Real Fighter Pilot Dogfights Iran's F-5 in Combat Sim | Part 3

About this video

Max demonstrates a simulated dogfight scenario where he flies an F-15C against six Iranian F-5 aircraft. He describes the challenges of using the radar’s track-while-scan mode to engage multiple closely-grouped targets simultaneously and launches several AIM-120C missiles. Max recounts that after destroying at least one enemy aircraft, he is hit by another F-5, suffers engine fire and system failures, and ejects from the damaged F-15C.

Key takeaways

• Max explains that track-while-scan (TWS) radar mode is preferable for engaging multiple targets simultaneously, though single-target tracking is not effective in multi-bogey scenarios
• Max describes the difficulty of maintaining radar locks when enemy aircraft are flying in tight formations, as the radar struggles to distinguish individual targets
• Max recounts being hit by an enemy aircraft during the engagement, resulting in engine fire, hydraulic failure, and radar malfunction, forcing him to eject

Episode details: published May 7, 2024 · 4.8K views · 5:15 long. Summary written by Self Growth Videos from the episode itself. The analysis and commentary described are Max Afterburner’s, attributed to him — his channel includes hypothetical-scenario and news-react content, which is presented as his analysis, not established fact.

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