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@FamiliarAnomaly

20 күн бұрын

this is a great one - just a thought - a shot from the ATC tower as your over flew the runway would have been a nice angle

@numberyellow

20 күн бұрын

NGAD vs F-15 ACTIVE, dogfight, guns or missiles (or both) plzkthx SU-57 vs F-15 ACTIVE, dogfight, guns or missiles (or both) plzkthx SU-47 vs F-15 ACTIVE, dogfight, guns or missiles (or both) plzkthx SU-47 vs SU-57, dogfight, guns or missiles (or both) plzkthx SU-47 vs NGAD, dogfight, guns or missiles (or both) plzkthx

@busterkeyl.3626

19 күн бұрын

any chance for West German F-4 vs. East German Mig-29?

@allaltitudeproductions

19 күн бұрын

Day 89 asking for F-22 vs 10 MiG 21

Roses are red, the bomb goes boom, diese Kommentarsektion ist nun deutsches Staatseigentum

@spitefulwar

20 күн бұрын

Auuuf der Heide blüht ein kleines Blümelein... usw. :D

@marcg6575

20 күн бұрын

Von 9gag geklaut und gekonnt umgedichtet🥰

@PaddyPatrone

20 күн бұрын

Guten Tag

@totoryf4422

20 күн бұрын

@@spitefulwar Und das heißt. Erika

@TheBoeingMan123

20 күн бұрын

Ich bien sam hallo

the luftwaffe have got to be one of the coolest previous hosts of the phantom hands down. the liveries are just so clean and it fits in so perfectly with the jaguar

@Progametloler

20 күн бұрын

That and the ghost of Aegean camo for hellenic phantoms

@Skinny6539

20 күн бұрын

japan on top

@CFMLEAP

20 күн бұрын

RAF and Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm Phantoms are really cool as well.

@Broothski

20 күн бұрын

​@@CFMLEAPAgreed, but I think the Luftwaffe livery pips them to the post. Gorgeous.

@LonzieSeal-lc4wm

20 күн бұрын

@@CFMLEAPthe British version of this jets was the fastest out of all of them

The German F4s were mostly F4F. Basically simplified F4E variants because of budget constrains and because they bought it as in interim solution as an interceptor. It was only later on when the F variants were upgraded, which got them on par with the E variant. For example, no sparrows and no mavericks early on. They upgraded the maverick capability later on. The F4 then served for more than 40 years in the Luftwaffe.

@radfahrer875

19 күн бұрын

In the 90ies further modernization took place: F-4F ICE with Hughes-APG-65-Radar, AMRAAMs, new computer, RWR, databus.

@Funcrafter01

17 күн бұрын

German post ww2 weapons ordering is mostly just cutting budget wherever they could even if hindered the performance of what they were buying by a lot

@revengefullobster4524

16 күн бұрын

I had no idea they carried the Maverick.

@slowhornet4802

15 күн бұрын

would be interesting to have the F-4F ICE version in BVR fights: it had an F/A-18 A Hornet radar plus AMRAAMs.

heatblur really made a masterpiece here

That rear aspect tone at 12:16 was nice. It was slightly higher pitched than the other ones

@rebelroar78

20 күн бұрын

That is what scammers hear when they call my home phone and it goes to the fax machine.

I am German and one of my core memories as a kid is seeing a couple of them blast over our town. Beautiful aircraft.

Every single time an external shot I can't help but say damn what a gorgeous plane

@jamesyoungquist6923

20 күн бұрын

F4, f5, f16, and the flanker series. Beautiful all

@mk4_supra339

19 күн бұрын

@@jamesyoungquist6923+F15, Mirage and Rafale

The F4 is the muscle car of jets.

@BenState

20 күн бұрын

Mig25 is.

@vaclavkolar6750

20 күн бұрын

​​@@BenStatei'd call MiG-25 and 31 the dragsters of jets, as well as f-104 XD

@SnowyLonely.

20 күн бұрын

Both

Die Luftwaffe wird repräsentiert❤ Love your Stuff GS!

@lordhickory3322

20 күн бұрын

Jawohl!

@Fention1

20 күн бұрын

And even surprisingly the TLG 74 that is located in Neuburg in Bavaria.

@christhenademan13

20 күн бұрын

@@Fention1 Saw on Trickers Video that the Farewell livery of WTD61 in Manching (60km away from where i live) is also present.

“Gotta get high and get out of here. Go hide out in the mountains.” Sounds like a nice weekend to me. 😎

No one’s talking about how glorious the timing was on the runway bombing run so I will. Hot damn was that smooth.

My dad was on the Saratoga during Vietnam. He always talked about the phantoms. He said that planes would take off and land 24 hrs a day and you would never know below decks. But you knew when the phantoms were spooling up to launch. Powerful machines.

@Mort88

20 күн бұрын

One of the loudest jets I have ever heard on take off, the only one that was louder for me to hear was the tornado.

German Pilots were extremely good dogfighters they were trained excellent in that role, after upgrading the F-4F during the 90s to the ICE (improved Combat Efficency) standard they then were able to use AIM-120s.

Dude so sweet. The detail is insane. They did a really good job. I just bought a Su 33, because it was cheap lol. I should be flying tonight I finally got all my stuff lol.

@GrowlingSidewinder

19 күн бұрын

Su-33 is a good place to start FC3 level aircraft are great place for beginners.

Say what you want about the F4 being a flying brick. This jet is so fffreakin' cool. 😎wheels up, burners ON.

@PaddyPatrone

20 күн бұрын

it is

Love seeing the F4. My father served 2 tours in Vietnam aboard the USS America and was an aircraft engine mechanic. He had some awesome stories about the F4.

The F4 is one of my favorite jets. Glad to see more of it on the channel.

I know the MiG25 was made from welded steel, but those two really took being struck in the face by Mavericks really well ...

@mikemontgomery2654

20 күн бұрын

Those were 31s.

@larsgottlieb

20 күн бұрын

@@mikemontgomery2654 Just one Shilka at the end of that runway would have Seriously messed up that Phantom's day

@mikemontgomery2654

20 күн бұрын

@@larsgottlieb intelligence is everything.

@DecidedlyNinja

19 күн бұрын

Must have been decoys. Boilerplate welded into the shape of a certain boxy airplane.

My dad was an F-4 WSO in JG 74 which is the squadron your skin is from. The only differences is that most F-4s there were actually grey and that they did carry AMRAAMs. Also there was a Me-262 production plant and an airbase close to the current JG airbase which is the reason we still find a lot of WW2 bombs.

@vibrolax

20 күн бұрын

I was hiking in the forests around Marburg, and there were signs warning of unexplored ordnance in many places.

@elizabethvarga1099

20 күн бұрын

The Phantom ll can't carry AMRAAMs, they use AIM-7 Sparrows.

@andrewthomas8086

20 күн бұрын

@@elizabethvarga1099Germany upgraded theirs to carry AMRAAMS, it was called the F4F ICE.

@remrich1225

19 күн бұрын

@@elizabethvarga1099 the F4F-ICE got an APG65 Radar and could carry the Amraams.

Ya gotta love the F-4s man. They were chunky and heavy, but they did their thing, and they did it *well*. Beautiful production from McDonnell Douglas for sure

12:15 what it sounded like when I tried to call my friends while using the internet in the 90s.

Later models of the F-4E were fitted with a Target Identifier System, Electro-Optical, on the starboard wing, above the inboard pylon. This provided the WSO with a means for identifying enemy aircraft, and ground targets, beyond normal visual range, allowing more freedom in the use of Sparrow missiles. But it could also be used to acquire ground targets for electro-optically guided weapons like the Maverick or GBU-10.

@DanBlake3rd

16 күн бұрын

TISIO is port side. See 10% True interview with Gabby Drake flying the F-4.

As a kid growing up in the 90s, when I drew a fighter Jet it was ALWAYS an F4 Phantom. Amazing aircraft!

13:50 Combining F4 with the Battlefield tune has to be some of the most epic things :) Well done

Awesome video and gameplay. I grew up watching the Luftwaffe training with their Panavia Tornados when I visited my grandmas place in North Germany - they also flew Mach 1+ there and I still know how I hold my ears when I was small and the windows shaked. I loved it, though. Would love to see you flying one of those on a mission. :)

Nice to see the Rhino flying. Worked a lot with the german F-4s, espacially with the JaboG 36 and JG 71 during GCI with the airforce in the 80´s. But the german airforce flew the F-4 F version not the F-4E. F-4F was not that capable as the E version until we got the ICE Update. But real cool flying model

"I have ample speed. I am going to take straight into the veridical. It's what the F4 likes..." I love those short little call outs! I really liked this one. I loved the F4 Phantom II! It was used by all branches!

Thank you so much for doing F-4 Phantom videos! It’s my favorite fighter of all time! The Phantom just looks so kick ass!

GS dissing the Phantom radar, "My eyes are better." 🤣

Gotta say this plane is an absolute beauty of a plane! Especially as someone who lives near one of those airfields who had F4's until 2013 and experiencing them flying and taking of during my childhood, it's really nice to find them again in DCS 11 years later. Really considering buying the F4 to relive a main part of my childhood tbh

The Luftwaffe actually had F-4F's with a higher to thrust ratio and the leading edge maneuvering slats. Probably peak Phantom.

@timsellmann705

20 күн бұрын

Actually they were initially limited. The radar was worse and it was able to use sidewinders only until in the 90s they adapted aim 120.

@GrowlingSidewinder

20 күн бұрын

They also had 10 E models mostly used for training

@zTheBigFishz

20 күн бұрын

@@GrowlingSidewinder I think they were exclusively used for training...in the US I believe. BTW, your content is very entertaining.

Another exceptional mission/video, GS. I really enjoy reading your videos' comments as well. You have a very appreciative and enlightened following! I searched to see if anyone else mentioned this and didn't see it, so I'll ask even though I got here late: I think I recall the F-4 Phantom was nicknamed "The Lead Sled or just "The Sled." Does anyone else remember that?

@GrowlingSidewinder

20 күн бұрын

hello, always nice to see yourself commenting around, there are a few of you I've come to know because I see you guys so much so thank you for nice and encouraging comments. I have to agree with you that many of those in the comments here are great truly grateful for such a community. I too have heard it called a lead sled, a few others pointed it out in earlier videos that it had that nickname.

@truthseeker9454

20 күн бұрын

@@GrowlingSidewinder Ah, I should have searched the earlier videos for that but I only thought of it during this one. Thanks for replying!

@GrowlingSidewinder

17 күн бұрын

my pleasure

LUFTWAFFE, nice...

The F4 Phantom is simply spectacular. Thanks for the demonstration.

Secret weapons of the luftwaffe S.W.O.T.L.

Beautiful plane and great cinematic shots like always, love your content

I grew up south of Wittmund Air Base (Home of the last German phantoms until 2013) and saw Phantoms nearly everyday for the first 20 years of my life! I’m so incredibly excited to finally have a proper Phantom in a flight sim. I will live in my sim for the few days after release😅

Awesome demonstration!!!! F-4E is really a capable legend!!!! It never disappoints!!!!

0:48 - "How many bombs and missiles do you want?" "Yes."

Thanks for another reason to stay awake a little longer tonight! (Greetings from Germany, BTW)

I'm waiting for a Desert Storm Wild Weasel vid. I saw the Wild Weasel Phantom on the apron in your initial release vid and I need to see it in action.

Really dig the detail put into this aircraft. Just stunnin. Dug all yer vids, btw. You've inspired me to get this, eventually.

@GrowlingSidewinder

20 күн бұрын

Thank you, appreciate you.

@demetrioshristovski4518

20 күн бұрын

@@GrowlingSidewinder l have always wondered, can the F-2 rate as good as the F-16 can? Wouldnt that be a match of kings.

On every Airshow i was in the 80s,all little Kids watched in pure terror when this loud monster starts.I loved it

The F4 is such a beautiful bird. It was always one of my favorites as a kid alongside the F14 and F16; good video!

Very nice timing on that run GS!...good video!...👍

I remember those from my childhood in a village 50 km west of the German-German border. The Phantom looked like a suspiciously stable brick in the air that was getting bigger, and then things got really loud really quickly. Scary and awesome. Always liked them, though, and was more afraid of the local farm tractors as they posted a far greater threat.

As a german i aprove this video

Thanks for the great video G•S Love the phantom how it moves and the heavy metal! It’s a beauty!

Your best Phantom landing so far. Still something just so sexy bout that plane!

5:15 "Nicht so tief, Rüdiger!"

Nice one! Well made overview...keep on going!

Very nice! Got the whole Magilla in one pass - that's just stellar.

That livery is sick, and heatblur seems to have knocked another one clean out of the park.

man you and the other dcs CCs are killing me with the phantom videos... five day have never looked so far away lol.

Rarely have I been more excited for a video then this one!!!

Have a buddy that flew F-15's and he said the German F-4 guys were pretty good. He tallked about getting his butt kicked when he was new by those guys. 🤣

Matching colors on the flight suits, what a cool detail...👍

2:36 what a sight for sore eyes

This is my favourite era of aircraft without question

Those kind of missions look crazy fun.

My 1st model fighter I built as a kid was the Phantom. It hung suspended from my ceiling for years. I need to fly it now.

I love seeing you playing Phantom. Excellent gameplay!

Man this thing rocks. I've always liked the F-4 and didn't understand the haters who said it was ugly. Thing looks like a drag racer.

I remember watching a documentary on dogfights over Vietnam, and I distinctly remember the pilots saying they had to use the vertical to fight the MIG-21’s because they just were not maneuverable enough in the turn fight.

That was fantastic. Thanks

Very awesome. Thank you.

Okay GS, the lack of Sparrows on this F-4 of the Luftwaffe, means that you're flying the German specific F-4F which was built without Sparrow compatibility, and the refueling boom socket on the spine.

Nice attention to detail on your loadout.

Great stuff! The F-4 is a real beast.

Really enjoyed this one. Thx for sharing.

Wanna hear a story about German Phantoms? OK, here's one and its true. In the late eighties and nineties the Germans were practicing low level flying around Goose Bay Larador. Ideal place, in the middle of effing nowhere in Labrador, lotsa room and no speed limit. Or so I'm told. It's not flat, by the way and a german Phantom pulled up too late and sorta smooched into the terrain. The trees to be exact and came out at the other end with lumber in the wings. It made it back to Goose Bay but never flew again. No, seriously, it came back and was in hangar for a while, quite the attraction for the middle of nowhere.

cant wait to get my hands on this

F-4E multi-tasking and doing it well; F-16 crowd watching in awe as Grandpa kicks ass and takes names.

Enjoying all this F4 content!

Hey GS, for something completely different, Eagle Dynamics needs to come out with a livery for the F-16 like the Viper Demonstration Team is using this year. It goes back to the first F-16’s to roll off the assembly line. I remember seeing them back then.

I could watch this all day long.

That Phantom is from the TaktLwG 74 i grew up and still live next to their airbase and i see them flying since im a kid and i saw this Phantoms there, there is even one on the Airfield but not in use anymore… now they fly Typhoons and Tornados, Videos with Tornado would be cool

@DELTA_BRAVO_82_GER

18 күн бұрын

Das TaktLwG 74 fliegt ausschließlich Eurofighter Typhoon. Die Tornados ( IDS u. ECR ) sind auf die Geschwader TaktLwG 33 Büchel und TaktLwG 51 Schleswig/Jagel verteilt.

Dude, you beat the mavericks to the edge of the runway!

GS sure can make a barn door with a bent down stab fly. When in doubt, stand on your J79s.

Sexy looking brick with jet engines strapped to it man. I love to draw and grew up drawing this fighter more than any other. Still love the channel after I think it's around 3 years of watching. Great vids champ.

@GrowlingSidewinder

20 күн бұрын

Thank you man, always appreciate seeing you in the comments section.

@Lee-sti8wrx

20 күн бұрын

No worries champ, watching some of your older videos now, loven it dude.

The phantom really looks good about 80% of the time. Then every once in a while that huge fuselage with the low wing just makes it look like a milk tanker 😂

Looka like the plane is made for this skin, beautiful

Would love to see one round with Greek colours...Great job GS!

Hell of a mission, great landing! 😎

Glad I finally got mine before the pre-order bonus vanished.

3:25 "getting aggressively stared by f4's ass Face" xD

Nice skin😊 The F-4F ICE Had fox3. It was modernised in 1991.😅

This is probably going to be one of the most popular releases in DCS history.

Man it was nightmare for those MIG pilots on the taxi way two Mavericks on the way and seeing you diving for runway. Love your video's GS keep on great work ❤❤❤❤

Loving the F-4 content. I have a soft spot for the Lead Sled, and Heatblur finally coming out with it might be what finally gets me to invest in a new computer and get DCS.

Hawk PAR and High Power radars! I used to work on those.

One of the best vids you’ve done sir 👏

F4's are such a good looking aircraft.

I am sooo exited for the Phantom... It probably arrives just with my new joystick❤💛💙 greetings from Germany, its a joy to watch you videos

Those Mig 25's doesn't even seem damaged we really need good damage models

F-4s were still in service by the USAF & Luftwaffe when I joined. We had F-4s at Spang in USAFE. Man those things are loud...those, F-111s & Tornadoes are the worst...

Amazing video! Would be so cool to see you put some fox-3 on, replicating the F-4F ICE. And maybe fight a pair of F-15 with Fox 1s to show the advantages of having Fox3

The F-4Fs were eventually retrofitted for BVR. I think they got early Hornet radars and could carry AIM-120s.

@F-15E_StrikeEagle

20 күн бұрын

f-4 ice

Grow up umder the sound of this most beautiful jet in Eskisehir, Turkiye. TUAF is still using modernized F-4 T-2020 model. Love these❤