If you see a single "*" it means you can delete/it's optional.

thing: the thing the video is about. in this case an aircraft

called F-15 designed by the Americans.
[INTRO]
[CONTEXT: in date, this agent revealed what appears to be
(unique mechanism)] -> here he's teasing the unique
opportunity (what the video is about) doesn't betray the HL.
Answer to the question "what caused the thing to appear?
history of the thing?" (in your case it'll be a german aircraft)

And it sets off alarm bells -> And it's worse than you think"
expands on the premise that is TERRIFYING. Sets a
precedent

{why is it terrifying?}

*audio of a guy telling why it's so bad/terrifying* (the audio

has details that describe features of the thing) -> proof of
your claim + intrigue

[CONTEXT: What was happening in the world?]

"with the united states and soviet union locked in a struggle

for air superiority... The soviets seemed to be winning" ->
teases "but then something weird happened" subverts
expectations

Because they didn't want to lose

reason why then BAM (the payoff to the last tease)

the United states would respond by engineering the greatest

fighter jet in history. -> tease the payoff

NAME of the aircraft name on the screen

[END INTRO]

[CONTEXT: Set up to the creation of the THING]

(it makes sense story telling wise because you're telling the
story of what was the world/war like before the invention of
the thing)

Predecessors their names and their characteristics

But by the mid 1950s, new technologies were beginning to

radically transform fighter aircraft design -> segway into the
discovery story/invention of the thing AND works as a reason
"why" it was possible

Expand on what these new technologies made possible/why is

it important? (could ask ai this specific question)

What this meant: military planners grew convinced that air

battle of the future would be fought beyond visual range,
where the enemy wouldn't be more than a distant blip on a
radar screen.

And it meant also (this other thing that it changed thanks to

the new technologies)

BECAUSE reasons why

WHAT MOST PEOPLE BELIEVED -> setting up a slap in the

face

But in reality, nothing could be further from the truth.

[CONTEXT PART 2: Set up to the creation of the thing]

In THIS place, THIS happened, BUT something weird

happened.

Here you go either WHY or what happened

(why was what he chose in source)

...proved unreliable. forcing pilots to get in close to visually

confirm each target ->expands on the claim

THAT caused* the whole idea of engaging from a distance fall

apart.
AND because of that* the new f-4 phantoms were pulled in to
close quarter dog fights against more agile MiGs.

Something their pilots had never been trained to do. -> I

don't know if I can replicate this. Fun fact.

AND* second piece of proof claim: it didn't work

Why? designed for larger, high altitude target, initially...

And it's even WORSE* when the missiles failed, pilots were
left defenseless.

reasons why they were losing -> this is a set up to explain

why the NEW THING played such a crucial role

The enemy forces aircraft were better. (what was their

names? why?)

*audio proof what you just talked about (in this case: old
vehicle sucked)*

This caused* American pilots were being downed at alarming

rates -> the spark that started the engine for change
^german aircrafts were being downed at an alarming rate.
and the age of dogfighting was far from over -> the future
looked grim

In FACT, they were losing so badly* Air Force planers

scrambled to respond, equipping the bad old vehicle (use
their name) with pod-mounted gatling guns and training
pilots to engage the more maneuverable MiGs (opponents
aircraft) (see if you can replicate this with research if not
skip)

But these were stop gap solutions -> But it wasn't enough
(and you know it isn't enough duh)

What the air force really needed was a new dedicated air
superiority fighter -> teasing the SOLUTION/thing

And it meant starting from zero for the next generation of

fighter aircraft

it was too large, too heavy, and likely going to perform worse
than the phantom

AND they'd have to move quickly

BECAUSE the Soviet Union were cooking a bigger baddest

aircraft

And it looked nothing like the MiGs the f-4 phantoms were
squaring off with in Vietnam.
Everything pointed to the same direction* a fighter built for
extreme maneuverability, with (list features)

Intelligence experts (another fun fact) describing what the

enemy did and why they were probably winning

THEY even broke new records (expand)

officials suspected the worst

*audio proof of what you just said previous claim*

and if the experience in Vietnam wasn't concerning enough,

the Soviet Union now looked ready to unleash a new super-
fighter.

[END of history of the conflict and what led to the "invention"

of the thing]

[CONTEXT: After spending xyz. Who built it? And what did
they do (not that important as the first question)?

(beginning of the story) the Air Force (the creators of the

thing) finally set its sights on building a state-of-the-art air
superiority fighter (other name for aircraft) -> how did it
begin? that's the question we're answering here
THEN* in 1968, leading U.S aircraft designers were invited
to submit proposals.

Their *proposals* entries would be assessed based on a

groundbreaking new concept called energy-maneuverability

(what is it?)

explain what the last thing you said is and why is it important

AND THEN* in December 1968, the contract to build the new

fighter was awarded to McDonnell Douglas.

here you could talk about McDonnell and who he is, but they
decided to talk about their design and how
expensive/difficult/full of effort it was (raising the hype)

allowing development to begin immediately. -> here we start

the introduction of the NEW thing

[FEATURES]

The [NAME OF THE NEW THING] was designed from the

ground up (how) for tactical dominance in any air space
(what for).

features (talk about the propulsors and what they do)

that means* enough power to (reframe check video)

(talk about the top speed AND what it means)

for peak performance, the engines (features) better than the

last jet or the others whatever

(compare to old/previous fighter jets features)

flow into the new characteristics

result, feature (cockpit)

feature (missiles under the wing)

BUT if feature (gatling gun)

And last feature

conclusion of results. what do all these features come up to

make? and what does that mean for the future (it meant the f-
15 wass ready to earn its place as the soviet killer)

[STORY]

When did the thing get started? build up to the thing in

action and how it changed the tide of wars
training arc type shi

now success story #1

now that he passed all the tests let's put it to the real test
(hype)

it didn't look that good

let's see what happened

cool preliminary story of how he beat all the records (not

despite the odds. the pleasure was in crushing) ...shattered
by more than 25%...

expand

a later date (after the protype what happened?)

side story of how: production started 400 prototypes,

american airforce wanted them, americas allies wanted them
(name 3 examples), flow into one last example that'll pivot
into the next story.
it seemed only a matter of time before the new fighter faced
off against the (big evil force/jet)

[STORY]

(before the real combat, a quick rundown on what the soviets

were planning and their secret weapon, which is going to
face off against the f-15)

the americans finally saw what they had in mind. BUT it

wasn't what they were expecting.

[SIDE STORY: of how american intelligence got their hands in

critical information thanks to a deserter from the enemy's
side (important in this time-frame] INTELLIGENCE UPDATE
SIDE-STORY

teasing into the reveal of the enemies information/secret

weapons (details of what happened)

expand

what was the difference between the foxbat and the

american's jet figher?

expand
holy shit the reason why they were losing (it wasn't as cryptic
as they thought. lay down the clues and let your smart viewer
come to the conclusion you're leading them to)

it was so shit. why were they losing? set up to showcase an

even bigger beatdown. our side is much better

actually state that fact (it wasn't a dogfighthing monster)

why didn't they notice? they kept it a closeguarded secret

tease how badly they were going to lose (obvious reasons

why)

[finish story now -> STORY: how winning started]

details on the first account of the f-15 used in combat and

winning

OVER the years, it got even better (details of following events

were they won again)

they couldn't stop winning (and easily too)

claim/proof of how well they won (f-15 have racked up more

than 100 victories without a single defeat)
expand (sigh)

(now evolution of the f-15 and how it improved with newer

versions)

talk about the details of their specific improvements (can

name them casually or expand on it. source chose to name
them casually)

(now a small story of how it was designed for air fighthing

originally but later also expanded to ground fighthing too)

leveraging the fighter superior range, speed and payload. ->

reason why of course duh

he went up the history of it's versions until the last version,

why it was important, close to the present date

now we talk about the real reason why the soviets lost

[STORY]

the long awaited fight between the f-15 against the mig

"and the outcome wasn't what anyone could have predicted"

(sigh)
holy shit they almost lost DUE to this reason (the MiGs were
actually faster)

and they would use it to their advantage

in a plan to take down the f-15 eagles

(and then what happened?!)

don't mention what happened, tease it for the next video

Outro with next video cards OR steal exact outro ideas from
the other guys video.