Unpaving the way for Redfor in Mirages

A couple of my friends and I decided to load up some BAP-100 anti runway bombs in Mirages and try to help out the team for a short while in the Syria at War server (SAW). Lols were had. Thanks for all the supported and participated, you da real MVPs.
These are my boys who flew with me
Arlios
/ arlios
Hellreign
/ hellreign82
Kamsa
/ @kamsa1243
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Songs used:
White Bat Audio - Elysium Cyberpunk
Soleil - It's Too Late (Instrumental Version)
It Is Such A Good Night- The Charlie Steinmann Orchestra & Singers (remix by ThaKniceOne9287)
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[@flanker1659]

Finally a return of the famous Delta Baguette

[@rwhunt99]

Would be my fave except for a small A/A load out.

[@RedRazorback15]

The French Dorito

[@spartan-ml7nk]

This is the reason why we need to see the Mirage 2000D in DCS. A dedicated striker with a shit ton of flare to avoid getting shot by manpads.

[@aodhhanm4180]

Except....that they were shot down by manpads.

[@theflyinggasmask]

@@aodhhanm4180 He's talking about another Mirage, not the one already in DCS

[@Mr-Patate87]

And fuckin' AS-30L missiles.

[@TR_P]

It's already a sort of psuedo 2000D, the Magic pylon mounted MWS is actually a 2000D feature but is usable on the DCS 2000C. Combined with the ground mapping radar and countermeasures instead of brake chute you can fly 2000D type strike missions . Still no nukes or AS30 though yep :(

[@Mr-Patate87]

@@TR_P The 2000D has a dedicated air to ground radar, with terrain following functions for deep penetration at low altitude, high speed. Also, more flares, MWS, and a targeting pod. This could be excellent, because actually a 2000 player will 'eed someone else or a JTAC to illuminate a target. Oh , and the 2000D got Enhanced Paveway bombs, with laser or GPS guidance.

[@fyrelsfolly9875]

It wouldn't be a ralfidude video if there wasn't AT LEAST a 50% casualty rate...

[@ardenelenduil2334]

I stand by my point, insurance is going to take my side concerning that accident!

[@ChooChoo2005]

I remember when he said he´ll never fly the Mirage again xD

[@ralfidude]

Only for these bombs

[@sam8742]

@@ChooChoo2005 Eurofighter is just a shittier Rafale and the Rafale is only good because of carriers

[@jonnyj.]

@@sam8742 Nope. When the eurofighter comes out, it’ll be by far the best a2a plane in dcs, bvr and bfm. We’re fucked

[@verticalflyingb737]

@@jonnyj. Just wait for the Prius module to come and restore the balance

[@burningpotato9447]

@@jonnyj. they are not gonna give it meteor i think, its the german EF not UK EF

[@TomP-148]

Finally the mirage is getting some love again from the community.

[@goose1146]

and from razbam they are completing it

[@TomP-148]

@@goose1146 I know.

[@shatteredskies8292]

Mirage is the best module

[@felippejonsson6078]

Love the Mirage.

[@henryofskalitz2228]

Mirage sucks they need that damage model fixed bad

[@ghostdog688]

I’d actually love to see the F-16 get Durandal. Actually actually, I’d love a Tornado and JP-233, but I think the Viper getting durandals is more likely.

[@PappaBear_yt]

Now, THIS is what gives me ultimate joy when playing online: when complete strangers unite for a cause. It's nice to have a team, but when others unite with you, it brings so much more to the table. Great video and glad to see you're back, Ralfi! 👍🏻👏😎🍻

[@invertmast]

Myself and a friend watched this live while we were getting absolutely Destroyed in A10C’s. Watching that flight of 5 was amazing

[@TheJhouston]

Love the Jacques Hammer callsign you used for the mission.

[@_Hotaru__]

We love footage that would otherwise be deleted. Every footage from you is golden ralfi! Following you since 2011 !

[@daveslow84]

Ah yes... that sweet sweet classic radio voice paired with old jets, synth wave tunes and big booms... peak ralfidude!

[@sjtyuri3629]

I love the callsign. "Jacques Hammer"

[@milofficer]

Jacques Hammer? I see what you did there 😏

[@rwhunt99]

When planning a mission like that, you would think about SEAD might help. The difference from getting killed (Oh well, it was fun) to getting killed for real. Glad you had a lot of fun!

[@ralfidude]

Not needed in Syria, not for where we were going.

[@iandoyle3695]

"WE DONT NEED SEAD WHERE WE'RE GOING!"

[@spyderf16]

SAW is mostly older SAM systems like the SA-2/SA-3. The most dangerous SAMs are the Igla MANPADS (as shown in the video) because DCS' Igla is a bit too new of a variant for the time frame SAW is (late 80s).

[@kamsa1243]

@@spyderf16 Osas are present. Not in the video, obviously, since we'd be dead.

[@zbyszekjob7524]

Great stuff guys! That "oh shit" rejoin from Hellreign and road rage incident at the end were priceless :)

[@questofknowledge8788]

Wish we had a f-4 to be loaded up as a weasel to help out with that final target. A nice joint strike like that would have been a lot of fun to see a video on.

[@SampleHalo246]

I remember watching old fighter videos in the 90s with my dad and the music Ralfi used is spot on. Brings back memories man.

[@Rhinozherous]

This style with voiceover is highly interesting! Thank you very much!

[@NeonMako]

Ralfi, this whole vid is just a vibe, I love it! Manages to showcase everything that makes DCS so awesome in a really neat way.

[@ralfidude]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@emilio27548]

Beautiful footage and great edition. And we got bonus chat. Great job, everyone. Plus, Arden did nothing wrong! 😂

[@KerenskyKs]

I love the package callsign....so appropriate for this mission. Also, well done! Another magnificent video Ralfi, I look forward to many more :)

[@martinlagrange8821]

Awesome ! I've just bought both modules this month (Mirage and Syria) and look forward to similiar fun.

[@michaelw6277]

Maybe I’m wrong but I’d like to think that the type of person who plays DCS online would be the type that’d be super happy to help support something like this.

[@APV878]

Nice. I remember that TV show talking about weapons and that episode with the Durandal. Seeing the rockets go & hit the runway in your mission looked sick.

[@notblake8617]

god that MUSIC at the beginning! Great video ralfi!

[@oates76]

Great vid, love to see the more neglected airframes getting some time on your channel!

[@plokkum]

I love this narrated style. Keep them coming Ralfi!

[@Nassault]

Awesome sortie! Desert schemes on M2000's in the Syria map is just too pretty. Loved that formation shot at 2:27

[@einweiesblattpapier2676]

I love them. They are just so enjoyable and likeable.

[@Tiger313NL]

These videos are always a lot of fun to watch :))

[@Mutu1026]

Never has music been more fitting

[@JesterDarrak]

Greatest rejoin of all time!

[@RadianMeasure]

those 8 minutes just blew by bravo! more !!

[@drahomirpolach8890]

Ralfi, you are realy artist. Without joke.

[@ChrisbyFlanker]

Great video, loved the radar cuts

[@toucann8]

nice vid man, great music choices as always

[@yourdoom9898]

2:34 I just noticed that the pilot's name is NanoTrasen. I didn't realize that Syria was occupied by Syndicate forces, but good on a megacorp for spooling up the ol' F-18 to deal with them.

[@themonkeyspaw7359]

Goddamn syndies always ruining my smoke break... In the ol' days, all i needed was my notebook, my flask, and my snubnose... Now, there is chaos in the station, always chaos...

[@democrack113]

I can't believe that i'd see a fucking SS13 reference on a god damn DCS video...

[@carsons5750]

Enjoyed this accidental video format 👍

[@JETZcorp]

I think the Durandel has taken the crown for the coolest weapon in DCS. It's a tight race with the CBU-105 SFW, but I think I have to give it to Durandel. It's just so elegant.

[@CakePrincessCelestia]

The (Thomson-Brandt) BAP-100 was there before the Matra Durandal. But works the same way, though the Durandal is bigger.

[@FenrisSulfr]

Awesome vid Ralfi!! WE WANT MORE WE WANT MORE hehe

[@sickboy481]

Ooh, I wonder if they will have the Tornado with a JP233.....

[@Eagle-od1im]

Man I wanna get back into the Mirage again

[@brucewelsh1969]

Most impressive :-)

[@masterskilhollow]

Sweet, a new Ralfi video!

[@SpecialSpartanable]

Mirage is by far one of my favourite planes in dcs. I just wish it had some upgrades and updates.

[@andrewwalton6545]

Love the mirage

[@tombstone4362]

Love the French dorito. Good vid 👌

[@MrGs500f]

Do not be alarmed. Everything is bon

[@thomasputko1080]

Good fun.

[@kr_productions8310]

such a majestic video the soft soothing voice and the music mixed with the b rolls such amazing work as always i wish all my aviation safety briefs or as i call them what the fuck happened here presentations were like this i would pay attention then LOL

[@FaithByFlight]

I saw you pop in for a sec. Pleasure having you

[@federicobeghetti9604]

Ralfi uploads a video POG

[@IscariottActual]

Love that I have the bell on and didn't get notified

[@ralfidude]

yeah, you're not the only one, welcome to youtube

[@CakePrincessCelestia]

7:13 Had me dieing :D

[@Wildharrier]

The mirages, don't care If It is the 2K, the F1, the III, just sexy machines man (Hopefully they update de Magic textures btw, and other things...)

[@TheWhoamaters]

I'm thinking of having the mirage as my first "modern" aircraft

[@HavocStylesJoe]

Damn those see bees are fast.

[@twotailedavenger]

Runway busting? Can't wait until the Tornado gets added, then you can REALLY fuck up some airfields.

[@slamon743]

If we had a tornado gr1 in DCS i would never fly anything else ever again, such an awesome jet

[@ghostdog688]

@@slamon743 ah yes; JP-233. Because Fuck the runway, fuck it’s foundations, fuck the Engineers coming to fix it and fuck the EOD team and medics coming in to help clear up.

[@slamon743]

@@ghostdog688 and don’t forget to fuck the aircrew delivering the weapon flying straight and level through a hail of flak and MANPADS!

[@ghostdog688]

@@slamon743 yeah, they weren’t fans. But I’d still love to give it a go in a sim. Imagine being the madlads doing a night sortie at 520knots and having to pop *up* to 180ft to deliver the weapons.

[@sloppy-1-1]

Glitccchhhhhh

[@rikuurufu5534]

Runway penetrators are BEAUTIFUL weapons

[@terryboyer1342]

That's what SHE said.

[@zloychechen5150]

I think there's an interview with an F-111 pilot on Aircrew interview channel where the dude says the Durandal is a moronic weapon. However i agree that its action looks kinda neat.

[@spyderf16]

I'm not really surprised. OCA strikes are probably one of the more batshit missions, especially as air defenses got even harder. OCA and SEAD/DEAD are fun in DCS, but when it comes to IRL they're not missions you want.

[@JD96893]

Ralfi dude in a mirage?!?! Is it Christmas already?

[@TheSpektralOne]

Yas!!!

[@Caffeine_K9]

Okay 4:20 was honestly sick

[@johnravelo6321]

Aleluya!!!!!!!!! 🙏

[@NanoTrasen]

Look mom, I'm on TV! Anyways, super fun watching your strike. One of my buddies (who was 2 days into DCS at that point) was watching my screen on discord and had an absolute blast watching you chads hit all those airfields. - Nano 1-1

[@ramnrmeul]

GLORY TO NANOTRASEN!

[@pyroscot]

Excellent video again Ralfi, quality production and well saved considering you had issues with the in game chat. Pyroscot

[@Wikkus]

Schweet!

[@OzDeaDMeaT]

How do you get your track replay files to work so consistently ralfi? Mine always have friends flying into the ground or some other random thing that didnt actually happen in the sim.

[@ralfidude]

These ain't tracks. I'm doing all the shots live.

[@OzDeaDMeaT]

@@ralfidude Your videos just became more impressive. The fact you can fly, shoot, frame shots is bloody insane.

[@TR_P]

I love the mirage but the measly pair of 530s and lack of ARM or tpod/lasing ability means it sits in this niche where it has mostly modern sensors but basically F-4 tier AA/AG ability, so it is too advanced for a lot of the DCS cold war servers and held short by its weapons in modern PVP unless you make the merge, BVR simply not an option on paper.

[@kevinpezza6684]

Please make a tutorial on the FA 18

[@Alvi410]

(Looks at Thumbnail) But Monsieur! This is not a jet fighter. It is a Jacques Fighter.

[@coltius]

Why did you guys pull up right after the drop? Usually the best thing to do in the Viggen is stay low and power out for a while.

[@fabiolean]

Hmm... Just to add value to different loadouts with gameplay rewards, dedicated anti-runway devices should close the enemy field for a longer duration than a normal bomb strike.

[@Partsnotshown]

I wish there was a good open conflict pvp server where you got benefits for doing stuff like this or could actually win

[@ethanwilcock7661]

how do i see that 3d map that you were using to show what you were doing?

[@ralfidude]

tacview

[@ethanwilcock7661]

@@ralfidude chur bro

[@Maverickf20]

How did you take out those runways!!! I was at bassel on SAW a month ago and i put gub24’s on both runways. The migs still took off 5 minutes later. By the way, you could have survived Aleppo by sending a cap fighter thundering down the runway at Mach 1.5. The man pads will fire on the cap fighter and have to reload. They’ll take 15 seconds to reload. As they reload, go down the runway in the viggens and pickle. That’s how i would conduct a runway strike at least.

[@ardenelenduil2334]

I was actually going full burner behind ralfi and the others to do just that, but couldn't catch up in time. Waved off once I saw the carnage just in front of me

[@Maverickf20]

@@ardenelenduil2334 The 7 p’s- Prior Proper Planning Prevents Piss Poor Performance

[@ardenelenduil2334]

@@Maverickf20 Ehhhh, we only lost Ralfi, Kamsa and Hellreign, so no big loss

[@Dyslexiccarrot]

😷👍

[@jacknottellinggoogle5732]

Was just gci'ing for gunman1-1 lol

[@lkyfly0047]

maybe you guys should use pop up attack

Well, you couldn't have Durandals back then, now with the F1 they're available, aren't they ?

[@og-bleistift]

you call it silly but i think it goes to show how much you can do in DCS. now back to waiting for the next video

[@Jawzzy]

Mirage 2000 = Sex on wings!

[@captaindoggo69420]

Hey ralfi are you polish?

[@Pitchlock8251]

Mental note, bring a SEAD strike next time.

[@ralfidude]

SEAD ain't gonna help you against manpads I'm afraid.

[@mereck]

Is it me or you basically used a Rafale silhouette to symbolize a Mirage flight lol

[@johnhermann7498]

Minor point: BAP-100 and Durandal are two separate weapon systems.

[@ralfidude]

I noted that in text on the top of screen.

[@johnhermann7498]

@@ralfidude - My bad bro... I didn't see that.

[@ralfidude]

@@johnhermann7498 Is all good.

[@henryofskalitz2228]

You know you can carry more and larger runway bombs in the su33

[@risingsun9595]

Stop, stop! He's already dead!

[@thealliedpowers]

and why are the peruvians intervening in syria?

[@JETZcorp]

Probably the Americans built them a dam or something and now they're trying to pay off the debt. "Well, there is SOMETHING you can do for me..."

[@zloychechen5150]

Because why the hell not? It's such a clusterfuck of a party that another member or two might not ruin the fun for everyone else.

[@thomasmaier7053]

Isn't it great how you never get any answer on 253.000 but if you are a famous KZbinr, the whole server wants to get in?

[@ralfidude]

I went incognito with my name, also when we fly with other people and they ask for help (So it's not me asking), we usually get happy responses of cooperation.

[@theflyingfool]

Whose stupid idea was it to climb after hitting Aleppo? :D

[@WheezerOfJuice]

It's strange how you had an audio bug except when you didn't

[@ralfidude]

Arlios POV msg text, during those shots.

[@LDZMarder]

04:51 that was 100% terrible planning and not the enemys fault. Pro tip you approach and attack a airfield in S maneuver. The middle of the S is where your drop the payload. That was some WW2 style bombing run that did cost you dearly. But nice vid anyhow. Might ad also as close to ground and as fast as possible and approach from what ever gives you the most concealment aka you had a city/town close to airfield to not give the enemy to much time to lock on and line your flight up.

[@ralfidude]

We did it this way for the Lols and the fun factor. We're not looking for tips. We're just enjoying ourselves.

[@LDZMarder]

@@ralfidude I am not hatting here, just drooping some things I know. Its better then saying this sux and or drooping dislike. Your just having fun uploads are honestly the most fun ones.

[@oldfrend]

is it just me or is the durendal the stupidest a/g weapon ever devised? you have to overfly a certainly AA defended target at extreme low altitude AND hold a straight and level course, OR you could ripple toss a couple racks of mk.82s or 83s with penetrator caps from miles away. your accuracy goes down 50% but your survivability goes up 1000%.

[@JoJo-vm8vk]

JP-233 on Tornado is the same. Actually, IRL they wouldn’t overfly the runway like that but rather multiple aircraft crossing the runway in diagonal path. Also they would have double BAP-100 with BLG66 IZ Beluga: randomly delayed CBU, to delay reparation work... With cross wind, all bombs could miss the runway, and with ZSU aligned on each threshold they couldn’t miss you. After bomb run they should have go down on the for miles instead of climbing up. Toss bombing ? Almost no chance to hit the runway IRL.

[@oldfrend]

@@JoJo-vm8vk horseshit. if you can hit a building by toss bombing you can hit a fuckin 10,000 ft runway.

[@fonesrphunny7242]

The idea is to ingress NOE and only pop up long enough to release the weapon. It gives enemy AD little time to acquire and attack you. Staying high announces your presence from miles away, exposes you to medium/long range SAM systems and allows fighters to be vectored to intercept before you even get into weapon range. Maybe you start so see why so many aircraft were equipped or even specialized in low level attacks. Runways are long but narrow. Dropping bombs like in this video ensures a near 100% hit ratio and the Durandal is designed to penetrate deep and leave a deep crater that's time consuming to repair. The same amount of Mk-82s tossed at range would deviate over time and hit in a somewhat circular pattern. Just try shooting a long straight edge with a shotgun at range and see for yourself how many pellets actually hit. You'd need more planes and more bombs to do the same amount of damage and the enemy would see them coming as explained earlier. So, you can do significant and lasting damage with very few planes and possibly stay undetected for most of the time. It certainly sounds dangerous, but not stupid.

[@SPFLDAngler]

Ugh... Back when Hellreign was doing his "badass" voice...

[@rubiconnn]

Man I miss the old videos without all of the annoying music and voiceover that is 10x louder than the in game sounds.