F-16 Fighter Jet: The Sky's Ultimate Predator

The F-16 Fighter Jet, also known as the Fighting Falcon, is a single-engine supersonic multirole fighter aircraft originally developed by General Dynamics (now Lockheed Martin) for the United States Air Force (USAF).
The F-16 was designed to be a highly maneuverable and versatile aircraft capable of air-to-air combat as well as ground attack missions. It has been used in a variety of roles, including air defense, close air support, reconnaissance, and even as a training aircraft.
The F-16 is equipped with advanced avionics and weapons systems, including radar, electronic warfare equipment, and a variety of missiles and bombs. It can be armed with a range of weapons, from short-range air-to-air missiles to precision-guided munitions for ground attacks.
The F-16 has been widely exported to many countries around the world, and it remains in service with numerous air forces. It has also been used in numerous conflicts, including the Gulf War, Operation Allied Force in Kosovo, and Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan.
CHAPTERS
00:00 Meet the F-16 Fighter Jet: The Sky's Ultimate Predator
01:33 F-16's Unique Features
03:18 A Wide Range of Weapon Capabilities
04:56 Fighting Falcon Variants
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[@USMilitary_News]

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[@mariusalinpostolache1179]

Eurofighter typhoon bro. Real oponent for all enemyes.Strongest airplanes, all Times. 😅😅.

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[@robertallen6710]

Soon to be...America's answer to Putin's much needed wake-up call...

[@sergeyriskoulov7732]

@@xdcfvgftdrseaw5403 YOU IS FUNY GUY ...

[@hottube135]

Probably the most beautifully designed fighter aircraft and the most deadly

[@Mark-vs6he]

Yes it is

[@camf7522]

The F16 looks so modern, it is amazing that its design goes back so far.

[@stereolababy]

few things designed in the 70's still look and work this well

[@christopherpardell4418]

@@stereolababy…Kate Beckinsale.

[@TexasNativee]

I’ve always been torn between either the F15 of the F16 for my all time favorite, both such amazing pieces of engineering.

[@paulsaver8777]

You can Love em' both if you want to.🍕🌭🥪🌮

[@kyledabearsfan]

My uncle was a f-16 crew chief and i adored this plane growing up because of it

[@265justy]

It is in general... Probably the best fighter jet ever made. Versatile, fast,extremely manoverable, cost effective, massive production run, fantastic combat record and just sexy...

[@abikeanditsboy3449]

For the best fighter jet ever made I'd have to go with the F-15. I can't say the F-22 because it really doesn't have much in the way of combat hours but the F-15 has an undeniable record. If you open it up to best fighter ever made I'd say the P-51 Mustang is a great candidate. I'm just not sure I'd say the F-16 is the GOAT.

[@265justy]

@@abikeanditsboy3449 I disagree. The F-16 is a great alrounder. And has over 80 air to air kills. The F-15 may have a few more, but it got the role in Iraq and was in the right place at the right times. The F-14 also had the role, but was in wrong places at wrong times. The F-16 can spank the Eagle anyway in a dogfight...

[@Gearjammer1957]

​@@abikeanditsboy3449 The F-15 is a great fighter jet. But the pilots call the F-16 the 'Viper '. Shows how lethal they think the jet is. Also, imo, it's the most beautiful fighter jet ever made.

[@johnnytorino9455]

That says it all.

[@Gearjammer1957]

@Phillip Banes Know the show and liked it. Still think the F-16 is the better of the two fighters.

[@kayliibensen387]

I love how concise this channel is. You also piece together some fantastic footage of these beautiful machines that we obsess over. The F-16 is a legendary aircraft, and I imagine will remain so for some time, with all of the upgrades it has and will received.

[@yanni2112]

Me too, new Sub.

[@fencer11474]

I'd love to know where is this video we see the thumbnail used to be obsessed over.

[@elpobrechinitodecolombia6772]

Why don't go to the F 16 to Ucrania ? 😕 ...

[@HesTNTonPMS]

I suspect the jet will be making headlines soon

[@davidwolf226]

In my humble estimation, the F-16 is the most attractive fighter jet ever assembled.

[@jostrander71]

F15 and F22 look great too

[@WestbrookOverrated]

Superhornets looks great Imo

[@WestbrookOverrated]

F18

[@sawittwo]

@@WestbrookOverrated Was about to say.

[@danielecorwin]

Yeah, asthetics is what wins wars...

[@RobertGotschall]

I remember seeing an F-16 on dispaly at a Nellis air show when it was first introduced. I was amazed that one of it's main advantages was that the pilot could see out of the thing.

[@gordonallen9095]

The upgradeability of the avionics, and the versatility of the airframe is the reason the Viper is still a deadly fighter in spite of being in service over 40 years. In the hands of the right pilot, it can be a threat to any Air Force on the planet.

[@ahmedshrkawy2729]

The best fighterjet ever built

[@kevindondrea144]

The F-16 has been one of my favorite Military Aircraft since the 90s. If I ever get rich enough I'd love to buy one just to keep and maintain for a hobby. I'd never fly it because I don't really like heights 😁

[@dogbackwards7658]

The F-16 is a military aviation masterpiece.

[@kelcordeen8630]

🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😂

[@billycarr7446]

I remember in the mid 80s the flight-line maintenance super frequently referred to them as lawn darts. They did crash fairly often in their early days.

[@gibu002]

There are a LOT of really sharp looking F-16's out there in the world.

[@user-b587]

My parents used to work on these type of jets. Such a beautiful and legendary aircraft

[@AmazingJayB51]

Love this channel, it reminds me of the days when I was a teen and use to watch Wings with my father in the late 80s/90s! He would’ve also love this channel too.

[@TheCarsche]

I am sure I echo many sentiments that you have fantastic unbeatable high quality videos. I love to watch and am extremely proud of our military men and women

[@oneloveeduardo]

I didn't know we had so many. Nice jets, all of them. Great video.

[@MikiLund]

Very first model had such clean lines it was a pleasure to look at 😍

[@Togidubnus]

I remember the prototype F-16 when it was revealed in 1975. It looked so futuristic then. In 2023, it still does. No mention of the XL variant here. Easily my favourite but it never went into production. I've got to admit, though, that if I was the Indian Airforce, I'd have gone for the Rafale also.

[@niweshlekhak9646]

China believes in war of attritions(number > quality), so F-16 was the logical choice.

[@syedmehmoodulhassan7175]

The sexiest aircraft ever built 🥵

[@moonbaby6134]

When they designed the Typhoon, they looked at this and used it as a template. Great design. Held up for nearly 50: years.

[@stumpusMaximus]

Did not talk utter rubbish! So there’s no other delta-wing fighters out there - of course. Seriously, get a grip. The Typhoon has about 200 computers monitoring it because of the forward canards. It would crash otherwise. Also the Typhoon was built multinational with head mounted display capable of locking up targets with ASRAAM. There was also 2 seat versions. Lastly, the Typhoon has twin engine. Buggerall like a F-16 other than in your head… 🙄

[@moonbaby6134]

@@stumpusMaximus I didn’t say they used the specific design of it. They used it as a template. What I mean by that is how it performed and then said w e want it to be like the F16 but better. And the typhoon doesn’t have 200 computers. It has around 70 with 4 controlling the flight side. And they are called foreplanes on typhoon. Similar to canards but it’s an English word instead of French. It was to disassociate itself from the French, who left the multi nation team. And how do I know all this. I worked on it for 7 years in the RAF.

[@moonbaby6134]

@@stumpusMaximus and with regards to its HMSS that’s helmet mounted sight system, I was one of the first 4 people to be trained in it in the RAF. Any other questions you need answered about the aircraft please don’t hesitate to ask. 👍

[@007thecookster]

@@moonbaby6134bollox where was you based and what regiment

[@moonbaby6134]

@@007thecookster you mean Sqn. 17 and 11.

[@jasonstickitmoore]

Freedom isn't free💯 Respect for the Ukraine warriors and all who support them 🇺🇦🤘💯🍻🦾😜

[@Christian-fg3we]

F16 is phenomenal, but wouldnt call it the ultimate predator. The F22 would blow it out of the sky before it knew he was there

[@russellmiller3838]

It's probably the sexiest looking aircraft of all time, in my opinion.

[@redosorio5278]

Absolutely 👌😌

[@lilflashplays]

*F22 enters the chat*

[@QuantumMechanic_88]

Revamped F-16s' are a way different fighter than even a measly 10 years ago. Great video and Thanks.

[@carlmaster9690]

Beautiful plane! One of my favourite fighter jets!

[@JamesBono-nv8hb]

I’m a former Navy aviator through squadrons and four aircraft carriers. 16 is a Ferrari and Porsche put in the one. Thrush weight ratio is perfect.

[@jimsaintamour2]

Hey Ed, awesome video!! what a great breakdown of the fantastic F-16

[@1stviper589]

So I've actually WORKED on the these since the very beginning and been around the world with them, we've flown out of mountains off of highways in Norway, we won the international bomb competition with this dog fighter, it's been used to blow up Iraqi nuclear plants because of its Precision bombing, trained countries from Egypt to Israel to Australia to Japan and Korea and back.. lost some friends early on till We Got Bugs worked out, even work beside the Thunderbirds. It may not be the greatest ever but it comes about as close as you can get to being able to be the" Swiss army knife jack-of-all-trades we can do everything well aircraft"as ever was built and will continue to be so for many years

[@GaryClasen]

Were you at Edwards AFB for the fly off

[@LeonAust]

Australia? Didn't know the RAAF flew F-16s

[@1stviper589]

@@LeonAust no the Aussies do not fly sixteens however early on we traveled throughout the Far East to Kadena, Misawa(Japan) and Osan and Kunsan (Korea) where we do have 16s stationed and part of our group went TDY( temporary Duty) for a few weeks I believe to Perth mainly to show aircraft capability

[@keirfarnum6811]

Block 70/72 promises to be a major upgrade. It’s about time it got AESA. It’s also about time the F22 got the HMCS; all our other jets have off boresight targeting capability and it’s insane that it wasn’t planned for the 22 to have it from the beginning. But the F16 has a place in my heart since I used to play Falcon 4.0. It took me years to learn how to fly that thing right and not get shot out of the sky by AAA right away. Flying fighter jets is not easy even in a sim; the real thing is exponentially harder.

[@richardfewer9348]

Have you considered a vacation in Ukraine this year? I have heard it is very beautiful there this summer. The Ukraine embassy may be able to help you with that…

[@stevehorn4680]

My son has joined the AF and these are his Dawgs. They're a perfectly maintained product. 🇺🇸

[@jeanclaudecollin3056]

This F16 jet is Always magnificent used by 🇧🇪air force since many many years 🥰

[@swede5209]

Beautiful airplane. Long live the Fighting Falcon!

[@justing42]

@@phillipbanes5484I loaded weapons on them for 6 years and NEVER heard them referred to as “Viper”.

[@jasonwright285]

We had a squadron of Dutch F-16s at Kandahar Airfield, when I was deployed there back in 2012. I went to sleep feeling safe every night! One thing I will say, they also woke me up every morning, because they were noticeably louder than the Navy F-18s we had when I first arrived, and the A-10s that came in at the end of my tour. I was always geeking out over the planes we had.

[@manuelteixeira2496]

The 4th generation of F16 is here to stay for years to come because is a cost-effective multirole fighter jet with powerful sensors and new compatibilities with other recent amunition

[@mikewalsh1402]

After almost 50 years, the F-16 is still “bad ass!!!”

[@viper341]

These machines are incredible but the most important part of them is the people who engineer them, fly them and maintain them and the military doctrine, strategies, tactics and culture that has evolved through decades of lessons learned fighting. It's the idea of freedom amd democracy they're defending that make these machines so special.

[@oreticeric8730]

Viper• 🤮

[@Nepartinis]

It looks bad ass! Wings of Freedom!

[@paddy.7784]

Recently watched a pair of F16's give a display at ' Warbirds over Wanaka 2024 ' What an impressive machine.

[@CGFIELDS]

I love the F-16 ❤️

[@josephpacchetti5997]

An amazing and Impressive aircraft with many variations, Thanks Sam and the awesome crew of US Military News, This is definitely one of the best channels on KZbin. 👍 🇺🇸

[@bobouzala]

Freedom sure ain’t Free! Slava Ukraini, God Bless America and thanks for this video! 🇺🇸❤🇺🇦

[@gheoman]

When a F-16 Fighter is in the air in action be sure the enemy is very concerned! F16 Fighter a deadly machine!

[@jakemeyer8188]

Forgot to mention that a few upgraded QF-16 (the pilotless drone version) have been upgraded to include an AI pilot that allows it to fly and complete missions completely independently (though with the remote pilot still monitoring and able to take over at any point in accordance with international law...no one wants Terminator Hunter-Killers). The testing of these models are nearing completion.

[@wendellrider1212]

Why is my phone speaking German?

[@richardfewer9348]

I want to thank the designers of this affordable pickup of a plane. You may yet be awarded Hero status if you and support personnel decide to use your skills to help Ukraine.

[@Sandhill1988]

What a sexy bird. I remember as a child my father taking me to see the Thunderbirds and they were flying these beautiful planes.

[@DannyMancheno]

What i love about this channel is that the creators seem to genuinely care about our national defense. It’s awesome being able to learn about our capabilities in the good ol’ US of A. Can’t wait to see space force stuff 😎

[@1stviper589]

I was actually in the very first F-16 operational ready wing, and you would have loved some of the crazy things that happen to us... we took the world's first electric jet that could pull 9 Gs and was the best dog fighter of its time and took it to the international bomb competition and won! The Israeli showed up at our base in the spring with six of their camouflaged tan birds to practice bombing at Wendover bombing range past Great Salt Lake just before they used their F16s to destroy those Iraqi nuclear plants. Every day was an adventure with these aircraft....

[@kdaghoul2832]

FREEDOM🇺🇸🦅🦅

[@stepanbmw]

Did you say OIL🛢? You need freedom!🦅🦅🦅😄

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[@pickashole]

Freedom? 😂😂😂😂 Per capita America has the largest prison population. The America the founding farthers wanted to what you ended up with are polar opposites

[@SotPSotPSotP]

Democracy🧨🧨🧨

[@SotPSotPSotP]

CORRUPTION🎉

[@mohammedfarid9161]

I think the F16 is the Ferrari of Jet fighters...Beautiful just awesome looking jet fighter !!!

[@alanhua]

F-5's true successor for future decades with its superior outperformance, especially equipped with triple sonic air-to-surface missile independently developed here in Taiwan that is unstoppable.

[@1stviper589]

BIRD PROOF! yes you actually heard that...(about the 1 PC canopy)... actually back in 1980 the contractor demonstrated to us the capability of the one piece lexan polycarbonate canopy, by strapping it down and firing a FROZEN CHICKEN directly at the canopy from a Howitzer, simulating a bird strike!! Yes you read that right and the craziest thing of all is when that frozen chicken hit the canopy the canopy actually WARPED and THREW thefrozen chicken off to the side and we got to see it replayed in slow motion, just one of the craziest things you'll ever see and it's got to be somewhere on an old KZbin video

[@badgumby9544]

I was in the USAF when they had a contest to name the F-16. They also became operational at that time, 1979. I believe the first base to get them was Hill AFB in Utah. One of, if not the, best looking planes ever built. However. I believe the F-15 was and still is superior. Even superior to the newest fighters of today. The new generation of fighters are too complicated. And are very hard to keep operational in sufficient numbers to be effective in a real war.

[@georgesikimeti2184]

F15 is a purpose built jet fighter for air to air combat and dogfighting as its main arsenal ,its high manouvrebility added to its 2.4mach speed put fear amongst the adversaries,resulting in no loss in combat as of now.

[@n1c98]

Because many of these military channels aren't DOD endorsed, I'm always speculative if I should subscribe. I think the information to the public isn't confidential but still gives a foundation of learning in the basics.

[@fjb4932]

n.1 c, It's a no-brainer, S U B S C R I B E ! ( Don't fret so much. The Commie's Already know this stuff. ) . . .

[@IamKried]

I love the F-16 ❤

[@stepanbmw]

Wonderful jet!

[@stephenkellie-area51]

Best plane until the f22 but still looks great and can take on any enemy plane , great plane

[@FoxtrotAlpha173]

An insightful and informative video spec for Viper lovers 👍🔥🔥👌

[@tonyvu60]

Sometimes I asked myself why every single fighter jet in the US inventory are the “ultimate weapon”, the “badass”, the “mean dude” and every name out there in existence that describe the unstoppable force, and yet the US has technically and deliberately lost every friggin’ war since the WWII? And then Top Gun Maverick taught me the idea “it’s not the plane. It’s the pilot”. Very true.

[@Piekartz]

Top performing, light, relatively cheap, fast, agile, great canopy. What's not to like?

[@flyonbyya]

Kinda scary to watch the plane fly without a pilot…

[@ronaldderooij1774]

Welcome to the future of military aviation.

[@mayobabble]

Had a chance to go work on these aircraft, interesting airframe.

[@putra47]

My favorite jet fighter 🔥🔥🔥

[@jdoe3006]

The most decorated fighter jet ever.

[@leifandersen2756]

F16 is over thirty years old and needs to be taken out some time in near future.

[@TheMacdaddy1976]

Taken out where ?

[@maineusaMax]

You can't beat this thing for versatility.

[@44excalibur]

Thank you for calling the F-16 by its proper name, the Fighting Falcon, and not by its nickname, the Viper.

[@williamwilson6499]

In combat operations, it’s Viper. When the commander asked the Fires Officer what was available in the AO, the F-16 was always referred to as Viper and never Fighting Falcon. But I get your drift.

[@44excalibur]

@@williamwilson6499 So they used Viper in combat operations just because of Battlestar Galactica? 😂

[@elpobrechinitodecolombia6772]

Where are the F 16 in UCRANIA ? 😕

[@erviplayer]

Please kill me the thing in that thumbnail is NOT a F-16

[@user-nh2xl7ue8o]

It actually is

[@ishaanroy2436]

Yeah that was a mirage 2000 😂

[@jwgoon]

The F-16 will always be the ultimate fighter jet to me despite new ones like the F-22 or F-35 being around now.

[@johnslugger]

*What makes the F-16 so great is the LONG RANGE radar is has allowing it to use LONG RANGE missiles*

[@jejopayan9315]

This is why l am proud of America 🇺🇸 and nato still strong 💪 against terrorists like 🇨🇳 china, 🇷🇺Russia, Iran 🇮🇷, North Corea, 🇸🇾 Siria, and some others against liberty 🗽 and freedom.

[@stepanbmw]

You are the most American person I have ever seen😄

[@GeneralLee1961.3]

Congrats my friend! U are a true patriot!!! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@kramnoslaw4474]

If we are not careful the maggots want to ally America up with North Korea Iran Russia and China an withdraw us from NATO if the orange man steals his way back into the Whitehouse this will happens an the rest of NATO will not have America allying up with it's enemies

[@aryansaei2088]

You have no idea what you're talking about. Everything you know about politics is just a game. For instance Israel ownes america and its citizens especially you. iran and america aren't enemy they are friends behind closed doors america bring ayatollahs to power and keeping them in iran it self another example Russia and america too. They planned Ukraine war in 2004 together and actually both sides making shit ton of money from this war.don't believe everything you hear from news and politicians.

[@Outlast25]

And oil. Don’t forget stable energy markets and the blood it takes to maintain that. U-S-A

[@raziahmedjalali6498]

Very impressive fighter aircraft.

[@toxicwaste6499]

love your vids

[@larrycox7169]

I can understand why Ukrainians want this aircraft.

[@fluffyres6107]

and now they got it

[@user-rx7oc6vk6w]

because F-22 and F-35 are forbidden for Ukraine. So the next best is F-16

[@juanmanuelpenaloza9264]

It implies Ukrainian pilots were in Texas, Montana, Nevada or other states, training to become a full Ghost Squadron.

[@chadduda4981]

Freedom should rain down on Russia glory to Ukraine 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇨🇰🇨🇰🇨🇰🇨🇰🇨🇰🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇲🇫🇲🇫🇲🇫🇲🇫🇲🇫🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪🇲🇨🇲🇨🇲🇨🇲🇨🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇫🇮🇫🇮🇫🇮🇫🇮🇪🇺🇪🇺🇪🇺🇪🇺🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦❤️🙏💪💪💪💪💪✊✊✊✊🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🌎💯

[@user-up4zp9wb1p]

First figure out your gender 😂😂😂

[@Satkng]

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[@ruzt2205]

This lovely but deadly beast is perfect match for the PAF MRF

[@petertuckergoettler5720]

That's One Mean Machine!

[@frankymuthiani7000]

Waaaaoh! the sky supremacy am totally excited 😆😆 when I see 🙈🙉 them in the sky rolling the pilots are well trained and experienced

[@kiethpederson7558]

My humble opinion, best looking aircraft ever

[@patdohrety2940]

I lived near a naval air base as a kid. I snuck onto the end of the runway and I saw an f16 prototype taking off. I snuck through the woods to the end of the runway and I rose up and flipped the bird to the pilot at low altitude and he immediately started crying and he ejected and the test airframe crashed. The F16 is like an annoying gnat at best and the odds of it making any difference inside eastern Europe is zero

[@AdmiringOceanSunset-sy7ys]

The f-16 is a killer! Beyond all account's, air to ground, Lazer guided, dump, etc! Roa Aotearoa nui.

[@tinmanperry]

Very awesome aircraft. Nothing has compared to Raptor. Not even F35. Always had to improve it. Great no doubt. Head to head. Be the Pilots

[@Seminal_Ideas]

The great missed opportunity. The F16XL. The F16 as it should have been.

[@user-mc9vf7pd7n]

In the country I live we have no form of military tech such as fighter jets, drones, tanks, and nuclear subs. So one day when a fighter jet from Australia visited my country and did a fly by. The sound of the jet caused man, woman, children and even dogs taking cover in thinking it was doomsday. All hell broke loose.

[@rogervaldez-vi5hq]

I used to live at end of runway ,at hill air force base they have fleet of f 16s it was constant roar,they could go so high you lose sight

[@cmarnold78]

With the drone/target aircraft, how often would they actually be shooting them down?

[@tedsonkabiru4349]

I love the fact that they recognized the Russian Su 35, that fighter is something else!!! One day F16 vs Su 35 will happen

[@PostalWorker14]

Mustang of the skies

[@christergustafsson6838]

Very good pictures!

[@RebootedMind]

What an absolutely gorgeous plane. Tough decision between the f16 and a f22.

[@user-wm5nf5rx5w]

I am a Taiwanese. I love F16-V.

[@rafaelespinoza6530]

Thanks guys for the last hour of our lives Amen 💕🤔💘💘

[@rommelnarciza6321]

The advance F-16 unmanned is quite the real bad ass!

[@renatsafiulin392]

Perfectly preserved, one of the best fighters of the 20th century. Which museum are these exhibits from?

[@IntravenouslyDruggedSloth]

That f16v viper is so freaking sick. Isn’t the viper a different aircraft also tho ? Also it’s mind blowing that they made an unmanned version. Basically just to shoot it down 😂

[@belaydejene3547]

I love this insane bird !!! F-16 !!!!

[@TK199999]

I still think the rumors of Lockheed Martin reviving the F-16XL program or at least a new version of it, is true. In order to create an F-16 version of the F-15EX. Thereby giving US and its allies the ability to have missile and bomb trucks that can also function as hubs of data link systems in conjunction with fighters like F-35. Especially since being based on the F-16 means allies will need little training or changing of systems to accommodate it.

[@ziauddin7948]

Super excellent engineering & technology by GE , Pratt & Whitney & Lockheed Martin # 👍👍👍 🇵🇰

[@Riiyan]

That F-16 gonna getcha!