Latest DCS patch notes for the Mirage 2000: Updated G-strain to be more French.

At 9G, the Frenchman experienced what it's like to weigh the same amount as the average American.

I'd cry too.

“This is the Frenchy-est g-strain I’ve ever heard.” 😂😂

FYI. The last disclaimer in french in the video says it all. “Beware, this video doesn’t demonstrate the superiority of the rafale over the the F22 in any way. We don’t know the rules of engagement, and what led to this situation. It only demonstrate that the rafale is a capable aircraft compared to most modern aircraft in dogfight “. No comment on the garbage article though...
great video as usual. :)

F22 : “You can't beat me!“
Rafale : “Hold my baguette... “

The national interest online literally posts this article on f-22 vs rafale once a month and has for years. Whoever the writer/editor is for that site is a complete tool.

Did Gonky just climb out of an F-18??  Because he has some wicked helmet head!!!

That article at the start reads like high-school newspaper level writing

I loved the t-38 kill at the beginning. Using the car analogy anyone who's been at a drag strip on any weekend you see some the best built, best running, cars getting owned by the dude who built a junkyard Foxbody in his garage because he's having the night of his life

Funnily, the Rafal pilot always spoke in English, but his accent is so strong that Mover thought he was speaking French. 😊

Obviously, that French pilot slept in a Holiday Inn Express the night before.  Don't laugh, take any edge you can get.

In summary: "Oh yeah? Well MY dad could beat up YOUR dad!"

Love this breakdown. I have a close friend who was a F-15c driver and flew chase for the Raptors during the testing. He would be the first to say the F-22 was a better airplane, but so much depends on the pilot and how the aircraft is handled. 2009 the aircraft was still new and the way to fight the plane has evolved a lot since then. Plus we don't know the details of this pilot.

"Say hello Gonky!"

"Hello Gonky!"

I like this fella already.😂

GONKY always has the tired young dad haircut. Love it. :D

Glad I survive the French (funny) bashing! :D
Very cool video, very interesting to have a murican PoV of this, as in France on forums and Facebook it is a video i saw too many times with some stupid cocky comments (the propaganda is doing its job right). And i am glad you say the same things as me, basically : it freakin DEPENDS.
By the way we have a former Navy Rafale pilot that have a YouTube Chanel (ATE chuet), and he speaks English (amazing) . Would be very cool to see you both discussing about this video and situation, he could probably answer about the few questions you have. Ah, and he is also playing DCS. Just sayin! ;)

Here I am, a little Frenchy glider pilot, paying respect to American and French fighter pilots ! Thanks for keeping our skies safe, hope these trainings can strengthen us together !

I remember Até's analysis of this fight (and being a bit more agressive on the French pilot for not calling all the fox-2 kills he could have done).
For him, it looked like the F-22 pilot was simulating worse piloting skills to test the rafale, which was a new airplane in 2009.
The ultimate conclusion was the same though : the pilot is the most limiting factor in air to air combat, moreso with latest generation airplanes limited to 9G-ish turns to avoid having somme goo instead of a pilot on the seat.
(by the way, the 1990's variant, the rafale A, was a mirage 2000 with two F/A-18 engines and a new looking silhouette with nice curves... A proof of concept for a joint European fighter program which became the eurofighter, program later abandonned by France as they whished to have only one aircraft type in their entire fleet with a variant capable to land on a carrier)

Mig-23s were bagging new mig-29 pilots when they were introducing them in the soviet airforce, so it is not surprising to see raptors losing from time to time.

chuck "yeager" got this video demonetised.  unbelievable!