If you haven't seen it yet, I made a 10 minute guide to missiles! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rtp8ob2ZnKnTqYk.html

It's wild how large the afterburners are for so a low BR. It also seems like it has good thrust in general.

Sea Vixen at 8.7 with 4x Red Tops go brrrt

this thing is somehow both really strong and really lacking at the same time

Love the old english jets, also the ability to supercruise without afterburners with the Lightning is insane

The Sea Vixen gets the Red Top at way lower BR :P

Lightning F.6 has made a crazy revival recently and I’ve seen a lot of positive video content surrounding the F.6. This is just another thing to add to the list of awesome features this plane has. Solid video.

There is some very interesting documentation about the all aspect capabilities of Red Top available. It’s situational, but definitely more capable than it is currently especially against non afterburning targets.

Very glad I only just recently got the Lightning and now you're balling out with it, love to see it!

This is my first video I've watched from you and well, its good seeing someone review this plane again after so long, and the giveaway sounds sick ^^

When the red top was added back in the day it was great nowadays its a generaly good but not like it once was

Loved playing this plane a couple of years ago, really fallen off since the a10 and other simliar planes were added. great video!

Yea I had a few headon kills with the redtops as well, but i also had a radar-lock doing so. And I sure this thin is faster than the F-104s it faces; at least i could always outrun them at 6000m and below, not sure about the Milan, those things never try to chase anything other than the 1st base drop...

i've been playing war thunder since a long time now, and i didn"t know anything about those red top missiles, that's amazing, nice video btw ;)

Interesting. I used to play the Lightning a bit when it came out but I never really got to like it, will definitely give it a try again now :)

the lightnings look so goofy with the twin engine thing going on at the back

Having missiles that can lock in a head on at 9.3 is crazy! - Great vid Lee :)

Yo been watching for a while keep up the good work

great as always, i have a mate that struggles with this plane and ill be showing him this vid!

Im pretty new to top tier, your vids help a lot, keep up the good work mate!

Quite a helpful video because someone oudplay me with this plane, and since I saw it for the first time I didn't know what to expect :P

The lightning is certainly an interesting aircraft, it's ability to super cruise and the limited all aspect capabilities make it quite interesting at 9.3. Glad to see it's back from the dead since the introduction of premiums like the A-10, SU-25 and A-6E.

It's nice to see some content being made on a overshadowed aircraft.

Your videos are amazing. When i ragequit warthunder i allways chill out watching them

Hi Lee, discovered your channel a longer time ago on a other account and instantly enjoyed ur vids! Keep on doing them!

dude your videos are amazing, keep up the good work!!!

I remember getting an all-aspect shot with the AIM-9E on a Tornado while afterburning, it was a pretty decent range too. He was absolutely livid

Its a good day when Lee posts

As you said this vehicle is really rare to see it may not be meta but its definitly fun to fly. It shows that britain tech tree have some cool and unique vehicles to offer that a lot of players miss out on.

Very under rated, like a few other British 9.3s.

the side aspect game of the red tops is insane as well. can get side locks from like 4 or 5km sometimes

Just found your channel, and I have to say great stuff!

it's always nice to see the lightning getting some love, last plane ever developed entirely domestically

This thing is like the planes I used to draw in school and I love it

I've been inspired to use the Hunter F.58 recently and I am yet to see a Lightning in my matches😂 Bit of a rare bird.

I was thinking of skipping the Lightning and going straight for the tornado but with how the match maker is now and this plains BR it is probably worth playing !!!

I thought for sure these would be MCLOS with the all aspectish title. I'd heard of RedTops but don't really come across them as I play 10.0-10.7 ARB for the most part so it was nice to see what they are.

glad the lightning is getting some recognition now

I love playing Lightning F.6 when I was still grinding the British Tech Tree. one of my favourites

Been really enjoying the lightning lately too tbh

I like your vids. Keep it going!

Gotta say, I love the "how to train your dragon" music at the end, it always gets me

One of the most unique aircrafts in game and looks beautiful

I always give this thing a wide berth when I'm in my 104 just because I know its one of the few things that can match me for speed. Haven't encountered enough of them to know about the pseudo all-aspect nature of the red top though!

The Lightning is legit one of my favourite jet fighters ever made, i think it looks really cool. I'm also kinda sad i never had the chance of buying the premium variant, with its cursed rocket pods, cause i was on a war thunder break then. Also it can supercruise on the deck, which is another cool feature for its BR.

Was going to go for the f104 after my warthunder break, but I may go for the lightning too.

On the Sea vixen the rockets can be used to lead the missile in a head on against a non afterburning target, it's not always reliable but it works quite a lot. I'd assume the same could be done with the Lightning f56 as well

Never realized just how capable that thing could be, especially with the matchmaker being what it is

Fighting Lighting in a Mig15 is kinda frustrating xD. They are faster, have pretty good missiles and, like you said, sometimes can pull some weird maneuver. Like always, very nice video :)

The lighting is really funny looking but has amazing vapabilities at least engine-wise. It's so cool.

I used to hate this thing and did terrible in it but now it's the complete opposite. don't know if it was a skill issue or the new match making is better for it, either way I always love to see a new video from you

big fan of the Lightning. Great video

This is certainly one of the planes of all time.

good video lee, once again. dont spill too many secrets for us lightning users

Nice vid.. makes me want to go back to this rocket of a plane =P

video 4 of congratulating lee on having the best outro music on youtube honestly, the Lightning I think is my favourite 9.0-9.3 plane right now, you have such a performance advantage over almost anything you see, even in a semi-uptier. The MiG-21MF is probably the most difficult thing to deal with cause it will happily sit behind you, but still, solid plane regardless. also funny missiles go brr, i didn't know you could use Red Tops head on also also you should play the Jaguar GR.1A, it has this miraculous ability to point the nose absolutely anywhere you want it to, even if it doesn't turn that well lol. weird sensation, you can have the nose like 30 degrees off to the side but you're still going forwards. very fun once you get used to it. and stupid missile rails on the top of the wings too lol

hmm, might have to revisit the lightning for the funny 'all aspect' head ons

I was kinda sad to miss out on the Lightning F6 when it left the shop. Especially after playing a bit on the Javelin, which also gets the Rat Top. It seems really solid to slap oblivious players, who sit on afterburner the entire game.

nice vid i love te jumpcuts

Out of all my war thunder matches, I have only ever seen 2-3 lightnings. It looks like a very funny aircraft

Definitely one of my most favourite planes

Cool thing about it is that it can reach supercruise at sea level. I really like her, if just the snail hadn't messed up the missiles. Before the last missile rework red tops had a larger range/ longer boost time.

I have the lightning and it's REALLY good when used properly

great video about the red top even though it almost blasted out my eardrums a few seconds into the video

not sure when they'll start modelling aircraft skin temperatures, but the fact that the sea vixen gets 4x of these red tops and sees 7.7 makes me glad for the recent missile drag changes at least

I was thinking about grinding the lightning after this wideo i must do it.

cant wait to grind it out

i remember playing the sea vixen it was so fun with the red tops

I feel like the Lighting was a better plane when it came out a bunch of years ago but it still competes at its br. But as you said, it doesn’t perform well in a full uptier againts all-aspect missles

thing drifts more than i do in assetto corsa and it says a lot

i have only seen this plane in a real game like 1 or 2 times, must be very rare

Like the F104 this is one of those inbetween planes that is in desperate need of BR decompression. When planes do this well in downtiers but suffer this bad in upteirs then you know the BRs are too compressed. Milans, 104s, This, J35 that sorta of bad missile no flares stuff that still faces Korea era jets occasionally.

The fact you killed someone while the tail Was gone was pretty impressive 😂

Seems like a good plane with those double afterburners

I gotta be honest, seein people use the F-6 makes me kinda happy since after the f-53 gota dded amd played to death the F-6 just got left on the curb

very slept on plane

That lightning really zips by in a downtier

Im glad I don't see that often even though its mid, id be that f104 that would take the head-on.

Just started trying to spade this thing, super fun plane.

The Lightning F.6 is one of my favorite aircrafts

Will be funny to try this out later

They defenetly have less range than aim9b, its just that they can be fired from side or even all aspect when range is not as important so it may seem quite simmilar.

That plane is cool, makes me wanna research britain after I'm done with sweden

lightnings are underrated. However, the video title is worng, the vautour interceptor has radar missiles which are all aspect missiles at 8.7. it still is a great video, keep up the quick schedule

Oh cool, never knew the redtop could all-aspect against afterburning jets in my time using it huh

Fireflashes at 8.7 with the Swift F.7, which practically are all-aspect too

I'm done grinding USA and Most of USSR. GB has gone up only till Rank IV. when I get there I will check this vehicle. But for some reason I'm pulled towards Germany rather than playing GB for the most part.

the lightning having prety high AOA is one of my fav traits of any plane

man got the double barrel plane out so REAL

Thanks for the great content

I got lightning recently, but i left it alone, since I cannot make red tops work. I guess I'll try it in a diffrent manner :P

i remember this thing being a menace back in 2019 when 9.7 was infested with AV-8A's

ive been watching a for a while and love the content 🤑

Hey, I'm new here. Thanks for the content.

Hmmm, actually interesting 🧐 (cute overload 😍)

Don't forget the French BR 8.3 S.O.4050 Vautour IIN (late) that has a nice little surprise like this .....kind of. Also the Sea Vixen has the Redtop and Firestreak AAM but its also ay a lower BR than the Lightning F6 and its a BR 8.7 and to bad they stopped selling the premium version of the Lightning F.53 that comes in at random times for sale.

I wonder if I will be able do the same thing on my Sea Vixen. Also lightning is a very underrated plane

To be honest with you 9.3 is a very nice br right now Al though you have the all aspect missiles r60m and aim 9L in fast planes it's not half bad although you have to utilize your brain in order to survive I played the f104 a from the US and I found that the aim 9 b could lock the missile head on so I would have a chance to promptly run away from either an a 10 or a su25

love the videos!

Kinda want to grind to the lightning now 👍