Thanks for the link

Very good fighter jet. It was tested and successful in baloon war. I think its fully ready for further combat.

Can internationals outside the USA apply?

​@@chisomfrancisalisigwe9806I believe you have to be a US citizen or have green card at least

I'm trying to get in 2025, and this blueprint has helped SO MUCH! Thank you Sam and wish me luck!

That’s an awesome sponsor

Fr, but who can just afford a missile? Those things are like at least 50K.

This will be great if we buy a missile membership for a month😂

this contrast is super funny for no reason

@@ahmadnurfauzan3937 let’s start a go fund me

wasn't the third shot down by an F16?

@@annadashawnabrownxixirxirs8419 the 4th was

Fax😂

@@annadashawnabrownxixirxirs8419 the F-16 Missed it’s Shot so it had to Do it again

Most feared and deadly fighter jet with 3 confirmed Kills👍

Just like any other fighter made in the 2000s era. But for your information, the f22 was used in air to ground combat once

​@@Joshua-by4dc assuming you mean air to air combat because otherwise they surely were in combat

Lmaoooooo

Then who helped kill Megatron ? 😮

"THE MOST LETHAL!!!!" - yeah, it was proved by army who war only against goat keepers in sandals. 😂😂😂

Exactly, bro! That is why I am currently taking classes at flight school to get my private pilot license. I just graduated with a computer science degree and had a sudden urge to transition my career into Air Force after I was underwhelmed with the daily life cycle at the office.

​@@karlphilippalses3272why did you tell us your life story? Go out and get a real friend buddy

@@Burningarrow7 I am so sorry you felt that way. I don't know if you're being an a-hole or not but it is not about me having a real friend or not. I just wanted to change careers that's all.

Does anyone know what that patch means at 3:52 ? Why is the UK flag on it?

@@mombuble That's the flag of hawaii.

YF 22 was first flown in 1990

The F35 program started in 2001, and all the way back then it looked like the F22. Also they were both developed and manufactured by Lockheed. So it's really not surprising they look similar.

​@@cmbara102 I know it started then but although the raptor was 'released' in 2005, the earliest f35 was released 20 years later. The raptor was first flown in 1997, how many years of research do you think it took Lockheed to perfect the airframe? So you're saying that the f35 looks like a raptor because it did at the beginning of the program in 2001 really helps your argument? The f35 is using a similar 'looking' airframe because the f22 conceived in the early 80s, was and is the pinnacle of fighter aircraft design, not because the f35 looked 'like an f22 in 2001'

@@UnknownUser-ni9iz gold star for you. YF was a prototype, developed to give the USAF an idea of which airframe/developer to give the contract to to build the airplanes. TLDR; YF-22 isn't an F-22 because there's a big capital Y in front of the F! If you want to learn what the Y means go learn what it is before thinking you know everything.

@@n1msu I know what Y is. And I know that the F22 and YF 22 are not the same aircraft. My point was that the YF 22 and F22 had the same basic features. The F22 is based on the YF 22

My former boss 😉

@@SamEckholm I was kinda disappointed you didn’t get to talk to him in this video.. talking about that aspect as well as the tactical would’ve made this even more amazing

It also uses tech developed in the 80s. So now imagine what's around the corner

Once they started making monobodied airframes, back when they were playing with it testing the bird of prey. They made huge advances making the ngad it's going to be so efficient and strong it'll be pretty remarkable

"THE MOST LETHAL!!!!" - yeah, it was proved by army who war only against goat keepers in sandals. 😂😂😂

Those goat keepers in sandals were once flying aeroplanes in newyork😂 ​@@mihael1251

@@mihael1251F-22 wasn’t used in Afghanistan. Also Russia lost against the Afghans, so did India and Britain.

The real hypocrisy lies in the attempts of the United States to impose its rules on the whole world, but those days are over, and Washington will have to get used to the new order.Iraq, Libya, countless South American states, Afghanistan, Syria, suffered from the United States. And all these countries do not want to communicate with the United States, because they consider the United States an aggressor country! The USA is creatures, idiots, drug addicts, gays and a country of liars, liars, pinocchio,;

The first and so far only time I visited Hawaii I had just arrived at a car rental facility just outside the airport. Right as I was done packing, in the corner of my eye, I spot four Raptors in a right echelon starting to peel away from the formation until the last one in line broke directly over the facility. Unforgettable. Was the perfect start to my stay.

That’s so cool!

Hawaii is absolutely beautiful friend 😀👍

Oahu gang represent ✊

@@SamEckholmin your opinion what is your favourite fighter jet? The f-22 raptor or the f-35, and why do you prefer it more than the other? Wich is better in your opinion and why?

F 22 performs well 🤔 ? It seemed that it failed to hit the China balloon that was 3 times the size of a bus in the first try. So much for the propaganda 😔.

@@chuapg1518 source?

@@asmrtv2566 News from USA. The balloon incident was once all over the globe.

@@chuapg1518 I know there was a balloon incident. [It seemed that it failed to hit the China balloon that was 3 times the size of a bus in the first try.] I meant this part.

@@asmrtv2566 As I told you before, news from USA. If you're interested, you could search through their networks.

That is what I was wondering the amount of paper work needed to access these jets

I’m pretty sure I saw in a Boeing video that he is assigned by the military as a media guy for the raptor specifically! Which also gets him access with other aircraft. I was like huh this guy looks familiar

When I was out in Tucson, Arizona during one of the big air shows they had a Raptor there for people to walk around and get pictures with. The only differences I can remember from what the public got access to in terms of closeness to the aircraft, and what the video showed was the weapons bays and cockpit. Both were closed at the air show and there was an armed active duty Airman patrolling around the Airframe itself. It was roped off so you could only get about 10 feet or so from it.

I’m almost positive he used to fly F-22s right?

@@HashMaster1776 Not a pilot. He was a PR/media guy with the Raptor demo team.

It's by far the loudest aircraft i've ever heard. Pretty incredible, has a ton of presence during shows.

loud doesnt mean it's good.

@@claus1225 It's loud because it's got a lot of power. That power allows it to super cruise and sprint to over mach 2. That power also makes it more maneuverable thanks to the thrust vectoring.

@@claus1225 in some cases yes, yes it dose

Great aircraft! wish the uk had some, but the f35 is great. wonder if you could look into the hawkeye? my favourite US navy aircraft alongside the greyhound

@@declantaylor7564 US won't ever export it! NEVER

This one is amazing! Well done Sam

Jaw dropping!

This is soooooo cooooooooool!!!

Negative. Normal visor in there, you’re thinking of the F-35 helmets 🤙

@@theadeebster f22 and the f35 have that why would an air dominance fighter not be able to use the 360 sensors to defend itself

Indeed, That green glass / screen on the plane was shown only when the focus was blurry, as soon as it was adjusted the scren was covered up whit a red cloth . Obviously they did it for secret reasons , especially right now with China poping out

@@jtl05 The F-22 does not have that. It first flew in 1997 and those features weren't available then (and haven't been retrofitted since). Only the F-35, which is a much newer aircraft, has that.

I live in downtown Honolulu within few miles from Hickam Air Force base, and so get to see and hear these planes take off on a regular basis. When you see them go vertical like they do at the end of the video, it is a spectacular and breathtaking sight, and the sound they make can be heard resounding throughout the city, even from miles and miles away!

that the US has- no where even close to the SU or MiGs now. try again groomer

​@@gabaghoul23 lmao ok but if the su 57 has 3d thrust vectoring that doesn't help against bvr fights nobody dogfights anymore due to stealth which the 57 doesn't have

​@@imoqtz3332Are there any Su 57 in service?

@@srinivarma1320 theres only around 9 but only about 5 are operational and russia cant afford to lose any

The real hypocrisy lies in the attempts of the United States to impose its rules on the whole world, but those days are over, and Washington will have to get used to the new order.Iraq, Libya, countless South American states, Afghanistan, Syria, suffered from the United States. And all these countries do not want to communicate with the United States, because they consider the United States an aggressor country! The USA is creatures, idiots, drug addicts, gays and a country of liars, liars, pinocchio,)

Apache is coming soon! Welcome to the squad :)

@@SamEckholm Thank you for the welcome Sam and looking forward. 😎

There’s always this one idiot comparing the raptor to fat Amy

Exactly right, it's the only way to squeeze the last bit of stealth into the airframe. Used alone on a conventional airframe, it would make a measurable difference, but the difference in detection range is proportional to the 4th root of the RCS, so it's not even worth it. On the F-22 (or F-35 or F-117), which has a shape that provides the stealth, the coating is more worthwhile. The same goes for internal weapon bays. Those would help the RCS of any fighter, but it's not worth the effort, while on a stealth plane, they are absolutely necessary. One anecdote from F-22 development is that a "naked" (no stealth coating, just paint primer, except inside the intake ducts, which is critical) F-22, on its first fight ever, took on four F-15s that were equipped with more advanced radars than other F-15s had at the time, and scored four simulated kills before the F-15s could detect it. Three of the kills were BVR, and the last one took place WVR--the F-15 spotted the F-22 visually, but his radar showed nothing, and then he "died" from a simulated AMRAAM launch. So anyone worrying about the F-22 not being stealthy enough when its coating looks worn because it has been refreshed in a while can rest assured that it is very stealthy even without the coating at all. The only place where the RAM coating is necessary and has to be better maintained is inside the intake ducts, which can't be made stealthy. Instead, they are designed with a geometry that ensures that all radar signals bounce off the coating multiple times--enough times to essentially make the signal so weak that the F-22 maintains its stealth. One bounce isn't nearly enough, but multiple will do the trick. The biggest contributors, by far, to the F-22's (or F-35's) RCS are its pitot tubes on the low sides of its nose. Lockheed tried to get rid of those, but the flush sensors they tried never worked well enough. Most people don't even notice the pitot tubes, so yeah, the F-22's RCS is pretty small.

well, a F35 has a lower RCS and better stealth. but that's expected with progressing of technology. as it stands now, a F35 will eat F22's all day long like taking candy from a baby. But, the f22 at introduction time was 2nd to none. Now? Well, it has high performance (kinetic energy), but the f22 does not stand a chance against F35's flying.

The real hypocrisy lies in the attempts of the United States to impose its rules on the whole world, but those days are over, and Washington will have to get used to the new order.Iraq, Libya, countless South American states, Afghanistan, Syria, suffered from the United States. And all these countries do not want to communicate with the United States, because they consider the United States an aggressor country! The USA is creatures, idiots, drug addicts, gays and a country of liars, liars, pinocchio,:

Yea I’m guessing they can’t speak on everything

I learned about how stealth works from a channel called Messier82AC. He designs planes in a sim that calculates stealth but has yet to implement RAM so he has to rely solely on shaping

Shhhh you’re telling national defense secrets on the internet

I'm an F-14 guy, but the F-22 is still awesome to look at and watch fly.

i dont understand why people like the A10, it is a terrible platform. the only outstanding metric about it is how many times it was involved in blue on blue incidents. save the MIC, don't trust any reformer.

I like the F-22

YF-23 is actually preferable (imho)

Brrrrrt

Thanks so much!

I live about 20 miles north of a base where over 30 are stationed. I hear and see them coming and going. The last few weeks there was a big training exercise with about 150 military planes. It’s been busy day and night until today.

Thank you so much 😀

Germany doesn't have these?

F 22 planes are not for export because of super high price tag. No US allies are rich enough to buy a lot.

@@chuapg1518 There is a law passed by Congress that forbids foreign sales of the F-22 anyway--to anyone, including allies. Similarly, the depleted uranium armor on the M1A2 Abrams main battle tank is never sold to any other country. Even the most advanced exported Abrams have an older, less protective version of the armor (the M1A2s being prepared for Ukraine as we speak are being stripped of their depleted uranium armor). I guess if for some unforeseen reason the US military finds themselves going up against F-35s or foreign M1A2s, they need something that can kill them at better than parity. Contrary to popular belief, the export F-35 is not compromised, but the F-22 has similar stealth plus superior kinematics, agility, and air-to-air missile loadout, just in case.

@@chuapg1518 The Japanese are, and did inquire about it at one point. They wanted more of a multirole variant, though, and of course they wanted industrial participation, but then they nixed the project well before it got started. Maybe it was the cost, but they sure paid a handsome premium to make their own heavier version of the F-16 (the Mitsubishi F-2) previously, so they've got deep pockets and the incentive to spend on the best equipment, given their proximity to China and North Korea. Israel were also interested for a while, but then Congress went ahead and forbade exporting the F-22 or any variant thereof.

@@chuapg1518 Absolutely Not, countries would pay trillion to own a couple fleets of these It's not for export because it ensures US-Air-Dominance In any situation against any nation In any circumstance Irregardless of what aircraft you have (Nato member, or Chinese or Russian tech) the F-22 Is uncontested In terms of air superiority a hand full of these birds ensure complete air dominance (Which is basically the core objective of winning a war)

Word is, is that it sorta jams the sensors and radar of its missiles as well. Enemy doesnt even know its locked on to until a missile already in the air

For your question about the balloons, the aim 9x has a thermal imaging seeker (think night vision or thermal camera) that allows it to make out shapes even if they don’t have that much of a heat signature, compared to older missiles that just had a heat seeker that could detect very hot objects. The ballon also stands out against the sky because of the heat that it reflects from the sun.

I can only imagine, we just switched from F16s to F35s and their sound is also very different. Wish I could see it, and hear it in real life, grtz from Belgium.

@@Bluelagoonstudios Hey my friend, hopefully you do at an air show soon! Much love from the USA! Stary safe!

@@quinnleonard1298 Thank you! Apparently, I spend too much time learning aircraft stuff and not about updated arms for them! I guess I have some homework to do friend! Be well -Phantom

@@quinnleonard1298 Really, was the balloon not at 60.000ft ? I've HALO'd from 30.000ft and I can tell you it's not fkn warm up there at 5miles let alone 10

Imagine the airshow's at 4:20 too

*Three* unmanned balloons, actually. One over South Carolina, one over Alaska, and one over Yukon (Canada). An F-16 got the fourth balloon over Lake Huron. And they were all harder to shoot down in some ways than another plane would have been.

@@rbrtck Very impressive.

@@notarmchairhistorian7779 There is otherwise no reason for the aircraft to engage anything else and no one really has anything dangerous enough besides china or the EU that would warrant the necessity of the 22.. Sadly the 22 will probably not see the light of day in anything more frisky of course there was other classified and not public knowledge instances of the 22 shooting down other things and not just the balloons. The j20 is the only thing that is somewhat concerning of an aircraft not because its stealthy..well its more stealthy than the SU-57 but it's not stealthy to a 35 or 22 not even close but it actually functions has upgraded systems consistently and has a sizeable force of aircraft. Otherwise it would be some gen 4s.. but outside of really just America the 22 and 35 don't exist on radar systems when they reflectors off and everything ready to go unlike combat exercises which have many restrictions. NGAD is being tested against the 22 and has to surpass the 22 in capabilities with the upgrades that the 35 has for the electronics package and so forth. Even the 35 being sent to allies its heavily restricted on access and basically to even fly it requires America's authority or I think one other country which is the UK who also has access as a secondary and thats it. Otherwise as I said before there's not really anything that the 22 needs to combat.. the F16EXs the 35 for the electronic suite are all that's needed and are much cheaper to field than a 22.

I appreciate that! And oh wow, the AC7 promotion was a good time :)

It's such a pinnacle, it has whole 1 baloon of confirmed kills

@@Scheiseposter 3*

@@Scheiseposter and three iraqui migs 29 were destroyed by this beast😌🔥🇺🇸💪🏻

@@newlevelgamer5879 source?

@@Scheiseposter Iraqui war

Appreciate it!

What hate? I've never heard that for the Raptor..

@@matthoward598 Oh my gosh, there was SOOO much hate for the Raptor when I was growing up. People called it too expensive, an ineffective waste of time, and so on.

@@justalpha9138 wow. I've only heard that for the 35. 1.7 trillion? How much was the 22.?

@@justalpha9138 also, 22 is still my favorite! 35 is cool. But man. Raptor. I'll never forget the first time I saw it in person!

@@matthoward598 I can't remember, but it was a lot. People would slander on it for being a "massive waste of the defense budget". Or at least, that's what I remember.

That was the 35

He's where he belongs.