European Reacts: The True Reason Why the F-22 Raptor Can Kill Anything in the Sky
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A-10 is a flying tank, B-52 is a long distance runner that throws grenades at you as a drive-by, B-2 sneaks in and takes our air defenses for everyone else to then fly through, F-117 is escort for the B-2, AC-130 is a flying fortress, F-35, F-16, F-15 are jack of all trades, F-22 is a ghost that slides a knife in your kidney.
the B 52 now also has air to air and will be able to fire our hypersonic weapons
F-117 as an escort is a bit farfetched as it doesn't have anti-air weapons.
@@andresilvasophisma Hmmm, my memory is probably faulty. I could have sworn that's what I was told in the AF, but it was a LONG time ago, so likely I'm misremembering.
@@jamesweible5357The F-117 Nighthawk was the first Stealthy/Low Observable Bomber, it's not actually a fighter aircraft but the "F" label was used to help get test pilots interested in flying it.
@@TheRealAb216 The buff getting upgrades till year 40,000
F-22: Would you intercept me?...... I'd intercept me.
Just remember, I’m not trapped in the sky with you, you’re trapped in the sky with me.
Let me eat!
It’s the vegan diet that has him like that
You should check out the story in 2013 when the F-22 pilot told the Iranian pilot to "go home". Also there is that time when we sent a F-22 to shoot down a balloon since it had a combat record of 0-0 and balloons count.
I live in Marietta Ga, the Lockheed plant where every single F22 was built is here, I used to work down the street from the plant, at lunch I would drive about half a mile away and park in a auto parts store parking lot to eat my lunch, you can see the runways for the base/Lockheed perfectly from the parking lot, I'd eat my lunch and watch the pilots test fly all the new F22's that were coming off the line, it was awesome.
The helmet upgrade is important because it allows the pilot to see all relevant data without having to look down at a screen. His eyes do not have to lose focus on the sky and enemy plane.
If I am not mistaken, it also adds a mild VR component... I.E. he looks down at his legs and "sees" a plane below him
@@greg967 You are mistaken, as they can see through the plane and even behind them. But this only works at night.
Yes, look down screen, would be freaky
The helmet is to target enemy planes by looking at them, hence works with high off-bore sight missiles, that can track targets not in the typical cone in front of the airplane.
Also the “offboresight” for the aim-9x means you can be passing an enemy plane going the opposite direction and fire the sidewinder when the enemy is right next to you. The missile comes off the rails and does a 180 degree turn and hits the enemy from behind….All near super sonic speed.
Yes you had the right idea. The A-10 Warthog is an attack aircraft that does close air support for troops on the ground. The F-22 Raptor is an air superiority fighter to control the skies that would the. Allow the A-10 to come in for close air support for the guys on the ground.
Exactly this. If the skies are clear. A-10s and C-130 can rain hell fire un harassed. You can't defend your territory when your planes can't get off the tarmac without being hit beyond visual range.
We've moved on to an accurate crop-duster for combat air support, haven't you heard?
Plus, the A10 had a lot of friendly fire because of how inaccurate that cannon was...50-90 yd splash damage on the low end?
He was only incorrect In thinking that's an F-22 Raptor would ever dare strike down a Warthog from skies above to Skies below. Maybe the United States Ourselves, are actually an overpowered New Roman Republic. Well there's no such thing as overpowered when one is only a republic that basically controls the seas and Skies of Earth. 😢. We really do not need to go full Empire. We already have satellites reaching Andromeda. And we have only been a republic for 200+ years. While granted full Empire power . Why was the rest of this planet so stupid? With all their so-called ancient Nations? Really?
Close air-support meaning on top of blue forces than yea…not what it’s made for so this is kinda silly when considering the a10’s objective of destroying tanks and buildings….
i heard about the silly crop duster as a passing joke once that the air force made. whats the story behind it? why do we have a goofy crop duster in our fleet? is it for like low level rural battlefield surveillance? @@bynrdskynrd
The A-10 is a ground support vehicle against tanks and APC and such. F-22 is mainly for aerial combat against other planes.
It's the best plane the Pentagon is currently admitting to. Keep in mind the SR-71 Blackbird, B-2 Spirit, F-117 Nighthawk, and F-22 Raptor were all flying missions for at least a decade before the Pentagon admitted they existed. I can almost guarantee part of the reason the number of F-22s on order was cut back was because a promising replacement was already in the testing phase.
The helmet mounted cueing system is huge because it allows the pilot to target enemy planes without having his plane pointed directly at them, he simply has to look at the enemy plane in order to designate it and transmit that information to the tracking computer in the missile. Think of traditional dog-fighting, the idea is that you have to outmaneuver the other guy so that you are behind him and pointed at him to get off a shot. With the helmet and the AIM-9x "off-boresight" missile, you could theoretically fire at and hit a plane that was directly behind you! It is completely game changing for aerial combat. The F-22 pilots say it isn't that big of a deal for them because 1. they kill most targets way before they get into dogfight range and 2. even in the case of a dogfight they are much more maneuverable than almost every other plane anyway.
Doesn’t it also add the ability to have sort of augmented reality, where the pilot can look through the plane, with the sensors mounted around the jet allowing him to see targets that are not visible out of his cockpit? So say a target was directly beneath the raptor, the pilot could look down and launch the AIM9-x off bore-sight… or am I confusing the system with something else?
@@JU5TINPDXwhat you are saying is true of the F-35 but won’t be the case for the F-22. Those capabilities come from the F-35’s distributed aperture system which has all the multi spectral sensors needed. The F-22 doesn’t have that system.
@@HouTexHemi That’s cool, I appreciate the response 👍
Habitual Line Crosser did a humorous "Ghost Story " about the F22 released around the end of October. I don't think it's long enough for a reaction but is entertaining enough to watch. When the talked about training "kills" they mean simulated downings, there were no Raptors injured.
Simply put, the 22 is the ultimate air Boogaloo machine. The best airframe that unhealth care money can buy. Also, no other nation but thr US has these. We wont even sell them to our closest allies.
The Israelis pulled all their finance strings and compromat on congresscritters to get the F22. Thy were overruled.
The F-22 truly is a scary plane... and the design is a work of art. It is a beautiful piece of engineering. And that thing has a radar cross-section, that they talk about anyway, the size of a bumble bee. It's likely smaller. Meaning if you can even see the damn thing on radar, good luck actually tracking it. It's fast, it's nimble, and you will never see it coming. Often pilots will talk about how if you even see the other aircraft, you did something wrong. You should be taking them out LONG before you're in visual range. And this is a 2 decade old plane (operational testing) and older than that in terms of design work.
Yeah... totally deadly to hot air balloons everywhere 😂
America's F-15 Eagle is one of the best fighters in the world with a combat record of 104 kills to 0 losses. The F-22 in all simulations has a record of 41-1 against the F-15 Eagle. Imagine being able to win a fight 41 times out of 42, against a guy who's undefeated in over 100 fights..
The US never sold this airframe, keeping it for themselves. This airframe won a competition over a competing team of companies for the contract. The win was based solely on the fact the other design wasn't ready in time. That other airframe is the only plane currently known to be superior to the F-22, in the entire world, decades after the competition. Just in the last couple of years, USA gave Japan permission to build & update that other airframe, known as the YF-23. It will be incredible once Japan has more than an Air Wing of planes, so they can introduce themselves to the yearly combat training done in Nevada which put the best airframes against each other in simulated combat situations. Til then, the F-22 is the greatest airfighter on the planet.
Sad to say, Robert, the YF-23 deal with Japan fell through, or so I have heard.
@@jamesrussell7760 My understanding is that they are allowed to copy the program, but won't get a frame delivered. What they develop from the program is theirs & their partners to build for their needs, but they must share back any and all info with the US. This is much like making a version branch in the repository of software development, as ownership of the branch is Japan but the entire trunk is US, and to retain sensitive info, McD Northrop will be the manufacturer, and some of the more sensitive parts being US produced while some others would be Japan produced. I think the engine, stealth components, and most of the more advanced electronics will be US-produced, much like we have seen on the more advanced versions of the F-35 production.
This isn't a new level of shared trust, as Japan is significant in many projects that are at the tip of US technological superiority, like Missile Defense, Lasar development, Submarine development, etc. 50% of the budget for Missile Defense of US DoD is Japan's investment, just as an example, and that covers both the sensor development as well as the missile development and even portions of other missile defense systems like laser based defenses. There is no other ally more significant to the US than Japan, & one only has to look at the US investment into Japanese Security to have that validated.
I could be behind in information though.
The F22 is so advance we dont sell it to anyone the only one your country could buy is the F35
Plus if Lockheed Martin would sell it's a federal crime. Congress pass a law saying that they could never sell it to anyone even allies
@@kingripper4079 I have heard on other platforms that the US may sell off F-22's once the USAF retired them and as they are replaced by the 6th gen NGAD, unless they decided to used the F-22's as unmanned Loyal Wingmen to the NGAD . Which is scary as Hell to our enemies. Kinda spooks me too!
And the countries that buy the F35 aren’t getting the same tech the US is getting. The avionics and software is far more advanced in the US version.
The F-35 is multipurpose while the f-22 has a sole purpose, to shoot down anything in the sky. (So even f-35 vs f-22 odds are in the 22s favor, though the stealth on both planes may make it a tougher fight then one would expect)
@@SirJaxxSirJaxx it's not because its our best, that we don't sell it to anyone. It's because it is leaps and bounds better than the best that everyone else has. So we would never give that tech up until the gap is closer together. Never give up your proven 2nd best weapon I'm favor of a shiny new untried and untested 'best' weapon. This NGAD place could turn out to be something that a good raptor pilot still beats consistantly.
Im so glad you finally got around to reacting to the F-22....probably the greatest fighter ever created by our military and might always be the crowning achievement. The ability to create such a stealthy fighter (only rivaled by the B-2 in terms of undetectability) while maintaining amazing aerodynamic maneuvering and the addition of not just super speed but maintained speed was revolutionary. Its always so hard to wrap my head around the fact this jet was already being developed over 30 years ago. Its still probably the most feared aircraft we can put out.
And no you would not have seen any deployed by Portugal since we never made this beast available to any other country which correct me if im crazy, i believe is the only relatively recent fighter/multi-role aircraft we can say that about. Lets hope we can feel this strongly about the creation of our upcoming 6th gen fighters when they come out.
I for one give my vote for seeing you do more military aircraft video reactions....particularly if you would be interested in checking out some about our helicopters. These and your food reaction videos are usually my faves to watch!
What's the combat record of the F22 please? Assuming hot air balloons dont count as air to air kills...
The A-10 was built to be a tank buster and to support the troops on the ground.
And it does both exceedingly well.
Troop support yes, tank buster? Nope.
It did do both well for a long time but it is no longer viable in modern combat scenarios with new anti-aircraft technology
@@apex_blue Uh...yes tank buster.
@@TrulyUnfortunate it’s gun isn’t strong enough to punch through tanks nor is it accurate. The only way it can take out tanks is with bombs, which other planes can do too. The only advantage the A-10 has in this aspect is that it’s cheaper that any other plane. Which is why for a short while the airforce was planning to replace A-10’s with an armed crop duster.
@@Walking654 it’s questionable if it was every effective in a peer on peer fight to begin with.
The A-10 Warthog utterly amazing at dominating the battlefield. But only after air superiority has been established. Which means, all major enemy aircraft and anti-air weapons need to be suppressed before the A-10 can take to the skies.
The A-10 is slow, and vulnerable, and has zero stealth capability.
So the first wave of attacks need to be fighter jets, to clear the skies, and SEAD missions to neutralize radar and SAM sites.
Then the A-10 can come in and absolutely wreck havoc! :D
I would definitely do a reaction on the habitual line crossers discussion on the F-22 Raptor and its capabilities. He is active in the Army currently and operates the air defense systems but is very knowledgeable about this particular plane as I believe it is his favorite.
The F22 is designed specifically to secure and protect the airspace. They are part of plans for initial attacks, and plans to intercept aircrafts that encroach on airspace that they are protecting. Each aircraft is designed to work in different types of airspace for different jobs. The A-10 is designed for close air to ground support when there is little to no risk from other air assets. The F-16 you mentioned, is specifically designed as an interceptor roll. Look up sandbox news airpower (I believe is the YT channel). He has a lot of great videos on so many different aircrafts and why they are good at somethings and not others.
F16 was designed as a low cost air to air fighter, A model. Upgraded to multi role fighter (ground attack) in C model. Other roles added over time. The F15 was the high end of the low high mix with the F16. The 16 is nuclear capable.
@hu._- Yeah, it's crazy how many different aircraft the military has that are all designed for different reasons. Crazier still is how we then adapted them to fill other rolls. The 15 was specifically built to counter a Russian threat that never really existed and then became one of the premier interceptors/ ground attack aircraft. The 16, if I'm not mistaken, was originally designed as an interceptor roll. Designed to be cheap to produce and maintain, with the idea that due to its cost, they could produce an overwhelming number of them quickly. Their additional goal was to create a capable exportable aircraft for other nations.
The F-22 Raptor is classified as the best fighter jet right now even better than the F-35's. Remember F series planes are Fighters like A series are Attackers B are Bombers, C is Cargo, E electronic, U is Unmanned drones T is Trainers so anyways that is the basic info. Oh if you see X it means prototype not commissioned more for testing. Obrigado
U is actually for UTILITY
YF is for Prototype Aircraft
X is for Experimental
The cost of each one of these monsters is the only reason I feel like it was an "ok" choice to sort of discontinue them. Also this thing is just way out there technology wise.. No one really comes close to its capabilities. This thing is soooooo advanced we wont even sell it to anyone and we love money... so just consider that we wont share this with anyone, just shows how ahead of its time it is.
The reason it’s so expensive is because it was cancelled. The F35 was expensive until economy of scale kicked in, now they’re cheaper than many comparable fighters. The F22 is expensive in upkeep, however.
$77,000/hr vs the F35 $44,000/hr :D @@goldenageofdinosaurs7192
We have better already, and I don't mean the F35.
@@broken40966th generation?
U.S. Navy Veteran here. Great channel. Texas
I got to stand about 50 ft from one of these while it started and took off at Westover AF Base. It was parked on the edge of the runway for an airshow and two Marines were making sure nobody got any closer to it then that. (This was years ago.) The roar of this plane, even at idle, is insane. I've been to a few airshows but I've never heard anything like this beast. Even if you're deaf, you'll know this plane is special. You can feel the sound slapping you, physically. It's the most beautiful, brutal thing in the sky.
It’s the fastest most agile fighter in existence. Not to mention its radar presence is the size of bee with the combination of having really long range shooting ability. So they can destroy there enemies long before they get detected and they won’t even know what hit them. That doesn’t even mention the computer capabilities which get updated constantly
not the fastest fighter. that goes to the mig foxbat, darn thing has basicly 2 rockets on the back (officialy mach 2.85, 3000km/h or 1600 knots. (1900 mph)) tho its about as manuverable as a school bus due to having barely any controll surfaces
The helmet-mounted display allows targeting through the aircraft, the pilot can see through his lap, through the plane to target or track the enemy.
Dont worry about stopping and commenting. Most of us are here for your reaction, and to learn with you.
Oh man the A10 warthog is one awesome machine. I love that plan because it's a ground attack plane that helps all of our ground soldiers
F-22A Is dealing for air dominance. Means it's design to fight and defeat other fighter aircraft. It combines stealth, super maneuverability, super cruise, sensor fusion and Intel gathering.
I literally saw with my own eyes, an f-22 almost stop in mid air and change directions. It blows my mind. It's an amazing aircraft!
I was an active duty tactical aircraft maintenance on the F 16 C/D for 20 years. We always have some training and recertifications to do. A lot of technical knowledge to cover and study as you make rank. Same go for the pilots.
The F22 is extremely expensive and training is extensive; no one but the US has them because some of the technology is too secret to share. Yes the A10 is a ground support aircraft primarily designed to attack tanks and armored infantry; the F22 is designed to fight similarly advanced aircraft.
The reason for the F22 production to stop wasn't really that peer to peer conflict was believed to be a relic of the past, rather the conflicts the US was fighting at the time were primarily counter insurgency missions where expensive air superiority fighters weren't deemed to be very valuable, and at the same time the little brother to the F-22, the F-35 was being introduced with a number of advanced electronic improvements and a production run that was going to make the F-35 much cheaper in the long run to produce. It came down to budget limitations. Buying more cheaper, more high-tech, more versatile F-35s made more sense than continuing production of the specialized but still highly capable F-22. there a series of expected improvements for the F-22 to help keep it in service until it's replacement program, NGAD, goes into effect in the next decade. Also, keep in mind the US only produced 195 F-22s but 195 F22s are more aircraft than most countries have in total in their whole air force. And that's just one type of fighter in one branch of the US military(the US Navy and US Marine Corps have their own separate aviation fleets with F-35 and F-18A, et al.).
The radar cross reference of the raptor is the size of a bumble bee.
There's no such thing as a stupid question.
Love your channel.
Perhaps not. But there are a whole lot of inquisitive idiots. 😁
There’s stupid questions lol I don’t think he asked any but there’s definitely stupid questions
I see these weekly, living next to an air force base…wait until you see the NGAD!! It’s awesome too!!
Basically F-22 is a stealth air superiority fighter which fights against other enemy air assets it's only job is to take down other Jets. the A-10 Warthog is a ground attack aircraft it is used to support the Infantry on the ground and take out enemy armor and infantry or structure it doesn't have any stealth characteristic compare to the F-22 and A10 is a lot slower but can carry more precision air-to-ground ordinance and also has a huge 30 mm gun on the nose
Surprisingly we have many airplane types for many roles, so huge numbers of f22s aren't necessary. They're built for total air dominance against premier front line fighters, like the f18 hornet, but the f35, f15, and f16s are used for second line duty, and more standard missions, after the elite threats have been eliminated.
The high-off-boresight that is the ability for the missile to turn off the plane's flight path to pursue the target. Israel has a missile called Python that is insane, if it flys past the target it can loop back around and take you out.
Fun Raptor fact: Every "loss" during wargames have been because they were carrying external fuel tanks, which destroy the stealth profile. Because it's not a contest if they don't.
The helm is display everything they need and they can see through the plane. I'm pretty sure It also has targets in tracking and can identify aircraft types friendly orn not friendly pretty crazy stuff
I also think They have upgraded the f 22 to roll with drones As a strike package
I enjoyed your reaction to this video, I appreciate your surprise at the level of technology. I can't believe this video didn't mention the thrust vectoring nozzles on the engines of the F-22 that would have really impressed you! Gives it abilities in a dog fight other planes have a hard time matching 👍😎
The AC-130s are nicknamed The Angle of Death in some circles. The A-10 Warthog, the Drones, the Apache helicopter, the Cobra helicopter, and the AC-130 are all designed as for what’s called close air support. These aircraft work in cooperation with the long range artillery, missile batteries, and Naval fire support. If using long range fire support isn’t possible for one reason or another than they close air support aircraft are used. The F-22 and other fighter aircraft are designed for fast attack situations, interception missions, and air to air operations.
10:55 by "die" in training it's all just simulated.
Often, they had to nerf the stealth capabilities of the F-22 to give the enemy a chance in stimulated fights.
Meaning they were detectable on radar, which wouldn't happen in actual combat. Not by other aircraft.
The AIM-9x is the latest in the shorter range air-to-air missiles. It uses heatseaking/optical tracking. The off bore-sight (90 degrees off bore sight) means that the missile can track targets that are 90 degrees from the direction its pointing.
F22, F35, B2, B21 Raider, B1B, F15EX, and now the 6th gen NGAD and FA/XX fighters. New AIM 260, and Peregrine missiles.... unstoppable
You basically” think” your commands, not only that, the computer and software , and your brain, can target multiple problems at one time as well. It 😮helps you think at a mult- level path and speed.
With the helmet mounted sight you can fire missiles off board which basically means you don't have to point the aircraft nose at your enemy lock on and fire they could fire from basically any angle as long as you can see it and in the F-35 case even from behind and the missile will track and hit its Target it's a huge Step Up compared to normal fighter jets where you have to point your nose and sight to lock onto your enemy with the heads up display before you can fire. with the new helmet and aim 9x missile you can basically fire at any angle as long as you can see him you can lock him and Fire also the heads up display is in your helmet visor so everything is basically there to see your instruments so you don't have to take your eyes off the target. if you look at the F-35 helmet it's one of the most craziest engineering I have seen on a jet and with the F-22 getting it it will definitely increase the Pilots and jet capability
The helmet also allows them to fire weapons based on where they look, not just where the plane is pointed.
F-16 is a very good plane. The platform is almost 50 years old, but the avionics, engines, materials, and armaments have all been regularly upgraded. The first Honda Civic was built in the early 1970s and if you compare that car to the modern one, it’s easy to understand how much better the modern blocks of F-16 are.
A-10: take out anything on the ground. It usually focuses on quick strike targets. Take out tanks, artillery, enemy entrenchments. Then fly back to base or to the next target. But it generally doesn't hang around in the active battlefield for long. CA-130: hang out over a battlefield for a prolonged time just circling and taking out any threat that pops its head up. B-2: bomber: fly WAY over there, take out buildings, and fly back. F-15: Air Superiority Fighter. It goes out and takes out those last 3 plane's enemy equivalent as well as any enemy fighters. F-22: latest generation Air Superiority STEALTH Fighter. It takes out the things that the enemy might try to use to take down an F-15. IT is the top of the arial combat food chain. It is probably faster than the other plane, it is definitely more maneuverable than the other plane and it is functionally invisible. If it is in the air and it comes up against an F-22, it will not be in the air anymore.
They didnt actually die.
They died in a simulation.
The helmet mounted sight with the new ammram and sidewinder missles allow the pilot to use the display in the helmet to lock and fire on targets without the need to use or even look at the HUD. the pilet can shoot at targets he locks on to that are to the sides of his jet. Traditionally a HUD is used and can only target and fire on targets directly in front of the jet. I am a former skunkworks engineer. Read up about the radar and weapon systems a bit more, you will be shocked!!
Presently, the F-22 is on the chopping block for replacement. The F-35s and new XF-15 are the newest, with an NGAD replacement in the works. So, thought the F-22 is currently the best US air superiority craft, with the F-35 being more adaptable and inexpensive 'general purpose' craft, the expected NGAD is supposed to be even more stealthy and versatile yet.
part of the thinking behind canceling the f-22 actually was connected to 9-11- the key part is that they thought "high-end state on state" war was a thing of the past, meaning they thought warfare would be more guerilla/terrorist threats than other states actually trying to invade/bomb you. not that they thought war/conflict itself was a thing of the past.
Hece the phrase " 9/11 changed everything". Starting with formula of war.
I did not see anyone comment on the off-bore sight feature of the Aim 9X, just for this guys info.. it allows the plane to fire a short-range missile without having to point the nose, (radar) directly at the plane.. this gives much wider range of firing solutions to the pilot to defeat enemy aircraft. Just another cool toy that operates outside the parameters that other pilots and craft cannot do.
Our fighters are stealthy (VERY VERY VERY hard to "see" on sensors.) And they have VERY long range missles and precision-guided muntions.
The helmet mounted sight gives the pilot the ability to jist look st a target even through the airplane and shoot it down no matter where it is
The A-10 Thunderbolt (aka the A-10 Warthog) is mainly used for ground assaults, flying low to aid allied forces and DEMOLISHING enemy forces. The F-22 Raptor, from what I currently know (but I could be wrong), can do the same thing and more, since it's supposed to be an air-superiority aircraft like the F-15 Eagle. Since the F-22 is a stealth aircraft, so it can be harder to track on radar.
The F-22 is for air-to-air combat only, and is not a multi-role air/ground strike plane like the F-35 is. It is specifically built to kill ANY airborne opposition. The A-10 Warthog is for ground support.
High off-boresight means missiles can be fired without having to have the nose of the plane pointed at them.
They say stealth makes the F-22 show up as small on other radars as birds or bees and most of the time as small or smaller than a Bee!
The F22 picks up anyone on radar 10 miles or more before the enemy can detect it. It also has a repairable skin while in a fight.
The 22 is used for more high value and defended targets, the a10 is close air support.
The helmit upgrade allows the pilot to see through the plane and also control the munitions to target even behind them by simply turning their head.
You do any videos you want I'll be here to watch you watch!
Battlefield awareness, combined arms and integrated systems. The new military is a machine with many parts that work it a coordinated way. If it all works right and has a well-defined mission objective.
The helmet has much more than what you think. It shows you blind spots behind the jet. And so many more.
The A-10 Warthog role was more of air support specialist, it's main purpose was to provide air cover to the men on the ground and to take out strategic ground targets before friendly ground units moved in. F-22 Raptor well as the name implies, is a hunter killer. It's main roll is to find hostile air targets and either take them down or use their advantage in stealth technology to make any hostile aircraft to disengage. But, the F-22 is also capable of air to ground combat as well, if needed. Last but not least, we have the F-35 Lightning which is an all around combat aircraft, good at pretty much all forms of combat. By no means am I a specialist, I'm only going by what I have seen on Google, Wikipedia and RUclips. That being said, If I have made any false or nonfactual comments, I apologize in advance.
When they said they added the AIM9X off bore sight missile means the pilot can look to their left or right, lock on a target by sight and fire the missile...it will curve to the target via off bore (bore being where the plane is pointed like a rifle's bore/barrel)...basically they can curve their shots very well.
This is one of my favorite F-22 stories. 2 Iranian F-4 Phantoms were sent after an American MQ-1 Predator Drone that was near Iran. The Iranians thought the drone was alone because they couldn't detect the F-22 with radar so they didn't realize there were 2 F-22 Raptors escorting the drone. Both of the F-22s came up behind the F-4s, one of them went below the 2 F-4s, visually checked out the jets' payload, and flew to the left of the F-4's. The pilots were apparently very surprised to suddenly find an American jet to their left. The F-22 pilot looked at the F-4 pilots and said over the radio while looking at them: "You should go home now." The pilots promptly left after being told that.
Here's a great short video on that interaction if interested: ruclips.net/video/6-3iTIdzsD4/видео.html
The main role of the F22 is to make other enemy planes too scared to fly, and shoot down any stupid enough to try. It's almost impossible to see by radar, but enemies know it's out there somewhere, and they have no way of knowing if they're currently being hunted until it's too late.
If they have a helmet sight all they have to do is look at the targets and the missiles will track that target instead of having to get nose on to track the targets a lot easier and faster
Do a reaction to the Apache, and you'll get a feel for why the helmet mounted sight is such an advantage.
Automated lock on seek track multiple targets, allowing pilot to get on with flying. Fly by wire. Vectored thrust. Internal rotary missile bays/concealed
The A10 is mainly for ground support and the F22 is mainly for air to air combat
Radar signature of a bumble bee .... mach 2.3.....amrams....super cruze and super maneuverability .
Its radar crossection is less than the size of 20% of a penny! It’s basically invisible to radar.
THE MOST BEAUTIFUL PLANE EVER BUILT.
When you see the aircraft's ordnance, (weapons) with blue markings or rings, they're color coded inert, in other words, non-explosive. Yellow bands are explosive. The blue is for training.
Think that's nice. Check out the YF-23 it out maneuvers F22 and is more efficient in every way but 1. Stealth. Which could've been Integrated. Both amazing planes
AIM 9X is a thrust vectoring off bore sight missile. With a helmeted sight will allow them to engage multiple close in adversaries dogfights. A F22 would be able to point his nose at an enemy aircraft while firing a missile on another that is to its side.
With the helmet sight, the same capability of the F-35 of looking through your plane to target would occur!
The USA will only sell its most advanced military tech to its closest allies (UK, Israel, Japan, etc) but the F-22 has not been sold to any other country.
The F-16 is part of the “fourth generation” of fighter jets that debuted in the 70s. It’s the most widely sold USA fighter jet and operated by many militaries around the world. It’s still an extremely capable multi role fighter/bomber especially if the country in question has good relations with the USA and this has more current versions.
You should do a video on the F-15 which is arguably the greatest fighter jet of all time. Still in service in the USA Air Force almost 50 years after the platform debuted, and just received a major upgrade to take the place of the cancelled F-22 production. The F-15 holds multiple speed and altitude records and has NEVER been shot down in air to air combat (with over 100 victories).
Hello My Friend:
First of all, I love your channel. I don't know if your accent is real or fake, but I love it. My wife, God rest her soul, worked with a Russian girl in the 80s or 90s, right after the Iron curtain started falling.
I really didn't notice much of an accent, but who cares!
I'm a retired aerospace materials engineer and technical stuff interests me.
The stop production on the raptor because they believed that future conflicts would be done through proxy wars not direct conflict between major powers. Then they considered reopening the program but they did not because they wanted to work on 6th generation and used the finances for that rather than continuing to make raptors
I think this is my first time commenting on anything u've posted so I wanna start this off by saying, I really enjoyed the reaction n i'm really glad I found ur channel a few days ago. Binged a bunch of ur reactions. It did take a bit to adjust to ur accent since it's so strong but I appreciate how much u do try and ur definitely easier to understand the more I watch. I watch on my TV most often which leads to not commenting, but I always watch til the end unless I'm watching the start so it ends up in my history to continue watching when I have more time to. There r a few things that I wanted to say after watching, that I forgot about almost immediately. Since this comment is already so long (I wrote 2 paragraphs before I wrote this top section so I already know it's long af and just gonna get longer) I'm gonna add the 1 comment that I remember wanting to say before n forgetting to.
Warning, the rest of this comment is just as long, if not longer, than this first paragraph. Each section is labeled so u can easily skip that 1 comment part if u'd like to just get to the recommendations or the opposite 😅.
That one thing (originally meant to be commented on response to the question about y Mr. Beat didn't include Lincoln on his top 10 presidents list): Lincoln is generally know as one of the US's best presidents of all time. In some ways, he is. In others, that view of him can be harmful. He, just like most presidents of that era, was EXTREMELY racist towards the indigenous peoples of the US. Its never addressed and half of the population has no clue he ever did anything bad. We're all flawed, yes. "Honest Abe" is no different in that respect. But we need to take those figures down from their pedistals and look at all sides before we put them back up. Knowledge allows one to make their own judgements. I won't tell u how to feel about him. I'm still not sure how I fell about him and I learned about that side of things back in 2020. U asked in one of ur most recent reactions whether u should react to anything about Native peoples of the US. I definitely think u should, but I don't have anyone to recommend for that purpose. Schools don't teach much about native peoples. When they do, it's always in relation to history and never about modern tribes and their ongoing struggles to just keep their land and families together. It took a lot of research to learn anything about the only tribe left in my state. The rest were all pushed west by colonial people. Abe pushed them further west and his orders resulted n a lot of indigenous deaths. For anyone that adores him and knows of none of the bad things he did, its devestating. Some ppl even go through the stages of grief starting with denial. I recommend doing research or finding a good source to react to that can give u more information about him. I intended to comment about this under ur top 10 presidents reaction because I have to assume this is the #1 reason y he wasn't on Mr. Beat's list.
Recommendations for a future reaction/reaction series:
-Someone with an indigenous background discussing modern indigenous issues.
-Someone discussing Lincoln's darker side, and y he's not a hero for the native peoples of this country.
-(Something more lighthearted n somewhat accidentally educational occasionally) Drew Durnil's channel. Not his really old vids but his vids from the last year or so. He reads lots of country ball comics, discusses informational maps, and sometimes does completely sarcastic videos about maps that either say something obvious or something so hilariously opposite to the truth that there's no way u can talk about it seriously. As an autistic person, I'd say he does a great job at making it clear when he's being sarcastic. Its a really good introduction to countryballs so I really suggest reacting to one of his vids on countryballs before reacting to countryballs content of other kinds. I can't think of one off the top of my head that would be a really good introduction but I'm sure a lot of ur community already watches him and could give good suggestions. If not, i could try to find a good one that would explain some important tropes or count maybe make a list of the big tropes if u'd like.
-I also think u should go to the channel "Habitual Linecrosser" n watch a bunch of this vids. He mostly does shorts n shorts style vids. (This recommendation was the original purpose of this comment, then I realized I had a lot more I wanted to say first so I decided to add all the stuff that came before this part.)
Explanations about Habitual Linecrosser's channel and reasons to watch/react:
He's a military guy who does country personification content, speaking as countries using maps to explain modern conflicts n make interaction related jokes between said countries. His channel name is because he sometimes goes a bit close to that delicate line of comedy between acceptable n unacceptable. But I really enjoy his stuff n he's given persona's to certain air force and naval machines, including the F-22. If u would like to react to his stuff, maybe scroll to the bottom of his shorts page n start there. I think he made a playlist as well, but i'm caught up on his stuff so i've never actually looked. I'd say his humor is similar to the fat electrician cuz of that general military humor ig. I've never seen anyone react to him, but that's probably because he's fairly new to the youtube scene compared to a lot of other creators. He seems like a great guy n is one of my personal favorite news sources since u often get military related updates from him before even a single news article gets published. I think it would be great content to react to but it might require a bit of setting up if he doesn't have a good playlist. I'm not sure if he has a policy about reactions since it really hasn't happened yet, so maybe reach out to see if he's good with u reacting (i bet he would be) if u wanna confirm that first.
I hope this comment has been at least somewhat clear and understandable. I couldn't come up with a way to keep it shorter right now. Maybe I'll be able to come up with a way to sum it up later or tomorrow. If I do, I'll add a reply to this comment with the summary n will update the end of this to say that I did so.
Have a great night/day 😊.
A little more information for you.
First, when I was 15 I wanted to be a fighter pilot, I was in Air Force junior ROTC in high school. My goal; to fly the F-15 Eagle.
In world War II, our planes dominated the air, the P-51D mustang, the p38 lightning, the f4u Corsair as well as the British spitfire were absolutely dominant fighter aircraft.
We still dominated in the Korean conflict, but by the time Vietnam rolled around our technology and strategy for air-to-air combat head lag behind and we barely had a two to one ratio.
A group of experts in air-to-air combat called the fighter. Mafia came up with a formula for fighter aircraft to be maneuverable, fast and deadly.
The byproduct of that was the F-16 falcon which you said your country has, and the F-15 Eagle. Are allies have including Israel, Saudi Arabia and Japan. Japan is the only country allowed to make them outside of the United States.
The F-16 falcon has an air-to-air combat record of 71 to 0. You're going to see that number go up soon, Ukraine has them and their pilots are almost fully trained on the aircraft. The F-16 has active radar for both air and ground. They can be shared with allied forces.
Ukraine already has M1A1 Abrams tanks in place. So when the falcons take to the air, they will be able to target a Russian t90 tank, share that location precisely with an m1a1 Abrams which can be traveling at 60 mph. Mph turn its turret use the targeting information from the falcon and one shot one kill the t90 without them ever being able to see the Abrams. The Abrams won't even have to have line of sight to kill the t90. Having F-16 in the air is a game changer for both the air and land abilities of Ukraine in the coming year.
The F-15 Eagle, the most dominant fighter aircraft ever built. When you watch one just know this plane is the only aircraft that fully fueled and fully armed can break the sound barrier going straight up. Fully fueled and fully armed. It weighs about 45,000 lb. It has 80,000 pounds of thrust, it has two of the engines that power the F-16.
The record of the F-15 Eagle in air to air combat is 104 to 0. So the combined effort of the eagle and the falcon are 175 to 0. These two planes are what won the Cold War. Even today Russia has nothing that can shoot one of them down.
In the first Gulf War in 1992 an F-15 and a MIG 25 approached each other at over Mach 3. Closing speed. The MiG-25 turned and tried to run. The F-15 Eagle did a 12G turn and killed Iraqi plane in seconds. That means a 200 lb pilot would have weighed 2400 lb. In that turn. His head alone would have weighed 240 lb. The most impressive thing about our pilots is DF15 pilots do not wear a g-suit. It interferes with the joystick because the joystick is between the legs instead of off to the side like the falcon and raptor.
So now you know the dominance of the F-15 eagle, the most terrifying aircraft for enemy countries over the past 50 years.
The F-22 raptor is as much above the competition as the eagle was its competition. When they were talking about scenarios they meant like top gun. If you've seen the movie top gun or the sequel you know what the training is like. You have pilots chasing each other trying to kill each other in air to air combat but it is simulated. You're just actually flying so you get the experience. They have flight simulators as well, but it's not the same.
In one simulation, they took five of the best F-15 pilots in the world and pitted them against one F-22 raptor. The raptor kills all five at 15s every single time by itself.
4. F22 raptors are expected to be able to kill 32 enemy aircraft no matter which country or which planes without losing a single aircraft.
The F-22 raptor is extraordinarily maneuverable and has vector thrust which means they can channel the thrust up or down to make the plane go up or down faster.
They have 22 is technically invisible. Remember when they were talking about the missiles being able to destroy the enemies before they could even see them. They weren't kidding. Imagine being in an aircraft and nothing is on your radar, but although a sudden 15 missiles come flying in to kill you and your fellow pilots. You still can't see them, you may never see them on target. Imagine trying to use radar to detect a bumblebee from 100 mi away. That's literally what your tasked with doing. The radar. Signature of an F-22 raptor is the size of a bumblebee or a marble.
In 2013 Iran shot down one of our drones. So they put a couple of f-22s up in the air to protect them. Two Iranian pilots were targeting another drone. As they were approaching the drone and requesting permission to shoot the drone down, the F-22 raptor and its pilot were literally right behind them. A little underneath them. Their radar didn't detect anything.
It wasn't until the F-22 pilot eased his plane up in between the two Iranian aircraft and communicated with them telling him he thought they should probably go home now. To which they quickly broke off and flew home knowing that they were dead if they didn't.
The reason the F-22 was canceled, cost. I don't remember the exact figures so I'm ballparking it. NF22 raptor costs approximately 350 million to produce. Maintenance and repairs cost approximately $50,000 per flight hour. So it's not just expensive, because of its high-end needs. It is also expensive to maintain.
And one final thing, when Vladimir Putin threatened NATO last spring, President Biden sent 12 F-22 raptors and their crew to Poland. Poland. Four f22 raptors are expected to destroy 32 planes without losing one. So that squadron of 12 F-22 raptors is expected to destroy 128 Russian aircraft without losing a single plane. And that's not an exaggeration. If Vladimir Putin tried to attack Poland, his entire Air Force would be destroyed in less than an hour. He would have no airplanes left in his Air Force.
And he knows it.
The F-22 also has a Radar Cross Section size of a large insect. What we call a Bumblebee.
It is not about having the "best plane" overall. It's having the best plane for each specific roll.
7:52 The letters before the numbers tell you an American military plane's role. So, the A, as in the A-10 Warthog, stands for attack. Attack craft are primarily used to hit ground targets like tank convoys or artillerypositions. The F, as in the F-22, stands for Fighter. Fighters are for air-to-air combat. You also have hybrid craft like the F/A-18, which can bomb ground targets and then fight its way out in dogfights. C stands for Cargo, like in the C-130. You also have hybrids like the AC-130, which is a cargo plane with tons of guns. B is for Bomber, like in the B-2. These are mostly long-range stealth aircraft designed to drop tons of bombs on stationary points and will usually have fighter support to protect them. The last relevant designator is E, which stands for Electronic. This will be for things like the E-2 Hawkeye, which is typically used for monitoring and coordinating the sky.
The numbers are differentiators for different types of plane within a role. They don't carry over from role to role, so the B-2 and E-2 aren't the same plane but set up differently. They're completely different planes. Then, letters after the numbers are there to differentiate between revisions of a type of craft, so a C-130H has the upgrades from the 80s, then a C-130J is the fully modernized version of the same plane.
To explain the helmet upgrade- assuming I understand it myself- essentially it's a VR helmet that lets you see everything the computer is telling you as you look around. Radar finds an enemy plane? Now it's highlighted for you, it tells you how far away it is, etc. Ally plane? It tells you that, too. I believe it can even show you the lead of the plane so you know where to aim the guns and still hit. And all of this you can see as you turn your head around, even "through" your own plane. You could look down and see it.
Somebody else could probably be a lot more accurate, but that's what I think it's about
You have to see the Mighty F15 EX Eagle II.
Nobody but the U.S. has the F-22 Raptor. It's the only airframe we do not export to anyone. It's radar cross section, RCS, is lower than any other plane at 0.003 meter squared or about the size of a bubble bee. So, even if you pick it up on radar, good luck recognizing what it is and even better luck trying to track it. By the time you realize it's around you have already been blown up.
Modern fighter F-22 & F-35, but don’t count out the F-15Cs and Es, but we still have the A-10C Warthog for killing armor also B-52 for bombing everything
The F-22 is basically the most powerful and advanced Air Superiority Fighter ever built. It used the knowledge gained from its predecessor, the F-15 and F-14and improved upon it. (Air Superiority meaning it focuses primarily on defeating enemy fighters). However its yet to go up against any air target, whether thats because its in the wrong place at the wrong time, or simply other air forces dont want to mess with it, so it doesnt have any combat experience. But it has engaged in war games and training in which it defeated some of the US fighters without any issue. So i have no doubt if and when the F-22 faces off against actual enemy fighters, it will reign supreme
(1) helmet for the 35 & 22 is about $120,000 last I remember.
I think the f22 would be air support for the a10 warthog. By my understanding it sounds like the warthog protects the ground troops, the f22 protects the warthog. Which also protects the troops.
New helmet allows 360 view completely around aircraft and shoot targets behind him.
Didn't hear but the new 9X is stealth on it.
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The part where you said "I don't understand a thing he said", the AIM-9 x is a missile that can shoot down planes behind you