F-16 Fighter Jet: The Sky's Ultimate Predator
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- Опубликовано: 2 июн 2024
- The F-16 Fighter Jet, also known as the Fighting Falcon, is a single-engine supersonic multirole fighter aircraft originally developed by General Dynamics (now Lockheed Martin) for the United States Air Force (USAF).
The F-16 was designed to be a highly maneuverable and versatile aircraft capable of air-to-air combat as well as ground attack missions. It has been used in a variety of roles, including air defense, close air support, reconnaissance, and even as a training aircraft.
The F-16 is equipped with advanced avionics and weapons systems, including radar, electronic warfare equipment, and a variety of missiles and bombs. It can be armed with a range of weapons, from short-range air-to-air missiles to precision-guided munitions for ground attacks.
The F-16 has been widely exported to many countries around the world, and it remains in service with numerous air forces. It has also been used in numerous conflicts, including the Gulf War, Operation Allied Force in Kosovo, and Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan.
CHAPTERS
00:00 Meet the F-16 Fighter Jet: The Sky's Ultimate Predator
01:33 F-16's Unique Features
03:18 A Wide Range of Weapon Capabilities
04:56 Fighting Falcon Variants
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In my humble estimation, the F-16 is the most attractive fighter jet ever assembled.
F15 and F22 look great too
Superhornets looks great Imo
F18
@@WestbrookOverrated
Was about to say.
Yeah, asthetics is what wins wars...
Probably the most beautifully designed fighter aircraft and the most deadly
Yes it is
The F16 looks so modern, it is amazing that its design goes back so far.
few things designed in the 70's still look and work this well
@@stereolababy…Kate Beckinsale.
It is in general... Probably the best fighter jet ever made. Versatile, fast,extremely manoverable, cost effective, massive production run, fantastic combat record and just sexy...
For the best fighter jet ever made I'd have to go with the F-15. I can't say the F-22 because it really doesn't have much in the way of combat hours but the F-15 has an undeniable record. If you open it up to best fighter ever made I'd say the P-51 Mustang is a great candidate. I'm just not sure I'd say the F-16 is the GOAT.
@@abikeanditsboy3449 I disagree. The F-16 is a great alrounder. And has over 80 air to air kills. The F-15 may have a few more, but it got the role in Iraq and was in the right place at the right times. The F-14 also had the role, but was in wrong places at wrong times. The F-16 can spank the Eagle anyway in a dogfight...
@@abikeanditsboy3449 The F-15 is a great fighter jet. But the pilots call the F-16 the 'Viper '. Shows how lethal they think the jet is. Also, imo, it's the most beautiful fighter jet ever made.
That says it all.
@Phillip Banes Know the show and liked it. Still think the F-16 is the better of the two fighters.
My uncle was a f-16 crew chief and i adored this plane growing up because of it
I’ve always been torn between either the F15 of the F16 for my all time favorite, both such amazing pieces of engineering.
You can Love em' both if you want to.🍕🌭🥪🌮
The upgradeability of the avionics, and the versatility of the airframe is the reason the Viper is still a deadly fighter in spite of being in service over 40 years. In the hands of the right pilot, it can be a threat to any Air Force on the planet.
I love how concise this channel is. You also piece together some fantastic footage of these beautiful machines that we obsess over. The F-16 is a legendary aircraft, and I imagine will remain so for some time, with all of the upgrades it has and will received.
Me too, new Sub.
I'd love to know where is this video we see the thumbnail used to be obsessed over.
Why don't go to the F 16 to Ucrania ? 😕 ...
I suspect the jet will be making headlines soon
The F-16 is a military aviation masterpiece.
🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😂
I remember seeing an F-16 on dispaly at a Nellis air show when it was first introduced. I was amazed that one of it's main advantages was that the pilot could see out of the thing.
I’m a former Navy aviator through squadrons and four aircraft carriers. 16 is a Ferrari and Porsche put in the one. Thrush weight ratio is perfect.
There are a LOT of really sharp looking F-16's out there in the world.
The F-16 has been one of my favorite Military Aircraft since the 90s.
If I ever get rich enough I'd love to buy one just to keep and maintain for a hobby. I'd never fly it because I don't really like heights 😁
I remember in the mid 80s the flight-line maintenance super frequently referred to them as lawn darts. They did crash fairly often in their early days.
It's probably the sexiest looking aircraft of all time, in my opinion.
Absolutely 👌😌
*F22 enters the chat*
My parents used to work on these type of jets. Such a beautiful and legendary aircraft
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Freedom? 😂😂😂😂 Per capita America has the largest prison population. The America the founding farthers wanted to what you ended up with are polar opposites
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I remember the prototype F-16 when it was revealed in 1975. It looked so futuristic then. In 2023, it still does.
No mention of the XL variant here. Easily my favourite but it never went into production.
I've got to admit, though, that if I was the Indian Airforce, I'd have gone for the Rafale also.
China believes in war of attritions(number > quality), so F-16 was the logical choice.
So I've actually WORKED on the these since the very beginning and been around the world with them, we've flown out of mountains off of highways in Norway, we won the international bomb competition with this dog fighter, it's been used to blow up Iraqi nuclear plants because of its Precision bombing, trained countries from Egypt to Israel to Australia to Japan and Korea and back.. lost some friends early on till We Got Bugs worked out, even work beside the Thunderbirds. It may not be the greatest ever but it comes about as close as you can get to being able to be the" Swiss army knife jack-of-all-trades we can do everything well aircraft"as ever was built and will continue to be so for many years
Were you at Edwards AFB for the fly off
Australia? Didn't know the RAAF flew F-16s
@@LeonAust no the Aussies do not fly sixteens however early on we traveled throughout the Far East to Kadena, Misawa(Japan) and Osan and Kunsan (Korea) where we do have 16s stationed and part of our group went TDY( temporary Duty) for a few weeks I believe to Perth mainly to show aircraft capability
Block 70/72 promises to be a major upgrade. It’s about time it got AESA. It’s also about time the F22 got the HMCS; all our other jets have off boresight targeting capability and it’s insane that it wasn’t planned for the 22 to have it from the beginning. But the F16 has a place in my heart since I used to play Falcon 4.0. It took me years to learn how to fly that thing right and not get shot out of the sky by AAA right away. Flying fighter jets is not easy even in a sim; the real thing is exponentially harder.
Have you considered a vacation in Ukraine this year? I have heard it is very beautiful there this summer. The Ukraine embassy may be able to help you with that…
I am sure I echo many sentiments that you have fantastic unbeatable high quality videos. I love to watch and am extremely proud of our military men and women
Very first model had such clean lines it was a pleasure to look at 😍
My son has joined the AF and these are his Dawgs. They're a perfectly maintained product. 🇺🇸
I love the F-16 ❤️
The best fighterjet ever built
I didn't know we had so many. Nice jets, all of them. Great video.
Beautiful airplane. Long live the Fighting Falcon!
@@phillipbanes5484I loaded weapons on them for 6 years and NEVER heard them referred to as “Viper”.
This F16 jet is Always magnificent used by 🇧🇪air force since many many years 🥰
When they designed the Typhoon, they looked at this and used it as a template. Great design. Held up for nearly 50: years.
Did not talk utter rubbish! So there’s no other delta-wing fighters out there - of course.
Seriously, get a grip. The Typhoon has about 200 computers monitoring it because of the forward canards. It would crash otherwise. Also the Typhoon was built multinational with head mounted display capable of locking up targets with ASRAAM. There was also 2 seat versions. Lastly, the Typhoon has twin engine. Buggerall like a F-16 other than in your head… 🙄
@@stumpusMaximus I didn’t say they used the specific design of it. They used it as a template. What I mean by that is how it performed and then said w e want it to be like the F16 but better. And the typhoon doesn’t have 200 computers. It has around 70 with 4 controlling the flight side. And they are called foreplanes on typhoon. Similar to canards but it’s an English word instead of French. It was to disassociate itself from the French, who left the multi nation team. And how do I know all this. I worked on it for 7 years in the RAF.
@@stumpusMaximus and with regards to its HMSS that’s helmet mounted sight system, I was one of the first 4 people to be trained in it in the RAF. Any other questions you need answered about the aircraft please don’t hesitate to ask. 👍
@@moonbaby6134bollox where was you based and what regiment
@@007thecookster you mean Sqn. 17 and 11.
Revamped F-16s' are a way different fighter than even a measly 10 years ago. Great video and Thanks.
We had a squadron of Dutch F-16s at Kandahar Airfield, when I was deployed there back in 2012. I went to sleep feeling safe every night! One thing I will say, they also woke me up every morning, because they were noticeably louder than the Navy F-18s we had when I first arrived, and the A-10s that came in at the end of my tour. I was always geeking out over the planes we had.
Beautiful plane! One of my favourite fighter jets!
After almost 50 years, the F-16 is still
“bad ass!!!”
As a teen in the 80s, I had an Airfix F-16 and a Spitfire model hanging from wires in my bedroom. The two coolest planes ever made (for me) Sexeh!
Hey Ed, awesome video!! what a great breakdown of the fantastic F-16
Thank you for calling the F-16 by its proper name, the Fighting Falcon, and not by its nickname, the Viper.
In combat operations, it’s Viper. When the commander asked the Fires Officer what was available in the AO, the F-16 was always referred to as Viper and never Fighting Falcon.
But I get your drift.
@@williamwilson6499 So they used Viper in combat operations just because of Battlestar Galactica? 😂
Freedom sure ain’t Free!
Slava Ukraini, God Bless America and thanks for this video! 🇺🇸❤🇺🇦
It looks bad ass! Wings of Freedom!
I am a Taiwanese. I love F16-V.
Love this channel, it reminds me of the days when I was a teen and use to watch Wings with my father in the late 80s/90s! He would’ve also love this channel too.
These machines are incredible but the most important part of them is the people who engineer them, fly them and maintain them and the military doctrine, strategies, tactics and culture that has evolved through decades of lessons learned fighting. It's the idea of freedom amd democracy they're defending that make these machines so special.
Viper• 🤮
An amazing and Impressive aircraft with many variations, Thanks Sam and the awesome crew of US Military News, This is definitely one of the best channels on RUclips. 👍 🇺🇸
I think the F16 is the Ferrari of Jet fighters...Beautiful just awesome looking jet fighter !!!
The F-16 will always be the ultimate fighter jet to me despite new ones like the F-22 or F-35 being around now.
Thanks guys for the last hour of our lives Amen 💕🤔💘💘
Long Live F-16 and Freedom
I love the F-16 ❤
Wonderful jet!
When a F-16 Fighter is in the air in action be sure the enemy is very concerned! F16 Fighter a deadly machine!
love your vids
Recently watched a pair of F16's give a display at ' Warbirds over Wanaka 2024 '
What an impressive machine.
In the country I live we have no form of military tech such as fighter jets, drones, tanks, and nuclear subs. So one day when a fighter jet from Australia visited my country and did a fly by. The sound of the jet caused man, woman, children and even dogs taking cover in thinking it was doomsday. All hell broke loose.
Very impressive fighter aircraft.
Super excellent engineering & technology by GE , Pratt & Whitney & Lockheed Martin # 👍👍👍 🇵🇰
What i love about this channel is that the creators seem to genuinely care about our national defense.
It’s awesome being able to learn about our capabilities in the good ol’ US of A.
Can’t wait to see space force stuff 😎
I was actually in the very first F-16 operational ready wing, and you would have loved some of the crazy things that happen to us... we took the world's first electric jet that could pull 9 Gs and was the best dog fighter of its time and took it to the international bomb competition and won! The Israeli showed up at our base in the spring with six of their camouflaged tan birds to practice bombing at Wendover bombing range past Great Salt Lake just before they used their F16s to destroy those Iraqi nuclear plants. Every day was an adventure with these aircraft....
It must be the most capable dog fighter of all time. Plus just good looking. 😊
Forgot to mention that a few upgraded QF-16 (the pilotless drone version) have been upgraded to include an AI pilot that allows it to fly and complete missions completely independently (though with the remote pilot still monitoring and able to take over at any point in accordance with international law...no one wants Terminator Hunter-Killers). The testing of these models are nearing completion.
What a sexy bird. I remember as a child my father taking me to see the Thunderbirds and they were flying these beautiful planes.
I was in the USAF when they had a contest to name the F-16. They also became operational at that time, 1979. I believe the first base to get them was Hill AFB in Utah. One of, if not the, best looking planes ever built.
However. I believe the F-15 was and still is superior. Even superior to the newest fighters of today. The new generation of fighters are too complicated. And are very hard to keep operational in sufficient numbers to be effective in a real war.
F15 is a purpose built jet fighter for air to air combat and dogfighting as its main arsenal ,its high manouvrebility added to its 2.4mach speed put fear amongst the adversaries,resulting in no loss in combat as of now.
With the drone/target aircraft, how often would they actually be shooting them down?
F16 is phenomenal, but wouldnt call it the ultimate predator. The F22 would blow it out of the sky before it knew he was there
The f-16 is a killer! Beyond all account's, air to ground, Lazer guided, dump, etc! Roa Aotearoa nui.
The 4th generation of F16 is here to stay for years to come because is a cost-effective multirole fighter jet with powerful sensors and new compatibilities with other recent amunition
An insightful and informative video spec for Viper lovers 👍🔥🔥👌
F-15 twice the size twice the power! My personal favorite
Had a chance to go work on these aircraft, interesting airframe.
I love this insane bird !!! F-16 !!!!
You can't beat this thing for versatility.
F-5's true successor for future decades with its superior outperformance, especially equipped with triple sonic air-to-surface missile independently developed here in Taiwan that is unstoppable.
That F-16 gonna getcha!
Der beste Kampfflugzeug das je gebauten wurde !!!
Best plane until the f22 but still looks great and can take on any enemy plane , great plane
One of the best fighters in the world.
Very nice video; Good job....
All that and it's good looking too.
What kind of variant is the one in the thumbnail. Never seen one that shape.
This lovely but deadly beast is perfect match for the PAF MRF
You are welcome for this comment... IF you or anyone actually think the F-16 is the "Ultimate Predator" you are ignorant at best.... The F-22 will kick its arse in almost every category.... I truly love the 16 Viper / Falcon.. The amount of munitions it can carry is mind boggling.
not a fair comparison,each plane is builds for a different purpose, f22 a dog fighter on steroid and f16 ,a jack of all trades.
The QF model without pilot is is sick
Because many of these military channels aren't DOD endorsed, I'm always speculative if I should subscribe. I think the information to the public isn't confidential but still gives a foundation of learning in the basics.
n.1 c,
It's a no-brainer, S U B S C R I B E !
( Don't fret so much. The Commie's Already know this stuff. ) . . .
The education and material are very good
My favorite jet
My humble opinion, best looking aircraft ever
F-16 is like the McLaren F1 of skies.
That's One Mean Machine!
My base transitioned back to these dumping our beloved A10’s 😢
The advance F-16 unmanned is quite the real bad ass!
Cool Jet.
awesome!
Perfectly preserved, one of the best fighters of the 20th century. Which museum are these exhibits from?
What do they mean by "target training" (the drone) for the last one? Do manned planes shoot these down? Or perhaps use these like using a reaper?
They use them as targets
Most beautiful plan ever built....
Love the f16 wish we had them in the uk
At one point it was being considered as a replacement for the Tornado F3 ADV.
The F-16 is a sports car and the F-15 is a station wagon and both are sexy.
The f 16 is my favorite fighter jet
I used to live at end of runway ,at hill air force base they have fleet of f 16s it was constant roar,they could go so high you lose sight
❤🤍💙 all your videos mate👍
Kinda scary to watch the plane fly without a pilot…
Welcome to the future of military aviation.
Excellent jet.
I like the conformal fuel tank. It looks jacked.
Thank you!!!!!!! 🇺🇸 ❤ 🙏 👏 👍🏻
radar version was scaled down for affordability?