The Most Realistic DCS MILSIM | REAL Pilots - REAL Controllers - INTENSE Avgeeks!

[@Spudknocker]

Hey guys! I just wanted to say a big thanks to the Digital Controllers they are a big reason behind why these large missions are even possible! Check them out here: discord.gg/g7pBMjeX

[@Blue_Vapor]

This Discord link (invite) is invalid...

[@Spudknocker]

@@Blue_Vaporhaha sorry about that I will get a new one for you

[@CurlyJ49523]

Those guys were amazing and really add a lot to the immersion factor of our Red Flag missions.

[@Schmokey]

Any luck getting us that discord?

[@BricklingFilms]

Please may we have an updated link!

[@letsseesomerandom167]

Good to see it from your POV (Darkstar here). Lots of lessons learned and sorry you guys didn't get the support you needed on air picture. Challenging mission for all and lots of lessons learned. Looking forward to getting you home on the next one! -Cookie.

[@Spudknocker]

Haha no worries man it’s all a great learning point! Good job otherwise though cookie!

[@Gwarrar02]

Pretty good GCI...were you the only controller for this sortie? You seemed to get a bit task saturated, especially on your new picture call where you didn't call a picture, but just labelled groups. What's your background? AWACs or CRC (assuming 13B with the Darkstar c/s).

[@letsseesomerandom167]

@@Gwarrar02 thanks, it was definitely sporty. No direct background, military ATC but I worked CRC overseas with a NATO task force. That said, I wasn't doing AIC/ABM, I only do this for fun on DCS 🤘

[@Gwarrar02]

@@letsseesomerandom167 Ah I'm an active 1C5 WD. What program are you using for GCI?

[@letsseesomerandom167]

@@Gwarrar02 Most of us (myself included) use software called LotATC - its free to download however, you need to purchase a license to use it on multiplayer servers unless the server host provides one. Hoggit provides one if you're interested in trying your hand at it before committing funds.

[@jensonhartmann3630]

to hear a professional say "If OCA just claps the cheeks of Red Air..." makes this so much more amazing

[@jasongirvin7247]

Videos like this is what inspires the DCS community. Or me at least. I’ve been goofing around in DCS for a few years now, but have no friends. Being a part of something like this would be so much fun and a true test of skills (I would crash into a friendly 30 secs in lol)

[@Spudknocker]

Come join us!

[@jasongirvin7247]

If I can successfully/consistently land a Case 1 or AAR, you got yourself a hornet driver for a wingman. My skills need some leveling up before playing a mission like this! I will say your videos have been super helpful even getting ot the point that I am today.

[@VirusVanquisher]

Just finished F18 Aggressors BFM at NTTR campaign. Love this!!! I really appreciate the perspective from actual pilots and ATC. Have been steeping myself in aviation as of late and this gives me a lot to digest. Thank you! One thing that would be a huge help is to add a shadow layer over a corner that syncs with a topography map. Now not in real time as a cheat but synced over so we can get a perspective of positioning. Context so as a new pilot I can keep a mental picture as I remember where Belted Peak is, India, Rachel...etc. Glitch in the matrix at 33:06 :)

[@Spudknocker]

I can look into that! And yep that was weird I had thought the server had crashed haha

[@pablotoscaniniwrc]

This is the stuff Spud! This is why I love DCS so much, to get to this kind of experience. I'm a long way to go yet, but this is whay I aim to learnig DCS. It's amazing to see all this commited people pulling out things like this. Loved it!

[@Spudknocker]

Awesome man so glad you liked the video

[@ProjectRocketCHNL]

Spud, your immense effort and time that has been put it to it is so worth it and it is utterly incredible to watch! thank you

[@marcosavila8215]

this will make many DCS YTubers jealous...lol beautiful performance and immersion, the real thing!! congratz PS- was funny when you , the " rookie" corrected the lead about the Marshall pattern ...you go man!!

[@Spudknocker]

Ya man it was a blast!

[@ServoSambo]

Un-frickin’ real! Amazing controllers and radio coms were so much easier to follow as a spectator. Briefing was awesome!Encore, encore.

[@spectrebit]

Good flying with you, Spud.

[@Spudknocker]

Awesome flying with you guys as well!

[@logankeppo]

Eyyyy there he is!

[@JP-ik3hr]

Incredible in every regard. Fantastic group.

[@Spudknocker]

Thanks man!

[@Spudknocker]

Time stamps: 00:00 - Intro to Red Flag 02:57 - Red Flag 23-5 Mission Briefing 32:00 - Taxi & Takeoff 50:00 - Marshall Stack & Hold Confusion 1:15:00 - Flights Pushing to Target 1:25:00 - IP Inbound 1:30:00 - Attacking Target & Shoot Down 1:34:00 - Red Flag 23-5 Mission De-briefing

[@EHLW]

Great vid! Last year I flew during the Virtual Anatolian Eagle exercise held by the vTuAF. All assets except ground targets where player controlled including, tower, AWACS and Air Boss. One awesome preset to not ruin a great mission and exercise like this, was the "destroy missile" future. So AWACS really had to open up their eyes and players had to call FOX calls correct and within the parameters of the assigned target. You were then called "killed, terminate" and fly back to base. Not a big fireball and end of mission, but fly back to base with the right landing procedures and enough flighttime and lessons learned.

[@Andrew_Sword]

using a video game to simulate a war game. we have come full circle.

[@StringerCourier]

I'm an oldster in flightsimming, but a newbie to DCS. This made me realize that this level of realism is way out of my class but oh so so cool. There's just something about jets and jargon that makes me wish I were young again (I'm 71). It's like the time I started to learn the guitar, then went to a Tommy Emmanuel concert. Made me want to move "learning to play guitar" from my Bucket List to my F**k-it List. Guess I'll ditch the Viper and stick with the Spitfire. Anyway, thanks for the video. Just proves how intense it must be having this kind of "job" in real life and the professionalism it takes.

[@devilsoffspring5519]

Excellent comment. Yeah, the jets are really cool but the WW2 modules are more "just flying" so I like them :)

[@hhubert1088]

Great stuff, Spud! Looking forward to Sunday

[@TractorsNStuff]

I just started with DCS. I have zero experience in a jet. But I am a real pilot! I understood about 14% of what's going on. I watched the entire thing. It was great! I just wish I knew more.

[@lookstwice.]

Nellis, Junno, Sally, Calliente, FEBA, KIA. That was all too familiar.. ;) Very cool to see a realistic MILSIM group in action!

[@Spudknocker]

I am glad you enjoyed it!

[@leroyjenkins1911]

I don’t understand much of it, but on the other hand I didn’t know how to fly a or startup a F-16 a month ago - and now I can blindfolded cold start it and know more or less what the purpose of most switches is. A few more months (or years) and I can maybe join you guys hopefully :) love that shit

[@MarcusCoker1]

I went to Red Flag 2 years ago on my plane KC-135 and had a blast out there seeing all the planes from different countries plus its Vages

[@Anandroid]

The effort put into this is awesome! Wow great job

[@wjgoodin]

Very fun watch. I put the headphones on for this one. Very awesome. I’m just a beginner and your vids have been very helpful! This was inspiring to keep pushing the learning.

[@Wildharrier]

Might be cool if you do a separate debrief with tacview in a separate vid or at the same time the debrief is taking part for better adknowledgement for us!!. Amazing work from this guys, hyped to see more!

[@jacksonpickett5155]

Former subliner line rat, glad to see the squadron represented.

[@JimmyMcGuirt]

I am amazed how far we have come since the days of Falcon 3.0 and Falcon 4.0. Watching this was awesome

[@Tide0009]

Hey in my defense I only remembered the briefing card for the ARCOE hold not the pre strike hold! Good stuff as always sorry you didn’t make it back

[@Spudknocker]

Hahaha for sure man it’s all good! Clearly you know how to fly a hold so that’s good! Haha awesome flying with you!

[@mikerai4249]

thanks for showing what night flying is and how dangerous it really is no visibility shows much appreciation for the airforce guys day in and day out.

[@blackbird9168]

Skipped the best part of you still hitting the target even though you died

[@Spudknocker]

True that was kinda nice! A Paveway I using bang bang guidance would have tossed itself miles from the target 🎯 after losing the laser

[@warthy4889]

i'm a huge fan of intense milsim, never found a squadron to be part of, but i'd love to participate in one of those events someday

[@Spudknocker]

Hey friend, you can join my squadron! Hop onto a few of my Sunday missions and then you’ll be invited to one of these missions!

[@DoradoFever]

​@@Spudknockerhonestly why I have sat out for a bit, not really interested in the fictional countries (albeit respect the lore and effort into it) much prefer realistic scenarios like this

[@Spudknocker]

@@DoradoFever the scenarios of the Burning Sands missions are extremely realistic, along with the ATC/AIC procedures. Only thing that’s fictional are the nations involved. If we did realistic scenarios on Syria or Sinai it would be dropping LGB’s on technicals after punching holes in the sky for hours.

[@DoradoFever]

@Spudknocker I get that, just more historical or realistically plausible scenarios is just more "fit" that fictional countries. I know it is basically the same thing, trust me I am aware. Just for whatever reason isn't off-putting. Probably just me though man or a very select few, hence why I have stayed quiet about it.

[@knightrider387]

@@Spudknocker are there any pre-reqs to joining your squadron? and where do we sign up. Looking for something more than just BVR in DCS

[@logankeppo]

Fun to see you flying with some of the Streagke guys from the 332! Wish I could’ve made it out!

[@Spudknocker]

I honestly have a hard time keeping track of all the different virtual squadrons but I will fly with anyone

[@Cameron_the_Robot]

Looks about as close as it gets, just minus the risk of never coming home that the real pilots have to face. super duper!

[@4ndroidG]

Thank you for another great video. Keep up the good work!

[@Nomna_17]

Hey @Spudknocker! This awesome! Would love to get in on this next time it’s done! I’m with the 69th Squadron and trying to learn more about this sort of mission planning and execution. Thanks!

[@shaneyarborough5299]

This stuff is just so cool to me, also seems very complicated to get to know

[@wook1318]

Highlights the importance of having a WSO. Fantastic video. Very immersive. Thanks!

[@Rockethead293]

I really wish I could get in! Unfortunately, I'm not a good GCI (and don't know how to do ground strike in my main plane). I look forward to watching your videos, though!

[@Spudknocker]

You will get there eventually!

[@Dbo3fly]

How do they all have that filter over their voices? Immersion through the roof!

[@blackbird9168]

This is HARDCORE!

[@sasquatch8923]

Damn Spud, super cool. Been following you for awhile. You were going to give me F5 lessons a few yeas ago. Love this shit.

[@Spudknocker]

Hey friend I am sorry the timing didn’t work out, reach out to me on Discord and hopefully we can figure something out

[@sasquatch8923]

@@Spudknocker All good bro. I'm glad to see you're still a vital part of the community. Love the mil sim videos btw.

[@YlmazDALKIRANscallion]

Great video again Spudknocker. Greetings from Turkiye.

[@CoralPolyps]

Unironically top tier ASMR

[@Spudknocker]

What about it makes it ASMR?

[@cadefoster9279]

Spud think they should of put you as lead with all your extensive real world flying experience.

[@tedstation5607]

I don't believe commercial flying knowledge means you'd make a good lead lmao.

[@cadefoster9279]

i was referring to the navigation part of the mission, ie entering the hold, etc.@@tedstation5607

[@dancingtiger577]

This intro goes so hard.

[@Spudknocker]

What about to was so good?

[@colinterry7261]

Did not know that was a thing! This is so awesome!

[@henrik19923]

This looks amazing. i always fail on readbacks XD. Especially to atc.

[@bryanholland6987]

I fly cessna's and do DCS all the time and that briefing sounded Greek to me. I have little idea what you guys were talking about or your fascination with Irene and Miller beer.

[@Spudknocker]

LOL!

[@bryanholland6987]

@@Spudknocker I'd love to try this but it's true I have little idea the verbage used here. Would I still be accepted?

[@skull1161]

there are guys in there who just play dcs a lot and they know this stuff too so I would assume its not about what you actually do irl its if you know the stuff regardless@@bryanholland6987

[@maynen93]

Imagine this - Command Modern Operations, DCS, MSFS with Vatsim, and soon to come Arma IV could integrate into a big mega event, DCS and Arma clan/teams would scramble from Europe NATO bases towards a country in Africa/Middle-East or Russia. Opposition clans would defend. Command center will monitor everything via the "Command Modern Operations screen, but with real players. However logistics etc has to be coordinated via command. Different battles will take place on different servers for capacity but everything should be integrated. That would be something

[@coookalo]

me a simple person hearing a English accent during briefing "oh this is a serious mission"

[@Spudknocker]

Hahahaha

[@ZeroG_Bandit]

everyone gangsta til the f-15e starts falling thru the taxiway

[@bobbiebatista2178]

Comms are on point!

[@reallybadaim118]

Very good video. Appreciate you sharing it.

[@Problem.child.5087]

That is awesome 👍👍I got a long long way to go before i can do something like that

[@1rbdfl]

enjoyed the whole vid.

[@mrdcato]

Wow, next level.😳😳

[@andrewjhollins]

This shit should come with a glossary for all the noobs who are using this for research. Still awesome to watch, even not knowing wtf they're talking about.

[@EagleFighterJet]

Wow great job

[@SpidaMez]

there needs to be a program like VATSIM for dcs, that would be amazing

[@artur4039]

Grate video. Btw your mic sounds broken (?)

[@BrljoMrljo]

Lol, fun and milsim Xd. I got stressed out just by watching video which is awsome I must admit.

[@molmotorNaska]

Nice video there. The only game I've played is the Novalogic's F-16. And I always keep my speed at 500 knots or more. Otherwise there's no possible way I can avoid a missile. Maybe physics have changed and there's something I'm missing cuz all I could understand from all this is the speed and altitude haha. Can someone give me a link for a less advanced video on this channel to get my knowledge a little more into the game. Thank you

[@lithiumcenter9768]

this was awesome

[@mplmpl7780]

Amazing, was this DCS in game comms ?

[@Spudknocker]

It was players in dcs

[@iainbradford4254]

Nice work.

[@BlueBadSyk]

Increíble! Con que tarjeta gráfica y gafas trabajas?!

[@flywithusMSFS]

This was better than a movie, thanks lads! ❤

[@jaycal1920]

1990's "Im a fighter pilot" "Ooh" "ahhh" 2020's "Im a fighter Pilot" "HAaahaa, what an idiot"

[@MillennialRight]

What’s the song in the beginning???? It’s amazing and fits the video perfectly

[@simtaylor61]

THAT was tough as HELL. Wondering.........did any of your people in your SE flight have WSO's?

[@ThomasBurke-w8d]

You call that a defensive turn? I think I would've pulled some g's, not just rolled left. IDK maybe I missed something. Nice video though. I enjoyed it

[@urinveisinfeksjon]

I was thinking the same. He seemed hesitant to go full defensive for some reason. I have had this happen to me when I try to smoothly hand-fly patterns "on-the-ball" for a long time, and then trying to maintain smoothness even if the situation has changed, as if the brain is stuck on smooth... Ofc, I can't be sure if that is what happened to Spud... It was very close though, so not sure if it would've helped..

[@ketlerpereira178]

thats so complex man i wish i could join it and learn i bought my quest 2 and a 4060ti for vr and im planning to play dcs

[@Blastrophe]

This is legit af!

[@Spudknocker]

It’s pretty awesome!

[@kamaouk]

Great stuff, really reinforces how important SA is and how difficult to maintain in such a complex environment! Is that a kneeboard mod to add tabs 36:43 ?

[@CurlyJ49523]

It's the "pin' function on the bottom left of the kneeboard

[@kamaouk]

@@CurlyJ49523 learning every day, thank you! :)

[@CurlyJ49523]

@@kamaouk we all are brother!

[@LeeShand]

Wait - I was expecting, can the US Navy strike attack group beat 65,000 Spitfires. That's a real DCS group :p

[@13thlittlenightspanky]

I wonder 🤔 what tune they play as you go in to the bee hive...

[@liberatumplox625]

"Gee, it's a good job I'm not being bombarded by aggressive warbling and multiple, overlapping, barely discernable, demonic voices - otherwise, flying this multi-million dollar aircraft - would be made exponentially more difficult."

[@masterman3178]

Flying in red flag was one of the coolest DCS things I’ve ever done. Idk if I’ll ever do another one but man I highly recommend everyone do at least one in your DCS career.

[@gooptroop124]

A couple buddies and myself are interested in learned with the eventual goal of Red Flag. Where can we go to study up to FAA standards?

[@333crypta]

Sick!😍

[@Templar7832]

This is awesome and exactly what I've been after. Like a Baltic Dragon misison but with actual people. How do you join?

[@CurlyJ49523]

Simply join one of the squadrons that participates.

[@TheWabbitSeason]

I'm former aircrew on the RC-135 and EC-130H. Was somone "flying" on the RC-135 mentioned in the briefing or was that just ambiance?

[@Spudknocker]

The E-3 Sentry and RC-135 were in fact manned, but they weren’t flown by humans the TAC C2 controller snd AIC’s were using a program called LOTatc that simulates radar displays for controllers. The aircraft were actually present in the simulation, but flown by AI pilots with human controllers

[@TheWabbitSeason]

@@Spudknocker Thanks for the info. This is first time I've seen Rivet Joint (never seen Compass Call) in DCS for a milsim.

[@TFT-bp8zk]

I already have to do this at work all day 😅

[@mikerai4249]

then it should be easy lol

[@PilotPhotog]

Man I would love to do this! How do you get an invite?

[@Spudknocker]

Hey friend! Biggest thing is to join a established DCS squadron (feel free to join mine you’re more than welcome) and participate in a few missions and then the invites will come when the red flag missions are hosted

[@jaromirandel543]

Hi Spud. What happened with your video "DCS World in 12 minutes?"

[@ZeSpektrum]

Invite event and still no WSOs? Rough times flying a half Strike Eagle

[@lasselahti4056]

Well. IRL the tactics how active planes are used are secrets. OFC one can learn basics. But thats the line. Perioid.

[@Schmokey]

Hey spud! The discord link to red flag isn’t working. This looks like exactly what I’ve been looking for in how I want to apply my DCS knowledge, I would really like to know more about how to be considered for an invite. This is easily one of your best videos!

[@Tide0009]

Right now DCS Red Flag is only open to virtual squadrons. If you’re apart of a group that isn’t in the Red Flag group you’d need to apply for your squadron to join

[@Schmokey]

@@Tide0009I am in a squadron right now, how would I go about this application?

[@jimclark28]

@Spudknocker, what was the recovery procedure? I wasn’t sure listening to the briefing. Were flights vectored into the hold intact, then broken down into 2-ship elements? I heard a briefer say that the procedure can handle “three groups of two aircraft”….did they shoot the actual ILS that way or were they further separated into single aircraft for that final phase (perhaps from Fox SHEET)? Not sure how the military does it….curious. Thanks!

[@fallendurst2450]

Last time I flown there pretty much everyone on the navy side died andme and a tomcat were the only ones to land back on the boat XD I wanted to join this one but sadly didn't happen for me

[@jimclark28]

@spudknocker, what was the procedure for approach control at recovery? I am curious how this is done. Thanks!

[@HvyMetal4Ever]

To keep it authentic, do you have to go through Weapons School first?

[@86309]

Way to be there 3.

[@Jeremy61300]

What voice changer do you use to sound like your on actual coms?

[@ProfessorPottsy]

I believe they’re actually on coms using the in game radio comms system

[@noahgroenewoud4754]

How do you hear the different radios if they are both speaking at the same time? Do you have them on different ears?

[@Spudknocker]

@@noahgroenewoud4754 practice! Haha

[@HandFromCoffin]

Man too bad they don't have a Crew Chief simulator where you could drill out screws, and change tires.. fill out tickets in GO-81.. turn in DISM. :)

[@flashrufa6306]

Hey Spud. Maybe a suggestion for simulation to test exactly how accurate , precise pilots be in real life circumstances. Your crew is awesome and precise in chat and execution but lacks the real feel of life events. I don't have DC but really enjoy all players and different channels and players input. So maybe as a great idea to enhance Ur guys play and viewers joy. Set up a series plan of attack and defence IE. With all technology in hand, enemy forces can be seen incoming and fighters are scrambled. But never enuf enemy fighters are scrambled to combat Ur mission parameters. So teeing up with likes of Grim Reapers, Growling Sidewinder and Co to play enemy. In the means of the enemy knows you are incoming for a strike but not where and when. This would allow a 3 way setup viewing from all great channels to run in sequence. It's like having Ur mission being ambushed due to espionage. This would be great to see how individual pilots react to such an environment rather than a progdamic situation. All channels and pilots are awesome. Yet a 3 way video on how the good the bad and ugly got the Intel and wat and how they set themselves up with. IE Panes weapons etc. I hope this makes sense as I see it. It would be huge

[@ajgunn3277]

fuckin love you guys. it's the standard ;)

[@BeauVerwijlen]

>250kts below FL100. On VATSIM most of the time a NO GO haha

[@kevinp5325]

I don’t get why people call DCS “air quake” in comparison to BMS. It seems DCS has the same potential for realistic mission scenarios as BMS, assuming the player finds the right group and server to play with.

[@Spudknocker]

@@kevinp5325 people always like to claim what they like is superior.

[@PalladiumMyr]

How does someone start learning to control with stuff like this? I'm assuming a beefy PC

[@AmishHitman73.Archive]

im too casual to not laugh at this, but if it makes your rocks hard, have fun

[@1rbdfl]

is it possible for people without extraordinary flight sim/joystick setups to do backseat work?

[@Spudknocker]

Definitely!