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  • @GrowlingSidewinder
    @GrowlingSidewinder  5 місяців тому +64

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    • @QAjimine1
      @QAjimine1 5 місяців тому +4

      C’mon GS, it’s time for you to get behind the stick of a YF-23.

    • @mikek9297
      @mikek9297 5 місяців тому +5

      A plane able to do this to the Raptor is the stuff of nightmares.

    • @paulsmith277
      @paulsmith277 5 місяців тому

      1 v 1 with F-22 vs YF-23. No AMRAAMs. Only sidewinders and guns.

    • @leeproffitt69
      @leeproffitt69 5 місяців тому +2

      GS it’s been a while since you’ve gotten your ass kicked like that two rounds in a row

    • @AnuViation
      @AnuViation 5 місяців тому

      Avro Arrow vs Anything.

  • @RockMountainYJ
    @RockMountainYJ 5 місяців тому +1277

    I would love to see a rogue raptor targeting Air Force 1 and an entire fleet of F16, F18, etc tasked with stopping the rogue raptor at downing AF1

    • @KoiaruTan
      @KoiaruTan 5 місяців тому +56

      Yes, please.

    • @FlyingFly1315
      @FlyingFly1315 5 місяців тому +69

      I really hope GS sees this this is brilliant

    • @dragonback6075
      @dragonback6075 5 місяців тому +20

      Hell yeah, that's a fantastic scenario 👍 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

    • @nathaniellazo5912
      @nathaniellazo5912 5 місяців тому +38

      Absolutely back this suggestion, be ready for a day series now

    • @Chris_Hood
      @Chris_Hood 5 місяців тому +16

      Too risky a concept, YT algorithm could get the video demonitised
      Why not have the aggressor force be near peer unallied, that would be the safer bet

  • @Saltfly
    @Saltfly 5 місяців тому +195

    The 23 looks like a 6th gen fighter. Such a wonder of engineering.

    • @YouTubeIsSeriouslyFucked
      @YouTubeIsSeriouslyFucked 5 місяців тому +1

      5.5th gen at best

    • @Azdal
      @Azdal 5 місяців тому +19

      I honestly think a modern F-23 would be closer to a 5.5 gen

    • @scoobsshrooms109
      @scoobsshrooms109 5 місяців тому

      You only say that because you are used to the f22

    • @Saltfly
      @Saltfly 5 місяців тому +22

      @@scoobsshrooms109 I’m willing to bet that the new US 6th gen fighter will look more like a 23 than a 22.

    • @crosfrancis8239
      @crosfrancis8239 2 години тому

      @@Saltflyhell no 😂 have you seen the NGAD proposals, look way similar to the f22

  • @Frydee123
    @Frydee123 5 місяців тому +337

    Never thought I'd see a squadron of F-22s get their ass kicked like that. The YF-23 is no joke!

    • @user-iz5fk1ug6d
      @user-iz5fk1ug6d 5 місяців тому +16

      well the F-22s did lose both times but not by much each time it was a one aircraft difference and was likely more to blame on skill rather than aircraft

    • @YouTubeIsSeriouslyFucked
      @YouTubeIsSeriouslyFucked 5 місяців тому +1

      Never was a joke, if somethings stealthier than the 22 it's going to have a BVR nightmare

    • @johnbrooks6243
      @johnbrooks6243 5 місяців тому +55

      ​@@user-iz5fk1ug6deven after having backing of a AWACS? I do understand yf23 will get below 1 lose to win ratio in dogfight with f22, cuz both crafts have different strengths but U have to admit that yf23 was the stronger opponent here

    • @MaddoxLyrics
      @MaddoxLyrics 5 місяців тому +14

      They didnt get their ass kicked, although they did win, the stealthier aircraft usually is going to win the BVR fight, Now let them merge and see what happens......... Wont even be close, and thats why the Raptor Won the contract

    • @slate4687
      @slate4687 5 місяців тому +8

      The YF-23 would have been for sure the most advanced aircraft of ATF if fully developed and produced

  • @F15ElectricEagle
    @F15ElectricEagle 5 місяців тому +36

    Scene 13:58 - "It feels like you're getting killed by ghosts."
    Yes, and that's because one of the ghosts is PAV-1, also known as "Gray Ghost".

  • @johnaustin6649
    @johnaustin6649 5 місяців тому +377

    Really liking the way you are showcasing the YF-23. Not nice being stalked is it! 😉

    • @Jake_Garcia
      @Jake_Garcia 5 місяців тому +27

      oh trust me, GS knows how it feels 🤣 the f22 lives in his head rent free

    • @W1ckedRcL
      @W1ckedRcL 5 місяців тому +28

      ​​@@Jake_GarciaI remember watching the video when it dropped where he got formed up by the F22 before being shot down when he was flying the Flanker. Laughed for days. Then again like a week ago a Widow formed up on him while he was in an F15. He's gotta have nightmares 😂

    • @jozomrkva
      @jozomrkva 5 місяців тому +4

      Yep, I remeber that Flanker too. He even would notice Raptor if Flanker wouldnt had mirrors-orangey thingy in mirror was hint that Raptor is closer to him than comfortable

  • @danieldickerson4838
    @danieldickerson4838 5 місяців тому +278

    It’s just insane how something that’s bigger and wider than a semi truck can dance and twist in the air as gracefully and easily as it does. The F-22 is an engineering marvel across the board, man. I know DCS isn’t a direct indicator for real life performance for jets like these, but I could only imagine how dominant F-22s would be in actuality against just about everything in the sky.

    • @Mr.Brightside8810
      @Mr.Brightside8810 5 місяців тому +3

      Well said brotha

    • @0x_hackerfren
      @0x_hackerfren 5 місяців тому +15

      I'm convinced the f22 is alien technology and nothing will ever change my mind

    • @traviswalker8933
      @traviswalker8933 5 місяців тому +24

      ​@@0x_hackerfren The YF-23 is even more alien than the F-22 as seen in the video.

    • @MaddoxLyrics
      @MaddoxLyrics 5 місяців тому +6

      @@0x_hackerfren Its literally StarScream bruh, a goddamn Decepticon, which indeed is an alien lol

    • @CrossWindsPat
      @CrossWindsPat 5 місяців тому +2

      21 tons twisting through the air like a falcon.

  • @ottopilot7205
    @ottopilot7205 5 місяців тому +23

    Not a good day when you’re asking, “What is happening.”

  • @DDayJayke
    @DDayJayke 5 місяців тому +67

    Love the part where GS is plotting a 2 v 1, and his buddy immediately gets taken out. But I gotta say, it is enjoyable to watch the Raptor get a taste of its own medicine.

  • @Rose_Butterfly98
    @Rose_Butterfly98 5 місяців тому +7

    "Feels like you're getting killed by ghosts"
    Like a Gray Ghost?

  • @NotMathis
    @NotMathis 5 місяців тому +213

    I SEE BLACK WIDOW I CLICK

    • @mikek9297
      @mikek9297 5 місяців тому +17

      They should have taken the black widow as replacement for Tomcat for the Navy like Raptor was supposed to be the new Eagle.
      Unfortunately the government lacked vision.

    • @Nick-rb1vk
      @Nick-rb1vk 5 місяців тому +4

      $

    • @mk6315
      @mk6315 5 місяців тому +7

      YF23 my beloved

    • @guyray1504
      @guyray1504 5 місяців тому +2

      I see SW i click. Love all he does
      .

    • @harbour2118
      @harbour2118 5 місяців тому +3

      @@mikek9297They did have vision, it’s just that their vision was focused on 1. wanting the fighter to match Russian maneuverability (which was basically unnecessary), and 2. wanting to keep Lockheed afloat

  • @drdave2020
    @drdave2020 5 місяців тому +124

    I've heard that the F-22 was technically a better dogfighter than the YF-23, but I kind of recall some report decades ago that said in the majority of historical air to air kills, the plane shot down never even knew the other plane was there. Apparently, the superior stealth of the YF-23 takes that statistic and dials it up to 11.

    • @slate4687
      @slate4687 5 місяців тому +28

      Everybody know that the YF-23 concept was more advanced at the time of ATF...the YF23 being more a prototype of a 6th gen aircraft rather than 5th gen one!

    • @mattt525
      @mattt525 5 місяців тому

      I think that is why the F22 was picked, it was good enough at the time for what was needed. Then the YF23 was "shelved" or continued development to become 6th gen.​@@slate4687

    • @Cronus_1
      @Cronus_1 5 місяців тому +20

      ​@@slate4687 I always favored the YF-23 in all their testing. I had hoped it would have been their pick. When it wasn't, I was upset, but I had always conspired that it turned onto a dark project and went on for development as a 6th gen fighter. It's just so damn cool.

    • @RaijinKaze
      @RaijinKaze 5 місяців тому +15

      @@Cronus_1The chances of there being a secret 6th gen plane is almost 100%. The US should at most have one already in development. Think about how top secret planes were developed in the past. We may have a plane that is so stealthy that its more akin to a spaceship than traditional aircraft.

    • @Cronus_1
      @Cronus_1 5 місяців тому +1

      @RaijinKaze this is why I had that theory. It made sense to me.

  • @saquist
    @saquist 5 місяців тому +108

    Black Widows Thrust to Weight is SICK 1.36! Thats crazy. F22 IS 1.O8...and better than the F16 at 1.1😮

    • @theamericancommie727
      @theamericancommie727 5 місяців тому +13

      F-22 with winders at 50% is the 1.33, F-16 with winders and 50% is 1.25

    • @johnbrooks6243
      @johnbrooks6243 5 місяців тому

      What's winders explain thanks

    • @C0M3T_
      @C0M3T_ 5 місяців тому +4

      @@johnbrooks6243he means sidewinders but I think that he also means to include AMRAAMs which are heavier and the f22 carries more of

    • @CrossWindsPat
      @CrossWindsPat 5 місяців тому +4

      I wouldn't take any of that for empirical evidence. After all the F-22 is true combat spec while the YF-23 was still a test vehicle. Although maybe that is taken into account? This is coming from a YF-23 fanboy BTW.

    • @slate4687
      @slate4687 5 місяців тому +2

      ​@@CrossWindsPatdon t forget that majority of Data about the YF23 (especially the PAV2 "gray ghost" with yf120 engines) is completely classified

  • @christopherschroeder4096
    @christopherschroeder4096 5 місяців тому +36

    The Black Widow needs to go up against the Felon and Mighty Dragon.

    • @davidbuffum4887
      @davidbuffum4887 5 місяців тому +7

      If the F-22can kick their ass, so could the Yf-23.

    • @christopherschroeder4096
      @christopherschroeder4096 5 місяців тому +1

      @@davidbuffum4887 Yeah, except GS had to try being the aggressor. 🤣

  • @josephengel1
    @josephengel1 5 місяців тому +24

    I enjoyed the casual near miss on the self-inflicted maneuver kill

  • @straitouttahell
    @straitouttahell 5 місяців тому +74

    Thank you for one more video involving the YF-23. You know what I would really love to see? A dogfight between the F-22 and the YF-23, to see how much of a manoeuverability advantage the F-22 really has (well, according to DCS)

    • @spencercarsner5078
      @spencercarsner5078 5 місяців тому +3

      There's already a video on his channel for that

    • @TheOriginalFaxon
      @TheOriginalFaxon 5 місяців тому +12

      @@spencercarsner5078 That wasn't a dogfight though that was a BVR fight testing the stealth of the aircraft. He's talking guns only, since it would just be AIM9X vs AIM9X otherwise with both firing from any angle they want

    • @straitouttahell
      @straitouttahell 5 місяців тому

      @@spencercarsner5078 Oh, I must have missed it. Until now I only saw BVR, missile based attacks.

    • @straitouttahell
      @straitouttahell 4 місяці тому

      @@JenkemSuperfan I think it will happen eventually.

  • @chm985
    @chm985 5 місяців тому +71

    Would love to see the reaction of the yf23s makers watching this.

    • @S.Matt240
      @S.Matt240 5 місяців тому +7

      Ikr

    • @CrossWindsPat
      @CrossWindsPat 5 місяців тому +9

      Them: "We fucking knew all along!"

    • @rogerforsberg3910
      @rogerforsberg3910 3 місяці тому +1

      I suspect something like, "We told you so, you big knuckleheads!"

  • @dannod2943
    @dannod2943 5 місяців тому +67

    Wonder how the YF-23 would have done with AWACs support? Would nice to see you fly the YF-23 for a change....

    • @randomnature8493
      @randomnature8493 5 місяців тому

      As soon as they get a functional cockpit for the YF23 model in DCS we will surely get GS demonstrating it's prowess❤

  • @garnix6390
    @garnix6390 5 місяців тому +11

    What would really interest me would be YF-23 vs. Su-57

    • @YouTubeIsSeriouslyFucked
      @YouTubeIsSeriouslyFucked 5 місяців тому +1

      If BVR terms you would basically be asking for a fight between a UFC fighter with 9 hours of sleep against 8 children in wheelchairs

  • @PhillipChalabi
    @PhillipChalabi 5 місяців тому +17

    I find it amusing that we seem to be going back to the YF-23 philosophy with NGAD and FA/XX. Superstealth at the cost of maneuverability.
    Must be a ton of faith in the AIM-260 to reach out and touch the stealthy fighters.

    • @bluefox9436
      @bluefox9436 5 місяців тому +2

      Well with radar systems evolving as well, datalink becoming more and more common, and the rise of actual long range IRST and EO systems even the best stealth fighter can't really get that close to a well organised defense network anymore. Therfore engagement ranges are increasing once again.

    • @Asghaad
      @Asghaad 5 місяців тому +3

      @@bluefox9436 its more about high off bore missiles and head mounted targetting making low speed maneuverability pointless ... when you can lob missiles over the shoulder and guide them back on target even if they miss over the datalink the ability to point the nose becomes basically meaningless and not worth sacrificing other aspects of the platform for ...
      a lesson russians still havent learned yet despite the USSR pioneering concept of HOBS and HMD ...

  • @lasvegastransparencycopwat6705
    @lasvegastransparencycopwat6705 5 місяців тому +17

    I think we made a mistake when it comes to the F23 Black widow ll

  • @rawpraise
    @rawpraise 5 місяців тому +53

    I find it amazing how the Black Widow completely eliminates the Raptor's dominance and fights it on an even keel, even almost outclassing it. Many thanks for this rematch.👍

  • @XTXImperator
    @XTXImperator 5 місяців тому +32

    This is surreal, the mighty Raptor being forced to do Flanker tactics and hide in the mountains and getting its ass kicked in the open.
    What a terrifying machine the YF-23 is man.

  • @TheBluesmon
    @TheBluesmon 5 місяців тому +53

    Northrop Grumman thought that the challenge was to build the absolute best fighter bar none, whereas Lockheed Martin went for a more traditional approach that would be easier to produce.

    • @fadedcrystal4148
      @fadedcrystal4148 5 місяців тому +5

      But during atf, the airforce was not sure about northrop Grumman as everyone knows about what happened during development of b2, so they did not want to mess up a fighter jet which was goin to be serving for many years and take role of a air superiority....

    • @chairmankaga101
      @chairmankaga101 5 місяців тому +10

      And ironically it was still cancelled… for being too hard to produce and maintain.

    • @radicalxg8282
      @radicalxg8282 5 місяців тому +4

      Too overengineered for upkeep it seems, F-22 was the perfect balance between the two

    • @adquinta
      @adquinta 5 місяців тому +18

      More than anything it was politics. Northrop already had the B2 contract. To award them with another contract would’ve hurt Boeing. I grew up in an aerospace town which lived and died on government contracts. That’s how those things go.

    • @sunray501
      @sunray501 5 місяців тому +2

      IMHO, I think USAF wanted thrust vector controls. They prob thought we'll have stealth either way, but wanted to out-acrobat the 4th gens as well. Just my 2 cents

  • @jameshodgins1937
    @jameshodgins1937 5 місяців тому +10

    I'd still like to see you fly the F23.

  • @satcom6
    @satcom6 5 місяців тому +25

    I teared up a bit at that first impact. And then the second also. These planes are too beautiful to be falling out of the sky like that.

  • @donkeyballs3081
    @donkeyballs3081 5 місяців тому +6

    The YF-23 silhouette looks like a flying squirrel

  • @rhodie33
    @rhodie33 5 місяців тому +67

    YF-23 is hands down the most beautiful aircraft I have ever seen.

    • @straitouttahell
      @straitouttahell 5 місяців тому +5

      Agreed. Looks like an alien spaceship.

    • @TheBongReyes
      @TheBongReyes 5 місяців тому +2

      If the ATF competition was solely based on aesthetics, YF-23 would have ran away with the win. It is the best looking “almost” fighter aircraft I’ve seen. I honestly think the USAF had a win-win situation there. Either aircraft would eventually be the dominate platform of today. But only one had to be picked.

    • @Davis2920022001
      @Davis2920022001 5 місяців тому +2

      I'd go with an F14 but yf23 is damn close

    • @CrossWindsPat
      @CrossWindsPat 5 місяців тому

      HANDS DOWN!!! Fucking UFO!!!!

    • @Ilyak1986
      @Ilyak1986 5 місяців тому

      The SR-71 has entered the chat.

  • @TheSanien
    @TheSanien 5 місяців тому +65

    YF23 is the only thing that has anything on a F22. Imagine if the Airforce had both 😳

    • @revolverswitch
      @revolverswitch 5 місяців тому +11

      Now Imagine if the non-selected plane was allowed to be exported to allies like Japan.

    • @CrossWindsPat
      @CrossWindsPat 5 місяців тому +11

      @@revolverswitch they wont do it because they know the YF-23 was better all along lol.

    • @lewiemotorsports3616
      @lewiemotorsports3616 5 місяців тому +3

      A part of me hopes they bring it back, as a 5.5 gen fighter or as a 6th gen.

    • @revolverswitch
      @revolverswitch 5 місяців тому +3

      @@lewiemotorsports3616 like a 5+ to 5++ generation?

    • @lewiemotorsports3616
      @lewiemotorsports3616 5 місяців тому

      @@revolverswitch exactly lol

  • @doncalypso
    @doncalypso 5 місяців тому +6

    @GrowlingSidewinder when are *_YOU_* gonna get in the YF-23 cockpit to demonstrate what she can do?

  • @kyokushinkuma
    @kyokushinkuma 5 місяців тому +4

    I love the YF-23, got to see Grey Ghost back in May, they’re even more beautiful in person.

  • @patrickdavis8271
    @patrickdavis8271 5 місяців тому +8

    Thank you for creating a video of my request GS. Excellent video! It’s nice to see a peer aircraft fight the omnipotent F-22. So many times the Raptor dominates engagements. It’s nice to see the King Raptor being hunted on its terms. 😉👍☺️

  • @EminenceFrontX5
    @EminenceFrontX5 5 місяців тому +111

    It would be good to see teams swap aircraft to really see if it's pilot or aircraft. Also, are there techniques that need to be developed in the F-22 to overcome the widows advantages? Great episode 👏

    • @traviswalker8933
      @traviswalker8933 5 місяців тому +11

      The YF-23 has again the improper avionics in it. Hence why you don't see GS switch to the YF-23.

    • @sunray501
      @sunray501 5 місяців тому +5

      I think the other challenge is finding players who can fly both types well. Not everyone is a UA-camr who does this a lot. A GS+LS collab could work tho.

    • @EminenceFrontX5
      @EminenceFrontX5 5 місяців тому

      @@traviswalker8933 thank you.

    • @EminenceFrontX5
      @EminenceFrontX5 5 місяців тому

      @@sunray501 interesting 🤔

  • @danpatterson8009
    @danpatterson8009 5 місяців тому +13

    I assume the Widow's simulation parameters are educated guesses- it would be interesting to dial down the radar signature in steps and see at what point they become unbeatable.

  • @drummy420
    @drummy420 5 місяців тому +5

    Imagine making something so unbelievably unkillable and also making the only thing that can kill that other thing. Wild.

  • @leenation380
    @leenation380 5 місяців тому +42

    The best matchup for the F-22 and YF-23 in my opinion, the YF-23 “Black Widow” “Grey Ghost” is one of my favorite stealth fighters, next to the F-22 Raptor

  • @kittyhawk3831
    @kittyhawk3831 5 місяців тому +4

    It's always crazy seeing a Raptor bleed! Really makes you wonder how much further a production F-23 could have advanced if it won the ATF contract.

  • @AM-vy2pp
    @AM-vy2pp 5 місяців тому +2

    Thanks for your daily posts @GrowlingSidewinder and Merry Christmas

  • @Overlord1-1
    @Overlord1-1 5 місяців тому +11

    The video a lot of us were waiting for 😌

  • @Mr.ThunderTrooper575
    @Mr.ThunderTrooper575 5 місяців тому +3

    thanks for making awesome videos. I barely miss any vid and I love em

  • @user-sg8eh4qj4c
    @user-sg8eh4qj4c 5 місяців тому +6

    The YF-23 is terrifying.

  • @user-vq8cb8wy5n
    @user-vq8cb8wy5n 5 місяців тому +1

    Oh I love these. Keep up the good work! Hello from Idaho and Merry Christmas 🎅

  • @tippership
    @tippership 5 місяців тому +4

    I loved GS using the mountains Flanker style! It looked like, while he was DEEP in them behind peaks- it DID work, and it also benefited his buddy that avoided a missile while in the Mountain Range!
    It's kinda cool to see how the mountains just throw off Radar and missiles- but you have to be really deep in them, and not on the edge/ the flat area where it's easy to shoot at foes- but you're vulnerable if anyone spots you. GS shoulda stayed deep in them(admittedly they weren't the tallest)- and merged with one or two intentionally lol

  • @herecomesbob3829
    @herecomesbob3829 5 місяців тому +11

    The utter decimation of the f-22 squad has given me even more respect for an aircraft that I already had much respect and love for (granted DCS isn't 100% accurate, but it's tje closest we got and dang is it good! Love your videos man! Keep it up!

  • @justanothernoobe
    @justanothernoobe 5 місяців тому +7

    Love watching your content - it's amazing how much you learn about the strategies. Question: those AWACS seemed to be flying pretty low ... why wouldn't they go higher and try to lure the F23s into range of SAM detection?

  • @StaK_1980
    @StaK_1980 5 місяців тому +2

    Nice to see the YF-23 getting the love that it rightfully deserves!
    Keep producing more of these! 🙂

  • @jeffreyblount1492
    @jeffreyblount1492 5 місяців тому

    This is the best video. Well done. Nice seeing well matched aircraft.

  • @xenowings81
    @xenowings81 5 місяців тому +3

    Been waiting for this 🫶🏻

  • @scottgriggs1490
    @scottgriggs1490 5 місяців тому +1

    I love watching your videos...I am former active duty AirForce (not a pilot) but certainly can take appreciation. You are very good at flying in DCS. Keep doing what you are doing..well done

  • @seanchang1202
    @seanchang1202 5 місяців тому +2

    I still love it last time when the Black Widow sneaked up on and bit you from the back.

  • @stunitech
    @stunitech 5 місяців тому

    The second AWACS kill + ejection. That second dude out hot his ass suntanned by that fireball 😂

  • @jansolo9200
    @jansolo9200 5 місяців тому +3

    I love your stealth fight videos !

  • @HarlequinWolf
    @HarlequinWolf 5 місяців тому

    YES! More YF-23 content. Keep it coming.

  • @PaulyDDownunder
    @PaulyDDownunder 5 місяців тому +4

    I think the Black Widow is still a little bit salty about not being picked.

  • @Flakeytie
    @Flakeytie 5 місяців тому

    Thank you for today's video GS!

  • @Nick-rb1vk
    @Nick-rb1vk 5 місяців тому +9

    You guys already know I see F 22 and I click!

  • @thomasharden2727
    @thomasharden2727 5 місяців тому +1

    I remember watching the PBS special on the 22v23 and the JSF like it was an episode of survivor!

  • @PeterPan-hs5tu
    @PeterPan-hs5tu 5 місяців тому

    first time seeing him walking home biting dust 😂 keep it coming !

  • @campbellwallace3774
    @campbellwallace3774 5 місяців тому +1

    I've been waiting for this!!

  • @danandbaggyshow
    @danandbaggyshow 5 місяців тому

    Thank you and merry Christmas

  • @Owyn305.
    @Owyn305. 5 місяців тому

    I've never seen so many F-22s go down. Great video.

  • @formula1555
    @formula1555 5 місяців тому +5

    I’ll never get sick of the F22 content

    • @Mobius118
      @Mobius118 5 місяців тому +1

      Same. Best jet ever made

    • @Savage_Viking
      @Savage_Viking 4 місяці тому

      Second best jet ever made.

  • @BaconMaker1
    @BaconMaker1 5 місяців тому +3

    I would love to see a guns-only fight between these two aircraft. Maybe you could fly the YF-23 for a change :)

  • @SpamSucker
    @SpamSucker 5 місяців тому +1

    Would love to see some GS WWII Pacific theater stuff. Corsairs, zeroes, etc

  • @iangoodsell
    @iangoodsell 5 місяців тому +13

    4:01 - just how close were you from landing on that hill? I’m guessing less than 10 feet. Happy holidays, GS!

    • @woebringer7884
      @woebringer7884 5 місяців тому +1

      Was thinking maybe 2!

    • @carltanner9065
      @carltanner9065 5 місяців тому +2

      There's a ground squirrel running around with a new haircut!!!😁🤣🤣

    • @kasper_429
      @kasper_429 3 місяці тому

      Yeah, definitely less than 10 feet off the deck. That was a pucker moment for sure, lol.

  • @decoygaming4604
    @decoygaming4604 5 місяців тому +7

    so cool to see the "potential" of the black widow. its crazy that its winning because of the only 2 advantages it has over the raptor. just shows either choice from the program was a good one.

  • @Lee-sti8wrx
    @Lee-sti8wrx 5 місяців тому +3

    Bro, how close were you to hitting the ground? Great save. Man, the YF-23 is insane. Still love my F-22. Great vid dude.

  • @user-xr6bj9ow4r
    @user-xr6bj9ow4r 5 місяців тому +1

    Love your channel great content would love to see you fly the yf23 against against the felon

  • @viktorbihar5384
    @viktorbihar5384 5 місяців тому

    "Feels like you are getting killed by ghosts" is something nobody every thought GS would say while in the F22😂

  • @cjyoung7372
    @cjyoung7372 5 місяців тому +1

    Finally a f22 video worth watching

  • @im2lost
    @im2lost 5 місяців тому +3

    Never have I wanted you to fail but today I did 😂 I'm a big 22 fan but I've always loved the 23s lines

  • @robbabcock_
    @robbabcock_ 5 місяців тому +5

    In some ways this was a challenge between 5th gen vs 5.25 gen!

  • @BrandonChen-sdef123
    @BrandonChen-sdef123 5 місяців тому +4

    It’s rare for you to lose, much less in the f22, much less TWICE

    • @YouTubeIsSeriouslyFucked
      @YouTubeIsSeriouslyFucked 5 місяців тому

      You know you don't need to waste your time and post 6 comments on GS getting demolished by the YF23s

  • @F23GreyGhost
    @F23GreyGhost 5 місяців тому

    I'm loving these YF-23 videos. Keep em coming!

  • @bobr8766
    @bobr8766 5 місяців тому +1

    Great vid! Being more maneuverable is good, but being invisible is better. Now if the USAF had both the Raptor and the Black Widow, they might be a great team!

  • @DGG.85
    @DGG.85 5 місяців тому +1

    I think a Le Mans fight would be pretty cool, like from start up on the ramp or maybe just hot on the ramp, take off then fight, basically start from a 0 energy state

  • @guyray1504
    @guyray1504 5 місяців тому +1

    I'm telling you from experience it's no fun picking up parts of top secret planes in that high desert. Stationed at TTR Jul 1982- Dec 1988.

  • @carltanner9065
    @carltanner9065 5 місяців тому +2

    Actually, the F22 was only marginally more maneuverable than the YF23 in the official reporting of the fly off between the two aircraft. So, if the YF23 had've also gone into production there may not have been much difference when it came to dogfighting combat between the two. Technically, the F22 would've won more of the encounters but that also boils down to the skill of the pilots. But, if it was a BVR fight, the F22 would find itself in hot water. And, if it tried to run away, the F23 would've been more than capable of running it down due to its superior speed and acceleration.

    • @Asghaad
      @Asghaad 5 місяців тому

      and endurance between the prototypes the 23 had higher supercruising speed and more overall range
      it was better plane in basically every aspect that mattered and its CRTIMINAL that the inferior platform was chosen instead due to backroom politicking and "looks" ...

  • @ranki1392
    @ranki1392 5 місяців тому +1

    Merry Christmas GS

  • @shawnoconnor9692
    @shawnoconnor9692 5 місяців тому

    Been waiting for this

  • @WindwolfBlog
    @WindwolfBlog 5 місяців тому +1

    widow looks like some kind of space superiority plane.

  • @shwetankshukla9390
    @shwetankshukla9390 5 місяців тому

    You should definately do a large scale battle with all Modernised Foxtrot/Fighter series vs all Flanker series,J-20 etc.

  • @EddieClark
    @EddieClark 5 місяців тому +1

    I would love to see this from the cockpit of the YF-23

  • @MrTiti
    @MrTiti 5 місяців тому

    that single guy surviving AWACS crash with broken legs 5:22

  • @tinkertalksguns7289
    @tinkertalksguns7289 5 місяців тому +2

    Pretty much what I expected; in a BVR fight with both sides having comparable avionics and the same missile the advantage goes to the stealthier platform. Still, it was a near-run thing.

  • @m.searay4629
    @m.searay4629 5 місяців тому +1

    The bright side....the F-22 ejection system works good! 😆The machine can be replace but the pilot cannot.

  • @MadChad1640
    @MadChad1640 5 місяців тому +1

    I love seeing pilot skills being a factor again while flying an F-22.

  • @chrisrinchich9260
    @chrisrinchich9260 5 місяців тому

    They had the high ground to start every time too. Just raining amrams.

  • @cloudforest4087
    @cloudforest4087 5 місяців тому

    This was a cool matchup.

  • @kswas2784
    @kswas2784 5 місяців тому

    Good fun! How about A-10 vs F-35 CAS competition?

  • @No1harris_98
    @No1harris_98 5 місяців тому

    I’d love to see more EF typhoon (RAF) and flanker videos.

  • @aaronliddell4280
    @aaronliddell4280 5 місяців тому +1

    At the 4:00 mark you were insanely close to hitting the ground!

  • @joshuasikora4308
    @joshuasikora4308 4 місяці тому

    Would love to see a guns only 1v1 between the two

  • @leonswan6733
    @leonswan6733 5 місяців тому +2

    I will continue to say it. I am cool with the USAF going with the F-22. But... If I were the president of the USA or secretary of defense in the year 1990, I would have ordered the secritery of the U.S. Navy to order a Naval YF-23 prototype with F-14 landing gear and a stealth door covering hook and try to get folding mid spand section wings for carrier ops Traps and Cats to evaluate the fesability of a carrier operating F-23 fleet to replace the F-14s when they retire.
    Get aircraft carrier tactical " CAG " fighter pilots on naval systems requierments to that YF-23 prototypes, and if it all checks out, Take it to Congress to order the 200 or so F-23s to replace the F-14s when they retired in 2006.
    Yes, they take up more deck space than an F-35C, which only became CAG operational, like 2020. I dont care!!! I want Naval F-23s !!!!! This would have justified having both these awesome ACFT in the USA arsenal.

  • @MiG-31893
    @MiG-31893 5 місяців тому

    Nice! I have been waiting for this for a long time!
    Also first time I’ve commented first on anything

  • @MrHappygolfer
    @MrHappygolfer 5 місяців тому

    LOL!! Loved it. . . Weealcome to the paarty COMRAD!!!@🤣🤣

  • @Matthew-cg7fh
    @Matthew-cg7fh 5 місяців тому

    Would love to see the YF 23 versus the F-15 Eagle dog fight next

  • @SwordFighterPKN
    @SwordFighterPKN 5 місяців тому +7

    As a fan of the YF-23 i giggle a bit when a F-22 goes down.

  • @doctormosfet
    @doctormosfet 5 місяців тому +1

    It would be awesome to see the YF23 in a dogfight against various flankers...

  • @timgilbert460
    @timgilbert460 5 місяців тому

    THAT was fun!!!