F-16 and the B-1 bomber are two of the most beautifully designed aircraft to me 😊

MY SON FLEW THEN FOR 10 YEARS AND LOVED THAT PLANE. NOW HE IS AN f35 INSTRUCTOR.

A pure fighter for the times. Like the F4U Corsair and the Hellcat it has what it needs to do the job. It will go down as one of the best ever.

50 years! The fact that I remember their introduction makes me feel old:)

Finally a good and detailed overview without any "Fighter Mafia" BS Good work!

I brushed my teeth this morning and SHOCKED the world.

The F-15 F-16 combo maybe the most successful one two punch of air dominance and attack fighters in history. Half a century after it's first availability the F-16 is the fighter our Allies want and enemies fear.

Thank you I had no idea, the F16 is an excellent fighter jet, glad the US with smarts and ingenuity has put it all together 🇱🇷👍

I'm amazed how often the world seems to be shocked

I am so tired of the word SHOCK in titles. It just doesn't mean anything any more. Too often it's click bait.

A pilot dodged 6 SAMs, in sequence, during the Gulf War, and landed safely at base. That's without all the new avionic upgrades.

My Mother and Father (Air Force Captain) were at the first Roll Out of the F16 and were given 16mm film of the historic moment by McDonald Douglass.

Shocking how beautiful this plane is.

Excellent Presentation - Thankyou

Great report on a great fighter! F16 Falcon is in a class all by itself!

In 1980 I worked on them them at Hill AFB tail numbers like 008 and 012. It is so cool to see them still going!

You haven't lived until you've experienced the: “Falcon Turn“...

Its a hot sports car in the air!

Israel uses modified F 16s as fighter/bomber super speed to hit past radar targets with great accuracy. USA still makes great planes.

The F-16 was the first of its kind in the world, and in the USAF. It was the first to use "relaxed aerodynamics", which means it must have computer aids to fly. In addition, it was the first to introduce, both fly-by-wire and, a side stick control. It also has a more raked seat, which diminishes the G-loading on the pilot. It is indeed a legendary aircraft for these and other reasons. The original fighter held a limited amount of fuel (which has since been augmented with conformal fuselage tanks.) Even though its original fuel load was low, for European customers, which cover small regions, they are ideal. They were developed by the so called 'Fighter Mafia' in the Pentagon, themselves former or current Fighter pilots, it met the needs at the time, for an aircraft with great agility. Did I forget to mention they are very beautiful.

Beautiful plane, watching it Wishing I was Fly in it. Great video

Most beautiful aircraft!

As a retired Msgt, USAF I'am proud of my Air Force F-16.

So many advantages of the F-16

I know one thing it's the best in the RATE fight! It's a sports car for a jet fighter.. I'm a 15 fan myself...

Thanks, Military World.

You forgot to mention the on board pizza oven and New soft serve ice cream dispenser. It's truly a fighter with something for everyone.

Great channel, and top tier compliments to the narrator.

As one of the first Avionics Instructors at Hill afb back when MOTE was just starting out I am impressed with the detail and attention to detail of this video. When I went back to the F-15 program the Block 41 aircraft were the "coming thing" Thank you for bring back some of my fondest memories of the USAF days.

I am a vendor to a company that builds components for weapons systems. One day I saw a thick circuit board that was about 5 or 6 feet long. Without thinking, I said "what does that go into?". The engineer tried to provide an answer that didn't give up classified information. He said, "it goes into a system that is a one-time use". It wasn't hard to figure out what he meant.

An Awesome ship.

To All-Pilipino love th F15 , STRIKE EAGLE II.THE BEST FIGHTER JETS AMERICA CREATED I HOPED AMERICA GIVE TO THE PHILIPPINES,ONE OF THOSE F15 , strike eagle II.We like it very much 💔.PBBM

Good video but you need to update it with current information regarding the Block 70/72 new production and upgrade.

My favorite military aircraft!

I was with General Dynamics when the first test aircraft came to Edwards AFB, and I saw that amazing near-disaster with Phil Oestricher in the cockpit. What memories! They'd load it down with so many armaments that it would waddle down the runway like a fat Christmas goose. Once it was airborne, though, it lived up to its name and was quick, precise, and beautiful! I could never have imagined the legendary fighter plane it would become.

Nice video. You forgot to mention the podded SENSOR Systems (LANTIRN & Lightning pods) which add a great amount of precision to the ground attach missions.

It was the legendary Falcon F16 that was sent armed with a single missile,...which climbed to the very darkness & emptiness of space, ( a unique feat.!) where,....with engines running out of available oxygen.....fired that missile to destroy a satellite many, many miles distant again. Right on target,...the pilot headed back to base....once more with another successful mission accomplished.

Likely the most successful combat fighter aircraft of the modern era.

Your first flight story is inaccurate from what I've read. This test was supposed to be a high speed taxi test, not a flight test. But when the pilot got up to the speed for the test, the aircraft simply wanted to fly and the pilot obliged it!

All time great fighter. What would a P-51 Mustang be if it were a jet fighter. An F-16.

Imagine this thing with thrust vectoring. Would that even be possible? That aside, what is this NEW upgrade that shocked the world. I think I missed it.

f14 is the uf killer

I noticed that you didn’t mention that the first versions of the F-15 engine produced more thrust than the airplane weight which enabled it to accelerate through the sound barrier going vertical. It still capable of this feat! I also recall that the F-15 was similarly capable.

I like it

A lot of COL John Boyd’s research into energy use is in the F-16.

Wonderful gems come in smaller packages. Here is one such jem.

The modern Block 60 F-16s are marvels of modern technology. Now, just imagine if we had gotten the F-14 ASF. _sigh_ We can dream.

I’m shocked!!!!!!

The F-16 is the sports car of fighter aircraft.

It's a great design because it is basically one jet engine with wings strapped to it, not much more. Similar to that of the F-104 starfighter, except with double the wingspan, and a more efficient single lower air inlet instead of two side inlets.

She is a beauty!

The experimental F-16 with the Delta wings would have made a good long range fighter-bomber.

The headline promises more than your video actually gives. Disappointing.

The latest versions of the F-16 are no longer called the Fighting Falcon. The newest versions are so different from the original that the United States Air Force has re-designated the block 70/72 F-16 the Viper.

1 Formidable aircraft ! Put them against Put-in ! In the 70's i remember the engine pushed out over 23k thrust. I'm wondering if it's now more.

2:15 It was a high speed taxi test that was a whoops accidental takeoff. I think it was something to do with the new stick sensitivity/programming was a bit off.

Is that the new block -70 or 71 they are definitely upgrading the f-16 that’s a great fighter jet it have delivered

F-16 😊 F-16XL 😎😎😎

This is the reliable jet fighter used by Israel in their war effort in the middle east

I met man from Terra de Fuego and he wasn’t shocked at all!

Is maintenance an issue with all the high tech equipment?

One flew over my house but that was a long time ago

Pilot comfort & G-tolerance were NOT the reasons the seat was reclined 30°.

How much do the boxy looking fuel tanks affect the airflow and how much drag do they cause. Honestly it looks like a different aircraft.

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May god be with us all

AAM-N-5 Meteor missile as well.

I know thay need them but we r going to need them

I sure hope the Ukrainians get these IF they ever get ANYTHING !

By the early 1980s, the American AIM-7 Sparrow radar-guided missile in its "M" version was realistically exceeding a 60% kill rate, and was integrated onto the F-20. Brigadier General Chuck Yeager, test pilot and the first man to break the sound barrier, referred to the F-20 as "the finest fighter".[157] Despite its performance and affordable cost, the F-20 lost out for foreign sales against the similarly capable but more expensive F-16, which was being procured in large numbers by the US Air Force and was viewed as having greater support. Think Lydon Johnson and Ft. Worth, Texas

My cousin flew the F-16 for over 20 years. He put in his retirement papers when they converted his squadron to the F-35. He said he refuses to fly the "Plastic toy" as he calls it. The F-35 is a much less maneuverable aircraft and the only advantage it has is that it can't be seen on radar.

Wonder if they could develop a “F-16” equivalent for the F-22? Smaller, cheaper, stealthy for going in, less stealthy going out to cut cost. Just wondering.

And they're STILL upgrading and selling it - and for good reason. According to the internet (always dangerous), an F-16 costs 1/3 that of a JSF.

The Israeli F-16 SUFA is the ultimate iteration of the F-16..................................PERIOD !

Once upon a time I was told that for every “shipped” F-16 there was a companion tractor-trailer load of printed documentation. I wonder what shape the present version documentation might take…

Its the VW Bug of fighter jets. Not horrible. A little better than 'just good enough' but cheap enough to build in large numbers. Let's face it, when an F16 beats an Eastern Block countries current generation jet, its not the plane that wins, its the pilot and his/her training. That's what makes "good enough" a viable option. As to the video, it sounds like a car dealer listing all the possible options. 'Can fire the blah, blah, blah' turns into the voice of adults in a Charlie Brown cartoon. This was supposed to be about the PLANE, not about what you can hang on it. What can it turn? What can it OUT turn? What can it out climb? These are what SHOULD have been discussed, not a laundry list of what you can strap to it. You could get nearly the same results if you could strap the same weapons on an F4U.

Am I missing something? What part of this shocked the world?

Who is this video for? The title suggests unqualified viewers but the details about the latest F16 iteration carrying the Raythrop Douglas 7.4 ASHRAAM 86E Fuzzbuster Mark 3 Anti-Radar missile suggests otherwise.

What world did it shock. The world that didn't hear about it?🤣

And bring my jordan shoes 😅

Every single F-16 in the USAF inventory needs to be upgraded to the block 70/72 standard.

Was the world shocked? Not sure those that know aviation were 'shocked', let alone the world

Great video. A couple of minor points. ALARM was a British RAF missile, also used by Saudis but not on F16 (Tornado only, I believe). I get that this is more about operational characteristics/capabilities but it would have been nice to see a mention of the F16 XL (cranked delta - like the SAAB Draken) which was an excellent but abandoned development.

I just wonder what version Ukraine is getting. Especially which radar.

F16 is loved by all because it is cheap and capable!

Gamechanger 🤣🤣🤣

Two F16's on one SU57 for half the price of Ivan. No Brainner.

3:11 | There isn't a refueling "probe" on an F-16, only a receptacle. The tanker has the probe. Also, get rid of the clickbait title (Shocked the World) and please have your scripts proofed for accuracy and outrageousness before producing. TD

Why switch to F35's?

Know we need them here

it's Viper dude, that show's you're no expert

if it works, don't fix it

We will see how they work or used in Ukraine

Serbia 99 f117 is down f16 b2 a10 mirage 2000/5

Too much "SHOCKED" on this channel!

How many times, and how well, has this jet handled 🤔 against top notch adversaries - like the Russians? "That" is the true measure, is it not?

I have a Super Hetrodyne radar receiver in my car. I bet it cost far less then theirs ! 😁 I have to share this true but very strange story. At one time the USAF and Navy put two different American fighters in pilot to pilot competition as they often do. I believe one was the very advance radar F14 and one was the Phantom or maybe even a early F16 without advanced radar like the F14. Anyway the F14 was cleaning the Phantoms/F-16? clock with its long range radar capability. That was until the pilot took his FuzzBuster radar detector and managed to wire into his cockpit. Everytime he was lit up he did a max g break and the F 14 pilots didn't do so well after that. .😁

Lot of F16 info but what was that about an upgrade? What was so shocking? Seems like clickbait. Bit of a waste of time.

G Eneral electric. My grandma's refrigerator. My father's mom 😅🙂

better than the Sweden gripen