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@Warthunderispain

8 ай бұрын

Day 3 of asking Can we get an f-35b vs av8b harrier dogfight? A vtol showdown

@masterseeker360

8 ай бұрын

Probably been spammed many times but id like to see how you would handle an f35 flying it against some flankers or something like that

@SamG-py7ej

8 ай бұрын

F-35 B Vs J-11 👍

@ethanmain3778

8 ай бұрын

gripen VS F-14 tomcat

@Swiftsparten

8 ай бұрын

Yes! A 2v2 finally! I would love to see a guns only 2v2.

Would love to see this from the Gripen perspective or more Gripen content in general

@shotgun18

8 ай бұрын

Definitely

@krismurphy7711

8 ай бұрын

Meteors are Allied Missile???? So why wouldn't the USAF use them until they had an equivalent???

@Hurricane2k8

8 ай бұрын

@@krismurphy7711 Yes, Meteor is a European developed missile.

@zata823

8 ай бұрын

Yeah me 2! LOVE JAS 39 Gripen!

@hermankopsch3823

8 ай бұрын

@@krismurphy7711 its a missile originally developed by the UK, France and Sweden, Later on more countries such as Germany joined to develop it and thereby making it the european answer to the AMRAAM. I think the UK is the largest Contributing partner to the project. America is developing its own equal to the meteor and i think the main reason for not using it is because they want to support american companies.

That would be terrifying watching a Meteor track you down like a bloodhound.

@benn454

8 ай бұрын

Just wants to talk to GS about his F-15's extended warranty.

@stepver2273

8 ай бұрын

here while it has 127 likes, 2nd reply

@vash_the_stampede6570

8 ай бұрын

"WHY ARE YOU RUNNING?"

@Monty-Remick

8 ай бұрын

More like a bloodhound riding a cheetah! 💯

@jaredhaas4168

8 ай бұрын

It would be a short terror.

Missiles really need to come with a health warning label: "Warning: merging with this object can be hazardous to your health."

@sidtedtilley

8 ай бұрын

😂😂😂

@baginatora

8 ай бұрын

Note to self: Don’t merge with a Meteor missile…

@ai-d2121

8 ай бұрын

The question is: when do you read the label…

@Ankhobo

8 ай бұрын

Ideally before you merge with the missile. Not while you're merging, and definitely not after 🤣

@ai-d2121

8 ай бұрын

@@Ankhobo Thanks. Good to know😉

It's crazy to believe that most of the 15s engineering was done with paper, rulers, and a pencil.

@traviswalker8933

8 ай бұрын

That was before CAD was mainstream.

@HuyV

8 ай бұрын

It's crazy to believe today's engineering is done with a few electrons running back and forth somewhere

@ceboz

8 ай бұрын

Maybe that’s exactly why it is so great 👍🏼

@martinsv9183

7 ай бұрын

@@HuyV Crazy for a completely different reason.

The Gripen is such a fascinating fighter for it's distributed defense strategy. So unique, would love to see more content on it!

@ceboz

8 ай бұрын

And looks awesome too

@BullittMacDaddy

8 ай бұрын

And its sooo small !! @@ceboz

@michaelandersson5606

7 ай бұрын

​@@BullittMacDaddyThats why its radarsignature is so low.

@Malsum

7 ай бұрын

​@@BullittMacDaddyit needs to be small. Here in Sweden the placement of these aircrafts are "decentralized". Instead of being concentrated to airfield the enemy can bomb, the entire highway road system here is build so Gripen (and it's predecessor Viggen, way back in the 70s) could start and land. Built into this system along the highways are small concealed 1-plane bases, so the plane can land, back in and dissappear. So it needs to fit... 😉 The turnaround on these babies within this system is also ridiculously fast. 10 minutes to full re-armament and refueling, and it can be done with only one trained technician aided by 4-5 untrained conscripts. It's entirely built to strike hard and then disappear. Pop up from nowhere and strike again... Hit - dissappear. Over and over. It's basicly guerilla warfare with airforce, brought on by the need to defend against the much larger Russia.

@sniperh2o325

6 ай бұрын

@@Malsum it may not be designed to stay up and tough it out against the red army, but god dude, the thing is great at doing it. it was given the nickname of "flanker killer" for a good reason. love the Gripen, by far one of my favorite jets

The advanced versions of the Gripen are probably the most underrated and dangerous EuroCanard fighters.

@clownsallaroundyou

7 ай бұрын

Nope.

@andreabindolini7452

7 ай бұрын

@@clownsallaroundyou yep.

@clownsallaroundyou

7 ай бұрын

@@andreabindolini7452 Nope.

@andreabindolini7452

7 ай бұрын

​@@clownsallaroundyou ok

@Elbereth_TV

7 ай бұрын

seems to be some heavy cope and seethe on your part mister@@clownsallaroundyou

You know it’s bad when you look over and the missile you’re defending from is flying in formation with you 💀

@Paveway-chan

3 ай бұрын

*And it's closing in*

Not having a long-range air intercept capability _really_ holds the F-15 back. It's still an impressive airframe, but if it had JATMs or even Meteors combined with that radar....

@dclark1980

8 ай бұрын

That is what AIM-120Ds are for with an estimated range of 87-100mi depending on the source (true range is classified). The AIM-260 JATM's range of at least 120mi will be a bit of an improvement though.

@jesse-tp7fc

8 ай бұрын

oh dude the Ds and the 260s have to be insane compared to the C, I mean, they literally HAVE to in order to compete with missiles such as the meteors@@dclark1980

@F22Lover

8 ай бұрын

​@@dclark1980As far as I know, the AIM-260 should be double the range or more of the AMRAAM (and the 120D's range is likely pretty understated with how the US releases information.) So the AIM-260 could definitely be a 200+ mile missile.

@Danlovestrivium

8 ай бұрын

@@F22Lover That's insane. Goes to show how important data link is in this future battle space.

@mavor101

8 ай бұрын

@@dclark1980 yea it seems more modern day engagements are really about who has the longer range missiles (that still have a high probability of kill of course). The AIM-260 is such a huge step up.

You have to take your hat off to little Sweden (population about the same as North Carolina) for having such a robust, independent fighter jet program.

Shoutout to the Gripen for just looking sexy as hell

@hanschristianben505

8 ай бұрын

the term “Swedish Supermodel” is so on point

Man the standoff capability of that meteor is nuts

@offsetcircle1903

8 ай бұрын

That shit was terrifying to watch, it was like that video where GS was in the flanker against the raptor and it formed up behind him

A suggestion GS, make these combats in two videos, one from each plane, so we can see the tactics from both perspectives.

Like Great Aunt Ethel used to say: "Don't bring AMRAAMS to a Meteor fight." Everyone thought she was crazy, but in hindsight...

Damn, those Swedes don’t mess around.

I love how the F15 is so overly engineered that all these years later it is still impressive

@ohmydog9171

8 ай бұрын

no such thing

@gripen777

8 ай бұрын

U.S. fighter doctrine in general is like "Alright, in 40 years we'll be fighting UFOs. Let's prepare for that"

@Gentleman...Driver

8 ай бұрын

I mean the airframes are following simple design rules. Aerodynamics are not that different today. But they keep upgrading them. New engines, new missiles, new computers, new radars... So yeah, they are still "fresh", because they are upgrading them.

@saturnascension

8 ай бұрын

​@@Gentleman...DriverYet there's no F-14's out there today.. we know. You're arguing semantics. Not many platforms are wildly successful many decades later like the Eagle.

@dadaddy1677

8 ай бұрын

Every aircraft to me is impressive

I'm glad the Swedes are our allies.

@matsv201

7 ай бұрын

I'm sad that sweden airforce is down from 700 fighters in the 1970 to 70 fighters.

@martinjonsson3407

7 ай бұрын

❤

I love the communication between you two.....[I merged with a Meteor], ....."Are you alive?" 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Cool 2 missions with both of you guys on both of your different channels! Thanks guys! Love the content GS!

Impressive performance from the Gripen considering how much cheaper it is.

@Gunfreak19

8 ай бұрын

Prices in find is 30ish million for strike Eagle and 85 million for Gripen. Czechia just a few days ago choose the F35 over Gripen because it was cheaper.

@barsanted

8 ай бұрын

@@Gunfreak19 F35 go for 200 mil a pop, so... not cheaper

@RLX71

8 ай бұрын

@@barsanted lol where did you get $200 million? The flyaway cost of an F-35 is about $85 million, cheaper than the Gripen, Eurofighter, Rafale or F-15EX.

@Micha-qv5uf

8 ай бұрын

The Gripen is a very good plane but I think it's the meteor that made the difference here. It is without any doubt the best air to air missile in the world.

@stinkyfungus

8 ай бұрын

It's a pretty apples to oranges comparison. You have an air to air platform, reoptimized redesigned for ground target - deep strike and interdiction. Vs a small, high mobility TRUE multirole fighter. The TRUE analoge US opponent to the Grippen is a current model Viper C with comparable loadout.

I'd love to see this with 2 F35s. We all know they can't hold up in dog fighting very well, but would be great to see them up against strong non-stealth combatants in BVR.

@offsetcircle1903

8 ай бұрын

​@@logicplague2077I agree, especially from what I've read from the Norwegian pilots' anecdotes they've got pretty good sustained turn rates whilst having excellent slow speed maneuverability. From what I understand it's got a slightly worse sustained turn rate than a clean f-16 but has significantly better acceleration, allowing for more options

Holy shit the anticipation from that first round of meteors was insane, just loitering in the air like that 💀

Formation flying with a Meteor. Now I’ve seen it all 😂😂😂😂😂

Please more videos with these two guys. They make me happy

just wanna take the moment to thank you for your incredible content

GS + LS energy is just contagious haha, it's always funny when these 2 get together for a video. Those meteor missiles really are something man, I only watch DCS, but they seem like the hardest missiles to defeat. Imagine the nerves looking at your 8 o'clock and seeing that thing sneak up on you. 💀💀💀

at 11:39 it's the perfect example of the Doppler effect . when traveling the same speed the missile can't see him but as soon as he changes speed it reacquires him.

@2KOOLURATOOLGaming

8 ай бұрын

It tracks him all the way up until he puts in the burner. Once he equalises speed it loses him for a second (doesn't make any attitude change). It then reacq's and I guess freaks out with that direction change compared to its last update. Not sure how well the stuff is modelled, but I wonder, why can it not see him. If the seeker is pulsing and looking for frequency shift within the returns then why does it not also use the negative? If the ground is really fast (relative vel) and the echoes from the air and clouds are also fast, why not look at the spot that is not coming toward you at all? I wonder if real Fox3's do this, or if there is an issue with it like the sky being a huge negative space. It's the same idea as Submarine's being a black hole with no sound compared to the water around. Don't look for something, look for the lack of something else?

@clairecelestin8437

8 ай бұрын

I think the missile had track that whole time, especially because it sees him against the sky and not ground clutter so it doesn't need to rely on doppler. When he changes speed, the missile tries to change course to the new intercept point. I think the reason the missile pitches violently is because that's the precise instant when the missile can no longer calculate an intercept path, and we're basically watching it have a 'divide by 0' error.

The Gripen flatfrom is really impressive. I flew them and had a lot of fun. Very capable aircraft.

You two are an absolute hoot when you get together. Great fun to watch.

The meteor missile's range definitely played a big part in the 1st round, this is one of the many situations where a super long range missile can prove advantageous. Nonetheless great duo!

I love when you guys work together. The absolute best.

That radar return is doing the F-15 no favors against such a good missle. If it had a missile to keep its opponents at bay, it would hold its own a lot better. I kind of wish the F15 2 would have taken some of the stealth aspects from the Silent Eagle, like the slanted tail fins, to help conceal that massive return hotspot.

Love to see more Gripen content!

Damn, those Meteors are scary good

You are superior at merging with meteors! Not many that has that unique skill. Nice to see as a Swede, even if we are on the same side.

Would love to see more Tacview analysis, esp with these BVR fights.

In round 2, how would the meteor react if you climbed 30sec earlier? would it still have enough KE to climb with you?

Would love to see a couple of Gripens against a couple of Su-35

Loving some 2v2 action 😊

“I’ve merged with a meteor”…

Yeay! A Longshot partner video! DIdn't know meteors could fly escort....

@vansting

2 ай бұрын

😂😂😂

Gripen content automatically gets a like.

We need to see more videos from the missiles perspective added to videos from now on. Those were cool to watch.

Love your videos GS! Always a fun watch, dogfights or BVM :)

The radar and gripens ewar compabilities is just astounding for its age

Suggestion for a mission. Israeli F-35's doing bombing mission on Syrian territory bombing Iranian bases, but have to deal with Iranian SU-35's as well. I think that will be a great challenge! Love your guys' content!

Meteor flying in formation with you!! LoL

The diamond on the TEWS represents a fox3, the closer it is, the closer it actually is. So if it's on top of you, it's on you.

Interesting to see aircraft from my last base (Seymour Johnson AFB, NC) on here! Especially the Eagles (blue) which are for the training side of ops along with the Lancers (red). I was deployed with the Chiefs (green) and the other AMU (aircraft maintenance unit) that normally deploys for “real world” missions is the Rockets (yellow).

I'd love to see the Gripen NG in DCS, with that large digital screen, like the new brazilian Gripen.

Another video with Longshot. Thank you for this!!!

Highly enjoyable fight. Great seeing you and Longshot as a flight. Thos meteors were no joke.

I love Gripens, such a cool jet... Iam almost sad we dont get Gripens E/F even we will have F35 :D

What a disadvantage to not be able to match the range on missiles. Tons of radar advantage but useless without the ability to attack from range.

@ghostviggen

8 ай бұрын

F15 have a bigger radar but also have a bigger RCS.

@guruxara7994

3 ай бұрын

The Gripen has a very low RCS, similar to a Stealth B2 Bomber.

Another great video guys! You guys do good together, and at least have fun cause your usually both laughing...

I love the videos with you and Longshot. Keep it up guys. We need you in the AirForce ;-)

Last time I was this early to the comments, AltaVista was still a thing. Awesome videos dude.

Gripen are one hell of a jet… if it had a lot of the sensors the f35 has it would be 10 times as lethal. A lot of these countries that picked the f35 over that made a mistake… from the things that are known about the f35.. I can’t see how they would do that. The classified stuff it can do must be very impressive

I love the fact that if alone, they both probably would’ve killed both gripens first time. I swear they’re -50 INT to each other and it’s the best part of my day

@clairecelestin8437

8 ай бұрын

The closer they get to each other, the stronger the INT penalty. When they're in the same cockpit, that's when the real chaos begins.

Great dogfights! Modern air war is unbelievably tense.

not sure if this will get seen, but it would be cool to see how the SU-57 stacks up against the russian 4th gen fighters like the mig-29 or a flanker

Love watching these two flights in a fight!

A Gripen came into a hangar Tecnician asks: What kind of Fox 3s do you want? Gripen: Yes

First a fingertip merge with a meteor, then a formation merge with a meteor. All in the same vid. Impressive.

This battle was all about the quality of the missiles. The meteor is one of if not the best air to air missile.

The Meteor flying in formation with you! Fantastic.

Man I love these videos with you and Longshot

You two are great fun. Always make me laugh 😂

Love the 2 v2 play, more of that please! Amraams meteors And IRSTs? Yeah, they were stacked beyond belief, I would want the f15EX, not the E- so I could Chuck 10 amraams at each foe literally... / EX is the true king of SPAMRAAM

Love those wingman videos. Keep it up! It’s also more realistic

GREAT fights :) Thanks guys!

If you're doing requests, I want to see F-5 vs. Mirage F1 dogfights! Just guns, Matra Magic, and old pre-9M Sidewinders!

Awesome video keep up the good work!!

I thought all current Swedish Grippens are grey...not painted like the Viggens... I could be wrong... Great vid!

The Meteor makes any plane with a decent radar deadly to confront.

Thanks for the missile point view shots!!

Gripen: “ÅÅÅÅÅÅH KASTA UT KASTA UT”

The Missiles are still able to track the target even after the rocket shuts off with those fins on it i didn't know that.

This was awesome video , thanks guys

That was really cool! Please more!

Curious, you both always team up to do great videos. Have you ever mentioned what setup you have and what you use to communicate? I assume you are not in the same room, state, or country?? Always great content with you both and funny too.

@GrowlingSidewinder

8 ай бұрын

Hello, ya we are just talking over discord. If you're unfamiliar with it, it's like a free messenger service, can call, type, video as needed.

It would be really neat if you made two videos of you alternating which one you fly!

@doomedwit1010

8 ай бұрын

I think he's said the problem is opfor. Finding pilots who are skilled, own both fighters, and are equally proficient in both fighters is hard.

Wish we had tacview for this one, I'd love to see how close all the meteors got

man imagine a real f15 pilot in wormation with a meteor missle man damn that missle is so good .

I knowit is going to be a good one when I hear you 2 giggling at false maneuvers... Thanks!

Hope you’re never gonna get tired of people saying “love seeing you and longshot together”

those gripens with meteors are killers! more gripen vids :D vs F-35!

No flat spins today, those were a bunch of violent impacts.

YOOOO THIS IS YOUR BEST VIDEO YET PLEASE DO MORE MISSLE POV THAT WAS FUCKING INSANE

@trayko85

8 ай бұрын

fuck yeah it was

I'm a simple man... I see a new video from GS and I watch

Once again awesome video 💯👍

I was driving through some intense turns through the backwoods. It was pretty cool.

When I see you're doing a Longshot collaboration, I can't click fast enough.

The missile POV is amazing!

The missile cameras are awesome by the way

It will be very interesting for me to see F-35A vs. JAS-39. Since our army just decide to replace Gripens with F-35A. If F-35A will be able to use stealth and shot down Gripens before they get to close or merge and got shot down.

Those gripens look so cool with that camo

*The Meteor sounds like a real nightmare for the enemy* _The MBDA Meteor, Rb101 in Sweden, is a BVRAAM (Beyond Visual Range Air to Air Missile) robot developed by MBDA for use in European fighter aircraft for combating aerial targets beyond visual range. The robot is powered by variable speed rocket and ramjet engines. Much of the performance is secret. The development of the robot takes place in collaboration between Sweden, Italy, Spain, Germany, France and Great Britain. The robot was first test-fired with a JAS 39 Gripen plane in June 2013_

I have had two Gripen go over my home slow on a low altitude, every car alarm in the neighborhood when off 😂

2023 study confirms that wings are essential for flying

@kurtsoderberg

28 күн бұрын

2024 study confirms that if you strap enough trust to an object, it will fly.