Here’s another stunning selfie taken from the backseat of an F-16

December 14, 2013 Military Aviation, Selfies

David Cenciotti

This selfie was taken during an air-to-air refueling sortie involving F-16 and F-22 Raptor aircraft back in 2009 but it was recently uploaded on the New Jersey ANG Facebook page.

It shows the backseater of a 177th Fighter Wing’s F-16D (most probably an Air Force photographer rather than a pilot) out of Atlantic City, NJ, while the “Viper” is receiving fuel from a KC-135 Stratotanker‘s boom.

Image credit: U.S. Air Force

About David Cenciotti

David Cenciotti is a journalist based in Rome, Italy. He is the Founder and Editor of “The Aviationist”, one of the world’s most famous and read military aviation blogs. Since 1996, he has written for major worldwide magazines, including Air Forces Monthly, Combat Aircraft, and many others, covering aviation, defense, war, industry, intelligence, crime and cyberwar. He has reported from the U.S., Europe, Australia and Syria, and flown several combat planes with different air forces. He is a former 2nd Lt. of the Italian Air Force, a private pilot and a graduate in Computer Engineering. He has written five books and contributed to many more ones.

Gothamite says:

December 14, 2013 at 7:48 PM

“Selfie” a form of cancer for vocabulary.
sixfive says:

March 12, 2015 at 4:08 AM

I was an Electrical Systems instructor from Shaw AFB who helped convert the Atlantic City ANG base from F106s to F-16s