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.
David Cenciotti is a freelance 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.
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I really wish you’d refer to the the F-16 by its proper name, the Fighting Falcon.
Find me a “Fighting Falcon” pilot and I’ll find you a fucking nerd.
The only folks who actually call it the “Fighting Falcon” are 10 year old kids getting their first aircraft picture books.
facepalm
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?
That’s the Threat Training Center at Nellis AFB, also known as “The Petting Zoo”.
I really wish you’d refer to the the F-16 by its proper name, the Fighting Falcon.
Find me a “Fighting Falcon” pilot and I’ll find you a fucking nerd.
The only folks who actually call it the “Fighting Falcon” are 10 year old kids getting their first aircraft picture books.
facepalm
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?
That’s the Threat Training Center at Nellis AFB, also known as “The Petting Zoo”.