British Guy Reacts to Why the F-22 Raptor will make you Dead 

There's a story about about 2 f22 and 4 f16 playing a hide and seek training mission in Alaska. The 16 were tasked to find and engage the 22s. While hunting the 22s, having trouble finding them the 22s came up from behind and below, followed them around then asked them on the radio what they were looking for, startling the f16s.

I have a friend who recently retired as an F-15 pilot. He flew against the F-22 when it was first coming on line. He told me that going in to the first exercise, many of them (who flew the most dominant fighter in the world to that point) thought the new jet was over hyped, and probably not as good as claimed and expected to at least hold their own against it. 12 Eagles went up against 5 Raptors - none of them even got off a shot before being downed. He had NEVER seen anything like that.

He needs to look up the story of this jet intercepting Iranian jets trying to shoot down a drone. The pilot flew under the Iranian aircraft and checked out their loadout before getting on the radio and telling them to go home.

I love watching Brits watch our military planes in the USA. You guys get so excited. It's fun watching you guys.

At an air show a few years back I had a chance to see an F-22 Raptor: All I can say is Oh. My. God. I have never seen a plane fly like that before - it's actually almost surreal. It can maneuver in such peculiar ways that you cannot imagine how it still stays up in the air. I remember seeing it and just being in complete awe, and saying to my partner, "if I were the enemy and that plane came up on my radar, I would slow down to just above a stall, and rock my wings back and forth - in other words, surrender immediately". Of course that's if the Raptor pilot let me live that long!

There's a short video out there you should check out on your own when you got some time. It was back when F-15 was considered the best in the world and F-22 just hit the scene. There was a lot of Skeptics that the F22 was as capable as claimed, and a lot of people were convinced that the F-15 was still Superior. So they set up a test and did a mock battle 1 F-22 versus 5 F-15 at the same time, and the F-22 made short work of all five of them without a single one of them never even seeing where the F-22 was killing them from. They couldn't get a weapons lock because they couldn't find it on the radar and they couldn't find it with their eyes. That was enough to shut the Skeptics up.

We live about 30 miles from a joint Air/Army base that has F-22s. They come out our way when they train. The roar as they go overhead is amazing.

Had to subscribe. Your respect for our US Air Force is incredible. I was stationed at RAF Mildenhall back in the early 90’s and I enjoyed my time with my British brothers and sisters. Always allied , always faithful.

Make no mistake, the F-22 can track enemy fighters 200 mile away with missiles that kill 30 miles away. I've heard the AIM 120D can actually cover 57nm if the radar lock is good. The F-22 can simultaneously track 3 enemy jets, fire 120D at them 50 miles away, and be heading back to home base before the other jets explode.

Mark 5:23. "Life Insurance Policy"? After kissing, that's the other time that you don't mind "getting LIP service", or "getting LIP"! 😅😂

We get to see a military air show here every September and these aircraft are so very impressive. Seeing them on film is one thing, having them fly past with those engines on full blast is an experience not to be missed! The maneuvers they use for a show are impressive, what they can do in battle must be so much more!

When my daughter was stationed at Nellis Air Force Base, I used to go down there and sit in her backyard and watch them fly maneuvers overhead it was really amazing such cool aircraft.

Our Air Force has “The Thunderbirds” which is like the Navy’s version of The Blue Angels.

Listened to a podcast about the F-22. The pilot being interviewed said that the biggest hurdle to getting helmet integrated sights/que was two things budget and room in the cockpit. The larger helmet required for the advanced optics/sighting system is still bulky and hits the canopy. Just won’t fit, in it’s present state of technology.

I'm not a pilot, but I was always impressed with the "vectored thrust", and what I assume it does for maneuverability.

There's a story of a f-22 intercepting a Iranian f4 phantom the f4 pilot had no clue the f-22 was thier the f-22 flew up under the f4 and looked at the weapons he was carrying then the f-22 pulled up along side the f4 and the f-22 pilot radioed the Iranian pilot and told him to go home

saw one at air show few years back, sounds like the space shuttle. just watched in awe.

should definitely check out any of the f22 demo vids, and not sure if you've seen it but i would suggest "L.A. speed story" from sr71 pilot Brian Shul.

R/D for this aircraft was started back in the 90' Fun Fact: The F-22 has a top speed of Mach 2.2 & cruises at Mach 1.6 with it's "super cruse" ability. That's when the aircraft can "cruse" at supersonic speeds without afterburners. Cost per: &412M Weight: 43,430 lbs This breakdown barely scratches the surface of the F-22s abilities. It's flyby wire system controls everything through a side mount "joystick". When developing this, the stick didn't actually move. It detected the pressure the pilot exerted on it. It was found, a stick like that is so unlike other aircraft, pilot training & hard to become accustom to it became detrimental & they modified it to move a little. FBW system relies on electricity, no power, no controls. Electrical power is so important, it runs power of engines & 3 backup APUs. The computers control everything & are programed to know what it's doing relative to control inputs & stage of flight. It won't break itself if the pilot is trying to do something the plane can't but it will do it's best to execute the commands the pilot is requesting. The 2 vertical stabilizers are independent, same as elevators. They aren't locked together. Air brakes would give a radar return if used, so the computers aim both in on each other, essentially making a huge amount of drag to slow, if needed. It does have the helmet clear view helmets. Where the pilot, when system on, can see surroundings as if they weren't in an airplane. The main wings can change shape, by front slats & rear flaps, as per flight needs also. If you ever see one flying straight & the flight surfaces are moving, that's not the pilot, that's the computer compensating for external forces. Like think if you had a car that knew the road ahead & adjusted for a pot hole. You hit a huge hole doing 75 mph, you never knew you did. 100% glass cockpit. The pilot never needs to take hands of the stick (right) & throttle/ electronics (left) to do anything. Not like one would ever need to use it but the ejection seats are calibrated to the person. Now with all this added info, it could be a scratch, only surface level though. Easy to buff out. Pilots who use it say, It's the closest to video game without being real.

Yes they help helmets have been added with the sites to the raptor making it even more deadly

One of my son-in-laws is an aeronautical engineer who works at Lockheed Martin on this beast of a plane, among others. Been there for years. He designs wiring systems. They have to be updated every time someone decides to tweek anything. One of his jobs is going through every electrical wire and connection in a quality control setting. Pressure much?

1.4K Thumbs Up + Mine! 👍 Thanks for the fun, digital video recording! 🎬. ✌️😎🖖 I was going to ask where your wife was, but then I noticed that you too are a, "British Guy", when you're solo, while with her you're a, "British Couple". But I found this video because of, "British Couple"! Well, this is a belated viewing, so the speculation is rather moot by now. However, if you want to see fighter jet combat in movies, I recommend, in random order: "Firefox", "Blue Thunder", "The Final Countdown", "Top Gun", "Top Gun: Maverick", "Independence Day", "Jet Pilot", "Godzilla", "Hulk", "Stealth", and so much more! 😎

The F-15C, F-15E & F-15EX are still the most "numerous dominating" fighter jets in the world. Not a single F-15 has been killed by another plane. They alone can sweep the skies clear of all enemy fighters.

What’s crazy is the F-22 is kind of old news hahaha. Still a beautiful bird

Raptor is a prefect name for it.

Interesting! I love that, sneak up behind and use a gun rather than a missile. lol I have a friend that has something to do with the electronics on air force aircraft. Not sure what, I don’t ask questions. My cousin’s dad helped develop stealth tech on the SR-71 Blackbird and F-17 Nighthawk and wasn’t able to talk about them until it was declassified. I’ve always been interested in the workings of U.S. aircraft but again, I don’t ask questions. lol

If you are impressed with the F-22 Raptor you should check out videos about the retired military plane the SR-71 Blackbird which is impressive aircraft all on its own.

The crazy things that are still crazy about it me are...... The F-35 JSF can't come close, even though it's so much newer. Given it's not meant for that role. The second, we still dont know what all it can do. The pilots are ordered to never show it's full capabilities ate anytime other than a time of war. This way no clear defense can be created against it. This rule is observered with our alies as well as our own forces. Those missle upgrades do two things. The AIM-9x lets the pilot be even more off axis with an enemy while shooting. Imagine a funnel with the little end being at the front of the missle. The big end is where the missle can see a target. Anything outside that funnel, it cant see and wont hit. Now, imagine the big end of the funnel just got bigger with a larger angle. The missle now has a larger field of vision and can see more. The AAMRAMs are more for long range and can work as a fire and forget missle. They are the scarey ones though. Once it breaks comms with the planes radar and goes pitbull (starts using its own radar) it will look for something to hit and they cant stop it. So they have to be really sure of what they are doing. My favorite still holds the best record though. The F-15 is undefeeted in combat. It's got something like a 125 to 0 kill ratio. The F-15 and F-22 are the only aircreaft I know of that can accelerate while going straight up. The F-15 did shoot down a satelite after all. Oh, and the F-22's replacement has already flown aparently.

They also have recently upgraded the Hud it's like f 35 can see through the plane

When he said yeah you got a bad pilot but the plane I got you I'll fix that for you. I was rolling

Budget cuts in the U. S. military? You're adorable! 😂

Great video. If you wan to lookup and learn about another very dominate USAF plane ; lookup the SR-71A BlackBird.

Supposedly they've already got a flyable prototype of a 6th gen fighter. IIRC it's supposed to have autonomous capability, at least eventually. Can't wait until they debut that thing.

Beesley, I'm watching your Gerald R Ford carrier video last night and my Father comes in and asks "What kind of speech impediment does that guy have?" And I said "The British kind." 😆😅🤣

You should check out the F-35. I work on a USAF flight line and had the pleasure of seeing an F-35 doing low altitude flyby maneuvers about a year ago. I see jets every day and haven't ever seen anything quite like that.

I spent many years painting parts of the F-22 most people never see as a Boeing employee. Many other military variants of Boeing aircraft and B-2 Spirit also.

Yes it is the helmet sight is in effect and is the most deadly part of the strike package

The Russian SU’s are absolutely gorgeous. Mad props

something this guy didn't show that they gave in that jet is they can see straight through fuselage with that helmet but they gave that to f 22 and f 35 guys . video Amazing technology in the F-35 pilot helmet

Those helmets he was referring to are Incredibly eye watering expensive. Something you need to think about, the F-22 is one of several of the most advanced aircraft flying, yet these were being developed 20+ years ago. What in the world do you think they currently have in the works, and why is the Gov. all of a sudden releasing tracking images of "UFO's"

The biggest set back in capability for the f22 is the pilot, the f22 can perform maneuvers that would injure or kill its pilots. So it’s limitation is the pilot.

You can't build a house with inferior tools. You can't keep the peace with inferior equipment.

You should do a reaction a the F35. It’s the newest fighter jet. And do a reaction on the SR 72. Son of blackbird. It’s not even done yet. But sounds amazing

My grandpa was a us air force fire fiter.

We have as many f-22s as the UK has combat planes total lol.

The F15 is amazing and this video is acting as if the F22 is all we have !

"Why the F-22 Raptor will make you Dead" more like "Why the F-22 Raptor will make you into blood red mist"

The US has stuff that we could not believe. They don't share the latest planes or etc. Good military don't show the most up to date weapons.

Almost hate to tell him that the F-22 is not sold outside the US. It wont even be sold to our closest allies.

The simulated combat the narrator is talking about is actual aircraft in the skies, but not actually armed, except with a laser targeting system. It's basically a game of advanced 3D air tag, without a real explosion. The simulated international military event is called "Red Flag" and it takes place in military airspace over the southern Nevada desert. The F-22 Raptor has superior aerodynamics and flight control systems, even when compared to the F-35 Strike Eagle, Lockheed's other modern stealth fighter. The F22 may not have the see-through-aircraft helmet visor targeting technology that is in the F35, but the F22 can outmaneuver it and other fighters all day, and is not to be underestimated in both, defensive, and offensive roles.

It’s that the military is switching to combat drones now because it’s a cheaper solution and can fight just as well. It’s taking the idea of dying and simply eliminating it. Because drones are controlled from the ground it’s a heck of a lot easier as no human pilot is actually in the sky. It’s a lot easier to train a joystick handler if you ever played the flight simulator games or flew in call of duty. It’s half the time as you really don’t need so many hours in the sky. Just know where the digital gauges are and it’s exactly like flying just on the ground. We are developing a fighter variant of drone that has a standard armament of a raptor and while it might be slower it’s firepower is exactly the same. No second guessing anymore no loss of life and it keeps going. Although building a drone that can go supersonic is still being developed as the material has to be tough yet flexible enough for the stealth ability and the speed.

Funny thing my dad work on the old f22 in the cold war in England at raf lake health for 10 years before scrap for the raptor.Then he went to Luke AFB for new f 116 retired before the f 35 went to Luke AFB. A training polit base

It's the AIM 120 AMRAAM ( Advanced Medium Range Air to Air Missiles) not AIM 12

I have read somewhere that they don't allow the F-22 Pilots to fly a certain way in red flag training. It could give away some things about the F-22 the government doesn't want anybody to know. When the pilots get back from training with all of our allies they have to be kind of retrained how to fly the plane.

Haha. There have been no budget cuts due to Covid. The latest Military budget is 750 billion dollars. The delay in the helmet is not due to lack of money overall for the Air Force. The issue is that Congress controls how the money is spent. Various projects in the military are higher priorities.

I dont know if they did or didnt integrate the helmet by 2020 but if they didnt, covid would not have been a factor. Something like that would most likely not affect our military budget by much. The "hits" would be taken in other bugetary areas.

Being a member of the elite group who pilots the Raptor must be an experience.

The F-22 is the only aircraft in the U.S. inventory that, by law, cannot be sold to any other country.

The single greatest fighter ever created

I don't know one thing about this technology. Its like they speaking a forging language. But man oh man this is so impressive. Totally awesome. Before long America will have a plane that can chase a UFO down. That would be something. This video is very interesting to watch and far out, even if you don't know what they talking about like me. I hope America will always have better planes then any other country, specially Russia. How do they come up with ideals like that. Super high geniuses with a unbelievable high IQ. I hope that America will always be number one and will be the super power in the world. That no one can beat them. God bless America and keep us in the number one position. This video was so very impressive. I'm glad I watched it.

The Air Force has developed a replacement for the SR-71. It is unmanned and can travel at Mach 7. I think that they are going to call it the SR-72. At Mach 7, it can travel anywhere in the world in 1 hour!

This sounds like it was made before F-35s were operational.

This video far overstates the case for the F-22. Israel, for example, has enjoyed a fair amount of success with the F-35, and the F-15 is still viable. We also have F/A-18 Super Hornet squadrons specializing in missile suppression (the Growler). Granted, the F-22 is an amazing plane, but it's not unbeatable.

You may find it interesting to look at the YF-23 Black Widow II. It is the aircraft that lost head to head against the 5th gen contract to the YF-22 (what is now the Raptor). Only 2 prototypes were ever made and many believe several aspects were superior to the F-22. It is likely the closest anyone will get to a other fully operational 5th gen fighter. The US probably already has started production on 6th gen and is likely already in the research and development stage of 6.5 or 7 gen fifhters. However, rumor has it that Japan is very interested in purchasing what was the YF-23 as a functional stealth aircraft, whose only real world opponent would be the F-22. Is it likely or feasible.... I'm not sure. However, with how aggressive North Korea and China have become in the last 5 years or so, with global interests and military expansion, I wouldn't rule it out for Japan to be looking to bolster is defensive strategy with potentially lethal offensive capable stealth aircraft. I personally like the design of the YF-23 better than the F-22 and only true people with appropriate military clearance know why the contract was awarded to the F-22. Having said that, I'll say that the revenue generated by selling concepts, stealth, materials, weapons, etc.... for the YF-23 to a reliable and true ally of the U.S. is not something the government would completely dismiss as it would be most lucrative. Just a thought. Great reaction. 👍

US Air Force has awarded a $10.8 billion dollar contract to upgrade the Raptors with completion late 2020's. The Raptor will be retired in 2030. It's a exceptionally capable plane. By 2030 it will be replaced with generation 6. One generation 6 one has already been constructed and flown according to the Air Force. Four of eight Air Force front line planes will be retired in 2030 including A-10 Thunderbolts, F22 Raptors and most F15 Eagle variants (one model will be retained) to make room for generation 6. Air Forces drone capability will be also be increased which is in progress now.

You don't want to F**k with this fighting machine > trust me

He says the F22 will take out an enemy before they get close. OK. But the F22 is a dogfighter, and exceeds in that role. Now, the F35 is NOT a dogfighter. It's bread and butter is find the enemy without being found and knock them out before they even know you're there. And it exceeds in that role. Which is the better deal? I say a mix. F35 first, and if they get close by some chance, then the F22.

The F-22 is being retired in the next few years as the 6th gen fighter is produced and pilots are trained.

5:54. That. That right there is what no nation has gotten down better than the US. See how the plane flips over in seconds? That’s called thrust vectoring. The only Russian planes that have thrust vectoring is the SU-37 and the SU-30MKI. The thrust vectoring technology of these two planes does not even come remotely close to that of the F-22. The technology is probably around 10+ years apart…. Still truly ahead of its time. SU-30MKI Cost - $40,000,000 SU-37 Cost - $45,000,000 - $65,000,000 (I’ve seen both of these figures) F-22 Raptor Cost - $200,000,000 - $230,000,000 (I’ve seen both of these figures) The difference in cost is that enormous for a reason….

Unfortunatly the F22 is getting a really retirement, a great channel to react to military stuff and news is Binkov's Battlegrounds, he does news and country vs videos.

For context about these planes. Every American from a baby to elderly have paid 200$ each to fund these planes.

No they have not updated yet the helmet mounted display

Fun Fact: The US Air Force just recently announced the retirement and replacement of the F-22. Hard to believe but they're already thinking about its successor. As new and High Tech the F-22 may seem, its actually approaching 30 years since the first prototype rolled out. And due to the unusual design of the F-22, it doesnt have the freedom to be upgraded and modernized like other older aircraft. So the Air Force knows this Jet will quickly be overtaken by its foreign counterparts. So the next generation of Air Superiority Fighter is already in the works, and the F-22 is scheduled for retirement by 2040.

The reason the F-22 costs so much and less than 200 were made, is because it wasn’t sold to any other allied country. The US paid for all R&D plus production costs. The F-35 was sold to allied countries and therefore the R&D cost was able to be recouped, bringing the production costs down. For fun, check out Growling Sindwinder’s video of an F-22 sneaking up on a Su-27 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-DnUTPwfuJHE.html

My nephew was one of those F-22 pilots/instructor at Langley AFB. He loooves them! He previously was an F-15 Eagle pilot & did 5 tours in Iraq in the F-15...which was his plane of choice of all aircraft across all military branches. I even got to "fly" in a F-15 simulator at his AFB & it was awesome! But he got moved back to Langley when 26 new F-22's rolled off the assembly line. And then he got spoiled...lol. Enjoyed this reaction...thx!

F-22 hard to beat, it is the elite model

The F-22 is a bad bird I've seen them at airshows it is phenomenal what those planes can do I wouldn't want one of them focusing their sights on me because you would be dead before you even heard it

They are currently installing those fancy integrated helmet sights on the 'F-35 so they're probably also installing them on the F- 22. Oh, by the way, those fancy helmets cost in the hundred thousand dollar range, for each one!

They haven’t got the helmet heads up display yet

Loved it.

I "do things" for the Department of the Army. I can tell you that the DoD as a whole has gotten an increase in funding. You can see it for yourself. As far as the Air Force aircraft programs I'm unsure.

Taxpayers pay for our defense. We feel very well protected!

someone explain the difference between this and any UFO conceived of in the 70s.

F22 Raptor and A10 warthog was not meant to be sold domestic to other nations other than America...

From what I understood was the F-22 was a very expensive aircraft and producing more was taken off the table.☹

The F-22 are really cool, but for some reason, I have a soft spot for the F-35s and its variants.

Just like they scrap the a 10 and had to bring her back for desert storm. Want to see good military plane we have the plane grave yard ( mile) of planes in Tuscon az

Check the video @thefatelectrician did on the F22. It’s a short video but he has some great insight on this jet

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The f22 is over 30 years old .imagine what technology the US has now ,which they usually don't acknowledge until at least 20 years after inception or obsolete. 30 years into the future is where the US is now .

Don't worry Britain we can allow your passenger planes to still fly > quickly destroying any threats

nothing stops because of a pandemic in the US DOD. it's all under contract and we work regardless

How did the f22 do at RED FLAG??

Let's do a hypothetical situation > the US puts a no fly zone over the United Kingdom > that's about 10 Raptors

14 minute video, doesn't mention performance or vectored thrust

James, did you know your UK passport actually has more visa power, due to you can receive more visas than an American passport by 9 more countries!

They failed to mention that the 22 is nuclear capable as well

Im all for the F-22 and i think its a beautiful aircraft, "much better looking than the Russian ones btw" but dont dismiss the Russian SU-30's. In a real dogfight we have no idea what to expect if these guys go toe to toe. Ever seen a demonstration of these Sukhois ? pretty much amazing like the F-22's :)

There’s a huge AI interface. Fvck, aI is copilot. How long will that last? 🤔

I prefer the A10 Warthog