Flying the world's first CIVILIAN F-16

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Ride along for a flight in the first civilian F-16 with Hasard Lee as they fly in the aggressor role fighting against blue air.
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F-35 fighter pilot, previously flew the F-16, including 82 combat missions. In 2016 selected as the Top Instructor Pilot of the Year for Shaw AFB. Mission commander and the only fighter pilot to fly two different types of jets into combat on the same day.
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@corvetteworldrob8586 Год назад

That's Crazy, they actually got a hold of 2 of the F-16s that did that Iraq Nuke plant hit in the early 80's. Look up that mission, they flew fingertip for a long haul so close they showed on rader as one, and pretended to be a Jordanian Transport. Crazy mission, that Inspired both Iron Eagle 2, and Top Gun Maverick.

@nabilbudiman271 Год назад

Operation Opera

@forsaturn4629 Год назад

That operation was legendary

@moshe_nativ Год назад

One of the Israeli pilots participating in that operation was Ilan Ramon, who perished as a crew member of space shuttle Columbia on that fateful February morning in 2003.

@leatherneck62 Год назад

Yea those Israel pilots are fearless

@DanDan3663 Год назад

That raid is an amazing story.

@TheBenghaziRabbit Год назад

29 privately owned F-16's thats freaking amazing.

@w_esth1ll975 Год назад

And more to come, they are buying most of the Netherlands their F16 fleet, already 3 of them delivered, 1 B and 2 C block 25s

@SoloRenegade Год назад

In America you can own military hardware

@ChevTecGroup Год назад

Sure is. Wait til you hear a o the other company that got 48 FA-18s!

@Glee73 Год назад

the military now prefers to "contract" out adversary air for training purposes as it is actually cheaper to do so than maintaining full-time squadron to do the same job.

@Hyperious_in_the_air Год назад

My man literally running the Project Aces mercenary Air Force

@cozysouth Год назад

These guys fly over my RV constantly. The first time I saw them I told my wife Israeli F-16s flew over. I immediately hopped on the internet and found out who was actually flying them. Amazing to have such historic aircraft in the air!

@Calebvelasquez117 Год назад

Didn’t happen

@RokeJulianLockhart.s13ouq Год назад

Did your wife really care?

@Steven-zt6rs Год назад

@@RokeJulianLockhart.s13ouq wives that love their husbands usually care regardless of if they themselves are interested in a subject. u should find btter people to be around lol

@abdullahemad9457 Год назад

How did you just know that they are israeli when they are up in the air I’m just curious

@cozysouth Год назад

Top Aces purchased the aircraft from the IDF. They still have the original paint schemes and plane numbers. And yes, my wife did think it was 😎.

@MacStrengthCo Год назад

29 A/C= 10 flyers and 19 spare parts. Love what they are doing there. Great job on the maintenance team for keeping those things going without gov endless support and parts.

@matthewmcnab322 Год назад

I'm sure they are charging the government appropriately for there services.

@raphaellauf7786 Год назад

@@matthewmcnab322 think he means outside of their pay for services done, as in they don't get additional bonus outside of their contract.

@jessereeves3120 Год назад

The irony is that there’s literally billions in F-parts sitting in machine shops shelves under as-needed contracts. Most will become offal because the brass and the senate cyclically waste the parts of which they already paid the majority of, to avoid relatively minor costs, screw over the machine shops, and pass the new 100X bill right back to Johnny Taxpayer. But hey, they made the fiscal budget work. Success

@MacStrengthCo Год назад

@@jessereeves3120 I’m in the industry and know all too well! 😂. Still cool they got some of these flying under civil air.

@jessereeves3120 Год назад

@@MacStrengthCo Absolutely still cool

@abrahamm1325 Год назад

These guys are legends for keeping the original paint job, those aircraft are pieces of history it would be a shame to have them altered physically.

@Klaaism Год назад

Very much so.

@ToyotaNutjob Год назад

Whistlin diesel has entered the chat

@kwhp1507 Год назад

They will always be legendary even if they was pink with green polka dots! You might get razzed in the air from civilian atp’s, but you’re flying the only civilian owned 4th gen jets. Does this make top aces the largest private Air Force?

@Matt123a Год назад

Iron Eagle paint job

@the_real_trvrt Год назад

lmao when the video started and I saw the paint job I was so confused cause it was 1:1 as Israeli F16s and I didn't think that we sold them to private/civilian contractors.

@Ilyak1986 Год назад

Huge props to all the guys on the ground being on point with all the assembly, disassembly, and maintenance keeping everyone up in the air.

@stuman1159 Год назад

always

@darkgeneral0192 Год назад

They don't use props anymore. They use jet engines

@BigRed1200100 Год назад

@@darkgeneral0192 it’s a figure of speech. It doesn’t literally mean props as propeller planes. Means huge, great job !

@darkgeneral0192 Год назад

@@BigRed1200100 i know, i was joking

@alexshi9320 Год назад

@@BigRed1200100 r/wooosh

@templarfidelis7203 Год назад

My grandfather was responsible for the sale of these aircraft to Israel. He was VP of Contracting for General Dynamics, San Diego. His retirement photo is of an Israeli F-16 in formation with a Kfir, signed by his team. It's hanging on my wall at home now. Great video! You have a new sub!

@dronegeeks Год назад

Wow that's cool

@frootluipsalad Год назад

kfirs are so cool too

@whiffingherbs Год назад

i do belive this but i also dont

@AMaidenlessRunt Год назад

Cool story bro

@mph2336 Год назад

He’s one of the reason genocide is rampant out there

@D1zZit Год назад

That shot at 0:31 with the drone fly through is absolutely amazing!

@lillyanneserrelio2187 Год назад

Thank you. i am that drone. I became sentient after flying through that F16 jet. The experience was so awe inspiring it awoken my consciousness. Good to meet you. Please address me as... ... ... Skynet

@lantose Год назад

@@lillyanneserrelio2187 Skynet, you are one beautiful young lady! Best of luck to you!

@slickstretch6391 Год назад

Was it a drone, or was it a camera on a stick?

@nateb9346 Год назад

@@slickstretch6391 cinewhoop, AKA a tiny drone with enclosed propellers that is able to get into and around small spaces.

@lowlowseesee Год назад

yeah it was lol thanks

@Deantjah Год назад

I wish - and I can just never say it enough - to someday be able to fly as a passenger in an F-16. It's really just my number 1 dream/wish I always had and always will have. Amazing aircraft. The fact that there ARE privately owned F-16's makes that dream - potentially - come closer in reality. Some day I hope, some day...

@Sierra-208 Год назад

You and me both

@Shimo_28 Год назад

Yes

@C0rnBr3ad04 Год назад

I hope you do, if you do take some videos for me☺️

@philmahoney9527 Год назад

I thought there was a place in Pensacola u cld pay and go up for a ride??!!!!

@williamnewton5556 Год назад

@@philmahoney9527 that’s an l39

@carlparlatore294 Год назад

Started to fly the Viper back in 81' - when I retired I had over 900+ hrs in the jet - looking at this video brings back a lot of memories - thanks for sharing!

@abel4776 Год назад

When I buy one, I'll reach out to you to train me.

@mathgasm8484 Год назад

I bet you can do well in the dcs simulator with the right setup.

@montanatony5838 Год назад

As a color blind man my dreams were to fly F-16s as a young boy until I found out color blindness is a no no as a pilot. My grandfather was an engineer for Skunk Works and then Northrup during the 60's, 70's and 80's. The last project he worked on for 8 years was the B2 Spirit.. He has a complete catalog of aircraft he was a part of. Thanks for your service and dedication to this wonderful country.

@carlparlatore294 Год назад

@@montanatony5838 Sorry about the color blindness - I know I was blessed to be able to fly fighters in the AF - you can be proud of your granddad for what he did - if it wasn't for folks like him I would never have had the opportunity to fly the best fighters in the world!

@carlparlatore294 Год назад

@@mathgasm8484 Math I'm old school - I will leave that DCS stuff to you younger folks like you who probably would "fly" rings around me 🙂

@gabbylang2 Год назад

I actually worked most of these engines, if not all. When he said that they are a bit different it’s because of modifications that were done due to compressor stalls. I was the so-called expert for putting safety wires on the bottom bolts of the fan flange just above the gearbox- absolutely no room to maneuver! The closeups really bring back the memories. 😊

@DG-kr8pt 11 месяцев назад

same here

@DanielR2 11 месяцев назад

my brother worked on these engines back when he was in the Israeli Air Force, he also used to go straight into the intake and talked about how difficult it was to do anything there, my parents say that the smell of jet fuel is nostalgic from them since he would always come back home soaked in it hahah, I still have his patches from there, one from P&W themselves, and fun fact, I now serve in the base that these jets were sold from, you can still see some f-16 carcasses sitting in their flight lines waiting to be bought by other foreign comapnies/nations

@kiltedgod Месяц назад

I heard about this, wow. Kudos.

@kicksnarehats11 Год назад

Man, there's just something about a clean F-16 that's not in Thunderbird livery ... also, the A model feels so beautifully raw and basic. Makes me almost wanna call it the "Fighting Falcon" again. ;-) Oh, and Hasard, you're just an absolute badass. The content you bring to us is top notch. I mean: casual in-flight interviews while on a training mission!? Come on!! Thank you for your service and for the invaluable insights into military aviation.

@jjtimmins1203 Год назад

They say that if it looks right it is right, and the f16 absolutely nails it

@ronaldrobertson2332 Год назад

I probably refueled one of those jets way back in the early 80's. The ferry pilot told me that it was going to Isreal; this was before the Iraqi nuclear plant raid. I was stationed at Offutt AFB in Nebraska from 1980-1983.

@RanTausi Год назад

Nice to know this, I was served in 140 F16A/B squadron between 1992-95. 👍

@t_sixtyfivex_wing8787 Год назад

Salute you sir.

@t_sixtyfivex_wing8787 Год назад

@@RanTausi Salute you sir, Falcon member.

@RanTausi Год назад

@@t_sixtyfivex_wing8787 Many thanks to you !

@reckless-kelly Год назад

I believe the 2-seat F-16 filmed here was actually used in the rescue of Col. Ted Masters, USAF (Ret) in 1986.

@sike3000 Год назад

i understood that reference

@skankhunt9078 Год назад

Iron eagle!

@StephenJ117 Год назад

Savage comment!

@bodylanguageconsultant Год назад

Filmed against Bilya... where's chappie when you need him?

@danielelson7141 Год назад

How do you not yell out for Chappy while in the jet?

@mixflip Год назад

I thought the President said Americans can't buy machine guns? Turns out we can buy stuff way better than machine guns.

@maverickhusky4165 Год назад

I can't help but think about the forces on the 16 bolts that hold on each wing. The enginering to make that work at the forces these planes experence is insane.

@chaoeperry Год назад

Psh 16 bolts, I was so unsettled when I heard that.

@Gay-Arrow 10 месяцев назад

If you think that’s insane then check this out. The SR-71 Blackbird’s engines are each held in place by a single bolt. That’s right the engines of the fastest aircraft in history are held in place by an i-bolt.

@williamhudson4938 5 месяцев назад

16 bolts on each wing, while the engine hangs on a roller skate and 2 pins, with a link to keep it centered. Amazing engineering that kept me gainfully employed for 37 years and over 4000 airplanes.

@KRGruner Год назад

This was absolutely fascinating. I figured it was only a matter of time before civilian contractors would have F-16s (a logical choice). Nice to see it finally happening! How I miss flying that jet...

@SupaMan2122 Год назад

Nice that knock it off in Top Gun is real lingo

@KRGruner Год назад

@@SupaMan2122 Sure is.

@Skychickenpilot Год назад

Thank you for your service! I wish to fly in the Air Force someday. Next year I will apply to the academy.

@nighpaw4651 Год назад

@@Skychickenpilot good luck

@AB-bu9go Год назад

@@Skychickenpilot keep your nose clean, respect your enlisted members, dont be a douche, and make em tell you no!

@FD1CE Год назад

It got me so emotional as an Iranian. We could be close allies with Israel and US, but that devastating damn revolution brought our country to pure hell until now. Thanks Hasard for sharing us the best moments we can ever imagine of flight

@MozTS Год назад

And whos fault is it for the conditions that caused the revolution?

@raymcdaniel1671 Год назад

As an American, we'd love to be allies with a modern, peaceful Iran. Hope you guys eventually throw the crazies out, and get to live freely.

@kirkvilla9781 Месяц назад

These comments didn't age well😂

@valuedhumanoid6574 Год назад

I fly the F16C in DCS World. Of all the aircraft available, this is my fave by far. The flexibility, the performance, everything about it is so well thought out and well executed. I can go from hitting an enemy tank with a Maverick to blowing a fighter out of the sky with a Sidewinder. It does both equally well. This guy is living my dream

@doodskie999 Год назад

After that guy who procured a harrier, this tops it. Plus 29 units!? That's freaking amazing and insanely costly.

@robburns4176 Год назад

I saw the civilian Harrier at an airshow (Oceana NAS I think), he had a fully functional jet and I saw it fly. I heard that he p!ssed the RAF off something awful. One of the agreements to buy it was that he wasn't supposed to rebuild it and certainly not fly it.

@andie2809 Год назад

I grew up next to Williams AFB, worked there for a few years in HS...I worked for HRL near the flight line. I later became a private pilot but not because of the base but because my mother was a private pilot. I don't even recognise it now...but I'm glad I was a part of it.

@MobiusOne6 Год назад

hey me too! It was called Williams-gateway by the time I came around though! That place really exploded from farmland into suburbia after we moved away in 05 or so...

@andie2809 Год назад

@@MobiusOne6 it's much worse now sorry to say... we had a small farm and had to leave when it became so "city"...

@kinch613 Год назад

Fantastic stuff here. The history, dedication and passion for all these men is legendary. And kudos the the maintainers who literally keep em flying.

@UAL012 Год назад

Doing something like this has to be great for a lot of guys (and gals) that worked on of flew F-16's in the military and can get a civilian job doing the same thing. This is a great way to keep people working and doing something they love. I live in AZ and have actually flown a Cessna to Gateway Field (where this was filmed) and now I can't wait to do it again. I would LOVE an opportunity to experience something like this.

@BrianPhillipsRC Год назад

That was very cool! Thank you for sharing this experience!

@sandspike2929 Год назад

F-16 is still the most beautiful fighter since the P-51 Mustang.

@SimonAmazingClarke Год назад

I'm guessing that the flight line manager worked on 16s in the air force and now he's working on them in civy street. Awesome job, he must be loving it.

@265justy Год назад

These F-16s have so much history. Some have taken down Syrian Migs, Some took part in the attack on the Iraqi nuclear reactor site and some are movie stars from Iron Eagle...

@md11hud Год назад

Come a long way from the F-5 Aggressors I flew against in the 80’s. Great video. Thanks for giving me a look back at my old base of Williams AFB. HUD, 22nd TFS, Bitburg AB, Germany, The Last of the Red Hot Fighter Squadrons.

@luuk341 Год назад

29 privately owned F16s. That is the coolest thing! I am from the Netherlands. And though we operate modern F16's where as TopAces only has a a few modernized jets. The Netherlands Airforce operates 40 F16s. TopAces has only 11 fewer jets than our airforce does. That is amazing!

@petertenthije Год назад

You’re kind a glossing over the 28 F-35s, with more to be delivered.

@machinech183 Год назад

My god I had this dream as a kid. I'm glad someone is actually able to make it happen. Well done and thanks for sharing it.

@danieldulkai7555 Год назад

Saw 4 of these guys get off loaded from an An-124 at gateway a year ago. love seeing them, didn't know how unique Top Aces was!!!

@itaibar8909 Год назад

These are obviously built with incredible quality to fly like new 40 years later, amazing!

@dwade_fpv Год назад

Thanks for this video. I learned so much today. Being a drone pilot, I also appreciated the cinewhoop footage captured around the aircraft in the hangar!

@AdamArtzi Год назад

You don’t have to say you’re a drone pilot, it says it in your name.

@lucaschudleigh7193 Год назад

Drone pilots want everyone to know they’re a drone pilot because they pilot drones. Gayest title out there.

@dwade_fpv Год назад

@@lucaschudleigh7193 🤣

@avrahambrea1919 Год назад

Kudos to you guys for keeping the paint.

@av8tore71 Год назад

F-16 flew in Operation Opera 42 years ago and is still flying strong! These pilots were in grad school or not born at all in 81. I've flown right seat on Aluminum Overcast the EAA's B-17 for a couple years with Ken W of Belvidere, IL and I think of stuff like this as I was born in 1971 flying airplanes that flew during WWII

@derekwhipple8419 Год назад

These jets are historically awesome. Hope they stay around for years to come.

@GODOFLIQUOR Год назад

That’s so gnarly, the F16 is probably the most modern fighter jet owned by a civilian that’s a real dream

@Mrcuddlesworth_ Год назад

People have owned harriers

@AustinFarrara День назад

One mig 29 in the states to

@s3viking214 Год назад

This was awesome to watch. Had a smile on my face all the way through

@Loopan68 Год назад

Thank you so much to give us insights to these operations! It was so interesting to watch! Greetings out of switzerland

@derekcolvin9944 Год назад

It's amazing how fantastic the F-16 is. When I was in college in the early eighties , I worked near Carswell Air Force Base and General Dynamics so every Saturday 20 B-52's would take off from Carswell and f-16s were always in the area after production they would fly the f-16s out six at a time

@beavismount Год назад

Awesome video! Those FPV shots in the hangar did as much as the cockpit footage to tell the story, if not more.

@MrElliptific Год назад

Wow, it is crazy to think that some of those jets have been involved in very serious events.

@ChaseN194 11 месяцев назад

Imagine having the funds as a private company to buy 20+ F-16s. DEEP pockets in Aviation

@10Boomer9 Год назад

Oh man. This is giving me all the feels. It’s been 9 years since I’ve heard radio calls with all the static like that. Wow! Brings me right back.

@briantheodore6831 Год назад

That drone work! Loved seeing this type of stuff. Production value is awesome…nice job. Keep these coming!

@rhadiem Год назад

Yeah nice cinewoop piloting, I was waiting for it to go "outside" in an active airport... had my email to the FAA ready. (teasing) Probably a good call to cut it at the end there. ;)

@realSethMeyers Год назад

@@rhadiem why even joke about that? FAA are already trying to kill off the hobby as it is.

@thefoolishhiker3103 Год назад

Seems like a a pretty awesome gig to have. Was a kid when the first top gun movie came out and dreamed of being a fighter pilot. Life took a different path but it’s amazing to be able to live vicariously through RU-vid videos like this. Thanks for providing this kind of content.

@TubaDudeNick Год назад

I’d totally love to know if these jets were involved with the filming of the first two Iron Eagle movies! So sick!!!

@martinlagrange8821 Год назад

This was utterly fascinating, and really exciting to see. Thank you for it !

@unclecousindanbo Год назад

All those jets and pilots came thru Hill AFB in 79-81. 388TFW 421st TFS BLACK WIDOWS! 16thTTFS and 34th TTFS were the training squadrons, later on Luke AFB got more of the training duties. Hill AFB was the Depot Base. I was there when we had F-4's still on the tarmac and we transitioned to F-16's. 4th and 421st were the first operational combat ready squadrons in the USAF. F-16 Falcon Fixers!

@rickcollins4927 Год назад

Former "B" shop'r here. Was at Hillfield from '80 to '83. Always enjoy seeing her fly.

@OneThirtyTwoScale Год назад

Thank you for the great content and bringing us along on your journey, I'm envious of the job you do, it was the path I wanted to pursue in the Canadian air force, but the goal I never achieved. Keep up the great content, many of us appreciate being able to ride along.

@AGPullen Год назад

I live minutes away from this airport and had no idea they did this out there! I see F-18's, C-130's, even V-22's but didn't know there was a company doing this out of PHX/Mesa Gateway! So freakin cool!

@rolex87 Год назад

Sounds like their fleet has an amazing history!

@mccoybyz1099 Год назад

Wow!! The history in that small fleet of vipers!! Definitely one of the coolest videos you've ever done! More please!!!

@mroctober3657 Год назад

Drone camera footage on point.

@4SHIZZLE206 9 месяцев назад

Best freaking JOB ever! How much fun is that!. Lots of responsibility, goodtimes, and helping your Nation. Well done!

@Erodkp08 Год назад

Wow you got some legendary airframes there. Not only Mig Killers but also 2 from the raid!

@platzreal Год назад

Im honestly amazed at the moment, as someone who is active USAF and works on the E3 I had no idea there was a private company doing red air. Cant help but wonder if I've run into these guys in the past during training sorties.

@scottmccambley764 Год назад

Top Aces was started by a bunch of retired RCAF jockeys. They also currently provide red air for the RCAF with Alpha Jets and red air for the German airforce with A4N Skyhawks

@northidahotransplant1550 Год назад

My father was the Air Force chief systems engineer on the F-16 at Wright-Patterson AFB when the Falcon (Viper) came to life. I'll have to make sure he sees this video. He's 90 now but still sharp as a tack!

@MrPingn Год назад

Happy to see those birds still flying.

@Sleepyjew Год назад

This was fricken awesome to watch. Great video, mix of action and interview. Love it.

@MrUSAviation Год назад

Thanks for bringing this experience to us! This is motivating to keep pushing hard to become a fighter pilot myself one day! Thank you!

@eric168 Год назад

This is definitely going into my bucket list!!! Way to go!!!!!!

@eric168 Год назад

It's Allright bro.... I'm in Taiwan right now la. ^_^. Keep on the great videos. You could also try on the Skywalk on a propeller plane too ^ ^

@natesturm448 Год назад

All this military jargon his so good to hear. I miss it sometimes.

@briansvacina7076 Год назад

I would love to take a tour of that facility, keeping our warfighters sharp. Keep working on your craft guys!

@Belgianbanshee Год назад

When you take DCS too serious...on a 'serious' note: this is AWESOME!

@hampy9294 Год назад

Here in israel we have a fleet of f16 that are grounded because there is no use to them, and its sad to see them fade and rust and decay in storage and this video made me soo happy cuz i can see that couple of them are not in the boneyard anymore and found some use👍

@bomcstoots1 Год назад

Sell them

@warhorse03826 Год назад

I hear ukraine might be in the market for some F-16's fairly soon...

@abel4776 Год назад

Can you hold one for me? I'm coming to pick it up.

@abel4776 Год назад

@@warhorse03826 Ukraine needs to kick the corrupt CIA off their land first before improving their situation.

@phantom4E2 Год назад

in Cuba same happens with MiG29k

@johnboe412 4 месяца назад

Damn imagine owning two combat aces! Keep those babies safe.

@RunTowardsDanger Год назад

and..... I'm subscribed now. F-16 has been my favorite aircraft since I was a kid. I had a few models and they all got played with till they fell apart. Keep the F-16 content coming!

@RunTowardsDanger Год назад

@hasardlee you have an impersonator trying to scam people.

@moshe_nativ Год назад

Awesome video, Hasard! Having lived in 🇮🇱 while these were in service, its cool to see them again, in the 🇺🇸. If these planes could talk... what a journey.

@RowdyDavido Год назад

This is so cool! I was watching a f16 on Flightradar24 from Mesa Gateway and was like why is there a f16 flying over here with a transponder on? Cool to see these and hopefully will fly over my house 😁

@MZ-bl6wg Год назад

Dream job! The drone shots at the end of the aircraft in hanger was cool, great flying to the drone flyer

@pyr0duck676 Год назад

Maybe some day they will open ride alongs to the public. That would be the dream!

@spydude38 Год назад

Somewhere, Doug Masters is getting nostalgic.

@ComdrStew Год назад

Bet that felt funny sitting in a civilian F-16. I know he said they upgraded a lot of the systems, but did it still seem like an older fighter inside?

@TheEarthwinders Год назад

I'd love to see a video about scrambling. How does that process work and how quickly can you actually get up in the air when surprised?

@uglyigor3055 Год назад

amazing content hasard! Thx for this video and thanks to top aces!

@Tigershark_3082 Год назад

I have a friend who works at Tactical Air, and works on the F-5ATs they have. I don't know if it's possible to do so without joining the military, but I want to work for ATAC or Draken International as a maintainer. I sure as hell would enjoy working on Kfirs and Skyhawks

@gregorygaunt9353 Год назад

I'm sure you could with airframe specific experience and an A&P ticket.

@Meyblc70 Год назад

I worked for ATAC for several years. No A&P needed. I worked on their Hawker Hunters. I did have 26 years experience on Vipers though.

@Kye0ng Год назад

I always love the adversary liveries.

@Kye0ng Год назад

@Gregory Franklin Mb, thank you for the correction 👍, my opinions still stands the paints are cool.

@YTN3rd Год назад

Drone footage in the hanger looks great.

@creaturesfromelsewhere203 Год назад

FINALLY! Been wanting an F-16 for yard work for ages.

@Turboy65 Год назад

Interesting to see A and B models flying with the old instrument panels that don't have MFDs in them. I'd expect that it'd be important to upgrade them to have at least one MFD for situational awareness reasons. Check with Lockheed-Martin, they may have more advanced systems that are being pulled out of F-16s that are going to be going through the F-16V upgrade process.

@johnconnor7022 Год назад

I also was like, that looks like an A model. Thats why they are being sold. Israel probably keeps their C models and is only replacing the A models by the F35. Any info on that?

@mpsmith47304 Год назад

@@johnconnor7022 The modified jets DO have an MFD. The old radar/EO display (between the knees) is removed and replaced with an MFD. The MFD is used to manage the more modern systems on the jet like the new radar, and a helmet-mounted display..... though the HMD is not worn on this flight (not sure this is actually one of the modified jets). They briefly talk about the new integrated avionics at about 7:45.

@JeremyHamaker Год назад

Such times we live in. Outstanding.

@iradbaumel5019 Год назад

This F-16's are amazing piece of history

@andrewcapone3345 Год назад

Curious what did he merge with in the fight? Amazing how these aircraft from the 70’s -80’s are maintained and still withstand all the stress of combat maneuvers! Great job.

@AnimeGamer0 Год назад

I might be wrong but I think he said they were training with US F-35s.

@charlesbeckham7746 Год назад

No doubt my dad help build those F-16's. My dad worked for General Dynamics at the main assembly plaint in the 70's and into the 80's then in '83 GD transferred him to Edwards AFB doing r&d for avionic systems for future F-16 models, my dad retired in 2006.

@Nurhaal Год назад

We still buildin' them! Well, we work on them at Plant 4 but Greenville is building the new ones right now! The V or, block 70, is the "new and improved". The tech in the F-16 seems so rudimentary compared to the F-35. It's amazing how good the F-16 still is til this day.

@TheFlightLevel Год назад

Fantastic video! Great editing and super informative!

@DaHiddenGemz Год назад

That's pretty badass! I've always loved the F16.

@Noisy_Cricket Год назад

The Antanov that shipped those F16s over is gone now 😥

@jet6619 Год назад

Thank you for this video! I would absolutely love to work for Top Aces, but issues at home prevent that. I actually work at the "boneyard" at DM in Tucson. OLD F-16s are constantly arriving here for retirement, but going straight to the QF side. We can get parts at, almost, the flick of a finger. Makes me curious on how Top Aces will keep these flying. We actually have a bunch of F-16s ready for the QF conversion, just sitting around collecting dust.

@DarrenAllatt Год назад

Love the FPV Drone Footage of the hangar!

@capital101 Месяц назад

Mesa Gateway Airport, The former Williams Air Force Base. I spent several years there as a T-38A crew chief for pilot training.

@Wheelygonzales Год назад

You used the giant Antonov? It's crazy to think it's gone now.

@cht5086 Год назад

Those (300) Israeli F-16s have a history. F-16s A and B were first had been sold to the Imperial Iranian Air Force( Iran was allied of the U.S, but after revolution79 in Iran, the new regime's anti-U.S policy cancelled them all unilaterally. Later they were sent to Israel and operated there until their retirement.

@captainsnarky6949 Год назад

EPIC drone work in this video.

@Bruiser5K Год назад

Hey I see my little hometown on the map! I remember seeing and hearing jets flying over and seeing flares every now and again.

@spyous7884 Год назад

RIP the An225, you were very respected.

@ImpendingJoker Год назад

While I share the sentiment, the Antonov in this video was an An-124.

@spyous7884 Год назад

@@ImpendingJoker oh thought it was the 225 looked similar.

@mxcollin95 Год назад

Awesome that they’re privately owned F16s! Wondering if Israel might have anymore for sale? P.S. I know the FAA has balked at civilian’s owning supersonic aircraft in the past. I remember watching an AARP video, of all things, about an older retiree gentleman who got geared up and approved to fly a Harrier jump jet that was being restored to fly in airshows. A big part of that video was about how the FAA was all over every aspect of how the Harrier was operated and making sure that every rule and specification was followed to a tee.

@yrkjrk2972 Год назад

The fun police trying to bog down people trying to fly? Color me surprised...

@yoamal1187 Год назад

I think they sold them 4 more jets earlier this year

@ditbag_JG Год назад

I literally live like RIGHT near luke and man I love seeing and hearing the planes over my head on the 303 everyday!

@aunderiskerensky2304 Год назад

so cool that this ended up out there for us to witness. i read about this, im a huge jet nerd, and thought it was super cool that maybe by the time i'm retired if i play my cards right i could possibly fly one someday.

@Ozzypup1 Год назад

My daughter has been in the Airforce for just about a year now. Shes currently stationed in Kadena Japan doing repair work on the jet engines for the F16s and F15s. I just had to share this video with her as I thought shed get a kick out of it. Also Id like to say thank you for your service.