What a treat for me to see this video. This F-16 is from the same base and squadron I was assigned to for almost 4 years. I NEVER got tired of watching these beauties do FCFs after an engine change. My buddies and I would be walking from the dorms to the chow hall and could see the plane stay low to the ground, pull in the landing gear, and then go STRAIGHT UP. Then go upside down, so we could see the canopy, then rotate and fly off out of sight. What a beautiful and extremely capable aircraft! juve, C Shop, HAFB, 388th, 4th AMU, 82-86
@JusticeLeagueJH
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you Viper West Demo Team for all of the great memories. I won't forget the times you guys made a difference during an air show in El Centro CA.👏🇺🇲💪🤟
@ChrisBlack1
9 жыл бұрын
That takeoff gives me chills every time. I'm a gearhead, and I absolutely love Cars and engine sounds, but fighter jets just get my adrenaline going every time. That roar/rumble is just so utterly bad ass.
@cory2146
11 жыл бұрын
Hands down best looking aircraft ever built.
@MiguelRodriguez-zd6tq
5 жыл бұрын
Grandpa still got it! Amazing how this 40+ year old jet still rocks. Thousands of them were flying in the 80s, and thousands of them will still fly into the 2030s.
@scootergrant8683
2 жыл бұрын
I just hope I get to see one in person before that time.
@stuartjobling9360
2 жыл бұрын
Or longer
@seancagney8897
4 жыл бұрын
One of the most beautiful jets ever created IMO, hands down..... Those engines too, that noise from the GEF110 engines isjust heavenly and so smooth.
@KinDubsteP
9 жыл бұрын
To anyone wondering why he is powering up during the launch. The first run up is the PRI and SEC check. The pilot will hit a switch just in front of the throttle which put the Engine into a Secondary Engine state which will close the engine nozzle to 5% and he will run up to 80-85% RPM to make sure the engine is showing input. The guys next to the engine will also visually confirm it. And the Second engine run up is the EPU Bleed Test. The Pilot will again hit a switch which is just aft of the throttle which will turn on the EPU he will also hit a switch called the EPU Gen, short for Generator. He will the confirm he has a light next to the EPU switch and will run the power to 80-85% throttle, one of the EPU lights will shut off while powered up, he will continue to check his engine is responding to the inputs, checking the Nozzle Position, the Hydraulics gauges are moving and the FTIT gauge is moving. he will the shut off the EPU, and the guys will put the EPU saftey pin back in, so he cannot engage it while on the ground during the launch. The last one is to make sure the brakes are working.
@RHM2345
9 жыл бұрын
Great info, thanks!!! I love this often overlooked details.
@TheNcohs13
9 жыл бұрын
Sweet info man. Thanks. I'm a diehard F16 fan so this info is awesome to me.
@KinDubsteP
9 жыл бұрын
Haha, long time VIPER FAN here aswell.
@TheNcohs13
9 жыл бұрын
Sweet
@Pilot545
8 жыл бұрын
+CY6 Scratch Haha...I'm impressed! Straight out of our Dash-1! :) Good job on the numbers and description!
@Nielsx93
12 жыл бұрын
Amazing footage! The afterburner gives me goosebumps time after time. Its even more impressive when you see/hear/feel it in real life. Kudos to you sir!
@SingleSpeed427
8 жыл бұрын
Really wish you would zoom out on the high speed runs and close maneuvers so that we could get some perspective as to how fast and how tight and how high the maneuvers actually are. PLEASE zoom out. You have some of the best videos, but they could be even better.
@ammarmuslim9918
4 жыл бұрын
Tapi Saye Cintakan Awak F-16 Fighting Falcon..
@chelseale4262
8 жыл бұрын
So much history in one aircraft
@lewstrawberry4040
8 жыл бұрын
F-16 has the most beautiful cockit shell in the third generation fighters.
@benitollan
8 жыл бұрын
The F-16 is a 4th Gen fighter, upgraded ones even 4th++ (specially after next upgrade) ;)
@Rsjcn2000
6 жыл бұрын
How I have not ever seen this video I can't explain, but to have the F-86 with the F-16 was just awesome. The ending of the video with the flowers and all was just a topper to it all. Great job SpencerHughes!
@barleypop2007
10 жыл бұрын
Great Videos, I so miss working the flight line as a Avionics Tech!
@Salpeteroxid
10 жыл бұрын
I don't care about performance, this is the most beautiful jet in the world in my eyes.
@i_nameless_i-jgsdf
10 жыл бұрын
Yeah!
@ironroad18
10 жыл бұрын
The F-14 was prettier :-D
@i_nameless_i-jgsdf
10 жыл бұрын
ironroad it was too big! For a jet logic is ''the smaller the better''
@johnbonora4695
10 жыл бұрын
LMG Light-Machine-Gun Not really, although smaller jets like the F-16 tend to be more maneuverable than larger jets such as the F-14, they also usually have smaller payloads and smaller less powerful radars.
@Salpeteroxid
10 жыл бұрын
john bonora But that doesn't matter in a beauty competition.
@nepti9372
8 жыл бұрын
Love this aircraft - Thank you for such a great video production.
@xXscopedHDXx
11 жыл бұрын
The Air intake makes it smile as well :D
@irajdavoudymanesh3049
8 жыл бұрын
In the Name of God...God is greater!...Praise God!...Bravo to Major Garret"mace" Dover for this beautiful,excellent and exciting flight.Hooray for his skillfulness!
@TheTorri98
10 жыл бұрын
I hate that all airshows in the US has stupid music in the background, I want to listen to that fking afterburner!
@DrainPipeJoe
10 жыл бұрын
Are you kidding me, you could not hear the music in this video when the F-16 was in burner! I've been to air shows in Europe, Australia, Japan, Canada and Russia. I was able to attend a MAK's airshow in 2009 in Moscow at Zhukovskiy LII air field, they played some of the worse music I have ever heard, It was 70's type Russian music. I have also seen over 50 within the last 25 years here in the States and they played music at nearly every air show around the world!
@tisoy909
10 жыл бұрын
Dang dood you must be deaf then! are you a head banger cuz I cant imagine anyone not being able to hear that after burner cut that sky up!
@TheTorri98
10 жыл бұрын
That's not my point, it's just annoying when you have vintage planes like P-51's flying over and you have to listen to Rock You Like a Hurricane -.-
@bobelayer
9 жыл бұрын
TheTorri98 Agreed
@Sovereign_Citizen_LEO
9 жыл бұрын
TheTorri98 - The music is crap. At least they could choose good music. I agree though that there should be no music.
@darialima87
10 жыл бұрын
Oh man. This has been filmed with SO MUCH LOVE that I'd rather shut the hell up. I LOVE me some fighter jets!!
@yxeaviationphotog
2 жыл бұрын
Gotta love the narrator. Definitely sets the gold standard.
@farchmarch7043
10 жыл бұрын
Super! Super! Super! Give some more great shows like this!
@Javmtzsls
10 жыл бұрын
This will be always my favorite airplane!! Speed, Maneuverability, Compact and Beautiful!!!
@nightcall7398
4 жыл бұрын
I wasnt there but I was smiling the whole time through the video! God bless America and the USAF!!!
@beqa16v
8 жыл бұрын
direction change is pretty awsome. and that turn at 10:48, wow!
@montybrewster7
7 жыл бұрын
Who knew Josh Homme could fly an F-16! Thanks for the upload Spencer, great vid.
@akwild83
Жыл бұрын
Nothing beats the looks of the Viper, one of the greatest 4th gen rate fighters there is
@eligreggsr553
Жыл бұрын
Thank you all for your service
@ArktikosAdventures
4 жыл бұрын
Great vid! I was Crew Chief on that jet from 96-99 back when it was in the 524FS at Cannon. Awesome jet.
@danmulcrone6581
11 жыл бұрын
The F-86 and F-16 flying side by side was wonderful! Thanks
@JBirdDrmmr
12 жыл бұрын
Awesome video & great camera work as well! I just saw the Thunderbirds at the beginning of this month and all I could say is WOW, I have never been more proud to be an American. It brought tears & gave me goosebumps all over seeing/hearing and feeling the raw power of these jets, there's nothing like watching this in person. God bless the men, women and their families who fly these awesome machines protecting & defending our freedom! Thanks for posting this. Thumbs up if you're a proud American!
@TheShorts5555
11 жыл бұрын
Love the F-16! What an agile little beast
@atreyuscholz5390
5 жыл бұрын
It's so beautiful, my heart, my favorit F 16 ❤️ The Power the Sound Wow!!!Beautiful Jet it's my Dream,✨oh yes!!!🔥💕 Thank you* for Beautiful Video and the time... And *my Respect for Piloten and Jets!!!👍🌹🌿 Tschau!!! @Germany * I ❤️YOU F16 FOREVER! 🌿❤️🔥❄️💫🏹🌿
@infidel1993
8 жыл бұрын
Still the sexiest aircraft ever built. Nothing else even comes close.
@Paradise_Arms
3 жыл бұрын
Except the f15e and the f14 and the f8u and the f22.....
@MrLuvOldies
8 жыл бұрын
Thanks. Great Video,Demo,and Airplane---F-16 Viper/Fighting Falcon.. Mmmmmmmm
@adamlink7274
10 жыл бұрын
ALWAYS one of my top 3. and....always found it funny how the used a Falcon in "Iron Eagle".
@XA2I3RX
9 жыл бұрын
Man I love this bird!!!
@billypilgrim3795
11 жыл бұрын
Still one of the most agile aircraft in the world today!
@ofsoundminds
10 жыл бұрын
one of my all time favorite jet fighters
@RHM2345
9 жыл бұрын
What a fantastic demo and video, great job, Spencer!
@grandpapa2134
7 жыл бұрын
read the book viper pilot by dan Hampton for some operational insights regarding wild weasel ops. great read
@mattbates6887
4 жыл бұрын
UK airshows should be like this with the F-16, awesome flying!
@telavie1
10 жыл бұрын
This more then 20 year old design can stand and fight with anything anyone has.
@Nfarce
9 жыл бұрын
+Randy Sparks - 42 years old, actually from the YF-16.
@timetrialist
8 жыл бұрын
Those pre flight checks are awesome
@12220627
5 жыл бұрын
Yea they are! The air force has come a long way on human robotics!! 😂😂😂
@DrainPipeJoe
10 жыл бұрын
The F-86 is the original beautiful fighter and has some of the best lines like the F-16 of todays air force!
@travjimmy76
11 жыл бұрын
Great job on the filming!! I live in Madison WI and watch the Dairyland Vipers of the 115th almost everyday!! Great job on the start up too!!
@bugalaman
3 жыл бұрын
2011 squadron summer picnic at Hill AFB. Viper west is practicing. Pilot sees us gathered at the base park. Pilot proceeds to do a 100' low pass with full afterburners directly over us and scares the ever loving shit out of everybody. Probably not legal, but it was one of the coolest things I've ever seen.
@gillygrylls
8 жыл бұрын
Pilots nicknamed it the Viper although it's official name is Fighting Falcon. For those that don't know. Love this aircraft.
@imrannaser3020
4 жыл бұрын
The whistling whine of the jet engine as it starts
@ammarmuslim9918
4 жыл бұрын
The Power Of Dreams
@MrSixpoint
8 жыл бұрын
Very Nice Video Thanks For Sharing
@DigitalDyslexia
11 жыл бұрын
Such an awesome aircraft. This plane was a step into the future, at the time when these were put into service, there were no other aircraft that could compare (or for that matter look as AWESOME).
@siouxperb5570
12 жыл бұрын
Best camera work I have seen on youtube. Kudos.
@barleypop2007
10 жыл бұрын
Nose gear tire at take off was showing severe wear. I'm surprised the launched with that cord showing! Frggin budget cutsI bet. Awsome flying USAF!
@popmerde
12 жыл бұрын
''Keep em flying, keep em flying, so that all who see them will know.....'' such a beautiful song....
@chrisparker2118
9 жыл бұрын
I wanna be a fighter pilot :(
@rustamojha5937
7 жыл бұрын
I love Fighter Planes. I love watching weapons.
@LazyScoutJace
11 жыл бұрын
I love the hand signals you guys use when preparing. I dunno what they mean, but I still like it...
@401sttfw9
9 жыл бұрын
Front tire looks like it's down to the red cord. Time to change it.
@billhodges2157
6 жыл бұрын
man that thing is nimble
@satkorighosal9855
5 жыл бұрын
This is very charming even caused by an example as the oversight on Jacqueline Cochran Air Show-Thermal' to unfortunatey too make a mistake as a still success resulting have not seen by standing there too.
@s-falcon926
8 жыл бұрын
The Show Must Go On
@zero48411
10 жыл бұрын
I wish the U.S. air Force would do more airshow demos.
@TaylorSwifty69
10 жыл бұрын
unfortunately their not doing them due budget cuts. Hopefully it'll change soon i really wanna see the F-35 and the F-22 Raptor in action
@jacobmckenney7540
10 жыл бұрын
So far the airshow season for 2014 has a much better outlook than 2013 was with the budget cuts, as of February both the US Air Force Thunderbirds and the US Navy Blue Angels intend to fly a full season (however at less airshows than in previous years) both teams have released their schedules, also returning are the US Army Golden Knights and US Navy Leap Frog parachute teams, while the US Marine Corps plans to display both the AV-8B Harrier and V-22 Osprey in air show demos in 2014. Lastly air combat command has confirmed that F-22 Raptor Demonstrations as well as heritage flights have been approved for this year however further information and a schedules have yet to surface, this will return some "normalcy" to the air show circuit
@StaceyV51
10 жыл бұрын
Christopher W. Hearne Just saw F22 raptor at barksdale air show was awesome! you'll never forget it!
@jacobmckenney7540
10 жыл бұрын
Oh wow, im going to see it in Rhode Island later this, its supposed to be involved in a heritage flight with a P-51 and F-86 as well as a tactical demo of its own, really looking forward to it now
@iowasucks9494
11 жыл бұрын
I love the F-16. The lines curve so smooth then the wings are straight and serious. I'm a car guy so that's what my eye looks for.
@dd.greenefilms2598
10 жыл бұрын
Excellent Video And The Air Force Makes Me Feel Even more proud to be an American I'm a Airshow Fan I sure will be Glade When the Blue Angels And The Thunderbirds Start flying again in 2014 I Almost forgot what it's like to go See The Blue Angels And The Thunderbirds.
@ImortalMonster1
8 жыл бұрын
Very well done.
@sumott497
10 жыл бұрын
The rate of climb this thing has is staggering.
@colintessier2604
10 жыл бұрын
guys this may not be the last F-16 demo after all... ACC updated there aerial events page for the viper F-16 demo and heritage so may mean we get a full demo for the 2014 season fingers crossed tightly:)
@norwingmartinez4683
3 жыл бұрын
F-16 you are my life great show
@dwizzleusa4202
4 жыл бұрын
Great video 👍. F16 you can't beat weight, speed, lightweight, agile, turn like no other single engines with Max speeds of mach 2+. Damn
@EscapeLifesGravity
10 жыл бұрын
Right, EPU, emergency power unit, and it runs on Hydrazine. The engine is started by the JFS, or jet-fuel starter.
@peterrobertson1250
11 жыл бұрын
Hi. Fantastic video, Great quality picture and sound. Thanks for putting it up here for us all to enjoy. I must admit though, and I realise it's to demonstrate discipline and symmetry etc, but the whole robot thing was creeping me out after a while.
@coolyo366
12 жыл бұрын
Best demo of the year!
@carlosreyes1711
12 жыл бұрын
Nice Video, great pilots! The end was nice. Class act touch! Keep filming nice videos like that! From your friend up in Ontario Canada! Carlos
@hawkplaya94
12 жыл бұрын
without a doubt, the best video youve made yet..i hate to see opi go...
@shinlucario
12 жыл бұрын
The reason why it didnt fly last year was because a year before, a C-17 crashed during a practice flight at an upcoming airshow in Alaska killing everyone on board. At the time they were still doing investigations into the crash and so far no reports have been revealed into its cause. And so that's why the C-17 didnt fly at this airshow or any for 2011.
@Mandrak789
10 жыл бұрын
Great machine. US will probably never have airplane this good, cost-effectiveness and reliability wise; As a Russian, I respect F-16 more than any other NATO fighter flying today.
@marksurgeon3088
9 жыл бұрын
I agree. Im also not american and j can admit, that the f16 is one of the best jet fighters.
@wadopotato33
6 жыл бұрын
You do know that the F-35 in Recent Red Flag events shot the F-16 down and was unable to lock onto, right. It was a good fourth generation plane, excellent even. But it is still fourth generation and does not do well against the Fifth generation planes flying.
@ph0kused
6 жыл бұрын
well thats because you're russian and your stuck in past, its okay.
@Blacklockoneseven
6 жыл бұрын
at first, tge f16 is not the best nato plane. Second the Typhoon shot down 3 raptors at an exercise in Alaska. The russians do never have quality, just quantity.
@otgunz3833
6 жыл бұрын
It was a mistake to make such a beautiful, low cost, multi roles fighter jet with such good performance and long life. They are still comparing F35 and other new gen fighters with this beauty. I support your idea, they will most likely never have an other man piloted fighter this efficent.
@KN-ko8ez
6 жыл бұрын
F16s always look so sinister. Pound for pound, one of the deadliest birds out there
@Coronado326
10 жыл бұрын
Excellent light weight front line fighter, combat proven like all the US fighters, During the Bakea Valley air war against Syria in 1982 , the Israeli F-16's downed 82 MIG's without a single loss.. One of the most amazing aerial victories in the history of modern warfare.
@Dovid2000
10 жыл бұрын
The F-16 has a sleek design.
@danmulcrone6581
11 жыл бұрын
Byron--I agree-- and I will always call it "The Sound of Freedom!"
@brookwest
9 жыл бұрын
Hubbard's fighter pilots is coolest ever you can actually climb into a complete F 16 with curved screen.
@siouxperb5570
12 жыл бұрын
Officially, yes it is fighting falcon. Viper is the unofficial nickname used by those within the F-16 community, particularly those at Hill AFB
@james1461
10 жыл бұрын
Such a beautiful jet. #america
@williamacro
8 жыл бұрын
I love the ground coreography!
@byronhenry3877
11 жыл бұрын
there is no cooler noise than the roar of an engine from a fighter jet.
@project5inc871
11 жыл бұрын
Gotta love the sound of an APU spooling up the main engine.
@fsxflyer253
10 жыл бұрын
Got a chance to fly with Steve Hinton once
@bsullivan161
12 жыл бұрын
Now THIS is a demo! Awesome job!
@kubla777
12 жыл бұрын
Great video, I like how he kicked up some dust when landing
@jaratt85
8 жыл бұрын
uh dude.. the F86 was not WW2 era, it was Korea.. 1950s there.. still O.O F86 *drool
@MegaBuckBuck1
9 жыл бұрын
That MSgt has a nice post-military career as an airshow narrator after he retires! Very nice.
@spencerhughes2255
12 жыл бұрын
@bassplaya1549 Thanks!...Yeah, all it was gonna do was depart...For some reason it didn't.
@tommrobinson5136
10 жыл бұрын
makes me proud and sad a kid (he was not a kid, a cpt usaf) that I tpought in a sunday school class piled on into the mts on a night training flight out west. those were tough you had the heads up display and yourself. you had to be at the top of your game to fly one. I never flw one and did not want too. the ones i talked to said the the a=y were very unforgiving. The young manI knew was not shot down, but he died defending his country, RIP
@koskinas97
12 жыл бұрын
It is said that the Viper has some characteristics of the F-35 which make it really unique.
@liontone
10 жыл бұрын
Beautiful.
@gemertfreak
12 жыл бұрын
still the most beautiful fighterjet ever build!
@DaveKohPhotography
10 жыл бұрын
Awesome camera work
@55spirithockey
11 жыл бұрын
The F-16 is not expected to retire for a long time. It probably has at least 15-20 more years until it retires.
@Nfarce
9 жыл бұрын
How many people noticed the brake lockup smoke and control starting at 32:27 during landing roll out after that snappy nose drop. He was up on those pedals, heh.
@FS2K4Pilot
11 жыл бұрын
Close second to the Turkey... However, even being the lifelong, diehard, foaming-at-the-mouth-rabid F-14 fanatic that I am, I gotta admit that takeoof looked pretty hot!
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