The issue with generalist aircraft is that they sit in the middle ground of performance for their roles. Specialist aircraft tend to out perform them in every role.
Precision Weapon isn’t a lie & this was 30+ years ago. When I was in Afghanistan the Air Force had a squadron of F15 or F16s made up completely of female pilots (call sign “dude”). They didn’t give a shit, bad asses, coming in at 1000 feet above the bottom of the valley, easily 2000ft below the ridges. they would consistently drop laser guided ordinance with-in 5-10m of there designated targets. So hitting a flying helicopter is with-in capability’s as long as whoever is lazing it can stay on it.
F-15, the one fighter that an Israeli pilot came back after during a fight or training exercise had one wing completely torn off. That is an awesome story to react to, the fighter that returned home with one wing missing.
"Look down, shoot down" capability just means the radar is able to filter out returns from the ground. IE, it's not about vibrations. The radar is able to tell if a returned signal is simply bouncing off the ground or if it's an aircraft.
@@Echidna23Gaming yes A is for Attack mainly meaning ground attack. Such as A-10 or mixed use like F/A-18, A/C-130. Back in WW 2 , they didn't use the F, A, C, destination till later in the after the war.
@@SDTimmy23 I'd say Cargo. I haven't looked it up in a long time though. I recommend google. Edit: Woohoo I remembered it! en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1962_United_States_Tri-Service_aircraft_designation_system Edit - under Designation tab.
The US has learned that designing a plane to be good at everything is neither the best nor great at any of them. If you want the best air to air then it can't be the best at ground attack. Look at the differences in the F-22 and the A-10. I don't think anyone says that the F-22 is the best at hitting ground targets nor would you say the same about the A-10 and air to air. This is why there has never been a one fighter does all. You can imagine that it's impossible to fly slow and carry large amounts of armament for ground attack and yet be fast and agile for air to air.
When fighters are no longer “front line” they typically go to National Guard units then eventually are stripped of their equipment and the airframes retired to a desert airplane “graveyard”.
@@Tigerskunk they were always F/A 18. People just never say it right. It's a fighter/attack. The newer version you're thinking of is the F/A 18 Super hornet. Its bigger and the engines are more powerful and it has 11 weapon stations vs 9 on the legacy hornet.
I live near the Airbase where foreign pilots came to train. Before everyone got used to the new terrain following radar they crashed so many were started calling them "LAWN DARTS" (Google them, dangerous toys from 60s 70s)
I really love the nato flag! Love and N.A.T.O. Military support from Houston, Texas EDIT: btw I don’t serve I’m not even old enough i just saiid that because US and Estonia are allies.
As the saying goes: "Jack of all trades... master of none" in other words, if you spread your skill across multiple specialties, you are not very likely to excel or master any of them. This is because the different goals have contradictory requirements.
Dunno if you have had any fans from Australia but g’day. I was recommended to your channel by RUclips and I thank them for doing so. Your laugh cheers up and smile, thanks for lighting up my quarantine.
The F-18 is a jack of all trades, but a master of none, the F-14 was better performing(when it wasn't falling apart mid flight), and the 15 and 16 are vastly superior in ever role, but don't take this as saying the F-18 is a bad plane, it's still probably one of the best.
F/A-18 is the best at nothing, but one of the best at everything, which is what the Navy needs on the first day of a war. It can't dogfight its modern equivalent, but it has the sensors to win BVR fights against them and continue to bring a ground strike payload in. It can outperform and shoot down any attack aircraft, though, and then do the job of an attacker pretty well. It's not stealthy, but it has a great electronics sweet that makes it less detectable than most similar aircraft. It doesn't have the climb rate of its Russian counterparts, or for that fact, its Air Force counterparts, but performs better after it gets to altitude than most of them. Its MER the only thing that it might be better than its competitors at, but I still think it gets beat in that category by the Rafale, if not the Typhoon as well
I still think the Iowa Class Battleship was the baddest thing on the seas. Sure hasn't age well but damn still amazing. Montana Class would have been even better.
My dad was an avionics tech on f-15s for the USAF for 20 years before he retired. When i was a kid i went to a school on base and before work I’d get to hang out in his maintenance hanger and play on their xbox that they had and they’d show me around the f15s they were fixing. Today he still works on them and he’s allowed to take me on the flightline of once of the biggest AFB’s in the country. I saw f22’s, f16s, f35s, and f15 E’s launching and flying all within an hour. I’m proud to say my dad is one of the coolest guys i know and his job is wicked awesome.
The F-15E is one of my favorite looking and to use jet fighters in the Ace Combat series. You should try checking or the USS Enterprise. She was the most decorated US ship in WW 2 with 20 battle stars awarded to her.
3:07 Thats called a Multi-Role Fighter it exists Artur you kinda explained the whole purpose of the Multi-Role Fighter when you were saying the idea you have. Stay well Artur from a Latvian!
When the US "retires" an acft it is sent to the boneyard in Tucson AZ. Some planes serve as parts donors others that are technically serviceable are "wrapped up and sealed" for possible use. You should check out videos about "The Boneyard "
"Wouldn't it be better to have one plane that's good at everything?" That's supposed to be the F-35, which is acting to replace the F/A-18s (which are good at everything). Both of these jets are good at everything, but aren't the best at any role.
Your mistaken the F35 wasn’t developed to be an all purpose fighter our military operations are a team effort the F35 is the quarterback. It’s a network hub asset to be deployed into a active combat theater. It has excellent performances in every category should it have the need for direct self defense. But it’s not for active dog fighting but all the other in theater deployed assets like other fighters even naval ships the 35 can get into the theater remain undetected while its identifying enemy targets to then target with weapons being launched from other air assets even missiles off naval ships
8:00 It distinguishes fighter jets from the ground clutter, it doesn't use anomalies on the ground to detect fighter jets. Ground clutter is radar waves that are reflected by the surface of the Earth when you point your radar towards the ground. This means that previously, if you were above another fighter jet that was close-ish to the ground, it would be able to "hide" amongst the radar returns that the ground reflects. It would be like if you had a flash light at night, it would be easier to detect a distant pole from a sideways perspective, than from a top-down perspective. Hope this helps :)
The radar looks for doppler shifts in the radar signal, (doppler shift is the change in frequencies caused by movement, think of the sound of a train of car horn as it moves toward or away from you, that change in sound is the doppler shift in the sound) the radar uses doppler shift in the radio waves to detect and isolate the radar echo of a low flying aircraft.
3:50 The US debated this for 40 years. At one time they came up with the F4, a supersonic dump truck capable of carrying more bombs than many WW II bombers.
Your question “How many Fs are there?” The U.S. started designating planes with F in 1947. Before that they were designated P or pursuit. The P/F designation went from P-1 all the way to F-111 plus a few extras like the F-117. Then they started all over in 1962 at F-1 and had gone through to F-23. The F-35 came from the X-35 experimental plane and they let it keep the 35 part.
The US Military does NOT design weapons... They put out specifications of what they want, and private industry designs, develops, and builds the weapon(or weapon platform). Sometimes they approach the military with a weapon to see if there is an interest then go from there.
A plane that can do everything sounds perfect. Except you run into physics. You gotta choose your pros and cons. They can all multitask, but their designs have to choose their big strength. And you are always looking at your adversary, who you will have to compete with in combat.
Hey Artur! As I posted on your previous F-22 video just earlier... the best way to understand fighter aircraft air-frames is to think of them as super expensive modular computer case; which has a "front panel" with a certain number of hard-points (USB ports/microphone/head/phone jack, etc)... for an aircraft these hard-points would be weapons/ sensor pods, etc. This case is specially designed to form fit a certain PSU/ jet engine, which will determine it's maximum power/thrust output. The internal components of the case (i.e. avionics) can be changed up and updated as time goes on, as long as the new system components fit within the old air-frame. This is similar to how an aircraft platform can be updated over the years as new and better technology emerges. The F-15 was originally designed in the 1960's, and built in the 1970's. And has gone through several major updates (which you can think of as completely new plane variants) F-15A/B* Eagle (1970's early 4th generation air-superiority fighter) F-15C/D* Golden Eagle (Late 1970's - early 1980's 4th generation air-superiority fighter) F-15E Strike Eagle (late 1980's 4th generation multi-role strike fighter) F-15SE Silent Eagle (2010 proposed 4.5 generation semi-stealthy fighter) [Not chosen for major production] F-15X Golden Eagle (2018-2020? 4th generation fighter) [currently being proposed by Boeing] Export variants F-15 J/DJ* (Japan) F-15 SA (Saudi Arabia) F-15 QA (Qatar) ... *designation represents two-seat training variant. @23:05 What happens to USAF planes that are retired? That depends, if other units are still using the system and it's parts are still serviceable; it may get stripped down and it's parts sent to other units. Most likely, if the air-frame is still good it will go the the "The Boneyard". The 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group's aircraft and missile storage and maintenance facility in Monthan AFB, Tucson, AZ. From there it sits in storage, and could theoretically be brought back into service (with new parts) in the event of a war or eventually it could be scrapped.
I was one of the second group that were working on the f-15. I was an avionics maintenance troop. I did that for 14 years. I loved that stubborn plane! air superiority was the f-15 A,B,C,and D. then you got the f-15 Strike eagle,,, she did it all , AA and AG. Gatling guns have rotating barrels,, loading as they rotate, faster that way, and the barrel cools down so can fire longer. Original price was quoted at 30 million in 1979. Oh and that vertical takeoff? we used to call it a Viking departure cause at night especially it looked like a viking rocket taking off. It actually was the first aircraft to accelerate in vertical flight.
Our AWACS radar planes also have tactical data links, for comms with air and ground. I know because I worked comms in the AF. My brother also was maintenance on the F-15E, during Desert Storm.
For your question about Attack Helicopters vs aircraft, most attack helicopter have an offense for fighter aircraft and usually they are IR guided air to air missiles. Example: the AH-64 Apache can be equipped with four AIM-92 Stinger missiles.
in order to get a plane that does everything would be expensive but i think the hardest thing that process would be training the pilots in air to air, air to ground, and air to sea combat or something along those lines
The USAF is actually buying it's first new F-15s in 20 years. The new F-15EX fighter had the design and build of an F-15, but is updated with current-gen tech. It's going to augment the F-22 and F-35, primarily carrying munitions too large or heavy for either of those planes to carry, since the F-22 and F-35 are stealth based and have to have internal weapons bays, but the F-15 was designed before stealth was really a consideration, and thus has a lot of external mounting points. It's also supposed to be a lot easier to produce considering all of the improvements have already been commissioned by foreign air forces, and Boeing is pretty much putting them all into one fighter.
4:35 Thats an F4 Phantom... F-14 was a beast and what we had on our carriers before switching to the F-18 Hornets. You should check the 14 out if you havent yet.
In the US, the retired aircraft are usually flown to a storage facility such as AMARG at Davis-Monthan Air force Base in Tucson Arizona, for long term storage or scrapping. Some aircraft that are still suitable for use are refurbished and sold to foreign governments.
So Artur there is a very old F series plane called the F4U corsair, this was a propeller plane but it was used a lot during world war 2 mainly in the pacific front against japan.
For other 'F' planes, the F-16, F-18, F-117, F-14, and F-4 would probably be the most interesting reactions in order. The F-16 is still going strong. The F-18 is as well, and may be the best example of 'doing everything' like you mentioned. The F-117 had a very interesting history, as well as things like a 4-D autopilot which sounds crazy to most people even today. The F-14 was iconic to a lot of Americans and had a very cool design. The F-4 had a troubled and very interesting history.
When the F-15A was first put in service, the motto was "not one pound for air to ground" meaning it was purely an air/air fighter, in 1989, a modified F-15D 2 seat aircraft won an air force competition to replace the F-111 in all weather strike mission and is known as the F-15 E strike eagle.
Another fighter that was developed about the same time is the F-16 Fighting Falcon. It is very nimble and can be equipped with different packages depending on the mission.
F-15 might not be the "king" anymore but its still the knight. It and its little brother the F-16 are our bread and butter. I have F-15s launch everyday in my town and i love them, they are beautiful, bad ass and absolutely make me feel comfy and safe.
Also dont remember when you covered it, but the U.S. Apache is capable of firing air to air missiles, but they are still not preferred if an ememy jet is inbound. Many modern air superiority fighters can fire missiles a lot farther out than the apache can but it is possible. Dunno if any apache has been recorded for taking down other aircraft yet though.
You mentioned watching a plane that can fly at mach two firing a Gatling gun. There’s a RUclipsr called the History Guy who did a segment about three times airplanes actually shut themselves down. Because of their high speed and maneuvering, they fire their guns and turn and actually get hit by their own bullets. Luv the vids. Hello from Mt Rushmore. 🇺🇸👍🇪🇪
U.S. also had F-16 which is one of the most produced modern aircraft and flown by many many countries. F-14 was the Navy Air Superiority Fighter until 2007 when it was retired. Now the Navy uses F/A-18 E and F Super Hornets (And E/A-18 Growler) for all roles with the F-35C Slowly coming into the fleet.
The newest F-15E version is the F-15 Advanced, which features fly-by-wire controls. The APG-63(V)2 active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar has been retrofitted to 18 U.S. Air Force F-15C aircraft. The F-15 platform is expected to be in service at least until 2040.
My grandfather was from Lapland Sweden... Actual reindeer farmer until he moved to the US and worked for Atlantic records and managed Bobby Darin. His one regret was refusing to manage David Bowie... We still have a gold record for "Mac the Knife" song by Bobby Darin... Cool!
The F14 Tomcat was a favorite fighter jet as a kid. I grew up with the Blue Angel’s flying over my house. The US Navy replaced the F14 with the F18 Super Hornet due to the high cost of up keep of the F14. The Blue Angels are now flying the F18 Super Hornets. The Blue Angels are some of the top pilots in the world doing aviation stunts at air shows across the USA.
Check out the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet... it's an older model, but was one of the most agile fighters around before the F-15. But for style and looks, I like the classic F-16 Falcon.
One of my favorite fighter planes. I am biased though since my grandfather was an engineer on the Eagle program from its early days to around the time of the C and D variants.
When you're talking about one mega-comba fighter, one thing to remember is size. Fighter aircraft get a lot of benefits if you can just make them smaller. The F-35 is the US high tech multi role fighter, but it sacrifices just a little in a few areas to make sure that it can do almost anything. All other aspects of the aircraft being equal in quality, single purpose aircraft are basically always better at their job than a multi role doing the same job, and it's probably always going to be that way, since a Close Air Support plane can either be smaller and harder to shoot or just carry more ammo if it's not worrying about weapons to hit other planes, while a dedicated air superiority fighter gets to pick between similar bonuses if it doesnt worry about weapons to hit ground targets or boats. Then you also have to pick what features you're really going to include in "anything" when you make a plane that can do anything. If you go with a plane that can really do everything, you're probably going to wind up with a pile of electronics and weapons that you'd need a cargo plane to get airborne, so you still have to sacrifice some features.
The F-22's had budget issues but the larger issue that arose later was the rebreather device for the pilot. They had issues with it and pilot's were slowly suffocating and could risk passing out. They think they have solutions in place but the rollout for the full fleet with a fully serviceable solution is charted for around 2022. They found a few other issues that they want to fix that worsen the issue, like the safety vest the pilots wear for landing in the water would randomly and slowly inflate causing chest compression. Coupled with the rebreather failure, this led to at least one confirmed fatal crash.
I really enjoy watching your videos. Keep up the good work, mate! Btw the comments feel like they are mainly american, so I'm just gonna leave some greetings from Germany ;)
The airframes go through stress so they are rated for a certain number of flying hours. After that they aren’t rated to fly anymore and they strip out anything that can be used for parts for other aircraft and maintenance. Then typically the frame itself ends up in the scrap yard. But wrapped up and preserved as a “just in case” we need it back because of a war or some other reason and they need to refit them. Pretty unlikely... but we are hoarders and never throw anything away.
If you want to see some cool footage, check out videos from the Mach Loop in the UK. It's a valley where the military runs training flights and you can potentially be above the planes as they fly through. Also check out the F14 Tomcat, the Navy's former air superiority fighter (fleet defense). My uncle used to work on the radar systems on the F14. It's also the fighter from the movie Top Gun.
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Lol I need the hat 2
Get the cup and the hat and you'll become a god
LOL. I want that rifle he's always got in the background.
Did you ever get the hat?
The F-15 has one distinction no other fighter has. It is the only fighter to have fired an air to space missile and taken out a satellite.
Whos satelite did the f15 take out?
mary joy gelizon one of our own, it had aged out, and it’s orbit was decaying. So it was used as a target for an Air Launched Anti-Satellite missile
One of our own. The satellite was old and obsolete so it was used to test the air to space missile tech. The missile worked as designed.
America!
That made the Russians do a spit take! 😂😂
The issue with generalist aircraft is that they sit in the middle ground of performance for their roles. Specialist aircraft tend to out perform them in every role.
14:40 I think he missed the fact that the plane hit the helicopter with a BOMB. Not a missile, A BOMB.
Yeah crazy
what I was gonna say lol.
At night btw
Precision Weapon isn’t a lie & this was 30+ years ago. When I was in Afghanistan the Air Force had a squadron of F15 or F16s made up completely of female pilots (call sign “dude”). They didn’t give a shit, bad asses, coming in at 1000 feet above the bottom of the valley, easily 2000ft below the ridges. they would consistently drop laser guided ordinance with-in 5-10m of there designated targets. So hitting a flying helicopter is with-in capability’s as long as whoever is lazing it can stay on it.
Now that? That's just showing off.
"They should make one plane that does everything" ... Literally explains the entire F-35 program. 😂😂
Well he means multi role not multi branch. Like the F/A-18
But yes the F-35 is also multi role.
@@floofifoxalin wdym shit in air to air, sure, it can be outclassed in a straight up dogfight; but in bvr(beyond visual range) no chance mate.
F-15, the one fighter that an Israeli pilot came back after during a fight or training exercise had one wing completely torn off. That is an awesome story to react to, the fighter that returned home with one wing missing.
Yeah saw no one mention this story so I hope this gets a bump.
That was an awesome video! Artur should react to that video, it would blow his mind!!!!
yes someone told me that in discord
This is the story. 😎👍
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Solo wing pixy
“I have to many F’s to give” love that 😂👌
same 😎
@@ThatOneType_S ME TOO
"Look down, shoot down" capability just means the radar is able to filter out returns from the ground. IE, it's not about vibrations. The radar is able to tell if a returned signal is simply bouncing off the ground or if it's an aircraft.
The F stands for “fighter”, and we have a lot more of them!
Russell Sperry Yep. F for ‘fighter’ and B for ‘bomber’
@@susanmaggiora4800 A for "attacker"? I know we have the A-10 but we used to have a lot more A planes in world war 2
@@Echidna23Gaming yes A is for Attack mainly meaning ground attack. Such as A-10 or mixed use like F/A-18, A/C-130. Back in WW 2 , they didn't use the F, A, C, destination till later in the after the war.
E Robinson so then what is the C for?
@@SDTimmy23
I'd say Cargo. I haven't looked it up in a long time though. I recommend google.
Edit: Woohoo I remembered it!
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1962_United_States_Tri-Service_aircraft_designation_system
Edit - under Designation tab.
The US has learned that designing a plane to be good at everything is neither the best nor great at any of them. If you want the best air to air then it can't be the best at ground attack. Look at the differences in the F-22 and the A-10. I don't think anyone says that the F-22 is the best at hitting ground targets nor would you say the same about the A-10 and air to air. This is why there has never been a one fighter does all. You can imagine that it's impossible to fly slow and carry large amounts of armament for ground attack and yet be fast and agile for air to air.
I don’t think the US has learned that... Creating a do-it-all airframe was the entire point of the JSF program.
And yet the dumbass bean counters think that the F-35 can replace the A-10. Ask a foot soldier which one they want loitering above.
Although the A-10 can actually dogfight and carries air to air missiles often. Plus the massive cannon.
Never lost a fight it has over 100 and something kills with 0 loses
not against the aliens in Independence Day
Ryan Rigsby those were F/A-18s.
When fighters are no longer “front line” they typically go to National Guard units then eventually are stripped of their equipment and the airframes retired to a desert airplane “graveyard”.
The Navy’s, F-18 can do Air-Air, Air-Ground and anti-ship with the Harm and various other weapons
I believe the F-18 have all been updated/replaced and are now F/A-18. Better engines and newer electronics.
The HARM is a anti radar missile, it's right in the acronym. I assume you are referring to the Harpoon Anti-Ship missile.
@@Tigerskunk they were always
F/A 18. People just never say it right. It's a fighter/attack. The newer version you're thinking of is the F/A 18 Super hornet. Its bigger and the engines are more powerful and it has 11 weapon stations vs 9 on the legacy hornet.
@@boss_acg thanks for the update. I was just going by memory. Been awhile since going to any airshows.
and F/A-18 are meant to be replaced with F-35C, they already cut the F/A-18 production
"What does the US Air Force and Army need most?"
Yes.
F-16 is another great plane, that was one of my favorites
My country has so many f 16s right now
@@cgt3704 Nice!!!!!
Claudiu Toea They’re good planes!
Yup and F-A18 SUPER hornet✌👍
I live near the Airbase where foreign pilots came to train. Before everyone got used to the new terrain following radar they crashed so many were started calling them "LAWN DARTS" (Google them, dangerous toys from 60s 70s)
4:32
the narrator of the clip Artur was watching said "F-14 Phantom" lmao
The narrator/writers of this videos scripts made all kinds of errors 🤣 smh
Haven't even watched the video and I know it's going to be amazing
I actually made prototype parts for the F-22 back in the day.
As well as flight hardware for the NASA shuttle program.
I really love the nato flag! Love and N.A.T.O. Military support from Houston, Texas
EDIT: btw I don’t serve I’m not even old enough i just saiid that because US and Estonia are allies.
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Oops small brain moment
Serial Killer Ok don’t have to be so aggressive about it.
Serial Killer it’s cool it was just all caps
As the saying goes: "Jack of all trades... master of none" in other words, if you spread your skill across multiple specialties, you are not very likely to excel or master any of them. This is because the different goals have contradictory requirements.
React to the 1st Marine Divisions battle of the Chosin Reservoir during the Korean War. Truly incredible story.
Yes thats a must and also the battle of hue city 1968
The Finns would love the under-reported actions of the US Army and the US Marines during the "Battle of the Frozen Chosin."
Hakkaa Päälle!
what's it about?
@@jamalmckenzie3822 Hue City was nasty.
Dunno if you have had any fans from Australia but g’day. I was recommended to your channel by RUclips and I thank them for doing so. Your laugh cheers up and smile, thanks for lighting up my quarantine.
We did develop a single plane to ne the best at everything. It is the F/A-18 Super Hornet
It is sorta slow (especially the superbug), but it is still a great fighter.
I wouldn't consider it "best at everything." It's good, but it's more specialized for naval use and has a fair number of drawbacks.
@Jay Ramirez the Marines only fly the original "legacy" hornet.
The F-18 is a jack of all trades, but a master of none, the F-14 was better performing(when it wasn't falling apart mid flight), and the 15 and 16 are vastly superior in ever role, but don't take this as saying the F-18 is a bad plane, it's still probably one of the best.
F/A-18 is the best at nothing, but one of the best at everything, which is what the Navy needs on the first day of a war. It can't dogfight its modern equivalent, but it has the sensors to win BVR fights against them and continue to bring a ground strike payload in. It can outperform and shoot down any attack aircraft, though, and then do the job of an attacker pretty well. It's not stealthy, but it has a great electronics sweet that makes it less detectable than most similar aircraft. It doesn't have the climb rate of its Russian counterparts, or for that fact, its Air Force counterparts, but performs better after it gets to altitude than most of them.
Its MER the only thing that it might be better than its competitors at, but I still think it gets beat in that category by the Rafale, if not the Typhoon as well
"104 victories and no losses, you can't do things like that on the ground." A wild Bradley appears...
Can you react to the F -14 tomcat next
I saw my first F-15 in '78 at an airshow in Scotland. Watching it flip up and accelerate straight up into the clouds was amazing.
React to the Ohio Class Submarine. Biggest baddest weapon on the planet. Capable of destroying entire countries.
I still think the Iowa Class Battleship was the baddest thing on the seas. Sure hasn't age well but damn still amazing. Montana Class would have been even better.
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And just wait till the Columbia class comes out
This needs to be done.
My dad was an avionics tech on f-15s for the USAF for 20 years before he retired. When i was a kid i went to a school on base and before work I’d get to hang out in his maintenance hanger and play on their xbox that they had and they’d show me around the f15s they were fixing. Today he still works on them and he’s allowed to take me on the flightline of once of the biggest AFB’s in the country. I saw f22’s, f16s, f35s, and f15 E’s launching and flying all within an hour. I’m proud to say my dad is one of the coolest guys i know and his job is wicked awesome.
The F-15E is one of my favorite looking and to use jet fighters in the Ace Combat series. You should try checking or the USS Enterprise. She was the most decorated US ship in WW 2 with 20 battle stars awarded to her.
Shes also the best anime ship waifu... lol
@@clintlarvenz2570 I'll definitely second that
The infamous strike eagle. AKA Mudhen 🦅
There are the F-14 Tomcat, F-16 Falcon, and F-18 Hornet.
3:07 Thats called a Multi-Role Fighter it exists Artur you kinda explained the whole purpose of the Multi-Role Fighter when you were saying the idea you have.
Stay well Artur from a Latvian!
When the US "retires" an acft it is sent to the boneyard in Tucson AZ. Some planes serve as parts donors others that are technically serviceable are "wrapped up and sealed" for possible use. You should check out videos about "The Boneyard "
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"if you are a jack of all trades you will be a master of none" you cant have an aircraft do everything, there needs to be specialized machines for it
*cough* F-15E *cough*
@@madisonlink7141 ...F-16 too
F-15E, F-18, F-16...
"Wouldn't it be better to have one plane that's good at everything?" That's supposed to be the F-35, which is acting to replace the F/A-18s (which are good at everything). Both of these jets are good at everything, but aren't the best at any role.
Your mistaken the F35 wasn’t developed to be an all purpose fighter our military operations are a team effort the F35 is the quarterback. It’s a network hub asset to be deployed into a active combat theater. It has excellent performances in every category should it have the need for direct self defense. But it’s not for active dog fighting but all the other in theater deployed assets like other fighters even naval ships the 35 can get into the theater remain undetected while its identifying enemy targets to then target with weapons being launched from other air assets even missiles off naval ships
8:00 It distinguishes fighter jets from the ground clutter, it doesn't use anomalies on the ground to detect fighter jets.
Ground clutter is radar waves that are reflected by the surface of the Earth when you point your radar towards the ground.
This means that previously, if you were above another fighter jet that was close-ish to the ground, it would be able to "hide" amongst the radar returns that the ground reflects.
It would be like if you had a flash light at night, it would be easier to detect a distant pole from a sideways perspective, than from a top-down perspective.
Hope this helps :)
The radar looks for doppler shifts in the radar signal, (doppler shift is the change in frequencies caused by movement, think of the sound of a train of car horn as it moves toward or away from you, that change in sound is the doppler shift in the sound) the radar uses doppler shift in the radio waves to detect and isolate the radar echo of a low flying aircraft.
@@kdrapertrucker Alright, I knew what it did, I just didn't have a good grasp on how it went about doing it. Thanks for the info :)
3:50 The US debated this for 40 years. At one time they came up with the F4, a supersonic dump truck capable of carrying more bombs than many WW II bombers.
The F-15 is no dainty lady herself, but has the thrust of a freaking rocket to just blast through turns.
I’m partial to the F15E. Thank you so much for checking it out in your video!!!!!
Fourth, react to Killer bean.
Your question “How many Fs are there?” The U.S. started designating planes with F in 1947. Before that they were designated P or pursuit. The P/F designation went from P-1 all the way to F-111 plus a few extras like the F-117. Then they started all over in 1962 at F-1 and had gone through to F-23. The F-35 came from the X-35 experimental plane and they let it keep the 35 part.
“F-15 for sale, F-35 for sale, F-22; no no no. Too good we don’t sell that” 😂😂
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F-14 Tomcat, F-16 Falcon, F-18 Hornet....the list is extensive and impressive. Love your channel, brother. Keep it up!
Artur, do a search for "F-15 lands with one wing". Isreal Airforce, true story.
Yes! Truly an amazing plane.
If I'm correct Israeli air force achieved majority of the F-15 kills
Up on this one.
Thanks, proven
Of course, IAF F-15s have seen far more combat than any other's air forces.
23:05 They'll either be stored in reserve (aka a "Boneyard" like Davis-Monthan AFB) or will be used as target drones like the QF-4s and QF-16s.
Helicopters win most simulated combat scenarios against fighter jets according to u.s. study
When an active duty aircraft is retired they generally ship them to National Guard or Reserve units.
Another thing I don't have is a cute blond girl like the one wearing the hat, where do I order one?
The US Military does NOT design weapons... They put out specifications of what they want, and private industry designs, develops, and builds the weapon(or weapon platform). Sometimes they approach the military with a weapon to see if there is an interest then go from there.
You should also review the F-14 tomcat
A plane that can do everything sounds perfect. Except you run into physics. You gotta choose your pros and cons. They can all multitask, but their designs have to choose their big strength. And you are always looking at your adversary, who you will have to compete with in combat.
Hey Artur! As I posted on your previous F-22 video just earlier... the best way to understand fighter aircraft air-frames is to think of them as super expensive modular computer case; which has a "front panel" with a certain number of hard-points (USB ports/microphone/head/phone jack, etc)... for an aircraft these hard-points would be weapons/ sensor pods, etc. This case is specially designed to form fit a certain PSU/ jet engine, which will determine it's maximum power/thrust output. The internal components of the case (i.e. avionics) can be changed up and updated as time goes on, as long as the new system components fit within the old air-frame. This is similar to how an aircraft platform can be updated over the years as new and better technology emerges.
The F-15 was originally designed in the 1960's, and built in the 1970's. And has gone through several major updates (which you can think of as completely new plane variants)
F-15A/B* Eagle (1970's early 4th generation air-superiority fighter)
F-15C/D* Golden Eagle (Late 1970's - early 1980's 4th generation air-superiority fighter)
F-15E Strike Eagle (late 1980's 4th generation multi-role strike fighter)
F-15SE Silent Eagle (2010 proposed 4.5 generation semi-stealthy fighter) [Not chosen for major production]
F-15X Golden Eagle (2018-2020? 4th generation fighter) [currently being proposed by Boeing]
Export variants
F-15 J/DJ* (Japan)
F-15 SA (Saudi Arabia)
F-15 QA (Qatar)
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*designation represents two-seat training variant.
@23:05 What happens to USAF planes that are retired?
That depends, if other units are still using the system and it's parts are still serviceable; it may get stripped down and it's parts sent to other units. Most likely, if the air-frame is still good it will go the the "The Boneyard". The 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group's aircraft and missile storage and maintenance facility in Monthan AFB, Tucson, AZ. From there it sits in storage, and could theoretically be brought back into service (with new parts) in the event of a war or eventually it could be scrapped.
Artur I love your channel...keep it up from New Orleans Louisiana America
I was one of the second group that were working on the f-15. I was an avionics maintenance troop. I did that for 14 years. I loved that stubborn plane! air superiority was the f-15 A,B,C,and D. then you got the f-15 Strike eagle,,, she did it all , AA and AG. Gatling guns have rotating barrels,, loading as they rotate, faster that way, and the barrel cools down so can fire longer. Original price was quoted at 30 million in 1979. Oh and that vertical takeoff? we used to call it a Viking departure cause at night especially it looked like a viking rocket taking off. It actually was the first aircraft to accelerate in vertical flight.
Our AWACS radar planes also have tactical data links, for comms with air and ground. I know because I worked comms in the AF. My brother also was maintenance on the F-15E, during Desert Storm.
They scrap them once fully retired....they retire them after its almost impossible to repair the jet due to lack of manufactured parts
I just purchased the one looks just like yours. Beautiful watch.
For your question about Attack Helicopters vs aircraft, most attack helicopter have an offense for fighter aircraft and usually they are IR guided air to air missiles. Example: the AH-64 Apache can be equipped with four AIM-92 Stinger missiles.
in order to get a plane that does everything would be expensive but i think the hardest thing that process would be training the pilots in air to air, air to ground, and air to sea combat or something along those lines
The letters on each aircraft stands for the plains job.. so F stands for fighter(air to air)... C stands for cargo..etc
you are describing the F-14
air to air, air to ground, naval superiority
it truly was a badass plane
The USAF is actually buying it's first new F-15s in 20 years. The new F-15EX fighter had the design and build of an F-15, but is updated with current-gen tech. It's going to augment the F-22 and F-35, primarily carrying munitions too large or heavy for either of those planes to carry, since the F-22 and F-35 are stealth based and have to have internal weapons bays, but the F-15 was designed before stealth was really a consideration, and thus has a lot of external mounting points. It's also supposed to be a lot easier to produce considering all of the improvements have already been commissioned by foreign air forces, and Boeing is pretty much putting them all into one fighter.
4:35 Thats an F4 Phantom... F-14 was a beast and what we had on our carriers before switching to the F-18 Hornets. You should check the 14 out if you havent yet.
F15 was going to be carrier based but it is too much of a lift body design. Too hard to land on a pitching deck with gusts of wind v
In the US, the retired aircraft are usually flown to a storage facility such as AMARG at Davis-Monthan Air force Base in Tucson Arizona, for long term storage or scrapping. Some aircraft that are still suitable for use are refurbished and sold to foreign governments.
So Artur there is a very old F series plane called the F4U corsair, this was a propeller plane but it was used a lot during world war 2 mainly in the pacific front against japan.
For other 'F' planes, the F-16, F-18, F-117, F-14, and F-4 would probably be the most interesting reactions in order.
The F-16 is still going strong. The F-18 is as well, and may be the best example of 'doing everything' like you mentioned. The F-117 had a very interesting history, as well as things like a 4-D autopilot which sounds crazy to most people even today. The F-14 was iconic to a lot of Americans and had a very cool design. The F-4 had a troubled and very interesting history.
You might add in the F-111 and EF-111 as well.
When the F-15A was first put in service, the motto was "not one pound for air to ground" meaning it was purely an air/air fighter, in 1989, a modified F-15D 2 seat aircraft won an air force competition to replace the F-111 in all weather strike mission and is known as the F-15 E strike eagle.
I live in Portland Oregon. I get to see these guys fly over almost every day. Doing west coast patrol.
Another fighter that was developed about the same time is the F-16 Fighting Falcon. It is very nimble and can be equipped with different packages depending on the mission.
F-15 might not be the "king" anymore but its still the knight. It and its little brother the F-16 are our bread and butter. I have F-15s launch everyday in my town and i love them, they are beautiful, bad ass and absolutely make me feel comfy and safe.
The navy usually deals with naval targets and Air Force uses multi role fighters that can deal with air to air and air to ground
Also dont remember when you covered it, but the U.S. Apache is capable of firing air to air missiles, but they are still not preferred if an ememy jet is inbound. Many modern air superiority fighters can fire missiles a lot farther out than the apache can but it is possible. Dunno if any apache has been recorded for taking down other aircraft yet though.
There's a f15 that survived a mid air collision, ripped an entire wing off and still flew in and landed. You can find the video about it on RUclips.
I'd like to see Artur react to the last flight of "Old 666", a heavily modified B-17 that got in a dogfight with Japanese fighters. Really cool story.
I worked on the F-15 while on a long overseas tour of duty in Okinawa at Kadena AFB. It is still a fine fighter!
Artur should really come to America and see an air show or a military demonstration
“Maintaining multiple airplanes is very expensive...” I genuinely laughed out loud
The largest air force in the world is the United States air force. The second largest in the world is the United States navy.
You mentioned watching a plane that can fly at mach two firing a Gatling gun. There’s a RUclipsr called the History Guy who did a segment about three times airplanes actually shut themselves down. Because of their high speed and maneuvering, they fire their guns and turn and actually get hit by their own bullets. Luv the vids. Hello from Mt Rushmore. 🇺🇸👍🇪🇪
It’s still one of the top air superiority fighters in the world.
U.S. also had F-16 which is one of the most produced modern aircraft and flown by many many countries. F-14 was the Navy Air Superiority Fighter until 2007 when it was retired. Now the Navy uses F/A-18 E and F Super Hornets (And E/A-18 Growler) for all roles with the F-35C Slowly coming into the fleet.
The F15 was fitted with 3 external fuel tanks for crossing the Atlantic. They removed the external tanks for battle.
much love from canada my friend
My father flew those. Love the stories they're beautiful.
The newest F-15E version is the F-15 Advanced, which features fly-by-wire controls. The APG-63(V)2 active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar has been retrofitted to 18 U.S. Air Force F-15C aircraft. The F-15 platform is expected to be in service at least until 2040.
My grandfather was from Lapland Sweden... Actual reindeer farmer until he moved to the US and worked for Atlantic records and managed Bobby Darin. His one regret was refusing to manage David Bowie... We still have a gold record for "Mac the Knife" song by Bobby Darin... Cool!
Reindeers can be found in America, you just need to go to Alaska.
can always check out the still active F-16 (Badass jet) and then look at the AV8B Harrier, the F-18 (basically the F-15 for the Navy)
F14 tomcat was a naval fighter that was really cool. You would like how it swept its wings
The F14 Tomcat was a favorite fighter jet as a kid. I grew up with the Blue Angel’s flying over my house. The US Navy replaced the F14 with the F18 Super Hornet due to the high cost of up keep of the F14. The Blue Angels are now flying the F18 Super Hornets. The Blue Angels are some of the top pilots in the world doing aviation stunts at air shows across the USA.
F18 is the Navy and Marines workhorse. I was on a carrier and this was almost all we used. You must check it out.
Check out the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet... it's an older model, but was one of the most agile fighters around before the F-15. But for style and looks, I like the classic F-16 Falcon.
One of my favorite fighter planes. I am biased though since my grandfather was an engineer on the Eagle program from its early days to around the time of the C and D variants.
American attack helicopters can equip sidewinder missles usually. In some cases longer range missles can be specially fitted.
When you're talking about one mega-comba fighter, one thing to remember is size. Fighter aircraft get a lot of benefits if you can just make them smaller. The F-35 is the US high tech multi role fighter, but it sacrifices just a little in a few areas to make sure that it can do almost anything.
All other aspects of the aircraft being equal in quality, single purpose aircraft are basically always better at their job than a multi role doing the same job, and it's probably always going to be that way, since a Close Air Support plane can either be smaller and harder to shoot or just carry more ammo if it's not worrying about weapons to hit other planes, while a dedicated air superiority fighter gets to pick between similar bonuses if it doesnt worry about weapons to hit ground targets or boats.
Then you also have to pick what features you're really going to include in "anything" when you make a plane that can do anything. If you go with a plane that can really do everything, you're probably going to wind up with a pile of electronics and weapons that you'd need a cargo plane to get airborne, so you still have to sacrifice some features.
Fun fact the newest version of the F-15, the EX, has just started being produced
F-15E Strike Eagle is the multi role model. Air to Air, Air the Ground, Air to Space and limited Anti Ship roles
The F-22's had budget issues but the larger issue that arose later was the rebreather device for the pilot. They had issues with it and pilot's were slowly suffocating and could risk passing out. They think they have solutions in place but the rollout for the full fleet with a fully serviceable solution is charted for around 2022. They found a few other issues that they want to fix that worsen the issue, like the safety vest the pilots wear for landing in the water would randomly and slowly inflate causing chest compression. Coupled with the rebreather failure, this led to at least one confirmed fatal crash.
You have to check out the F-14 "Tomcat". variable swept wings are its signature.
I really enjoy watching your videos. Keep up the good work, mate! Btw the comments feel like they are mainly american, so I'm just gonna leave some greetings from Germany ;)
The airframes go through stress so they are rated for a certain number of flying hours.
After that they aren’t rated to fly anymore and they strip out anything that can be used for parts for other aircraft and maintenance. Then typically the frame itself ends up in the scrap yard. But wrapped up and preserved as a “just in case” we need it back because of a war or some other reason and they need to refit them. Pretty unlikely... but we are hoarders and never throw anything away.
If you want to see some cool footage, check out videos from the Mach Loop in the UK. It's a valley where the military runs training flights and you can potentially be above the planes as they fly through. Also check out the F14 Tomcat, the Navy's former air superiority fighter (fleet defense). My uncle used to work on the radar systems on the F14. It's also the fighter from the movie Top Gun.