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@gabrielraveleau1798

5 ай бұрын

Love your vids man keep it up !

@trumanhw

5 ай бұрын

excellent video.

@StEvEn-dp1ri

5 ай бұрын

You should've gone vertical again. You were doing that the entire engagement and then you didn't. I know it was in it's second burn phase, but a vertical recommit probably would have defeated it. I'm just brooding over the jump scare, that I was not expecting.

@Anarchy_420

5 ай бұрын

Please fly The F-15EX with AIM-260's VS The MIG-31 with R-37M's! Please fly The F-15STOL/MTD VS The SU-30SM!

@violet4576

5 ай бұрын

a cool video would be F22 and YF23 vs SU57 and J20

First jump scare of 2024 😂

@michealnyers184

5 ай бұрын

I swear I jumped out of my seat haha

@jameswilliams1085

5 ай бұрын

Totally!!!! Hahahahaha

@TJ_Loves2fish

5 ай бұрын

Almost made me fall off my treadmill😂

@wolfofmagdalene92

5 ай бұрын

Ikr! I swear it always gets me the first time when GS is like "Yeah we should be good I think we lost -tra-..."

@chrispowell6992

5 ай бұрын

Same!!! Scared the livin 💩 out of me! 😅

That death jump scared me so hard.

@u4ia_fubar_75

5 ай бұрын

😆🤟

@RAZEE77

5 ай бұрын

I broke my chair

@u4ia_fubar_75

5 ай бұрын

@@RAZEE77 😆

@JohnQuePublic903

5 ай бұрын

I unintentionally threw my mouse.

someone needs to count what % of those "we probably beat the missile" at the end of the video end up in a shot down 😁😁

@nicholaswilson9724

5 ай бұрын

If GS says his opponent's missile is very dangerous AND then says "I think I'm safe/beat the missile", you know the screen is about to go black ;)

@firebald2915

5 ай бұрын

The mutual kill view from the mig crash site...

@dystopianlucidity4448

5 ай бұрын

You mean the missiles with confidence seeking technology?

@vandasaragosa

5 ай бұрын

​@@nicholaswilson9724agree 😂 his self confident kill him many times, but I love him 😂

@srellison561

5 ай бұрын

That's actually the first time one of his KIAs made me jump.

9:39 "You hear the silence of the RWR so it's probably lost track"..... DO'H

@itz_joyyy

5 ай бұрын

Rwr to GS : I'm not beeping cause it's too late for you bud to give a beeping sound RIP 😂😂

@fdel7032

4 ай бұрын

RWR praying in silence.

@SSFFRRJJ

4 ай бұрын

@@itz_joyyy😂😂

The reason why the 4.5g overload limit is imposed is only for safety. The reason is that the MiG-25 could lose control and possibly enter a flat spin if it pulled more than 4.5g because the wingtips used to flex 70 cm from their original position at 5g+ caused aileron reversal.

@Utubesuperstar

5 ай бұрын

So it can’t pull more than 4.5 G’s……….

@speedfiend74

5 ай бұрын

@@Utubesuperstar smfh...it can but there is a risk.

@sixdegrees6434

5 ай бұрын

What’s the point you’re trying to make? The reason ANY aircraft has a g limit is for safety. Either the pilot blacks out or the wings fall off

@noname_exe

5 ай бұрын

@@Utubesuperstar one mig-25 pulled more than 11 once.obviously it got scrapped but the 4.5g limit isn't some hard imposed limit by jesus himself or smth. It can pull more if the situation demands it. Still dogshit at dogfights tho tbf

@challenger2205

5 ай бұрын

Dude, that’s like more than 180 tons of force pushing onto the wing spines. What kind of steel did they use to make that thing……

GrowlingSidewinder: I think I lost track let's chaff flares and swing side to side to defend. R77 MISSILE: THE MISSILE KNOWS WHERE IT IS THE MISSILE KNOOOOOWS WHERE IT ISS

@algroyp3r

5 ай бұрын

>posted it again award

Interesting to see how the missile conveniently starts its engine again when it loses energy nearby the moving target

@sebastiaomendonca1477

5 ай бұрын

Thats why the double motor thing is so deadly

@90whatever

5 ай бұрын

Our new AIM 260 will have that feature as well

@Trades46

5 ай бұрын

The Chinese PL15 does this. Probably why it outranges the AIM-120D and so scary.

@adrianwilliams8278

5 ай бұрын

Them R77M's😅

@Godsjudgement12

5 ай бұрын

russian wunderwaffe

I’m always amazed at how much that little single engine F-16 can carry and still do solid work.

@chrisbird1052

5 ай бұрын

Not very little, the engine takes the up the entire back half of the fuselage and it's about 4ft in diameter, but yes very impressive the thrust that thing puts out

That last shot with the zoom/dolly to eventually bring in the missile was so well-paced and such a cute piece of cinematography. I expect to see it in a sci-fi movie or show someday.

@jimkenealy6448

5 ай бұрын

Bingo shot! so cool to see the AMRAM creep into view top corner bearing down on Foxbat - chops to the video editor for that sequence.

@nercksrule

5 ай бұрын

The Expanse has several scenes of space combat where the camera follows the torpedoes all the way to the target.

Man the R77 variant is scary. And I assure you all I'm not a hater but it always makes me laugh when we hear "ok I think we're safe from that missile so I'm going to..." BLAM! lol Great vid as always.

That last R77M: "So you think you're outrunning me?"

0:55 nice carpet

@PvtPartzz

5 ай бұрын

Did kinda look like a fur rug

I hit "like" before I even start watching, this is such incredible content. Thanks GS.

@GrowlingSidewinder

5 ай бұрын

I appreciate you brother much love.

A MIG-25 did shoot down a F/A-18 on the 1st night of Desert Storm. Other pilots saw the MIG and requested permission to engage, but the E-3 AWACS operator denied the request, so they left it alone, only to lose a fellow pilot.

@sexyitalian891

5 ай бұрын

By the way you word it, it sounds a lot like you're saying the only reason it shot the F18 down was because of the Awacs operator. I don't know why Americans go to such lengths to blame everything else in order to save the illusion that their equipment is the best and the most special.

@stark5353

5 ай бұрын

​@@sexyitalian891 Nobody is claiming that the equipment is special tho. In this case a loss could have been prevented if ROE allowed the mig to be killed sooner.

@Gesso64

5 ай бұрын

@@sexyitalian891 Im not american but no where else in the world does over a trillion dollars go into the military.

@Utubesuperstar

5 ай бұрын

@@sexyitalian891umm it is the 18 had a clear shot and the 25 capitalized on it having to wait…..

@traviswalker8933

5 ай бұрын

​@@Gesso64a lot of countries in the world allocate a large portion of their budget to the military. Just because spending is high, does not mean equipment will be great.

I would love to see you fly the Mig 25, modernised or original, see how you go about it.

10:01 You forgot to set a Obi Wan "Hello There" by the Missile! 😁

For a foxbat, it would be best to perform a U-turn with a climb of speed, rather than descending to the ground

@Digi20

5 ай бұрын

Not really in most situations. The F-16 (and many other jets) easily outperform the Mig-25 in terms of thrust/weight and initial climbing ability, and you dont climb with them either. Its almost always better tu run the missile out of energy in denser lower air.

@somubhai5882

5 ай бұрын

Well its good bcz those rocket engines of foxbat can really put some huge thrust on but its not always good

@danielberger1378

5 ай бұрын

As Digi20 already said, you should always go lower and drive the missile into denser air. The only thing you would "achieve" with an initial climb is decreasing your own energy and allowing the missile to keep its own energy up. The saying "go up to blow up" doesn't come from nowhere

The last scene of the Foxbat hitting the ground and the smoke trail of the Viper in the distance was a nice touch.

So yeah, at this point whenever GS says "Okay, i think we defeated that missile", 100% the missile is going boom on this tail within 2 seconds. Great vid as always

Love the dedication. Even in death, he's still popping chaff and flares as his F-16 goes down in flames.

Ok you've mentioned it twice. We need a Mig-25 Vs F5 vid.

I'm a little amazed how handicapped the US fighters seem to be by their missiles. Meteor or the modern russian/chinese ones just seem more lethal at longer ranges than the AIM120.

@icaleinns6233

5 ай бұрын

that's why the AIM-260 is being developed. Not sure how close it is to a production status, but it should be on par with the Meteor and R-77M.

@rifleshooterchannel208

5 ай бұрын

Slavic and Chinese missiles don’t actually work and they’re meant to be launched from planes that don’t actually fly 😂

@seniorspaz8754

5 ай бұрын

@@icaleinns6233While we likely won’t know for sure until they’re actually in deployment, the 260 is meant to already be in production.

@LooxJJ

5 ай бұрын

@@icaleinns6233 We do not have full information on the AIM-120C~D yet. They are all classified. Data out in public are all estimates. But do assume that they are few levels above Russians counterparts (way more investment into R&D and access to much better tech and production).

@jacobdoolan4978

5 ай бұрын

@@LooxJJfrom what I understand there underpowered in range but better in track

Congrats GS. This is the first time that explosion effect you do, made me jump. I was not expecting that. Kudos

dude i fucking JUMPED at the end

9:35 Maverick said it best. “If you think up there you are dead”

Those R-77 missiles are freaking terrifying 🤯

9:39 Damn! That ending scared the shit out of me!!!

that R77 hunted you down like it was attached to a wire lol brilliant

It, in fact, did not loose track

Another one for the "I made it BOOM" reel!

Got me again, should always be expecting the jump scare.

Love the way he includes his prophetic last words- very humble of him.

Everytime you say that "we probably beat the missile" it gets you 😂

@wurfyy

4 ай бұрын

I suspect he sometimes says it when he doesn't really believe it, just for this purpose. In this case the RWR didn't shut up, that's just how the F-16s RWR sounds, one warning every 10 or 15 seconds or something like that. I would imagine he knew that, and he knew he was about to be hit, so he just decided to have a little fun with that.

I kinda figured it was going to go one to one. At least you didn't lose! You tied! lol! Great flying though as usual...

That Russia's missile final thrust when approaching and closing the target is so dangerous. 😥😥😳

@ObiWanShinobi917

4 ай бұрын

Meteor/AIM-260 does it better

Love your vids bro keep up the great work

Man this was such a good video. I've been struggling a lot with trying to hone my BVR tactics and something about this just made it click for me. I'm still bad (I was going to use another word but I think it's censored), but I feel like now I'm making better calls on when to commit and when to go defensive and my 50/50 is inching up steadily. Much appreciation. Or I think it's this: starting to take more into consideration what my action forces the opponent to do. And taking into consideration what the opponent wants me to do with their shots. Something just caused a substantial upwards turn in my success rate. I still get shot down all the time, but, after being on a plateau, now it's getting better.

I honestly love the Foxbat and similar aircraft like it.

Interesting outcome here. Looks kinda like, "Enter the MAR and dead you are!"

This channel is quickly becoming my favourite youtube channel

Badass fight, thank you for posting this.

Great mission design; very informative and entertaining.

I sxwear, those "I think I'm clear" missile kills always make me jump! Better than a horror flic!

GOD damn it, Maverick ! The jumpscare every friggin time... and I should know that confidence line is a MF heads-up warning of what is about to happen.

GS, I’d love to see you flying a MiG 25 in a video. It’s my all time fav Soviet jet 😎

I appreciate the Sioux City Iowa ANG markings on that Viper!

great shots at the end of the video

Love the vids man keep it up

It's wild how much more modern the F-16 looks than the Mig-25 despite them being of a similar era.

@SplashJohn

5 ай бұрын

Yep, the Mig looks like an American century-series from the 50's.

@mikedesanta4612

5 ай бұрын

Mig 25 is 3rd gen. F16 is 4th gen. Almost 2 decades of developmental difference.

@funkbass1986

5 ай бұрын

F-16 имеет меньший потолок, чем МиГ-25

"i think it lost track." famous last words

Last camera shot was crazy. I though it was the acustomed celebratory shot. Nobody expected the AMRAAM suddenly appearing!

9:39 - Damn! 11:00 - Cool!

Scenematic tank drop! Well done

Happy to see real life weapons are starting to resemble their Saturday morning cartoon counterparts in capability.

Go back to warbird content if you can. Or warbird vs early jets. Those were always interesting!

I loved this fight. I like knowing that the older tech could be retrofitted to perform on the modern battlefield. Fights like this I can watch several times. Ever dive into tank warfare?

Yup. Didn't expect that.

Simply MAD!

Awesome video. Thanks

Damn good videos, i got chills😊

Genuinely jumped in my chair when you got hit mid sentence.

That missile chase was nuts

The jump scare was crazy 😭😂 felt like I almost died

Most impressive!

This is a goddamn Horror Game! Caught me totally by surprise as I thought you had defeated the missile! Great Video!!!

Even though I brace myself every time GS says something like that, I still jumped 😂

Idea for an interesting fight! You in The SU-30SM with R-27EA's VS The SU-35S with R-77M's!🙏👍

@Anarchy_420

5 ай бұрын

Please fly The MIG-29K VS The SU-33 guns only!

I almost jumped out of my own skin when that missile hit.

09:35 As soon as he said that, I thought "oh, you just jinxed yourself".

Every time he says "I think I beat it"BAMMM!

That was impressive.....despite the R-77M range advantage you almost pulled it off. Nice fight.

Wow, I didn't expect the final result of a mutual kill! Oh man being a fighter pilot can sometimes be bad news!

At the end I actually went "ooooooh!" 😂

Loved the jump scare

holy shit i eated the first jump scare of 2024 with that R-77M, also the R-77M: "i know where i am at all times"

I was already expecting it the moment you said you were gonna be dangerously within the Foxbat's MAR.

Literally yelped when he got hit. That's a scary missle man.

Hot damn. Turns out those Wile-E Coyote missiles exist now.

I watch these on the elliptical and those scare the F outta me every time lol

"I think we beat it" 🚀🎆🔥 🤣🤣🤣

Awesome brother

Thanks for the jumpscare

No tumble weeds were harmed in the filming of the drop tanks in this video 😂

bro that made me LOL FR! "lost track i think...."

"it probably lost track i think" famous last words GG

Jeez, that was brutal.

Would love to see you do a BVR engagement in the Foxbat/Foxhound. Willing to bet you would give it a good show of how lethal it can be in BVR.

" i think we beat it " i knew it was gonna hit when he said that

"We beat it, cause of the silence of the RWR" famous last words and also a jump scare almost made me choke on my food yo

...it's probably lost track, I think" 💥 I love it👍😂

Those missiles with second booster phases are absolutely deadly! Really hope USAF tacticians are working hard and not assuming that everything that worked in Iraq will work in the future.

Doesn't matter how many times it happens it catches me by surprise every time.

Love it. "Yeah I dodged that mis..............

You and your big mouth! LOL This was awesome!

Yeahhhh definitely did not loose track...

Never read anything about an Eagle almost being downed by a MiG-25 in 91. There was the Hornet loss to a Foxbat and in 1982, a MiG-21 nailed an F-15A with an Atoll but the Eagle made it back to fly again.

@Mike_Romeo

5 ай бұрын

Read up the Samurra air battle en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samurra_Air_Battle

GS, one of the many things I have learned from you is RESPECT THE MAR!

Great day for the aluminum scrappers. We used to track Foxbats over the Med moving at mach 3. Our opinions were never very high of the Mig 25.

@timonsolus

3 ай бұрын

Unlikely you saw Foxbats moving faster than Mach 2.8 - (any faster would damage or even wreck its engines). For routine missions, the MiG 25 was limited to Mach 2.5 to maximise the lifetime of the engines. The MiG-25 was a good plane to be in - if your objective was to run away.

WHACK! makes me jump every time 😂