7407]

@@mich421 same, I hope so

[@shauryajha9479]

They have a lot to learn from dcs

[@serhulky97-ru6zd]

They've sponsored Eva Elfie before....

[@getdat311]

Always gotta pick on the AWACS. "I'm up, they see me, I'm down."

[@Golgi-Gyges]

Non Army grunt veterans won't get your reference 😅

[@Mastashad160]

@@Golgi-Gyges False. We marines are equally familiar with that reference, hahaha!

[@Golgi-Gyges]

@@Mastashad160 well, combat arms veteran then.

[@cliffhooper3558]

The control tower should've told them to abandon ship before they ever took off.

[@Dusther210]

“I’m up, they see me, I’m down, rollover!”

[@DeathTitanLord]

Could you just imagine watching your AWACS start to take off but notice an F22 glide from the deck behind it and just gun it down. The amount of shock and terror that would happen

[@supajfuckyou]

Yea or it's just starting its rollout and an f22 cruises by perpendicular and starts that looooong tuuuurn🫣

[@snakedogman]

yeah that was actually pretty brutal. Crew never had a chance to escape.

[@totsm23]

That was like 5 decades worth of Su-57 production blown up there.

[@tedball8677]

5 decades' worth across 4 multiverses.

[@Loubie2005]

Cope

[@jdkroh]

Darkstar Terrain masking... just hoping his radar signature blends in with the ISS?

[@SwordOfApollo]

Less "terrain masking" and more "Earth curvature masking."

[@dylandarnell3657]

"What terrain?" "Europe. All of it. Plus a bunch of the Atlantic." More like "tectonic plate masking," really.

[@jbc242424]

It can't be said enough, how beautiful the F22 is.

[@drksideofthewal]

Aircraft are one of the few things where "beauty" and practicality go hand in hand.

[@jbc242424]

@@drksideofthewal oh I love that. Wonderfully said.

[@zacharyradford5552]

I prefer the rugged handsomeness of the F-15 as it actually got shit done.

[@markmurex6559]

Only because they made far more of them. @@zacharyradford5552

[@jbc242424]

@@zacharyradford5552 hey now, F22 gets plenty done just by virtue of the fact it even exists. ... It definitely would be nice to see it in action, though.

[@rtpfixit]

The way the F-22 just seems to casually lob missiles that track is almost scarier than its nose authority. As for the AWACS crew, I would just have bailed out on the runway.

[@guyray1504]

Maybe " hold that plane,i've got to go to the bathroom before takeoff ". " Where did my ride go? "

[@truthseeker9454]

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[@truthseeker9454]

Agreed! I was thinking if I was pilot of one of those MiG-31s and I saw a bumblebee approaching at near Mach 1, when my RWR lit up I'd hit the silk.... 😆

[@rtpfixit]

"hold this my dude" 🤣🤣🤣

[@ernestobeltran7802]

"Is he turning? He's turning...ah $**!!!! Punch it! Really? Punch it? We're basically in a Winnebago with wings."

[@Jooeybee]

IR signature on that Darkstar must be mega!

[@szarmywarmy]

Probably slices through air so well that it creates a vacuum that can't carry heat 👍

[@WWeronko]

Probably, at Mach 9.6 it is uncatchable.

[@SwordOfApollo]

@@szarmywarmy Not the way IR works...😊

[@szarmywarmy]

@@logicplague2077 Oh yeah. It goes fast enough to make a black hole.

[@marcg6575]

@@szarmywarmy Black Hole? That's the SR-73 ;-)

[@aland7236]

A50 are super easy to find, the plume of black smoke gives the crash site away immediately. Also, I am digging the green text and sound for the mission location info. :)

[@perspecttv8956]

That taxiway full of F22’s, A10’s and B1’s was awesome.

[@RupertFoulmouth]

I can't say how many times I have mistaken a bit of dirty on my screen for a hostile aircraft.

[@jasonvick55]

Yeah, I’d say that S-300 site was a little more than disabled lol

[@christopherreed4723]

I remember an old Buck Rogers TV episode (yes, a long, LONG time ago) where the villain was a telekinetic and had jammed the controls of Rogers' starfighter while he zeroed in for the kill. Buck frantically calls for someone to distract the villain, and Rogers' wingman rolls in and vaporizes the villain's fighter. Distracted...neutralized...disabled ...yes.

[@OldNorth152]

When I first saw the title I thought it said "F-22 vs Dark Star" 😂

[@TheGamingMotionTGM]

Wonder how that would've turn out. The cat and mouse chase be quite unbalanced already, but it's worth a try.

[@phantomflows2447]

@@TheGamingMotionTGM I suppose that depends on when/where they meet, in atmosphere the F22 holds a high advantage due to mobility, but once the darkstar reaches cruise, you've got no hope of catching it at Mach 9.9 not to mention it'd be at such an altitude that the F22 would probably starve of oxygen before even getting close.

[@TheGamingMotionTGM]

@@phantomflows2447 Like the older counterpart, it relies on its speed. You could search for example, the 1986 escape from libyan missiles as blackbird leaves them behind.

[@banditdelta7172]

Crazy the Raptor is basically running late 90s early 00s tech and nothing really come close to it

[@nemilyk]

Russian media: "We did not lose. All losses were friendly fire." "Really? A radar site... a SAM site... an A-50... two MiG-31s... and four Su-57s on the ground...? All in about ten minutes?" "Da."

[@hosermcmoose]

Da... Smoking cigarette in designated area.

[@SuperSirianRigel]

Don't forget the Flankers. lol

[@Eis_]

Tbf, the A-50 could probably be argued as a bird strike accident, but everything else? Nah.

[@deadboy9955]

@@Eis_ The Su-57s heroically intercepted the cruise missiles while sacrificing themselves.

[@garymccann2960]

So what is the ace requirement #? 50? 100 kills?

[@pjthehomelessmage]

Seems like an interesting doctrine. Multirole stealth aircraft causing confusion around a target while a hypersonic stealth aircraft carrying main payload towards target staying out of harms way.

[@Ilyak1986]

If you saw one of Alex Holings's latest videos, the F-22 is getting stealth pods. MIght be time for more than just 6 AMRAAMs ^_^

[@zacharyradford5552]

Chinese balloons won’t see it coming.

[@JesusChristItsJasonFrog]

That taxi view from above, that vertical take off… damn 🥵🥵🥵🥵

[@khoatran-sv7je]

Seeing the F22, B21 in black paint and glowing SR 72 is just eye candy.

[@jaxbunny8049]

We need you flying the darkstar next vid

[@user-bt7ni4zs6l]

Not modeled

[@hydranmenace]

I thought the same but honestly even if it had a modeled cockpit and everything it would basically just be him flying in a really high and fast straight line. Maybe with a slowdown, dip into atmosphere, and back up again. Cool in a sense but maybe not great for entertainment.

[@getdat311]

Using an AIM-120 to take out an enemy IAD radar system is the stuff of legends! Bravo, my man.

[@danielwibbels5070]

Took way too long to realize that was plasma build up on the Darkstar. I thought it was just a sick ass paint job.

[@FrostYT4444]

The glowing red hot metal of the Darkstars airframe looks so menacing. The sheer scare factor from that alone probably gave anyone lucky enough to see it chills...that is if they can even see it

[@FrostYT4444]

@@teeanahera8949 That is true. But I think the only time the airframe is glowing red is when it's like 80 k feet in the air so I don't think Infrared Signature will pop up. Maybe it will but I don't think the enemy will notice them because the SR-72 is going to be used with another aircraft or some sort of diversion. IDK how it works exactly. just really high cruising height

[@_wayward_494]

@@teeanahera8949 it is pretty much at the edge of the atmosphere, i absolutely doubt anyone is gonna see it

[@tedball8677]

When the F22 is the oldest aircraft with the simplest tech/stealth on the mission...

[@clairecelestin8437]

I love the F-22 so much, and she looks so beautiful in that capri sun skin. That mission was a rush. That AWACS crew; what a way to go... Rolled over just after takeoff and no chance to bail out. That was a nasty crash.

[@maeror1022]

That SR-72 Darkstar is terrifying

[@VagabondTexan]

OK, you got me with terrain masking. Behind the moon. Perfect. Bravo.

[@helldad4689]

Loving these more hypothetic, futuristic sci-fi scenarios, but I think this one is straining credibility a little bit. A new batch of Su-57s actually getting delivered? Really breaks my suspension of disbelief.

[@kasper_429]

The F-22 is basically a cheat code, and I love it!

[@user-vp7kk5vf1v]

Thumbs up, as always, for another enjoyable and interesting video, GS. Eagle Dynamics, at 15:15, gave that second-over SU-57 *AMAZING* stealth capability.

[@JoRoWi83]

Fun fact: China literally changed certain satellite orbits when they spotted the Dsrkstar prop being used for Top Gun

[@Justapilot_9700]

Everything in this mission was awesome!!! The SR72 flying on the edge of the atmosphere glowing red hot, the unrestricted climb after take off, the crazy hard turn to defeat the russian missile, the B2 casually dropping his deadly payload, every each detail was just perfect 😙🤌 (KISS CHEF)

[@wamanning]

uh...how does a mach 9 aircraft fly a "terrain masking" mission profile?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

[@Ifoughtpiranhas]

Very quickly?

[@GrowlingSidewinder]

It goes behind the moon lol

[@DR-mc7fn]

GS was trying to fish with his wingtips.

[@Aotearas]

Ye, I don't think that SR-72 going nearly Mach 10 was terrain masking anything unless it tried really hard to escape earth atmosphere and hide behind the moon.

[@GrowlingSidewinder]

It was terrain masking behind the moon lol

[@dylandarnell3657]

It was masking behind the next continent over.

[@ValentineC137]

It's kinda cute seeing the Sidewinder flare against flankers

[@firebald2915]

Whoa... ! A whole nest of Raptors. Sweet !

[@boirobot]

The battlefield theme music was a beautiful touch at the end.

[@initialdeeznuts8614]

The Raptor and Darkstar are just partners in crime at this point.

[@noe-tobin]

True, but the raptor/raider is a cooler combo IMO since they're both real life and at the pinnacle of stealth for their given roles

[@zacharyradford5552]

How do you know the Darkstar isn’t real or something similar isn’t out there?

[@Saltfly]

That awacs hit was ruthless

[@businessprodigy_]

15:26 that truck trying to escape from the cruise missile and just got smashed a second later 😂

[@SwordOfApollo]

I like the one that goes through the Su-57...👽

[@benn454]

​@@SwordOfApolloFelon was doing its Mirage impression.

[@SwordOfApollo]

@@benn454 Yes, I get it. Very droll, huehuehue.😋

[@lando1296]

15:43 was a sick sequence with that drop!

[@PuckeredMeatball]

I've had UPS toss my deliveries farther than your AMRAAM traveled to that radar dome. Super casual point blank. Good stuff.

[@resurgam_b7]

1:01 Darkstar "SitRep: Terrain Masking" behind what terrain? The moon? 😂

[@GrowlingSidewinder]

yes lol

[@kleinerfarmer1]

Nah, hit the throttle and be interpreted as meteorite by the radar.^^

[@dunodisko2217]

That AWACS kill was just disrespectful 😂

[@lexwaldez]

It's hard to decide which is more far fetched... an SR-72 delivering a cruise missile strike or the Russians delivering a squadron of functional SU-57's. I think I'll call both things equally unlikely.

[@happyhaunter_5546]

This was an AWESOME mission...Overwhelming force on display.

[@thomasmelvin1333]

“AWACs: coverage online, we are airborn.” …2 seconds later, “We’re down.”

[@CapulloSpawn]

How mean. The Awacs pilots have just decided who gets which snack and you just shoot them away. 🤣

[@ianobrien3248]

Circling like a shark and then lighting up that AWACS was crazy. I can't imagine the air traffic controller there would have tried to send them up!

[@emery2310]

Ahh..the Theme Song of Champions! F-22 and DarkStar!!!❤️

[@imsogoated40]

crazy that gaijin sponsored a dcs vid lmaoo they got balls

[@johnnyrocketa1257]

Darkstar shooting "Cruise" missiles, and destroying four "Fifth-Gen fighters" -Alternate Top Gun story😂

[@shane41225]

The f 22 is a scary fighter just imagine the real capabilities of it that’s classified, I guarantee it’s wicked especially since they aren’t allowed for export lol

[@danielbrown9368]

The casual conversation as he was coldly just murdering the first two flankers. "Those two fox 2's must've missed so sending a fox 3 - so anyways back to what I was talking about"

[@kasper_429]

7:45 Who says the Raptor can't do A/G? 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@gabsguayabas]

Thanks for the "eagle of valor" decoration :D

[@snakedogman]

That attack on the radar site... turning the F22 into a Stuka divebomber!

[@rmcgraw7943]

Darkstar is empirical proof of Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle. 😂

[@egillis214]

Darkstar come in? What is your ETA? Vader One here. ETA is 2 mikes to your loc. Roger Vader One. Say your fuel state and distance & bearing to commence your run? Vader One. Fuel state 99. Range 5000 at 180. Ah, say again Vader One? Vader One, range 3000. Roger Vader One. 3000 clicks! Repeat ETA? Vader One, repeat ETA 30 seconds, range 500, bearing now 330 weapons hot. Ah, Roger? Vader One. Cleared hot. Vader One, Roger now on exfil. Out. Vader One? WTF?

[@fierypickles4450]

Sr72 is genuinely terrifying. Sky darth vader

[@ThunderSims]

6:03 , "let's head over to the island" ... Bruh 💀💀💀☠️☠️

[@Vijayreuben-mc3zx]

Dude I was thinking of the Darkstar and you upload a video. Amazing content. Thank you

[@richardward9111]

Awesome video. What a combined effort with 3 incredible aircraft.

[@PepperDog76]

These videos just keep getting get better. Any chance we’ll see some historic battles again? WWI and WWII? Thanks for the epic content, man.

[@donaldkeller881]

Freaking awesome mission with the F22! Would love to see more F22 videos in the future?! Great job on another amazing video GS!

[@King_Dusty_Of_Pookytopia]

I liked that airshow takeoff...!

[@Houtka86]

These missions are a blast to watch. An absolute treat

[@davidger8133]

Darkstar : go low I'll go high Raptor : I just go kill

[@lancegigs9022]

He really spawnkilled that AWACS 😂

[@koswimmer1]

imagine going outside, looking up and the last thing you see is a raptor coming straight at you dropping an aimram

[@audithisworld24]

You did that AWACS dirty.... LOL

[@rikkisan1]

I love these 5th and 6th gen missions

[@pedrosura]

These are awesome missions. Great vid!

[@hermanlopez2945]

AWACS did not have a chance, poor guy.

[@Eis_]

Just a request: JDAM carrying F-22 on a Deep Strike Mission.

[@brianrossi9233]

YES! MORE RAPTOR!

[@Rlsummers041]

Very well done episode.. looking forward to more

[@Rose_Butterfly98]

F22 hitting a notch is like going full Jason Bourne

[@sogerc1]

DCS needs to work some more on their engine. First GS used the F-22 almost as a speedboat and yet the water was not disturbed and then a truck went through the Su-57's wing like a ghost.

[@staysafe1096]

That AWACs literally sh!t their pants😂

[@Michael_Michaels]

What if you fly the Darkstar next time? I was expecting a bit more from it. thanks for sharing. The F-22 sometimes seems invincible!

[@pureblood4386]

Brilliant vid, almost film like, well done.

[@92naz32]

EPIC! Keep this content coming GS.

[@khoatran-sv7je]

Really loving these new green captions specifying what's going on and the location of each plane GS! Really gives it that "Campaign mission" like vibe to the video! Also how on earth is the darkstar able to cruise at mach 9.9 on the moon? And why is it as big as the moon? LOL.

[@shearfury147]

this was a fun video. nice to see the darkstars capabilities. Is fun to fly on ms flight sim.

[@shubhankarsingh2605]

Thank you for everything ❤

[@WinVisten]

Those ground-based radar domes look like gigantic golf balls. XD

[@matttrap3051]

That Viking Departure was BA! How about some WW1 stuff please?

[@Seth90]

man... must be half the USAF's Raptor fleet on that base 😉

[@Utubesuperstar]

There isn’t anywhere near 85 or so there

[@jefferyisbell8320]

I really appreciate your posting these dog fights. Former Tomcat tweeker

[@markanderson2145]

In Sane !!! Thanks for the Adrenalin Rush 😊. Love your Videos. You Sir are the Boss. 'Nuff said.

[@W1ckedRcL]

F16 SCRAMBLE! We need to see a win!

[@VioletWyvern]

11:35 (*You destroyed the AWACS, "Tsar Vladimir I" was very unamused...*)