Two idiots trying to take out an AWACS

[@_Dandy_S]

As former aircrew on AWACS. I saw the word ‘destroying’ on the thumbnail and got unreasonably excited.

[@Dan-xo9ly]

Do you guys call yourselves the Eye of Sauron? :)

[@_Dandy_S]

@@Dan-xo9ly typically, it’s more like flying shitbox or something colorful like that. There’s not a ton of love for the old E3 unless you have some form of Stockholm syndrome. Everyone is ready for the AF to buy E7 wedgetails and mothball or scrap the AWACS fleet.

[@ronaldfischer1195]

@@_Dandy_S They're getting rid of the E-8 so we'll see how long the E-3 lasts after. I'm hoping they just go with the wedgetail

[@_Dandy_S]

@@ronaldfischer1195 they’ve already announced that they’re going to start phasing out the E3s, and last I heard it was going to be wedgetails replacing them. Of course the timeline is like 12 years, and they’ll be behind schedule like anything else.

[@ronaldfischer1195]

@@_Dandy_S Let’s just hope there’s no issues with the wedgetail like the KC46. I don’t see it happening as they’ve already developed and proven those airframe but, still…

[@coleramsey6705]

Take off, fly for a bit, dump 6 phoenixes on one target Wait this isn’t war thunder?

[@julianviefers6703]

Yeah I was gonna say the same thing Dump 6 Phoenix and not kill a single target

[@blackhawkuh-6026]

In war thunder you don’t get to the battlefield with the amount of AA

[@goldenhate6649]

@@blackhawkuh-6026 The amount of AA you can see in warthunder is an amount the average ground guy could only dream of

[@TacticalKeyboardOperator]

TAKE YOUR WT BS AND F OFF

[@kyle_mk17]

​@@goldenhate6649god I hate cas

[@totalnerd5674]

In the Lord of the Rings, the Eye of Sauron could only look in one place at a time. The E3, on the other hand, has full 360 degree awareness. So basically, the E3 is worse than the Eye of Sauron.

[@Lancefh_ENV]

Oh nooo

[@fcv1_]

Shouldn't it be the other way around?

[@alexv3357]

@@fcv1_ The E3 is worse to face, the Eye is worse to be

[@atom1236]

the E3 can also only look at one place at the time. thats why the radar dish is made to rotate every 10 seconds meaning that you can only update target data every 10 seconds

[@shanedoesyoutube8001]

​@@fcv1_ worse as in worse to deal with than the eye of sauron

[@JETZcorp]

Reminds me of when I used to intercept the AWACS in the Mirage on the GS server. There used to be a corridor where you could evade the BluFor SAMs if you had a good ECM and small RCS and flew angels 50+. Every single blue Eagle and Hornet would try to intercept me but couldn't maintain my Concorde-like altitude and speed. And man, after you take out an AWACS the Hornets drop like flies without their precious datalink picture. I tried that mission profile with the Tomcat but always got tagged by SAMs.

[@Mountain_Yeti]

You just single handily explained one of many reasons why the f16c will always be my main squeeze.

[@thurbine2411]

Arent the AWACS immortal now? Would be more interesting if you could kill awacs and tankers even if it will be hard

[@Acrophobia2]

Yeah the hornet’s radar is garbage

[@thurbine2411]

@@Acrophobia2 I think it is quite good but many people are way to reliant on awacs and almost never fly without them. Maybe even bigger thing is datalink because it makes it easier to get the sa info needed while if you only get awacs calls you have to imagine how the picture is

[@JETZcorp]

@@Acrophobia2 It's okay, but Hornet pilots tend to develop a dependency on passive detection via the link. Someone flying the Eagle may be used to shifting his scan area all around in a paranoid bid to sniff out Flankers in the weeds, but Hornet guys aren't used to that kind of thing. One of the times after taking out the AWACS, I took the Mirage back up to angels 50, found a 2-ship of Hornets, hit them from directly above with heaters, and then ran away. They saw my nails on RWR but couldn't find the Mirage that they assumed was coming in low.

[@nerfherder8100]

Thrustmaster sounds like a very different type of toy than what it actually is.

[@JETZcorp]

J O Y S T I C K

[@Phordless_Cone]

@@JETZcorp There's a shits 'n' giggles for that one :)

[@julianviefers6703]

@@Phordless_Cone hands on throttle and stick

[@FoxWithTheAngels]

Giggity.

[@thebanananacam]

Its even worse when you get lubricant for it.

[@jadedfox4672]

I love the tones for the f14s lock system, I can’t imagine how many pilots were making Al these evasive menuvers while being baraded by slot machine noises lol

[@BlackEpyon]

I've never heard of an E-3 called the "Eye of Sauron" before. Nothing like shitting your pants after hearing " *I SEE YOU* " on your threat detection monitor.

[@toasterhavingabath6980]

Imagine all the digital displays turn into a dark red "I SEE YOU" with a missile lock on the background

[@Ekdrink]

*you’re targeting data has been sent*

[@Hanfkrokette]

Ive done that multiple times already a few month ago,firing at the awacs from 90nm just to find out AWACS was set to invincible,RIP 2,5hrs of trying hard

[@yoyoyoyoshua]

What loser sets the AWACS to invincible? Like seriously that takes away the fun.

[@Hanfkrokette]

@@yoyoyoyoshua Ikr. Obviously the server owner ( GS ). That was a huge letdown to discover when I finally managed to connect 2 Phoenix´s with the AWACS. The GS Server is a pure Airquake server without anything beyond that,even ground units are not meant to be attacked in any way (Bases) and it takes out all possible dynamics in an open enviroment like this.Better join 4YA PvP Server,its way better IMO since it gives you all options how you want to structure your sorties,no invincible bullsh!t. I wonder why Ralfie didnt show us at the end that the AWACS didnt take any damage tho

[@fonesrphunny7242]

@@yoyoyoyoshua It could be worse, like ... having 40 waypoints, with convenient ground units around, with SAMS, but no trucks to rearm them, and bandits with mostly short range missiles ... you know, like 75% of all servers seem to do :(

[@ryanisnttryin3733]

for a second there i forgot that you probably meant in the game

[@icyrust8831]

@@Hanfkrokette I think its reasonable for a pvp oriented server but I agree it takes away a little bit of the fun.

[@gelatinoussire7772]

You know things are getting exciting when the RWR starts sounding like Galaga.

[@afatcatfromsweden]

Ah yes the AIM-54 Phoenix! The A-A equivalent of being hit in the face by a fucking MK-82.

[@Zbenesch]

Kamsa trying to separate vomit from blood in the back: Ralfi: I'M OKAY.

[@deadboy9955]

Even after many years of playing DCS, it still feels wild to hear my home town being casually mentioned for mission prep and stuff (Kutaisi)

[@vikingsoftomorrow4038]

Bloody beautiful place is it is. Been there IRL.

[@cloxsty4032]

Just wait one day you will hear a f18 breaking the sound barrier while firing a maverick e

[@deadboy9955]

@@cloxsty4032 as long as those mavericks target ruskies, I don't mind.

[@alexv3357]

What's it like living there?

[@deadboy9955]

​@@alexv3357Lot's of great cheap wine.

[@killer900rocks]

SOMEBODY ANSWER THE GODDAMN PHONE ITS RINGIN' OFF THE HOOK!

[@Drnken229]

Subtitles for deaf people: Beeboobeeboobeeboobeeboobeeboobeeboo, bebebebebebebebebebebebebebebebebebebebebebebebeebebebebebebebebebebebebebebebebebebebebebebebebebe, *explosion, Pilot and RIO laughing from Heaven*

[@HerpaDurpVg]

“I see another missile streak” *immediately explodes*

[@pixlpotions]

Kamsa's positivity the whole time followed by "It doesn't matter we did it" is the real lesson to take away here

[@Xeno426]

6:40 Well there's your problem, letting Jester start for you. He always messes something up. 18:30 Hope you set target size to large to increase the range the missile goes active (about 15-17nmi). [EDIT] Correction, 13nmi. Though the missiles weren't notched; the Phoenix doesn't go active until it's told to by the F-14. If the F-14 dies before that active command is sent... it's a trashed missile. Unless it's launched with "PHX ACT" on, or launched in a Pulse lock mode, where the missile will be Maddog. The countdown will start flashing when the missile is active in TWS. The 54A-Mk60 would be the better choice for sniping, since the missile has a lot more energy than the C.

[@csquared2330]

Around what range does target size small go active compared to large?

[@Xeno426]

@@csquared2330 About six miles. Regular is about nine to ten. The value is set at missile launch, so changing the switch won't have any effect on missiles in flight.

[@kamsa1243]

As per usual we hopped into the pit with a less than minimal amount of re-familiarisation. The growling sidewinder server slots are all hotstart, because it's too difficult apparently. As for those missiles, I can't remember if I shot them in Active or not, but we were monitoring them for a bit, they were tracking after our death. I could be wrong, that's what I remember though.

[@Xeno426]

@@kamsa1243 Oh, hotstart. Yeah, most things are set correctly at that point, with the *one exception* being that radar is on standby. :D Did you launch anything in PDSTT mode? In that mode, the Phoenix acts like a giant Fox-1 and never goes active, being SARH until impact.

[@kamsa1243]

@@Xeno426 All CM systems were off, datalink source was not set for TAC, 2-way datalink wasn't on, datalink frequency was wrong, radar was on standby. Those are the ones I remember. All shots we made on the AWACS were in TWS manual, I would shoot the first 2 normally then set the rest to PH active as we progressively got closer to death.

[@Blue_Ridge_Ranger-09]

“Can that missile reach us?” “Guess we’ll figure that out…” *SPLASH 1*

[@slyguythreeonetwonine3172]

"We'll find out!" Words to live by, and apparently, words to die by. 😹

[@noahhastings6145]

5:18 Holy shit. There's an A-10 in theater. Be glad you heard it fire.

[@PedroShaPe]

I wish I had the money and the time to devote myself to DCS World... And friends to play with T_T It sounds so INSANELY fun watching these types of videos man!

[@Astax]

Time is a factor,.money maybe... It's a rabbit hole 😅 But theoretically you could have a ton of fun with just one module and a basic hotas. I've found some friends to play with online :)

[@231thorium]

I play alone with a cheap flight stick and its still hella fun

[@untrust2033]

You can try any dlc for free for two weeks with the standalone version

[@PedroShaPe]

@@untrust2033 yeah, I know. Already use the standalone version. The thing is: learning a full module does take some time. More than 2 weeks, I assume. The real problem is that the minimum wage here where I live is about 1200 and a single full module costs about 300 to 400... So yeah... Just a tiny bit expensive for us T__T

[@itsukarine]

i still play with a logitech 3d pro lol, its weird contrasted with my fullbody VR index setup...

[@FookFish]

I snuck around the mountains down low hugging the ground with a mig29 on eos in GS and managed to launch on blue awacs only to find out theyre invincible

[@hitstick567]

That’s so lame lol. I wish he would turn that off

[@TomP-148]

162nd Open Conflict AWACS are vulnerable

[@GimbalLocksOnly]

@@TomP-148 oooh does this server have map rotation? Im tired of the black sea map all the time.

[@TomP-148]

@@GimbalLocksOnly it does not. Mainly because people rather buy 10 planes vs 1 map. It rotates between a day and night rotation every 5 hours. The 162nd server was kicking GS's servers ass in player count so GS changed up their server to match something similar to the 162nd. Only down side is that they are on stable

[@GimbalLocksOnly]

@@TomP-148 only on stable. Thats why I havent heard of it.

[@unusualbydefault]

depending on drag, I usually tend to climb to angels 35-40, keep burning until I hit mach mach 1.8 (dont forget to drop bags once empty) and slowly start climbing up to angels ~60 (you'll lose some speed but gain quite some AIM54 range). works like a charm, esp vs big targets ;)

[@illusions4559]

who is going to tell him you can't kill the awacs on GS

[@HusieK576]

shut

[@fabiolean]

Haaaaahahaha

[@heyviper1238]

Ralfi and Kansa after successfully delivering an aim-7 into low orbit.

[@miss_bec]

17:17 that was like watching an Ace Combat clip, that missile was so comically slow

[@CyrusEpion]

Incase your curious. That shaking you were getting at. 9 mach is a normal phenomenon that happens with all aircraft that go in between sub sonic and supersonic, known as transonic. Transonic transitions cause all sorts of weird bumpyness and strange behavior due to the supersonic shockwave happening on say the planes nose but the wings may still be going sub sonic. Basically different parts of the plane are at different points of speed. This is modeled in DCS hence what ya saw. Simply push the nose down, break thru to supersonic then continue climbing at supersonic.

[@kyle734]

Bro , I’ve never heard of this KZbinr, I can’t play this game (cause it just freezes up and I even bought the fa18 as my first jet purchase) and I watched this video all the way cause I appreciate you showing the failures , pure comedic value, cause of that you now have made a supporter out of me👍🏻

[@ralfidude]

you probably are running on an HDD or too low of RAM. You can get sorted out if you join the official DCS ED discord and go to the help section. Changing some settings will make it work for you, but don't expect magic. Thanks for the support!

[@kyle734]

@@ralfidude I don’t have that info , but would love to play

[@iandoyle3695]

Glad to see you're getting sponsored content now. Hopefully that means more videos from you!

[@iancrowley420]

I love the little noises the tomcat makes while half a dozen missiles are flying at you at mach jesus

[@phil73805]

The triumph of sheer bloody minded daftness over vague common sense. I salute you Sirs 😂😂😂

[@xeroxprinter]

Been scrolling for minutes and this video was like an oasis in the desert, keep it up man!

[@steefant]

that's basically what i did in the ef2000 campaign when i was a kid: fly all the way from trondheim over sweden (they were not amused but harmless) towards sankt petersburg where the russian awacs (a50) was circling :)

[@fxzn]

i NEED more multicrew shenanigans. this was too funny.

[@VexHD0]

Back when I played this game a lot. My buddies and I would take F-5s with 2 sidewinders and go onto Hoggit and try to take out their AWACS. If we couldn't get it with the sidewinders we gunned it down. The trick is getting back to base. You have very little fuel even with the fuel pods. Lots of fun

[@Drnken229]

Famous last words from an RIO: "Now thats gay.."

[@Johnny_OSG]

There was a video by Ralfi featuring a dude who ran through mountains, then ocean, over hostile fleet and then f#$ked an AWACS within a spitting distance from below.. Anyone remembers which video it was?

[@wraith444]

"Brushing up on the MiG-21 in the worst way possible"

[@gorillaman.1666]

The vid I remember was actually by OperatorDrewski, it was one of his J-11 videos. You were talking about an F-16 that flew low and took out the enemy AWACS, right?

[@zacharytracy3797]

Yeah. Operator Drewski stupidly effective tactic of landing on the ground and taking off to kill.

[@RamadaArtist]

As crazy as this might be to do with a Tomcat, one has to appreciate that this is pretty much the *entire* purpose of the J-20. Why build a 5th gen superiority fighter when you could build a 5th gen missile truck that just sneaks past the front line to take out all the aerial support?

[@cursed1054]

I like the idea that the tomcat missle lock plays while the wings flap as it tries to run away.

[@jiujitsutj9994]

Operation: A Simple Walk Into Mordor

[@mdfogarty]

You guys are like the Soviet Womble and Cyanide of air combat!

[@DPM666]

Needed this rn, thank you Ralfi

[@finhacka3988]

lol so funny seeing tomcats tring to get over the north mountains on GS in any way possible, theres always a SAM or flanker in there somewhere ready to just explode you wherever you go

[@Hairysteed]

Pro tip: flip the ACM switch and the Phoenixes will fire instantly instead of taking 4 seconds.

[@agidotexe7167]

Wat?… thats a thing? >.>

[@patricksawyer9779]

“Guess we’ll find out.” *three second delay* WHAM

[@TruckAndTroutNZ]

12:06 Such a sick song! Got me flying around listening to synthwave now 😂

[@mlrd6622]

"go low." "we're already low." Underrated xD

[@Garvey64LIVE64]

The eye of sauron is such a good way to describe an AWACS lmfao

[@Ribbons0121R121]

*t h r u s t m a s t e r* has to be the funniest company name ive ever heard

[@greendude96]

What really happened today over the Sea of Azov 😄

[@Ticklestein]

I always need to remember Drewski learned basically everything useful in DCS from you. Takes about 5 seconds of video every time.

[@tartwatermelon310]

im watching this video while trying not to think about my struggles, so thank you for this video.

[@angrymancunian]

Awesome! Just awesome! Makes me glad the folks actually protecting us are competent tho! 🤣🤣🤣😂😂

[@Tubsey]

Got my heart pumping at the end there, Brilliant job!

[@bababoey_]

8:18 the TOMCOT is ALERT

[@GLAJMAN]

So I guess, Hotpocket after all these years, has updated his microphone. His rap carrier must be going well.

[@-inthefade]

5:45 how i imagine every pair of pilots that were ever shot down arrived in purgatory

[@Astax]

That was incredibly fun to watch, thanks guys :D

[@theeeldeal8470]

I heard "no better plane for taking out an AWACS than a tomcat" and did an auditory doubletake. I'll take my chances in a f35 thanks 😂

[@Falltangle]

it's always a good day when Ralfie puts out a video

[@Bogeyatyour6YT]

Hahahah I had the exact same issue when I took my first human RIO on the tomcat. "Ffs, cant activate PAL/ACM, I am pretty sure it should work..." .... *looks back* "Is the radar on?" RIO looks and whistles.... "it should work now" Ta Daaa it worked xD

[@DogRozan]

Man, I know that, by internet standards, this is an old video, but i just can't stop watching it lol

[@Ekdrink]

0:09 the AWACS could send data to something like a patriot or aegis right?

[@pekka405]

dont worry about it

[@Bekstorm-Weathers]

Who would’ve imagined we’d see one go down in Russia

[@clevercat5844]

Pretty sure the AWACS are invincible on the GS server

[@dovaiS]

they are.. I've locked it and splashed it from 10-5nm but it was invincible.

[@Xerkus]

just answer that phone already! It's been calling whole video!

[@JonesySurvived]

"So much time wasted for something so stupid." That's called....Gaming.

[@vovochen]

Recently found out the S-300 on the GS server is invulnerable.... biggestbullshit EVER.

[@jedinight235]

I have a TFlight Hotas-1. It sucks. Ot struggles to connect, the reaction times aren't good, and it almost constantly is sending the games I use it on, to push the planes nose down. I can't even pull back on the stick to save it, it only slows down the time it takes for it to start diving. Wouldn't recommend.

[@phatbongshaggy2163]

omg i love the tflight one its a good starter but the t1600m is where its at absolutely amazing HOTAS

[@Tmccreight25Gaming]

How hard can it be to hit a 707 carrying a big ass radome on it's back 😂 Edit: oh... that hard.

[@henryofskalitz2228]

This is the f14's favorite job destroy the all seeing eye

[@crazo9994]

I love using my thrust master, sometimes I can’t stop using it for hours

[@Orion76239]

The noises sound like the most intense game of pac man ever played lol

[@romagnolo]

We love you, ralfi!

[@MrWooaa]

5:15 RIO does a fantastic A-10 impression.

[@nikovbn839]

13:40 Tomcat - LET ME SING THE SONG OF MY PEOPLE 20:45 hooooly fuck, barely The whole video was fucking hilarious, I love your channel man xD

[@onenaner]

Yet another ralfidude banger

[@MCorange9]

Holy crap this channel is amazing, instant subscribe

[@mitch3064]

An entire air force of F14's salute your final victory.

[@thrashandburn10221]

7:11 made me giggle it's adorable

[@erdanxiloscient3666]

I was recommended this video without knowing it was a game and thought two idiots were going to appear on the news

[@Ronin_Gaijin]

Great Bill Burr impression! Keep up the good work!🤣👍

[@mohammedayaankhazi8970]

Bro the thumbnailll🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@johnweinacht8021]

That one AIM decided to take the long way to the AWACS lol.

[@oldfrend]

never tried switching your attack profile to the west-east route? i would think after they switched their barcap to screen you guys after your 4th? 5th? attempt it was time for a different route.

[@cryntolov9856]

I had a thrustmaster and while it was fun the plastic pieces inside it made it so fragile that it was simply not worth the money. I know some people have replaced the shitty plastic internals with metal ones but unless you have the tools and skills to do that I wouldn't bother with one.

[@eduardomoura8414]

i remember youtube recommended me this video when i was first interest on DCS videos, i couldnt really understand anything about BVR so i only watched the dogfight vids. i now have been playing this game for most of the year, i fly the f16, su27, frogfoot and im doing my best to pick up the a4 so i have some underestanding. this video is so fucking funny when u know whats going on

[@asphelite]

Given that the video is half an hour long, its all the way through entertaining, though it got a bit boring after the third attempt or so lel BUT THAT SA10 SCENE 😆 Got me cracked up Probably the most comedic timing to be ever recorded in DCS

[@M60A3]

I have that HOTAS, and it’s good but I would love if it had more buttons

[@golf398]

“What do you see, boy” XD

[@fakshen1973]

I thought this was going to be a drone video over a parked aircraft. :)

[@jjbogan3791]

18:49 "what you see boy" 🤣

[@Blitzozs]

I have no idea what's going on but I love it

[@HMMR03]

Its 03:28 am, but i got to watch this video cause its ralfidude

[@ChooChoo2005]

Germany ist nice right?

[@HMMR03]

@@ChooChoo2005 Sweden actually

[@ChooChoo2005]

@@HMMR03 okay close enough😆

[@AviationPlus]

At least you have a warning for the SA-10

[@fa-ajn9881]

Maybe A model missiles with their longer range? Easier to notch and stuff but hey awacs isn't exactly stealth.

[@PolTen72]

Man, that was frustrating, but you got'em after all

[@andygeorge6065]

Earned a sub, well done lads!

[@mailman282]

Im pretty sure the AWACS on GS was invincible at the time of the making of this video... You hit that thing and did 0 damage im afraid.

[@ralfidude]

yeah we figured that out later, but it still made for a perfect challenge