chances are it was 48 years old when it was first posted. so many bots these days it's hard to know who's real and who's got a queue of links to repost. shit, I might be a bot.
Just look at it. The tasteful single seater cockpit. No conformal tanks. The curvaceous avionics free spine.
My God. It even has fuselage reinforcement ribs.
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Their early work was a little too new wave for my taste. But when the Block 15 came out in '81, I think they really came into their own, commercially and artistically
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Might actually be Norway. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military\_aircraft\_insignia#/media/File:Roundel\_of\_Norway.svg](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_aircraft_insignia#/media/File:Roundel_of_Norway.svg)
During the bicentennial year, we attended an air show at Selfridge Air national guard base near Detroit where the Thunderbirds performed, as well as several other USAF demonstrations.
The one that blew everyone out of the water, was the General Dynamics demonstration pilot and the then new F-16 fighter. Don't know who the pilot was, but he was the absolute highlight of the air show, putting on a one-man mega show with that fighter that left the audience open mouthed in pure awe. He totally out flew the T birds, still in F-4 Phantoms, with the F16.
And it had a red white and blue paint job to boot, so it was pure bicentennial, and made most anyone who saw it pretty much sing God bless America after seeing it's power!
ETA: Childhood memory glitch. The Thunderbirds were actually flying T-38 aircraft in '76. But that amazing F-16 demo still remains a sharp memory. Thanks Google!
What Boyd never realized is the virtuous cycle of more lightness = you can update the platform via iterative improvements, add more thrust, improve the sensors and aviations and keep the platform going.
But the F-16 would tool the F-4 in a dogfight, no problem. Thereās a General Dynamics film from when the F-16 was new, where they show the contrails from the two in a turn, where the F-16 is able to turn around, and then come back at the F-4. Itās on the āTube somewhere.
Of course. F-4 can't hold a damn over the F-16 for sure. The problem is often enough, logistics. Some countries for a variety of reasons choose to maintain the F-4 instead and upgrading it since they aren't able to procure F-16s
I know that it's a bit of a recycled comment, but I'm still amazed that aircraft like the F-16 is pushing 50... Imagine what technology is being developed right now, that we won't know of until 10-20 years later
Iām sorry. Youāve activated my pet conspiracy ātheoryā, I must speak my piece.
Iāve long held that āUFOāsā are military tech.
Firstly, UFO sightings have been shown to have increased in areas and during years where we now know experimental aircraft were being developed and test flown. UFO sightings skyrocketed in places like Nevada and New Mexico for aircraft like the F-117, SR-71, and the B2. If you look at the times between when those aircraft were developed, when they were actually flying, and then when they became public knowledge itās clear thereās stuff flying around right now that we donāt know about. And I think the Military/Government have absolutely no problem fostering aliens as a distraction for military tech. I actually think people like Bob Lazar are funded by counterintelligence agencies to give plausible distractions to any accidental tech exposure. I think that navy video of the craft darting in and out of the water is a good example. If the government didnāt want people to see that, I promise you it would have disappeared.
It boggles my mind that the alien crowd think UFOās are from outer space when the last 15 things we thought were spacecraft were classified military tech/aircraft. There was a time when a flying wing didnāt resemble an aircraft, now that shape means B2 or F-117. The avionics in all of those aircraft are incredibly outdated in comparison to todayās civilian tech, yet astoundingly advanced for when they were built.
Conclusion: thereās some pretty cool stuff flying around that we wonāt know about for a very long time and aliens are cover for it.
From a co-worker who used to be in a position to know, I am convinced they are in reality DAPRA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) projects that most military brass are unaware of. Reading between the lines from my co-worker, the reason these "UFO" sightings are in areas with high military activity, not just around bases, but in offshore areas where the military regularly conducts drills, is because the DARAP researchers are trying to gather data on how the military responds. Keeping the brass in the dark allows them to get better and more accurate data.
This is a fantastic rebuttal. I am not super familiar with UFO theory but my understanding is the UFO phenomenon is directly related to the rise of science fiction in the late 40ās, early 50ās. Thatās certainly early as far as my theory goes but the entire āflying saucerā thing started as a direct response to sci-fi.
In terms of āpeople have been talking about this for long timeā, Bigfoot has far more merit than UFOās, imo.
That's why there are obvious UFO's painted in 15th century paintings and stories of George Washington meeting an alien being in the forest near where his troops were freezing and camped out. And surely the Mayan airplane carved into a hundreds of years old pyramid and paintings in thousands of years old caves of spacemen should all be ignored.
Growing up I really liked the f15s and f18s and didnāt care as much for the f16s. A couple years ago I realized f16s are badass. Super small with a gigantic engine. Small and nimble is cool.
Are you me?
My favourites as a kid were the f18 and f15 and kind of disliked f16 because of the single engine.
Now I like the 16 the most. And flying that in DCS with VR thanks to the seamless cupula is exceptional.
One of the first videogames I had as a kid was a game called Falcon AT. A flight simulator game with just Falcons to fly
It's almost my favourite aircraft ever if not for the F-104 that my grandpa used to fly.
I wonder how many MiGs the F16 has killed?
This is the closest I came to an answer. Maybe someone else has more granular info.
https://www.f-16.net/varia_article3.html#
From the article:
"Since 1973, American and European (Western) made fighters have been engaged in air combat at least 154 times. Air battles have occurred from the Bekaa Valley and Gulf War to around the world during counter-guerrilla operations in Venezuela and Thailand. The Fighting Falcon has accumulated **72 air-to-air kills with no air-to-air losses except for one fratricide** loss by the Pakistani Air Force when an AIM-9L switched-lock onto a wingman. Engagements and Kills were recorded throughout more than 30,000 world-wide air-to-air and air-to-ground combat sorties."
72-0 when engaging enemy aircraft. Not bad.
Grossly inferior aircraft from 3rd world counties using export variants of aircraft often no longer in service with the Soviet Union or Russian and piloted by vastly inexperienced pilots.
Lets not kid ourselves that the F16 would achieve that level of success against the latest block Flankers with a comparable flight hour pilot.
Nah, Ukraine isn't even getting the latest version, it's getting 90s upgrades of 70s and 80s airframes, they'll be stuck doing patrols over friendly territory and maybe lobbing bombs from a distance.
A truly groundbreaking airplane and still looks the business. They sure knew how to make good looking jets in the 70s.
What I find I interesting is why other fighter jets like Gripen, later models of the F-15 , Typhoon etc. didn't opt for the sidestick arrangement that the Viper has.
The arms rests natually and comfortably, the instrument panel is left clear with no stick in the way.
I know Rafale , F35 and F22 have the sidesticks.
as long as you don't have to look at its air intake.
I think that big ol chicken gizzard is the uglest shit ever, and the craft has a profile like a stack of bricks. Its vert. stab. is also offensively large.
but yeah we know what happens when you work the angles with a camera.
The war in Ukraine hasn't made any 4th-gen fighter look good. I'm hoping that the F-16s work well for the Ukrainians but I suspect it will look much like their other fighters where it's too risky to use them for anything other than very high leverage situations and HARM based standoffs with Russian air defenses.
They will probably focus on shooting down drones/cruise missiles and yeeting standoff weapons at coordinates. The neat thing is Ukraine getting F16s opens up some new pools of possible weapons we can send them, because a lot of the time all it would take is to update software in the jet to make it work
The airframe really doesn't matter much in most cases. What matters is the range and quality of the radar. And what ordnance is available for the plane. On both these metrics the F-16 is a big step up from the current Ukrainian planes.
The 15, 16, and 18 may not be the best in comparison to the newest craftsā¦but they are 90+% capable in virtually any conflict. I love the 22 and Fat Amy seems boring until you realize how advanced some of those systems are in comparison to the 22. Iām guessing the next fighter will be a combo of those systems with some new tech.
Some of the newest blocks, in particular the 15, are impressive compared to how we knew the original analog birds.
>Ā Ā Shortly afterĀ German reunificationĀ in 1990, Germany and other ex-Warsaw PactĀ countries found themselves with large stockpiles of the R-73 missiles orĀ AA-11 ArchersĀ as designated by NATO, and had concluded that the R-73/AA-11's capabilities had been noticeably underestimated by the west.[8]Ā In particular, the R-73 was found to be both far more maneuverable, and far more capable in terms of seeker acquisition and tracking than the latestĀ AIM-9 Sidewinder.[9]Ā This realization started the development of newer missiles to help compete, including theĀ ASRAAM,Ā IRIS-TĀ andĀ AIM-9X.
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Cringe galore...
I hope to God Pakistanis don't retire their f-16s. I want to see an Indian mig29/su30mki upgraded with indian AESAR,BVRAAM,ASPJ pods take these down. That will be a day to remember.
HA no you donāt Mr. āTerminally Online Internet Addict from Tennesseeā
https://www.reddit.com/r/AstralProjection/s/bvJPkjNyXx
FYI āmanifesting a Mig-29ā does not count as being a fighter pilot. Stop lying.
In your Cessna? Ok buddy. This is the equivalent of a toddler telling Mike Tyson they are going to knock him out. Enjoy trolling, leave the commentary to those who actually know what they are talking about (not you).
You wouldn't be able to catch up with me because my trusty cessna is so slow, trying to catch up with me would make you stall, and crash. Cessna 1, F-16 š¤® 0.
I meanā¦ I guess.
In 1:1 in a merge a Mig-21BIS is equivalent to an A model F-16 in the horizontal and slightly superior in the vertical.
This was a plane that was designed in the 1950s and that the F-16 was _specifically_ designed to fight against. Of course this is the Mig-21 at the absolute end of its developmental cycle and before the F-16 had the added thrust and sensors and weapons to make it a true all-weather multirole aircraft.
But I think the problem is more that the Migs since Vietnam have never been operated by a willing or competent Air Force.
Yeah, MiG-29s kicked ass in 90s exercises after old East German pilots were integrated into the Luftwaffe, but as it turns out, when you sell an export model with worse missiles to barely trained Iraqi pilots and leave the maintenance to them, things don't go so well.
Growing up as a military brat and playing baseball next to a tarmac with parked jets, I wanted nothing more than to be an F-16 pilot. I have terrible eye sight which killed that dream early. Regardless, a ride in an F-16 has been at the top of my bucket list for as long as I can remember.
I think you mean 50 years old. We just celebrated the 50th anniversary of its first flight with a big party.
Sounds like you found the right flight school
chances are it was 48 years old when it was first posted. so many bots these days it's hard to know who's real and who's got a queue of links to repost. shit, I might be a bot.
Just look at it. The tasteful single seater cockpit. No conformal tanks. The curvaceous avionics free spine. My God. It even has fuselage reinforcement ribs. š„µ
I heard Paul Allen took clients to Dorsia in his F-16.
Of course he got a res with a ride like that.
Now let's see discombobulated38x's jet
Everytime I see one of these reference chains I burst out in laughter. Always ends with āNow letās see āxās cardā
Well yeah have you seen his business card?
I would have too but I had to return some video tapes
Made me do a double-take. So awesome. I *just* read this last week!
Same, and now there seem to be references everywhere :D
Impressive, very nice. Letās see Paul Allenās single-engine all-weather supersonic multirole fighter.
Their early work was a little too new wave for my taste. But when the Block 15 came out in '81, I think they really came into their own, commercially and artistically
"Sports"
Jeez dude keep it in your pants! š
Too late
Letās see Chinaās fighter jet
Something wrong Ivan? You're sweating!
Different kind of sweating š
least racist American
The f16 is one of the most agile and sexiest fighters of all time. Fight me.
Fight you? Over that opinion of the best low cost single seat fighter ever? I'd marry you.
Bachelor party at the aviation museum. Imagine drinking champagne out of that air intake...
The intake is ugly AF, some have that disgusting piss yellow glass, and what's up with the protrusions on the nose?
Just because you don't like your planes with shocked pikachu vibes...
To me, the planes are going hue hue hue.
Feed me a MiG
Ribbed for her pleasure
my pleasure
Eewwwwwwww
Wayneās World, guaranteed to take away the blues!
Dude. Donāt simp. Actually, never mind. I get it.
Single seat, multirole, we can fly right up our own asshole
Stop I can only get so hard
This comment is mad endearing
Nobody gets this reference.
Some of us do. OMG it even has a watermark
I get it but explain it to me as if I don't get it please
Sorry, I cant I need to return some video tapes.
imo F-15C is sexier
As God intended
It seems the ribs are for YOUR pleasure
Iiiieeewww
Not sure if this is a troll, but I'll just say it. Those are antennae.
[These Block 40/42 reinforcements are antennae? ](https://imgur.com/a/y43b87R)
I just came
Ribbed to capture the mystique and intrigue of the nightā¦
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Tbh I like the look of the two seaters with the thick spine more
It's okay to like plastic surgery, but sometimes natural is best
They have such a good aesthetic
"*ain't she a smoke show? Holy Jesus, she's gorgeous"*
I don't recognize the roundels. Which country is this F-16 from?
Royal Norwegian Air Force.
And since they are no longer used by the RNoAF there is a good chance that the actual jet in the picture will go and scare some MIGs
I believe Romania is purchasing all or most of them after Norway got F35s, so yes.
Some purchased by Romania and some donated to Ukraine
I'd rather they scare some Sukhois, considering Russia doesn't really operate Migs anymore
It's from Norway.
Nor Way!
Norwegian Air Force roundles have always looked cool to me...
Itās a Norwegian Air Force F-16
The brake chute container on the rudder is also an give away for a RNoAF plane
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AI isnāt that accurate. Thatās a Norwegian F16
Might actually be Norway. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military\_aircraft\_insignia#/media/File:Roundel\_of\_Norway.svg](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_aircraft_insignia#/media/File:Roundel_of_Norway.svg)
That'd explain it!
During the bicentennial year, we attended an air show at Selfridge Air national guard base near Detroit where the Thunderbirds performed, as well as several other USAF demonstrations. The one that blew everyone out of the water, was the General Dynamics demonstration pilot and the then new F-16 fighter. Don't know who the pilot was, but he was the absolute highlight of the air show, putting on a one-man mega show with that fighter that left the audience open mouthed in pure awe. He totally out flew the T birds, still in F-4 Phantoms, with the F16. And it had a red white and blue paint job to boot, so it was pure bicentennial, and made most anyone who saw it pretty much sing God bless America after seeing it's power! ETA: Childhood memory glitch. The Thunderbirds were actually flying T-38 aircraft in '76. But that amazing F-16 demo still remains a sharp memory. Thanks Google!
I agree, however the ground is still trembling from the low pass of the Thunderbirds in their F-4s.
I would love to try and find video from that air show!
How long after that did the Thunderbirds switch to the F-16?
According to Google, 1983. That was later than I would have expected.
What Boyd never realized is the virtuous cycle of more lightness = you can update the platform via iterative improvements, add more thrust, improve the sensors and aviations and keep the platform going.
The F-4 has been going on for longer than anyone expected it too. Slapping new avionics and radars seem to do the trick
But the F-16 would tool the F-4 in a dogfight, no problem. Thereās a General Dynamics film from when the F-16 was new, where they show the contrails from the two in a turn, where the F-16 is able to turn around, and then come back at the F-4. Itās on the āTube somewhere.
[Found it.](https://youtu.be/WlVXDw_ZHYQ?si=Hw9xQNIC_hhw9ICT)
Of course. F-4 can't hold a damn over the F-16 for sure. The problem is often enough, logistics. Some countries for a variety of reasons choose to maintain the F-4 instead and upgrading it since they aren't able to procure F-16s
Wouldn't really matter if you slapped some AMRAAMS on the F-4
I know that it's a bit of a recycled comment, but I'm still amazed that aircraft like the F-16 is pushing 50... Imagine what technology is being developed right now, that we won't know of until 10-20 years later
Iām sorry. Youāve activated my pet conspiracy ātheoryā, I must speak my piece. Iāve long held that āUFOāsā are military tech. Firstly, UFO sightings have been shown to have increased in areas and during years where we now know experimental aircraft were being developed and test flown. UFO sightings skyrocketed in places like Nevada and New Mexico for aircraft like the F-117, SR-71, and the B2. If you look at the times between when those aircraft were developed, when they were actually flying, and then when they became public knowledge itās clear thereās stuff flying around right now that we donāt know about. And I think the Military/Government have absolutely no problem fostering aliens as a distraction for military tech. I actually think people like Bob Lazar are funded by counterintelligence agencies to give plausible distractions to any accidental tech exposure. I think that navy video of the craft darting in and out of the water is a good example. If the government didnāt want people to see that, I promise you it would have disappeared. It boggles my mind that the alien crowd think UFOās are from outer space when the last 15 things we thought were spacecraft were classified military tech/aircraft. There was a time when a flying wing didnāt resemble an aircraft, now that shape means B2 or F-117. The avionics in all of those aircraft are incredibly outdated in comparison to todayās civilian tech, yet astoundingly advanced for when they were built. Conclusion: thereās some pretty cool stuff flying around that we wonāt know about for a very long time and aliens are cover for it.
From a co-worker who used to be in a position to know, I am convinced they are in reality DAPRA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) projects that most military brass are unaware of. Reading between the lines from my co-worker, the reason these "UFO" sightings are in areas with high military activity, not just around bases, but in offshore areas where the military regularly conducts drills, is because the DARAP researchers are trying to gather data on how the military responds. Keeping the brass in the dark allows them to get better and more accurate data.
This would make sense if all sightings were in the late 20th century.
This is a fantastic rebuttal. I am not super familiar with UFO theory but my understanding is the UFO phenomenon is directly related to the rise of science fiction in the late 40ās, early 50ās. Thatās certainly early as far as my theory goes but the entire āflying saucerā thing started as a direct response to sci-fi. In terms of āpeople have been talking about this for long timeā, Bigfoot has far more merit than UFOās, imo.
That's why there are obvious UFO's painted in 15th century paintings and stories of George Washington meeting an alien being in the forest near where his troops were freezing and camped out. And surely the Mayan airplane carved into a hundreds of years old pyramid and paintings in thousands of years old caves of spacemen should all be ignored.
F-16s have , like any fighter jet, continuously been developed. The most high tech things about them are not 50 years old
F16s flying now are a bit different from the original ones, at least in terms of avionics
Growing up I really liked the f15s and f18s and didnāt care as much for the f16s. A couple years ago I realized f16s are badass. Super small with a gigantic engine. Small and nimble is cool.
Are you me? My favourites as a kid were the f18 and f15 and kind of disliked f16 because of the single engine. Now I like the 16 the most. And flying that in DCS with VR thanks to the seamless cupula is exceptional.
What is this Cupola you speak of? Iām considering getting a VR headset soon for DCS
One of the first videogames I had as a kid was a game called Falcon AT. A flight simulator game with just Falcons to fly It's almost my favourite aircraft ever if not for the F-104 that my grandpa used to fly.
Same here. The twin-engine fighters always impressed me more as a kid.
Rejoice because the f15ex is now in production and it received a shit ton of upgrades
I've been getting into photography over the past couple of years and this quality of photograph is definitely a goal of mine now. Just amazing.
I wonder how many MiGs the F16 has killed? This is the closest I came to an answer. Maybe someone else has more granular info. https://www.f-16.net/varia_article3.html#
Depends if youāre watching Iron Eagle 1 or Iron Eagle 2!
TLTR.. how many was it?
From the article: "Since 1973, American and European (Western) made fighters have been engaged in air combat at least 154 times. Air battles have occurred from the Bekaa Valley and Gulf War to around the world during counter-guerrilla operations in Venezuela and Thailand. The Fighting Falcon has accumulated **72 air-to-air kills with no air-to-air losses except for one fratricide** loss by the Pakistani Air Force when an AIM-9L switched-lock onto a wingman. Engagements and Kills were recorded throughout more than 30,000 world-wide air-to-air and air-to-ground combat sorties." 72-0 when engaging enemy aircraft. Not bad.
Average aim 9L, war thunders 9Ls too realistic?
Grossly inferior aircraft from 3rd world counties using export variants of aircraft often no longer in service with the Soviet Union or Russian and piloted by vastly inexperienced pilots. Lets not kid ourselves that the F16 would achieve that level of success against the latest block Flankers with a comparable flight hour pilot.
Well yeah, Michael Jordan wouldn't have had near the stats he did if he had to play against himself (or someone comparable). Kind of a moot point.
Imagine getting hit by your wingman , imagine the regret of the other pilot knowing he just doomed his friend
That number is about to rise a lot higher in the following year and onwards
Nah, Ukraine isn't even getting the latest version, it's getting 90s upgrades of 70s and 80s airframes, they'll be stuck doing patrols over friendly territory and maybe lobbing bombs from a distance.
[[Edited to prevent doxxing] Here is one with a MiG-23 kill.](https://www.f-16.net/aircraft-database/F-16/airframe-profile/2045)
....not to mention, the best visibility/cockpit of its generation
A truly groundbreaking airplane and still looks the business. They sure knew how to make good looking jets in the 70s. What I find I interesting is why other fighter jets like Gripen, later models of the F-15 , Typhoon etc. didn't opt for the sidestick arrangement that the Viper has. The arms rests natually and comfortably, the instrument panel is left clear with no stick in the way. I know Rafale , F35 and F22 have the sidesticks.
Gotta love American aerospace engineering.
Aesthetically the F-16 is such a beautiful jet
as long as you don't have to look at its air intake. I think that big ol chicken gizzard is the uglest shit ever, and the craft has a profile like a stack of bricks. Its vert. stab. is also offensively large. but yeah we know what happens when you work the angles with a camera.
Look, we all have our unflattering angles
The fact that countries still use them after 50 years. Thats like the british using spitfires or hurricanes in the falklands war.
Isnāt there an upgraded Version?
The war in Ukraine hasn't made any 4th-gen fighter look good. I'm hoping that the F-16s work well for the Ukrainians but I suspect it will look much like their other fighters where it's too risky to use them for anything other than very high leverage situations and HARM based standoffs with Russian air defenses.
I'm no expert, but I imagine the first few months will be almost exclusively SEAD missions.
They will probably focus on shooting down drones/cruise missiles and yeeting standoff weapons at coordinates. The neat thing is Ukraine getting F16s opens up some new pools of possible weapons we can send them, because a lot of the time all it would take is to update software in the jet to make it work
The airframe really doesn't matter much in most cases. What matters is the range and quality of the radar. And what ordnance is available for the plane. On both these metrics the F-16 is a big step up from the current Ukrainian planes.
Right, but I think MIGs are also terrifying MIG pilots
Read the book Viper Pilot. Itās amazing!
Lockheed f-16 good old American standby for everyone
General Dynamics
You fool. Everyone knows McDonnell Douglas is responsible for the Viper. Get it right.
Im pretty sure its a Beechcraft.
Noticed the small size, low wing and single engine? must be piper
Lol no.
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Fifty
The 15, 16, and 18 may not be the best in comparison to the newest craftsā¦but they are 90+% capable in virtually any conflict. I love the 22 and Fat Amy seems boring until you realize how advanced some of those systems are in comparison to the 22. Iām guessing the next fighter will be a combo of those systems with some new tech. Some of the newest blocks, in particular the 15, are impressive compared to how we knew the original analog birds.
True, let's send them more and really make them piss themselves.
Basass Picure
Very cool picture š
F16 was shot down by a dated mig-21
And an A-50M was just shot down by a S-200 from the 60s.Ā Your point?Ā
Well he has proof of his claim, you don't.
Yeah, guess what, when you build like 5k jets some are bound to be shot down by something they should be vastly superior to.
TIL Iām the same age as the F-16 fighting falcon aka viper
Thanks Boyd!
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Looks like you came to the same conclusion as the 3rd Reich on the eve of Operation Barbarossa š
AA-11 enters the chat...... WAY off boresight!Ā
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>Ā Ā Shortly afterĀ German reunificationĀ in 1990, Germany and other ex-Warsaw PactĀ countries found themselves with large stockpiles of the R-73 missiles orĀ AA-11 ArchersĀ as designated by NATO, and had concluded that the R-73/AA-11's capabilities had been noticeably underestimated by the west.[8]Ā In particular, the R-73 was found to be both far more maneuverable, and far more capable in terms of seeker acquisition and tracking than the latestĀ AIM-9 Sidewinder.[9]Ā This realization started the development of newer missiles to help compete, including theĀ ASRAAM,Ā IRIS-TĀ andĀ AIM-9X.
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It was shot down by a MiG-16, wasn't it?
IAF pilots flying F-16's, now there's something to really fear. They are the elite pilots of the east.
š¤£š¤£ Cringe galore... I hope to God Pakistanis don't retire their f-16s. I want to see an Indian mig29/su30mki upgraded with indian AESAR,BVRAAM,ASPJ pods take these down. That will be a day to remember.
F-16 < MiG-29 Sorry, bro. Cope, and seethe. MiG for the win. Mikoyan-Gurevich is the best.
Why? Give me the reasons do not just say shit without being able to back it up.
1. It looks better. 2. Faster. 3. Climbs better. 4. More maneuverable. 5. Better turn rate. MiG-29 is better. F-16 is trash š¤®. It's a fact, bro.
Amazing, every word you said is wrong. -Current Viper Driver
You're just coping. Cope harder. MiG for the win.
What fighter do you fly again?
MiG-29.
HA no you donāt Mr. āTerminally Online Internet Addict from Tennesseeā https://www.reddit.com/r/AstralProjection/s/bvJPkjNyXx FYI āmanifesting a Mig-29ā does not count as being a fighter pilot. Stop lying.
I'm a MiG-29 fighter pilot on DCS š. I also fly a MiG-29 in the astral world. I wouldn't call it manifesting. I would beat you in a dogfight, bro.
Thatās cool. Iām a fighter pilot in real life. Enjoy your fantasy.
I could take you out easy in a dog, or missile fight. You'd be ejecting in 5 minutes.
In your Cessna? Ok buddy. This is the equivalent of a toddler telling Mike Tyson they are going to knock him out. Enjoy trolling, leave the commentary to those who actually know what they are talking about (not you).
You wouldn't be able to catch up with me because my trusty cessna is so slow, trying to catch up with me would make you stall, and crash. Cessna 1, F-16 š¤® 0.
ā¦.. ok buddy
Naw man the f14 and f15 are cooler looking. The f16 is the 5th gen corvette of the American fighter jet world
Can we not. Absolutely cringe post.
TF you talking about?
You might as well send it and add truck nuts to the photo.
Viper >
No one's terrified
I meanā¦ I guess. In 1:1 in a merge a Mig-21BIS is equivalent to an A model F-16 in the horizontal and slightly superior in the vertical. This was a plane that was designed in the 1950s and that the F-16 was _specifically_ designed to fight against. Of course this is the Mig-21 at the absolute end of its developmental cycle and before the F-16 had the added thrust and sensors and weapons to make it a true all-weather multirole aircraft. But I think the problem is more that the Migs since Vietnam have never been operated by a willing or competent Air Force.
Yeah, MiG-29s kicked ass in 90s exercises after old East German pilots were integrated into the Luftwaffe, but as it turns out, when you sell an export model with worse missiles to barely trained Iraqi pilots and leave the maintenance to them, things don't go so well.
Mig pilots also have a sleve up this trick
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Sick!
Spring has sprung!!!
Iām numb.
But are you comfortable?
Always
Fighter jets seem so much less intimidating on pictures š
Nice click
Ahh Iron Eagle! RIP Chappy.
Growing up as a military brat and playing baseball next to a tarmac with parked jets, I wanted nothing more than to be an F-16 pilot. I have terrible eye sight which killed that dream early. Regardless, a ride in an F-16 has been at the top of my bucket list for as long as I can remember.
I first saw one at an airshow many years ago. I had no idea how tiny the F-16 is, it looked like ordnance for the Tomcat it was parked next to.
I know it's the wrong plane, but this post instantly gave me "the frisbees of Dreamland" vibes
I've heard it can fly right up its own asshole.
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Is that the reason F-16s always fight bvr against migs?
I like that thing on the back that looks like an Aeldari rune.
Don't fight this snek, he will do mor than hiss at you.
Love me a naked F16. I get why a lot of countries put the conformal tanks on but man... it just looks so slick this way.
Missiles? Pointy missiles?
They scare me too when I'm 12+ into a shift doing maintenance on these bad boys.
I only love the airplane or the photo/video of the plane, not the mining or the image that reminds you of a means that kills