10 months of learning how to fly and employ the F-16 at Luke AFB in one stunning video.

December 18, 2015 Military Aviation

Here’s how student pilots train to employ then fly and fight in the Viper.

This is an interesting +11 minutes video filmed by pilots attending the F-16 B Course with the 309th Fighting Squadron at Luke Air Force Base, in Arizona.

Shot with GoPro cameras, the clip will bring you aboard the Viper during air combat maneuvering, aerial refueling, night flying, formation flying, live firing at the range and much more.

Enjoy.

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Misanthropik says:

December 19, 2015 at 1:46 AM

I really wish you’d refer to the the F-16 by its proper name, the Fighting Falcon.
- Flatley says:
  
  December 20, 2015 at 8:12 AM
  
  Find me a “Fighting Falcon” pilot and I’ll find you a fucking nerd.
- ODM says:
  
  December 21, 2015 at 4:20 AM
  
  The only folks who actually call it the “Fighting Falcon” are 10 year old kids getting their first aircraft picture books.
- Pooter Bilbo says:
  
  December 22, 2015 at 5:47 PM
  
  facepalm
Andrew Tubbiolo says:

December 19, 2015 at 2:08 AM

Check out at 9:34 behind the mugging pilot. There’s a Mig-23 with another pilot sitting in it. Tonapah Test? Any other ideas where a spare Mig-23 might be sitting around with USAF pilots hanging about?
- Avgeek says:
  
  December 22, 2015 at 1:00 AM
  
  That’s the Threat Training Center at Nellis AFB, also known as “The Petting Zoo”.