@@xpk0228the problem was he was talking and not paying attention to his HUD. The Raptors not going to stall out, he literally talks about that the video. It has enough power to continually fly straight up until it reaches almost 50,000 ft. What happened was he just kept pulling
Cap: "Welcome to a horrible day in the UAE." Meanwhile, in the real-world UAE on 17 April 2024, Dubai International flights canceled due to severe flooding and heavy rain.
Yeah but you got to cut the guy some slack when you realize how much time he actually spend flying comparing to editing and such and he has to fly about 40 different planes. There's no way I could keep up with it
@@grimreapers Hey cap. I have a Idea. Is there any way to recreate the mission from iron eagle? Two of the gang taking the place of chappy And Doug masters and the others the opponents? 😊
Nice video. You have come a long way since the days when a group take off always resulted in the loss of 1/3 of the planes. Further, the discipline and teamwork is now top notch. This is actually much more fun to look at than the old times undisciplined fur ball dog fights.
I would love to see some real-life event, modified with a "surprise" element at the end. Something like "oh no we didn't see they launched 5 flankers" or "we thought it was 100 drones, but its actually 100 ICBMs". as always, I leave the creative spark up to you.
The F117 getting shot down was a mixture of complacency, espionage and the SAM operator taking a risk. The US runway was being watched by informants who were taking note of what was taking off and when, on this particular night they noticed that the F117s had gone in without wild weasel cover. The US had been using the same approach route to the target which had been fine because the F117s were almost impossible to target and when accompanied by jets armed with anti radar missiles it was a fools errand to switch on the radars for more than 2 quick scans as they'd soon be on the receiving end of some retribution. The SAM operator knew the F117s were coming and tried to scan for them twice but got nothing, however having prior knowledge that they didn't have an escort he risked a third scan and managed to paint the F117 as its bomb bay doors opened and got a lock. While he did manage to shoot the F117 down it was ultimately pointless as the bomber had already delivered its payload onto a command centre
"Pointless"? Are you serious? That was probably the one shootdown that has had the longest and widest ranging consequences in world history, besides Gary Powers getting shot down in 1960 over the USSR in his U2. The wreckage of that F117 ended up in the Chinese embassy and the tech was reverse engineered and is the basis of China's entire stealth program. It also wrecked the 'invincible' reputation of stealth and provided a massive boost to morale. "pointless" ......geez.
@@VincentNajger1 it was shot down after releasing its payload, it completed its mission. It only ruined the invincible reputation amongst those who don't understand the realities of combat. The point remains that even though they knew when and where it was coming from they still couldn't get a lock until after it had done what it came to do. The tech might have been pawned off to China but all that meant was they were in possession of incomplete 20 year old technology that they'd have to spend another 5-10 years figuring out before applying to their own equipment. There's a reason why the US holds a monopoly on modern stealth aircraft, they got an unassailable head start and everyone else is still playing catchup.
My understanding is that it was not complacency as much as it was political constraints that did not allow them to fly over certain airspace, thus restraining them into certain flight profiles
those clouds are no joke, I know a guy who died crashing a cessna into a mountain at speed, ignorant to his terrain because of clouds. Didn't even know he hit a mountain.
@@grimreapers YAY, keep up the good work👍👍👍 personally , i liked it when things go a bit of the rails, you know, the missions where you f'up and then start ranting towards one other. Comedy gold. thx
@@grimreapers>>> I ABSOLUTELY LOVE watching flight sim videos on channels like your's, Kortana's, and Grim Reapers'. All that said: YUCK FOUTUBE. 'Nuff said.
Can you imagine Iran running a training exercise not knowing the bombing run is coming in and then seeing this incoming? Their eyes would be as big as dinner plates.
Nicely executed!! I think the highlight for me was how you guys quickly came together and executed Simba's exit strategy of like a chainsaw indian-run!! Perfect strategy by the People's Champ and brilliantly executed by all of the boys!! Damn fine flying as always grim reapers!!
*_"Make sure you got your radars off guys, we're doing a stealth mission, remember."_* Says CAP as they are all flying in formation with A BIG NON-STEALTHY KC-135 STRATOTANKER. 🤭🤭🤭
I think a lot of the problems the Grim Reapers have is that they like to fly to close in formation (parade) and it's making your radar cross section way to big. I think spreading out at least 5 km or more from each other when flying stealth aircraft. I wrote this as you just said it doesn't matter in DCS. Lol
Distribution of a heavy package is very important. Doing an airborne elephant walk with a stealth strike package is definitely not orders of the day. Enjoyable vid.
For future reference, I've heard many people say that the bestest chance of taking down Simba 1 v 1 in a dogfight is when he's refuelling. 😈 Not an hors d'oeuvre, but yeah ... probably worth testing!
@@grimreapers some how I think you won't be the only one to test this as the others will want to duplicate your results "for Science " I believe it the quote commonly used.
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The ABOS system you referenced being poison is actually an oxygen system because we didn't know what was causing hypoxia. It turned out to be a $3 valve in the flight suits that was sticking closed.
When I was a rookie I was taught when responding to a big fight/brawl to drive slow and run the siren so that everyone involved who was still effective had plenty of time to run away… I imagine the f-14 pilots with obsolete missles doing the same
Would love to participate in one of your wargames, I can refuel and am comfortable with all things Raptor. In your Discord as well, how can one get involved?
According to my dad [who spent many decades in the middle east]; They pretty much all hate all of their neighbors, but its usually a tribal thing, not nationality (as the national borders do not represent the tribal lands AT ALL). But, they're usually happy to try to put that aside because they hate Israel and/or America much, much more. Isn't it nice here in the western world where I (in England) only 'hate' the French and the Scotts as a [now] friendly rivalry.
Things have changed a lot in the Middle East in the past 10 years. Especially after the Abraham accords. In fact I believe it was Jordan and Saudi Arabia who shot down the majority of those missiles that Iran fired at Israel. Times are changing. Which is a reason Hamas launched their attack because they were afraid that Saudi Arabia was going to normalize relations with Israel which they're pretty close to doing already
I recommend listening to episode 105 of 'The Red Line'. It is an excellent international security podcast, and that particular episode focuses on Iran; interviewing a number of subject matter experts. One of the most significant take-aways, is that the Iranian people by and large are far more progressive and cosmopolitan than their government would suggest, at least in urban regions. However, they are also generally patriotic. One of the analysts on that episode suggested that the revolution would likely have collapsed if not for their war with Iraq, given the regime's extensive unpopularity and the raft of crisis they were undergoing, and furthermore, that an outside force attacking it likely result in a similar outcome of propping up the struggling regime.
Hypersonic is just the arms race the public is allowed to see. The real competition behind the scenes is to see what other things you can use anti-shipping missiles against.
And the fair and immovable measure is DCS to know how far you can move into Iran... That's why wars are not over in 3 days because one thing is theory and another is practice...
For the record, Operation Opera was the Israeli strike on an Iraqi nuclear reactor. It drew widespread condemnation, even from Western "allies". Then there was Operation Orchard, where the Israelis struck a syrian reactor program. Once again, it drew widespread condemntation even though the Syrians were curiously quiet about it... Which says volumes about the merits of condemntation by so-called allies, let alone the usual Israel haters.
They already tried this with one of the stealth bombers. Iran shot it down. They apologised profusely. They didn’t realise it was invisible. Maybe it was Serbia🙄
Cap, you need to work on your instrument flying. When refueling in the clouds, as long as you do not lose visibility of the tanker you will be just fine. Use the tanker as your ADI...if he turns, you turn. I'm a little embarrassed for you. LOL
Yeah I wouldn't be embarrassed for him, because he's not and when you consider everything he has to do for these videos plus fly about 40 different types of aircraft, it's hard to stay proficient on anyone😂
Very well played gentlemen, impressed. Love your videos, can't wait to start finishing up all my crap I've bought to get into dcs, all the furniture and chair, etc etc makes it slow going, I'm not even going to say how much I've spent TOTAL on equipment and planes and etc and haven't even fired up my new PC yet, wanna get it all together first, I've got a blown back and knees so it's taking me ages to go and finish this chair and stand I got for it, not even sure if they'll be compatible yet haha, but I've got a lot of learning to do to be hopefully invited to an open game sometime, I run servers for a living (Linux variants) so it's kinda fun, I'd imagine these bigger games eat up cpu and memory like crazy but I'm gonna see how bad when I start my own just to toy around and see if a sizable vps works or if it'll need a dedicated server. I'm thinking the dedicated for big games but it is what it is!
I'm running a fairly middle of the ground gaming desktop, it was top-of-the-line a year and a half ago when I bought it. But it flies these missions very easily
Now when they're running these big ones they're all on a dedicated server. But as a individual DCS player she don't need that at all unless you're wanting to host you know 10 or 20 people
Awesome, glad to hear you're able to play with a not so top of the line computer, even though I went a little crazy on it I didn't buy the highest end at all, so cool deal. And yeah, kinda figured it'd require an actual dedicated server vs a vps for instance, thanks for the info.
I come to think of a thing, if this were to be real, imagine beeing the boom operator looking out at 7 raptors in formation to fuel. Id feel mighty safe!
My Therapist has a Flight License, and at least in the US, one of the tests for that is flying entirely by instruments. If you use the windows you fail. The instructor/proctor is the co-pilot, so they can take over if you flub. But you have to be able to fly blind to fly legally, at least in this jurisdiction. Also pretty sure your HUD let you know you were upsidedown and falling while you were lost in those clouds.
@@grimreapers talking about imagining lol bc it's no longer imaginary*. Super Raptor coming soon? I kno CH is a busy person however this is one is very sorely missed/needed🙏
@@grimreapers New stealth coating slightly reduces RCS and drastically reduces IR signature while allowing The F-22 to accelerate and maintain higher speeds without the worry of melting/compromising stealth coating, lol you already have The AIM-260, definitely needed HMD, and several other improvements and additions, stealth IRST Pod, stealth drop tanks and pylons, and so on!👍
Cap, I know you are always concerned about us not being entertained by night missions but we do like the atmosphere of other times of day. Dusk and night time raids have a different vibe. Plus seeing the tracers coming out of the jungle to get the B-52s was cool.
Jordan helped to intercept some of the Iranian drones & cruise missiles in the recent attack on Israel… I believe Saudi did too. Not sure what you mean by “voice of the Middle East for Iran proxies” but Saudi was the main (external) force opposing Yemen’s Houthi rebels until 2021 or so. Iran proxies being Shia Muslims and SA essentially leading the Sunni Muslim world, theirs is a cool relationship at best, each jockeying for influence.
@ Cap, I understand your views of flying in cloud. I served in the RAF between 1986 and 2013 and in the mid 90s I was part of a security detail flying on a VC10 cargo aircraft which had to be refueled in flight. We were in full cloud and peering out of the fuselage windows looking for the refueller when out of the gloom emerged a Tristar tanker on our starboard wingtip, also in full cloud. Needless to say all went well, but to see two large aircraft in formation at that range in cloud was somewhat concerning for those of us who didn't fly.
The way I see it: if Iran even tests (or attempts) a nuclear device, Israel's gonna feel it has no choice but to strike Iranian enrichment and production facilities. Saudi Arabia also would not want to risk Iran getting any further than that. SCENARIO: A joint Israeli/Saudi strike with Saudi Arabia providing tanker support and F15C and F15E escorts/decoys, as well as AWACS while Israel strike facilities with F35s.
21:21: ...I think I _can_ see them. Two specks on the middle right, between cloud layers, visually right along the top edge of the left half of that thin cloud.
if a B-22 or Raptor launched an unpowered missile (basically a glide bomb) from 200 miles OUTSIDE the border of Iran, it could easily reach the center of Iran in less than 15 minutes.
You could momentarily detect the radar frequency band, but if it has a random cypher encryption then you'll only get a "piece" of the emissions. If the tradition holds, those bomber pilots owes GR their preference of hard liquor(s)
9:13 There is a plaque in my school and a cross made of shell casings in my church dedicated to a student who’s helicopter crashed in bad weather in Afghanistan. I believe that is the correct story, but yes, clouds are dangerous
Surely they would put their absolute best SAM battery right next to the nuclear facility, they know that the West would figure out where it is anyway so they would protect it with their best. It would be layered too.
I think it was really close, but I don’t think those F-14s would have engaged you before you engaged them. At the last second before engaging, they were still facing west. It was a great day engagement and it’s more exciting, but I think you could have gotten out there without taking them down.
In what sense could friendly/unfriendly commercial aviation be used as an early warning system by a defending country and its allies? I guess stealth missions would always happen at night and at altitudes very different from typical commercial aviation, but I guess it can't be entirely forgotten about in the planning of such missions?
Well commercial aircraft don't carry the type of Radars to detect other aircraft. They have tcas systems or Tcan can't remember, which is a proximity alert. But no commercial aircraft can't be used as an early warning unless they were actually able to visualize the aircraft. And at night time that's not going to happen because stealth aircraft especially bombers fly way higher than commercial aircraft
To hurt the heavily armored UG facilities you need a few precision guided earth penetrators. Not sure how many each b21 can carry. Each weighs around 15 tons. Probably drop from 12 - 15 miles altitude.
Most GR missions require specially edited version of DCS mods to work, so if I shared the missions they wouldn't work properly anyways. The fully core-game missions we do I'm happy to share.
You should try the japanese pearl harbor attack fleet flying the same misson and see how quickly they get demolished assuming they have the same flight path.
Just a wee bit of feedback. I love these kinds of videos and you do a great job, but they tend to be long and drawn out. With the hours I work watching 30 minute + videos is tough to create time for. I am sure that is true for many of us that love to watch these things. Just thought I would leave some feedback.
I can't believe Cap did an entire mid-air refuel without once using the word "giggity" . . .
I was looking forward to it.
Too much giggity is not good for your health.
My mom used to say it can make me go blind...
@@piconano I only went blind in one eye
@@piconano I just got hairy palms 🤣
For shame, cap
Cap: "stick to the plan, it's a good plan. We should probably have a plan."
No plan best plan?
lol I was thinking that just as I said it...
@@grimreapers Plans are over rated anyway :P
I like how the F22 has a massive attitude indicator taking up most of the HUD and Cap still somehow got disoriented and dove straight down lol 🤦
I think he pulled too hard and too early when take off and stall the plane without realizing it.
@@xpk0228the problem was he was talking and not paying attention to his HUD. The Raptors not going to stall out, he literally talks about that the video. It has enough power to continually fly straight up until it reaches almost 50,000 ft. What happened was he just kept pulling
lol yes I'm not going to live that one down am I?
@@grimreapers Depends on if you can find which way down is without missile assisting you, lol
Cap: "Welcome to a horrible day in the UAE."
Meanwhile, in the real-world UAE on 17 April 2024, Dubai International flights canceled due to severe flooding and heavy rain.
Did they miss the desert memo
@@streetcop157
Cloud seeding.
Did you see the videos of airliners taxing through feet of water???
Cap asks Simba about the Tanker's lights at least twice a week. lol
Yeah but you got to cut the guy some slack when you realize how much time he actually spend flying comparing to editing and such and he has to fly about 40 different planes. There's no way I could keep up with it
lol yeh I got dyslexia real bad, still can't tell my left from right.
@@grimreapers Does dyslexia do that?
@@grimreapers
Hey cap.
I have a Idea.
Is there any way to recreate the mission from iron eagle?
Two of the gang taking the place of chappy And Doug masters and the others the opponents? 😊
@@grimreapers>>> Dyslexics of the world, untie! 😉
Nice video. You have come a long way since the days when a group take off always resulted in the loss of 1/3 of the planes. Further, the discipline and teamwork is now top notch. This is actually much more fun to look at than the old times undisciplined fur ball dog fights.
Nah some of those old videos are pretty damn hilarious and fun to watch
Roger Cam, just about got there in the end.
"A couple of the guys were firing French antiship missiles, but that happens sometimes" 🤣🤣🤣 Totaly!
But we did kill things with said French antiship missiles!
Cap’s views haven’t fallen off
RUclips has
Hey CJ!
"trust your instruments" is probably the best thing to learn on the climb out.
Well done on the refuel though... That looked very difficult!!
This went remarkably well .... *Checks to make sure I am indeed watching the GR channel".
......Huh.
I'm scared too...
The F-22 is undergoing another major upgrade now that will include an IRST, new ECM and an updated radar. Also will get stealthy fuel tanks.
And french anti ship missiles... obviously
Thank you RUclips military expert. BTW your clearance has been revoked report to prison
I would love to see some real-life event, modified with a "surprise" element at the end. Something like "oh no we didn't see they launched 5 flankers" or "we thought it was 100 drones, but its actually 100 ICBMs". as always, I leave the creative spark up to you.
They've recreated a lot of real life missions, modified with a lot of surprises just go through their catalog of videos
The F117 getting shot down was a mixture of complacency, espionage and the SAM operator taking a risk. The US runway was being watched by informants who were taking note of what was taking off and when, on this particular night they noticed that the F117s had gone in without wild weasel cover. The US had been using the same approach route to the target which had been fine because the F117s were almost impossible to target and when accompanied by jets armed with anti radar missiles it was a fools errand to switch on the radars for more than 2 quick scans as they'd soon be on the receiving end of some retribution. The SAM operator knew the F117s were coming and tried to scan for them twice but got nothing, however having prior knowledge that they didn't have an escort he risked a third scan and managed to paint the F117 as its bomb bay doors opened and got a lock. While he did manage to shoot the F117 down it was ultimately pointless as the bomber had already delivered its payload onto a command centre
"Pointless"? Are you serious? That was probably the one shootdown that has had the longest and widest ranging consequences in world history, besides Gary Powers getting shot down in 1960 over the USSR in his U2. The wreckage of that F117 ended up in the Chinese embassy and the tech was reverse engineered and is the basis of China's entire stealth program. It also wrecked the 'invincible' reputation of stealth and provided a massive boost to morale. "pointless" ......geez.
@@VincentNajger1 it was shot down after releasing its payload, it completed its mission. It only ruined the invincible reputation amongst those who don't understand the realities of combat. The point remains that even though they knew when and where it was coming from they still couldn't get a lock until after it had done what it came to do. The tech might have been pawned off to China but all that meant was they were in possession of incomplete 20 year old technology that they'd have to spend another 5-10 years figuring out before applying to their own equipment. There's a reason why the US holds a monopoly on modern stealth aircraft, they got an unassailable head start and everyone else is still playing catchup.
My understanding is that it was not complacency as much as it was political constraints that did not allow them to fly over certain airspace, thus restraining them into certain flight profiles
@@DjDolHaus86 your response reeks of cope and seethe.
Thanks DJ
those clouds are no joke, I know a guy who died crashing a cessna into a mountain at speed, ignorant to his terrain because of clouds. Didn't even know he hit a mountain.
i really hope this doesn't get demoneytised by YT-algorithm. then again it's only a sim, a game that explores probabilyties
nothing i say goes through
Nope, fully monetised YAY!
@@grimreapers YAY, keep up the good work👍👍👍
personally , i liked it when things go a bit of the rails, you know, the missions where you f'up and then start ranting towards one other. Comedy gold. thx
@@grimreapers>>> I ABSOLUTELY LOVE watching flight sim videos on channels like your's, Kortana's, and Grim Reapers'.
All that said:
YUCK FOUTUBE.
'Nuff said.
Maybe try night time with low overcast and a full moon? Just a thought.
Can you imagine Iran running a training exercise not knowing the bombing run is coming in and then seeing this incoming?
Their eyes would be as big as dinner plates.
Great mission ! Hate to think how many hours Cap spends making this content for us to enjoy ! Caps off to Cap !
I can tell you that I am pretty much in constant trouble with my wife for working too long!
@@grimreapers>>> Mrs. Cap:
*_"CHILL OUT, WOMAN!"_*
{Giggity...😉🤭}
Nicely executed!! I think the highlight for me was how you guys quickly came together and executed Simba's exit strategy of like a chainsaw indian-run!! Perfect strategy by the People's Champ and brilliantly executed by all of the boys!! Damn fine flying as always grim reapers!!
*_"Make sure you got your radars off guys, we're doing a stealth mission, remember."_*
Says CAP as they are all flying in formation with A BIG NON-STEALTHY KC-135 STRATOTANKER.
🤭🤭🤭
I think a lot of the problems the Grim Reapers have is that they like to fly to close in formation (parade) and it's making your radar cross section way to big. I think spreading out at least 5 km or more from each other when flying stealth aircraft. I wrote this as you just said it doesn't matter in DCS. Lol
Distribution of a heavy package is very important. Doing an airborne elephant walk with a stealth strike package is definitely not orders of the day. Enjoyable vid.
WELL DONE, Cap and Crew! Great video.
I will never not enjoy hearing Cap say "rapt-OR".
For future reference, I've heard many people say that the bestest chance of taking down Simba 1 v 1 in a dogfight is when he's refuelling. 😈 Not an hors d'oeuvre, but yeah ... probably worth testing!
Seriously, I'll do it...
@grimreapers ROFL Think he'll be nervously looking over his shoulders ... forever? 🫡
#SewingDissent…inGRZsinceLikeToday!😎
@@grimreapers some how I think you won't be the only one to test this as the others will want to duplicate your results "for Science " I believe it the quote commonly used.
@@simba1113 Oh cwap! I didn't consider "for science" 🤓 Totally my bad! Hahahaha!
@@grimreapers Cap, just let me know next time and I'll go from excited to dead as somehow simba still kills me.
A nice little in, hit the enrichment plant, and out with a side of unplanned proportionality.
I imagine getting smacked with a big ol' anti-ship missile would hamper your chances of safely ejecting.
Yarp
flying into a cloud of canister shot doesn't make for a good day either.
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There's no way a stealth plane could do it, you'd have to use a super hornet.....
Penetration tests should be called Giggety now as a standard.
Both F-22 and B-21 Raider are essentials for next generations of air combat.
Yup
Puy
8:45 Raptor has now MCAS.
Thank you for reading the word "anyways" as "anyway". I fkn HATE it when people say "anyways".
Uh, so, anyways..
@@filmography3930 I used to have a boss that said "Acrosst" instead of "across". Actually he said it like this: "Acrawst" ....he was a redneck.
The ABOS system you referenced being poison is actually an oxygen system because we didn't know what was causing hypoxia. It turned out to be a $3 valve in the flight suits that was sticking closed.
When I was a rookie I was taught when responding to a big fight/brawl to drive slow and run the siren so that everyone involved who was still effective had plenty of time to run away… I imagine the f-14 pilots with obsolete missles doing the same
😂😂 Run Boys It’s Da Policia
We must demand the authentic version of this night mission!!!
(Cue 45 mins of black screen with zooming audio)
Would love to participate in one of your wargames, I can refuel and am comfortable with all things Raptor. In your Discord as well, how can one get involved?
Well if you're a donator they frequently have donator missions
DM in GR discord plz.
17:30 What manner of man are you that can summon up fire without flint or tinder?
There are those who call me... Tim
*_"It IS the rabbit!"_* 🤭
8:26 watching this guy go thru the clouds was painful, apparently no idea what those green line thingys are infront of his face
Loved the daisy chain tactic, fun to watch!
the team did really well pulling it off.
"Thats a tomcat right there" *points to a single grey pixel way off in the distance*
For the record, hangers for B52s are called Love Shacks.
According to my dad [who spent many decades in the middle east]; They pretty much all hate all of their neighbors, but its usually a tribal thing, not nationality (as the national borders do not represent the tribal lands AT ALL).
But, they're usually happy to try to put that aside because they hate Israel and/or America much, much more.
Isn't it nice here in the western world where I (in England) only 'hate' the French and the Scotts as a [now] friendly rivalry.
Things have changed a lot in the Middle East in the past 10 years. Especially after the Abraham accords. In fact I believe it was Jordan and Saudi Arabia who shot down the majority of those missiles that Iran fired at Israel. Times are changing. Which is a reason Hamas launched their attack because they were afraid that Saudi Arabia was going to normalize relations with Israel which they're pretty close to doing already
What an absolute nightmare.
I recommend listening to episode 105 of 'The Red Line'. It is an excellent international security podcast, and that particular episode focuses on Iran; interviewing a number of subject matter experts. One of the most significant take-aways, is that the Iranian people by and large are far more progressive and cosmopolitan than their government would suggest, at least in urban regions. However, they are also generally patriotic. One of the analysts on that episode suggested that the revolution would likely have collapsed if not for their war with Iraq, given the regime's extensive unpopularity and the raft of crisis they were undergoing, and furthermore, that an outside force attacking it likely result in a similar outcome of propping up the struggling regime.
I'm now waiting for the air-to-air mission using Exocets. How big is the warhead on one of those things again?
Massive!
Hypersonic is just the arms race the public is allowed to see. The real competition behind the scenes is to see what other things you can use anti-shipping missiles against.
And the fair and immovable measure is DCS to know how far you can move into Iran... That's why wars are not over in 3 days because one thing is theory and another is practice...
For the record, Operation Opera was the Israeli strike on an Iraqi nuclear reactor. It drew widespread condemnation, even from Western "allies".
Then there was Operation Orchard, where the Israelis struck a syrian reactor program.
Once again, it drew widespread condemntation even though the Syrians were curiously quiet about it...
Which says volumes about the merits of condemntation by so-called allies, let alone the usual Israel haters.
They already tried this with one of the stealth bombers. Iran shot it down. They apologised profusely. They didn’t realise it was invisible. Maybe it was Serbia🙄
to add that single 117 that was shot was hit at just the right second to pick up the doors
Out of curiosity could you do a video of this flying over Moscow to drop leaflets. I always thought it would be funny to say hello to Russia
Cap, you need to work on your instrument flying. When refueling in the clouds, as long as you do not lose visibility of the tanker you will be just fine. Use the tanker as your ADI...if he turns, you turn. I'm a little embarrassed for you. LOL
I've used TACAN but is there any advantage to ADI that TACAN doesn't have?
Yeah I wouldn't be embarrassed for him, because he's not and when you consider everything he has to do for these videos plus fly about 40 different types of aircraft, it's hard to stay proficient on anyone😂
Completely agreed, I am prone to panic in IFR.
Nice mission all, no collisions with tanker, bombers or each other GR got it right, must be practising a lot.
Only took eight years :)
...on the gr practice server!
@@BoraHorzaGobuchul yes the grim reapers stone burner server.
Thanks for the vid cap!
Saudi and Jordan intercepted most rockets and drones heading toward Israel from Yemen and Iran
no, us did.
Very well played gentlemen, impressed. Love your videos, can't wait to start finishing up all my crap I've bought to get into dcs, all the furniture and chair, etc etc makes it slow going, I'm not even going to say how much I've spent TOTAL on equipment and planes and etc and haven't even fired up my new PC yet, wanna get it all together first, I've got a blown back and knees so it's taking me ages to go and finish this chair and stand I got for it, not even sure if they'll be compatible yet haha, but I've got a lot of learning to do to be hopefully invited to an open game sometime, I run servers for a living (Linux variants) so it's kinda fun, I'd imagine these bigger games eat up cpu and memory like crazy but I'm gonna see how bad when I start my own just to toy around and see if a sizable vps works or if it'll need a dedicated server. I'm thinking the dedicated for big games but it is what it is!
I'm running a fairly middle of the ground gaming desktop, it was top-of-the-line a year and a half ago when I bought it. But it flies these missions very easily
Now when they're running these big ones they're all on a dedicated server. But as a individual DCS player she don't need that at all unless you're wanting to host you know 10 or 20 people
Awesome, glad to hear you're able to play with a not so top of the line computer, even though I went a little crazy on it I didn't buy the highest end at all, so cool deal.
And yeah, kinda figured it'd require an actual dedicated server vs a vps for instance, thanks for the info.
I come to think of a thing, if this were to be real, imagine beeing the boom operator looking out at 7 raptors in formation to fuel. Id feel mighty safe!
My Therapist has a Flight License, and at least in the US, one of the tests for that is flying entirely by instruments. If you use the windows you fail. The instructor/proctor is the co-pilot, so they can take over if you flub. But you have to be able to fly blind to fly legally, at least in this jurisdiction.
Also pretty sure your HUD let you know you were upsidedown and falling while you were lost in those clouds.
Cap all the my new ideas now that f22s now have French anti shipping missiles
lol
Stu is a clever goose. I like everything about this.
I wonder how many viewers and players here know who was the inventor of "frequency agile radar/radio like the lpr radar. Fun Trivia question
I'm in a Raptor. I'm just looking for things to shoot.
Thats the spirit!
As you mentioned this is slightly futuristic with The B-21's, you guys should have had Chrome Raptor's ;)
You could just imagine them as B-2?
@@grimreapers lol nah I do enough imagining already
@@grimreapers talking about imagining lol bc it's no longer imaginary*. Super Raptor coming soon? I kno CH is a busy person however this is one is very sorely missed/needed🙏
@@grimreapers New stealth coating slightly reduces RCS and drastically reduces IR signature while allowing The F-22 to accelerate and maintain higher speeds without the worry of melting/compromising stealth coating, lol you already have The AIM-260, definitely needed HMD, and several other improvements and additions, stealth IRST Pod, stealth drop tanks and pylons, and so on!👍
@@grimreapers You guys working on The Mako Missile yet?
Cap, I know you are always concerned about us not being entertained by night missions but we do like the atmosphere of other times of day. Dusk and night time raids have a different vibe. Plus seeing the tracers coming out of the jungle to get the B-52s was cool.
To quote a famous Sportscaster: "They. Could. Go. All. The. Way!"
F-35's just went into Iran with absolutely no issue.
At about 23:21 in this video:
*_"Have a little FAITH, Baby!"_*
- KELLY'S HEROES [1970] 😊
If i remember SA is the voice of the middle east for Iran proxies and their relationship with Jordan isn't as bad.
Jordan helped to intercept some of the Iranian drones & cruise missiles in the recent attack on Israel… I believe Saudi did too. Not sure what you mean by “voice of the Middle East for Iran proxies” but Saudi was the main (external) force opposing Yemen’s Houthi rebels until 2021 or so. Iran proxies being Shia Muslims and SA essentially leading the Sunni Muslim world, theirs is a cool relationship at best, each jockeying for influence.
@ Cap, I understand your views of flying in cloud. I served in the RAF between 1986 and 2013 and in the mid 90s I was part of a security detail flying on a VC10 cargo aircraft which had to be refueled in flight. We were in full cloud and peering out of the fuselage windows looking for the refueller when out of the gloom emerged a Tristar tanker on our starboard wingtip, also in full cloud. Needless to say all went well, but to see two large aircraft in formation at that range in cloud was somewhat concerning for those of us who didn't fly.
The way I see it: if Iran even tests (or attempts) a nuclear device, Israel's gonna feel it has no choice but to strike Iranian enrichment and production facilities. Saudi Arabia also would not want to risk Iran getting any further than that.
SCENARIO: A joint Israeli/Saudi strike with Saudi Arabia providing tanker support and F15C and F15E escorts/decoys, as well as AWACS while Israel strike facilities with F35s.
You guys should use autopilot next time in the name of less blood pressure during formation flight :D
Fun Fact: George Michael sang “Last Christmas” then he actually DIED ON CHRISTMAS DAY! Coincidence?! I think not…..🧐
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@@dexlab7539 Watch the whole video.
What F-22 mod do you use? I have the Grinelli Designs version but It's different to the one you have.
You aren't in IFR and the weather isn't IFR....its IMC!!!
IFR just means flying by instruments!
Good fun mission. It's almost like they practice on the Stone bridge server 😅
Agreed
21:21: ...I think I _can_ see them. Two specks on the middle right, between cloud layers, visually right along the top edge of the left half of that thin cloud.
Tomcats are big.
Nicely done, fellas.
Great content! I need more!
if a B-22 or Raptor launched an unpowered missile (basically a glide bomb) from 200 miles OUTSIDE the border of Iran, it could easily reach the center of Iran in less than 15 minutes.
Using all those missiles made this battle 20 times more expensive then it needed to be. I bet the US would only give each raptor 2 120Ds and 120Cs.
Pilot Dory, best pilot!
You could momentarily detect the radar frequency band, but if it has a random cypher encryption then you'll only get a "piece" of the emissions.
If the tradition holds, those bomber pilots owes GR their preference of hard liquor(s)
This would make a great Tom Clancy chapter!
Just read Argentina bought some F-16s from Denmark. F16 vs Falklands Eurofighter please!
My cat, and I found this very enjoyable.
9:13 There is a plaque in my school and a cross made of shell casings in my church dedicated to a student who’s helicopter crashed in bad weather in Afghanistan. I believe that is the correct story, but yes, clouds are dangerous
Wow you guys have come a long way it's been 3 months that was an impressive professional mission plan
Iran did get SU-35, so there should be a new mission with SU 35.
Surely they would put their absolute best SAM battery right next to the nuclear facility, they know that the West would figure out where it is anyway so they would protect it with their best. It would be layered too.
I think it was really close, but I don’t think those F-14s would have engaged you before you engaged them. At the last second before engaging, they were still facing west.
It was a great day engagement and it’s more exciting, but I think you could have gotten out there without taking them down.
In what sense could friendly/unfriendly commercial aviation be used as an early warning system by a defending country and its allies? I guess stealth missions would always happen at night and at altitudes very different from typical commercial aviation, but I guess it can't be entirely forgotten about in the planning of such missions?
Well commercial aircraft don't carry the type of Radars to detect other aircraft. They have tcas systems or Tcan can't remember, which is a proximity alert. But no commercial aircraft can't be used as an early warning unless they were actually able to visualize the aircraft. And at night time that's not going to happen because stealth aircraft especially bombers fly way higher than commercial aircraft
You should done the F14s ... but they were piloted by Tom Cruise. Now there's a match-up.
Perfidious Albion.
To hurt the heavily armored UG facilities you need a few precision guided earth penetrators. Not sure how many each b21 can carry. Each weighs around 15 tons. Probably drop from 12 - 15 miles altitude.
You can sing babyshark all you want. ...Still have no idea what it sounds like
Teal?... be careful Supercap! 🤣
King of Jordan in this game: "I'm on Smoko..."🤔
The exocet does home in on active radar, so maybe it just thought the tomcats were very small ships...
I’m so ready for this patch so I can make my personal citizen to my likeness
is there a link where we can download your missions ? awesome video like always cap
Most GR missions require specially edited version of DCS mods to work, so if I shared the missions they wouldn't work properly anyways. The fully core-game missions we do I'm happy to share.
You should try the japanese pearl harbor attack fleet flying the same misson and see how quickly they get demolished assuming they have the same flight path.
Can you use the space defense system, curious think that would be pretty cool.
Just a wee bit of feedback. I love these kinds of videos and you do a great job, but they tend to be long and drawn out. With the hours I work watching 30 minute + videos is tough to create time for. I am sure that is true for many of us that love to watch these things. Just thought I would leave some feedback.
You should have made the target an embassy for realism
oof
Or a wedding