F-16: The Free World's Fighter | N A T O W A V E

[@unimaginablybasedindividual]

>drops hardest F-16 edit ever >refuses to elaborate >leaves pure, distilled chad energy

[@teaser6089]

real

[@TotalTirpitz]

Europe Normally: US military spending is far too high, they should invest in infrastructure and their citizens Europe when Russia:

[@rgbforever4561]

Jup, Putin gave refreshed our brains to what freedom means. Happens every couple of years.

[@BIGESTblade]

Suddenly turned out that there can never be too much military spending.

[@teaser6089]

Europe has spend over twice on Ukraine than the US has

[@itskyansaro]

@@teaser6089 Well, we are double the people, so we can have double the money and Industry if we want to.

[@terry6760]

@@teaser6089 makes sense, considering Ukraine is in ……Europe

[@Whatshisname346]

What makes me laugh is that the Russians are s;^t scared of the *potential* of Ukraine getting their hands on a plane designed back when corduroy flares were the height of fashion. Goes to show how advanced the Russian air force actually is.

[@theleva7]

To be fair, the upgrade programs those F-16s went through make fighting them a scary proposition for a military of a country that rolls out new and imroved aircraft models every time a design engineer takes a shit while actual improvements consist of replacing builder's plate, some nuts and bolts and maybe putting in some new bits that were deemed obsolescent by NATO a decade or two ago

[@Whatshisname346]

@@theleva7 Exactly

[@Sorrowshard]

Yeah , the latest variants are badass. it has been refined and refined again. It's really no joke.

[@RazorsharpLT]

But Ukrainians won't get the latest and greatest F-16's. They will get a bunch of hand-me-downs And that still scares Russia shitless. @@theleva7

[@giovannyc.1724]

The difference is our money goes to F-16s while theirs goes to super yachts. Super yachts are not very good against F-16s

[@fightertales]

Peak Viper Hours.

[@datoaster4991]

F-16 Viper > F-16 Fighting Falcon

[@raideurng2508]

Get Tone.

[@wiledman2430]

Nice to see you here

[@markesssssss]

This is literal NATO propaganda... and it's beautiful!

[@the_legendary_vin]

either that or chinese propoganda

[@arqueliossantiago7791]

Free citizens rights lmao

[@alessandrocanale6189]

Nato forever

[@ShadowFalcon]

@@arqueliossantiago7791 Speaking from Denmark (a NATO country). I feel pretty free.

[@shukes4645]

@@arqueliossantiago7791 here from britain (also a NATO country) i feel much more free than someone from let's say, Russia.

[@KillBones]

My French blood and patriotism will always tend to be towards the Rafale, but damn the F16 are a amazing fighter.

[@Cryptogram44]

As an American with the same tendencies towards the F-16 i gotta say, the Rafale is pretty damn good too. United, we down Migs 🫡

[@adenkyramud5005]

​@@Cryptogram44as a german with the same tendencies towards the Eurofighter, i gotta say both the rafale and the F16 are fucking awesome. Together we make old vlad shit his pants 😂

[@thesaturn6763]

@@adenkyramud5005 true international cooperation

[@TheKep]

Tbh the rafale looks like a chubby f16 with canards

[@shawa666]

Canadian here. We've got Hornets.

[@anthonyhayes1267]

I had the extraordinary privilege of seeing a flight of F-16s fly over Cedar Point Ohio at relatively low altitude. They really howl with authority as they fly, almost as if to say "I dare you to challenge me"

[@nukclear2741]

I saw a flight of them at this years Daytona 500. Beautiful things to see them hold formation at speed.

[@jamielonsdale3018]

Stringer or Verba would probably be a nightmare for the F-16 in that regime.

[@Cartel1216]

i actually see them everyday. i live near first main jet base of turkey and actually see f4e 2020 terminator (modernized phantom) and f16 block 50's everyday

[@BlueBerry2283]

I grew up hearing F-16s take of daily. I agree the sound is absolutely astounding

[@ihavenoideaonhowtonamemyself]

You could call it..the air arm of the free world eh?

[@spoopyghosti6961]

Hm… Alright I kinda like it

[@sirfox950]

I'd say it's the Free world's hat

[@Sathornetfire]

Fighter of the free world ?

[@albow4oops5]

Here, hold my democracy.

[@ardantop132na6]

FN FAL: Could this plane be one of my people?

[@jojomarujo8704]

"Good turnaround times are critical to the modern fighter"

[@d.thieud.1056]

Land Refuel and rearl Return to combat Repeat

[@theregalproletariat]

Those 18 hours are an average. It doesn't need them after every hour...

[@treystroeder588]

It may not have the brute force, speed-freak-attracting, harsh design lines of the Eagles or the Tomcats, but damn if the Viper doesnt feel straight menacing during flyby even when all it's doing is cruising in a flight. Even moreso when balls-to-the-wall full afterburner. There are very few things that look fast at all times like the F-16 does.

[@rohesilmnelohe]

And they are so unbelievably loud too. They made the Mig29 sound like a toy in comparison

[@ManiaMac1613]

I like looking at the F-16 as one half of a duo with the F-15; the smart, savvy street fighter and the heavyweight boxing champion. Dangerous individually, absolutely terrifying when working together.

[@buns9022]

NATO doesn't need parades with 1 WW2 tank and a load of trucks and missile launchers. We can prove our worth with actual interventions. SEATO doesn't need enormous naval exercises and shows of force. We simply *have* the strongest navy.

[@voodoovince8001]

We don't need to portray ourselves as stronger as we are stronger

[@im_bringing_chili]

- by someone with a trans flag pfp.

[@d.thieud.1056]

The soviet ~~empire~~ union's been really quite since this banger dropped

[@Stack4Freedom]

Dead quiet even

[@kalmansovari6878]

The Third -Saint-Russian Empire is next

[@wrenchinator9715]

That shot of them flying in line formation, as intimidating as the old film reels of battleships in the same formation. Anyone opposing them who sees that knows they're in for a bad time.

[@NoahLoydOG]

So, we know the step up that was the Thunderbolt II over the original Thunderbolt... I imagine the Falcon II will be a space- and atmosphere-capable combat zone superiority fighter.

[@Local_homosexual]

So what your saying is what if the Falcon II will be a halo Sabre?

[@Destroyer_V0]

@@Local_homosexual more like the halo longsword, as we see em in CE and halo 3 in and out of atmosphere.

[@Local_homosexual]

@@Destroyer_V0 the Longsword isn't a fighter tho

[@Destroyer_V0]

@@Local_homosexual By our modern definitions? perhaps not. And yet we see it used as such, providing a CAP patrol around friendly vessels in space. The sabres are at best, prototypes and rare, thanks in part to their integrated shielding system... that tech is not feasible for mass production within the UNSC. The longsword is in fact, a multirole for any space/atmospheric craft. Fighter/interceptor as it's primary uses, according to the wikis of halopedia and the halo.fandom.

[@astrapolaris_uf]

Never in my life would I have expected an anarchist making an edit "presented by" a major player in the Military-Industrial Complex. God, I love the internet!

[@Butter_Warrior99]

I got to see this craft up close at an airshow for a JROTC field trip, great time.

[@jonmcgee6987]

Back in 1994. My AFJROTC unit went to FT Hood. We got to see some tanks and captured Iraqi artillery pieces. We also got see a group of F-16's drop smoke bombs on a range target. We all had fun.

[@Butter_Warrior99]

@@jonmcgee6987 That sounds dope af, during the same airshow I got to be in a tank and a IFV, and I looked at an F-35 and A-10.

[@wolfo1931]

The F-16 has always been my favorite fighter aircraft. The Tornado, Tomcat, Aardvark, and Jaguar after that. This is beautiful.

[@OllamhDrab]

Well, as with a lot of things, 'My favorite' doesn't necessarily equal 'best' but these are undeniably the right tool for very many jobs. :) (Also sound suitably-awesome flying around at fairly low levels.)

[@kill4funisnotsofun]

Guess I'm the weird one then, my favorite is the F/A 18 Super Hornet

[@wolfo1931]

@@kill4funisnotsofun Super Hornets and their Legacy counterparts are cool planes too. I've seen both up close.

[@Vermine_supreme.enjoyer.nb1]

To be honest my favorite fighter aircraft is the F35

[@Nostripe361]

@@Vermine_supreme.enjoyer.nb1 I am going to say my current favorite is the F-22 raptor. Personally I love just how good it is as an air superiority fighter, the crazy engineering that went into it, and the interesting design such as the wings that set it apart from others.

[@catc8927]

As an engineer, I can’t help but appreciate the marvel of such a high-performance machine. As an American, I’m ambivalent about our massive military industrial complex but glad that we have plenty of F-16s available in the West to give Ukraine. And lastly, as a supporter of Ukraine, I wish F-16s had been delivered months ago so that “Juice” could have flown one before he left us. 😭

[@Nostripe361]

I could be wrong. But as an average American I really don't get why we don't have enough money to run the social services and fund our giant military industrial complex. I would think with an economy as massive as ours we wouldn't need to choose between f-16s and affordable healthcare.

[@gramioerie_xi133]

@@Nostripe361 We don’t. It’s just politics.

[@catc8927]

@@gramioerie_xi133 Yep, insurance industry lobbying of Congress.

[@jamielonsdale3018]

@@Nostripe361 Your taxes already go to healthcare. Then, unlike every other country, you get double-dipped because the insurance (which your taxes already paid for) now demands payment... again.

[@BIGESTblade]

That is why the US needs hundreds of them, as well as 5 000 of Abrams tanks. There will never be a war when the US needs all of its weaponry, it was always meant to be given to those that need it.

[@TheCobra114-o5e]

Fun fact, the f-16 has the 2nd best kill to death ratio of 76-0-1 I’m counting a tie because a Turkish f-16 and a Greek f16 collided, splashing each other

[@coimbralaw]

Finally a tribute to the GOOD GUYS. 💪

[@datoaster4991]

I sat in the cockpit of a portuguese F-16 and it is one of my favourite memories. May the F-16 live forever! 🇵🇹

[@ag7898]

Anyone else first fall in love with the Viper from a little movie from the 80s called Iron Eagle? That thing WAS MY JAM as a kid! Lou Gossett Jr was a bad ass!

[@HardThrasher]

It was *terrible* - adored it and still do

[@diligentone-six2688]

*The Falcon of the Free world*

[@Sedan57Chevy]

Love the concept of natowave! Need something for the B1 and the f111!

[@Crustaceannationrepresentative]

VARK VARK VARK VARK VARK VARK VARK VARK

[@ThatMattaTatta]

That angry sounding synth in the first track reminds me of the opening theme of the 1993 game Jungle Strike on the Sega Genesis. In that game you pilot *the* RAH-66 Comanche, and the first mission involves protecting Washington D.C. and the President from terrorists. Tbh the entire Strike series could very much define NATOWAVE

[@alessandrocanale6189]

Nato forever 🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹 Another nato wave if possible please

[@AnythingMachine]

Give war a chance

[@wojciechrafalskidrugi2289]

Calm down sundowner

[@雨だれの歌]

The Falcon is here!

[@Wyvern1-1]

Respectfully, sir, its VIPER!!!

[@bonnerapplegate4824]

I got really confused a few days ago when I saw the new fuel tank set up on European vipers and had to look it but but man it makes the viper look like a beast!

[@thomasdastillung4097]

1978 and still futuristic

[@jackthorton10]

45 years strong 💪

[@fennicfox4600]

This sounds like something out of a early 2000 simulator game

[@FirstDagger]

Check out Novalogic's F-16 MultiRole Fighter intro for the exact thing you are describing.

[@emily36130]

Seeing two F-16s fly low over my house was one of the coolest things of my denmark vacation this summer.

[@es5ape]

Looking forward to see them in blue and yellow

[@rgbforever4561]

Ukraine will inject some 90kg of concentrated freedom in to Russia's ass

[@teaser6089]

To Ukraine from The Netherlands with love

[@solowingborders3239]

I'm a Hornet lover (Australia) but damn is the Viper just an awesome jet; I'm a sucker for the D model w/ spine and CFTs. Gotta shout out the beautiful Viper Zero too, hell Western fighters are just works of art.

[@TalentSpotter83]

The F-16's reputation must be fearsome across the cosmos. During an intercept attempt in 1990, whenever a pair of Belgian air force F-16s locked onto the UFO (large black triangular craft) it ran away. I guess they didn't want to stick around and find out 😄.

[@d.thieud.1056]

Aliens that can travel interstellar know not to fuck around and find out ig

[@RustyShackleford545]

4:07 RIP bronco, you were too pure for this cruel world 😔

[@raideurng2508]

The greatest dogfighter ever made.

[@chaoticinkinc.3145]

Considering that Russia is scared of Ukraine getting these and it's almost Spooky Month, this fits very well

[@mx338]

Yea if only Ukraine gets another 100 billion worth of weapons they sure will win, and it will be worth all died people.

[@bennittotheburrito9606]

@@mx338 who’s caused all those deaths

[@roninhusky8492]

While the Draken is the jet of my admiration since childhood, youd be a fool not to respect the F-16.

[@DilbertDoubloon]

We rule the skies.

[@rohesilmnelohe]

I approve of the synthwave music as backdrop Also.. it is the loudest effin jet I've ever had the pleasure of seeing.. it it flew alongside such beauties as a Mig29 and F18. It is a beast of a plane.

[@1977Yakko]

I always love watching the Thunderbirds demonstration team perform when they come to the annual air show at Offutt AFB here in Nebraska.

[@thegamemingk4933]

"fly like a falcon, strike like a viper" :flightposterstore

[@5t3v0esque]

Went to the Airshow at New Hampshires Pease ANGB last weekend and they ended the show with a flight from a member of the Viper demo team and it was awesome.

[@veljkosovjetic6831]

Putting in some radio comms(including MW2) was a great idea. Great one for the first time.

[@jonmcgee6987]

I kept expecting LazerPig to pop in and start singing.

[@SpaceDog2188]

This always was my favorite fighter.

[@so_qp]

One does not simply walk into NATO territory. Its borders are guarded by more than just Leopards. There is an hawk there that does not sleep, not with tem thousand of armatas could you do this. It is folly."

[@lordcommissardavid]

You madlad, you did it!

[@Nenshokaze]

I’m rewatching as I was distracted during the premiere looking up generations of fighter aircraft. While Military Factory may not be the most reliable site (then again maybe it is one of the better ones) it says that first gen were late WW 2 jets like the Me 262. Maybe a few that came right after but then you get into second gen.

[@thedanishgamer6795]

the Me 262 was for sure one of the worlds first jet fighters if it was the actual first, i don't know but one of the first for sure and i think it could have changed the war if it had arrived earlier in larger numbers

[@MysticEagle52]

I think the line between 1st and 2nd gen is very blurred

[@AnimarchyHistory]

ME-262 is first generation because it’s classified as active service. Technically speaking the first generation of jets were the prototypes built by Gloster (Frank Whittle) and Heinkel. Also the P-59 Aerocomet.

[@Nenshokaze]

@@AnimarchyHistory As in the Gloster Meteor?

[@Nenshokaze]

@@thedanishgamer6795 Yeah. One of the first but a few may or may not have beat it. Especially if you count prototypes.

[@knpark2025]

Fighter design peaked at 4th Gen. At least in aesthetics.

[@teaser6089]

i personally like the look of the f35

[@kyleheins]

The f-16 looks like the light lancers of the 18th century when they form up for a charge on a disoraganized or unprepared foe.

[@metal4ever516]

Where I live and grew up, Air Guard had some F-16s. Love those planes. They have since been replaced, but even with their lack of stealth tech, still my favorite fighter aircraft.

[@jirokoshibailey2052]

Just been finding this 'natowave' ... Was born in 1985, loving this and that .... Drop at 2:05 *shivers*

[@Alue14]

I still remember that this plane is the sound of my childhood... I'm Belgian, and my school was near Kleine Brogel. The Airbase that carried these planes.

[@DomyTheMad420]

[@markwtal9453]

Downloaded this and I'll put it in my "strange music i like - playlist" with dagoth wave and the jean luc picard song.

[@timlinator]

As an American and New Yorker I grew up in the shadows of the twin towers and my dad, an immigrant from Ireland, worked on the construction of those towers so I was deeply touched when NATO invoked article 5 for the first time and only time so far in its 70 year history. I am also a dual US/EU citizen and strong supporter of NATO, US and EU. Long live NATO, Slava Ukraine and welcome Finland and Sweden to the family. I support Ukraine joining NATO and EU.

[@MoonBeamLaser]

The Falcon that keeps on fighting!

[@spaghettibadger647]

It will never not annoy the crap out of me that Tubular bells is known as "the exorcist theme"

[@SeminarChauffeur]

Ukraine 🇺🇦 is now in the Viper club.

[@bthsr7113]

I'm partial to the A-10 Kickstart My Heart, but my heart is a vast hangar.

[@murkywateradminssions5219]

the Block 52 upgrade gives the F-16 cat ears yes ive been hanging out in NCD for awhile...

[@humanv435]

Jeans and Coca Cola for everyone!

[@zacharymorris4504]

I unironically watch this every day

[@MortRotu]

Loving the Tubular bells techno remix over it, just *chefs kiss*

[@jimaholic]

The ghost of Mike Oldfield still projecting into the future 💪

[@FirstDagger]

Finally something akin to the old AMVs.

[@_nigelgaming]

Now imagine an ai controlled airforce using these machines Straight out of ace combat

[@paradoxal69420]

Already got Mother Drones for that

[@_nigelgaming]

@@paradoxal69420 no I mean ai controlled dedicated fighters that outmatches human pilots in skill and abilities on the skies, not some loitering unmanned planes dropping bombs on targets

[@_nigelgaming]

@@paradoxal69420this is real btw, search for ai controlled f-16 on google

[@spaghettibadger647]

Happy 50th birthday

[@popamolly247]

I have mixed feelings about this whole thing. On the one hand, the military-industrial complex is unquestionably bad. However, looking at videos of fighter jets is very good. Like, 'I'm not sure I'm not getting some kind of perverse pleasure from it' kind of good. Thanks, Pacman, for bringing me these questions. Слава Україні!

[@christopherknight4908]

I think it's okay to enjoy the visceral pleasure of this sort of fantasy, while still acknowledging the often immense harm of its implementation in reality. That's what I'm telling myself anyways.

[@RaptorJesus]

The past few years have pretty well established that if the Military-Industrial Complex is evil, it's a necessary evil. Better to be a warrior in a garden than a gardener in a war.

[@dankuser8303]

The MIC is based, what are you talking about? They make cool stuff, create high paying jobs, grow the economy, increase our domestic independence as we don’t need to buy foreign weapons, promote freedom aboard (for example in the case of Ukraine). There are obviously problems, but a military industrial complex is necessary for our survival and provides numerous benefits.

[@MysticEagle52]

​@@dankuser8303yeah, while there are definetly issues, people seem to really hate the MIC when many things can be blamed on other industries if you wanted to as well

[@the_legendary_vin]

I enjoy seeing MIC in action but wish it didnt have to exist

[@SeanEIRE44]

That music transition at 1:43, sweet

[@PowerScissor]

The idea we need to design aircraft to be tame enough for a meat bucket inside to survive the movements almost seems archaic now. Now that unmanned vehicles don't have that constraint we're going to see some super impressive maneuvering from military aircraft soon.

[@BIGESTblade]

No, we won't. You wouldn't want to trust your expensive hardware to a machine, only a human is reliable enough.

[@PowerScissor]

@@BIGESTblade You might not understand modern computers & sensors then. When something is as important as eyesight, you have robots perform lasik eye surgery. Nobody demands that they want a human to perform the surgery for more reliable results. Unmanned just means they aren't in the aircraft. They can be in complete control virtually. If you've ever flown FPV racing drones you know there's no way a human could survive those G forces. After several years of piloting you just feel like you're in the cockpit and forget you're still on the ground with goggles on. Once the human is not inside the vehicle, you can engineer purely for performance, not to keep a person alive. Your "reliable" person can still be in control virtually....and with global and space combined low latency coverage with projects like Starlink maturing you can control from anywhere to an aircraft literally anywhere in the atmosphere or well above it.

[@weekendjail1417]

Some people may think they look like silly bois-- but I really love the look of the Polish F-16s with the conformal fuel tanks.

[@Lengthy_Lemon]

don't think we didn't see those Mitsubishi F-2s and not mention it

[@Eke1335]

Ruzzians worst nigthmare rigth now

[@ComradePhoenix]

God bless you, Pacman.

[@nolann2900]

3000 F16 of Zelensky about to show you what a K/D is

[@ardantop132na6]

Pretty much, r/NCD.

[@albow4oops5]

* for not "of"

[@ardantop132na6]

@@albow4oops5 He's not wrong since in subreddit r/NCD, one of the topic is "2000 [A] of [B]" e.g. 2000 Humvees of Taliban.

[@murkywateradminssions5219]

Zelensky is about to show what true air supremacy is with 3000 F-16's

[@LukeBunyip]

Loved the matched synth drum beats with the video of weaponry detonation.

[@martinvyslouzil2163]

Based and NATO pilled.

[@ErukanuSenpai]

Did not expect the Aussie to listen to Synth wave music :P ^^

[@HardThrasher]

So awesome man

[@randybentley2633]

I live southwest of the Donaldson Center in Greenville S.C. where Lockheed is cranking out the newest model. I occasionally see the new Vipers tasting their first air as they are flight-tested.

[@jakeverbakel204]

What a banger, not goanna lie I thought this was the intro to some big video tho 😅 Plus I totally zoned out from what I was doing and have decided I'm going to go play ace combat now 😁

[@Jonty_Burrow]

I expected it to be long…. Absolute madness

[@john-hy3gb]

damn beutiful aircraft will always be in my memories seein the RDAF using this gorgeus aircraft

[@Fudjsmlabffifn]

Oh my God, this is beautiful 🫠🥹😍 All the love, from your ally, Israel❤

[@dasirrlicht5415]

I am legally not allowed to feel Patriosim, but a quick check confirmed we have no F-16, so I will instead simp for Polands newest purchase. (Also, Belgium apparently.)

[@ForgottenShores]

God tier natowave right here

[@_np7]

This goes HARD!

[@Claymann71]

I was expecting rushed F-16s to be flown 1 October Night (overnight from Poland) *by the end of October* (10 days left!) In a *madlad* raid on Melitopol & simultaneous raid on Crimea by Amphibious Ground Forces supported by F-16s. NAFO, plz show NATO this video??

[@angrytrainguy547]

Long live NATO, the EU and defenders of democracy.

[@L.J.Kommer]

Seeing the USAF Thunderbirds or F-16 demo team is always a highlight of my summers.

[@ag7898]

I still contend that the Grippen is a better fighter right now for Ukraine. But GAWD DAMN IT! If they aren't getting one of the series fighter jets ever made!

[@harbingerx7793]

love the sexy, sexy F16. Even before I was old enough to know the concept of sexy.

[@alessandrozambetti3746]

Mig hunting season soon... 🇺🇦

[@Warhorse-bh5lb]

-1 Su-34 today 🫡

[@jimaholic]

Solid Tubular Bells backbone

[@graywolfalphaone]

Behold the wings of FreeDOM!

[@dragonsword7370]

Dang, this sounds like something I'd see in a Discovery: WINGS! documentary episode! Nice!

[@Deathadder90]

God, this hits so sweet.