F-16 Pre-Flight Checks. Take-Offs And Landings.

USAF maintainers and pilots prep and launch F-16 aircraft. Video includes pilots climb into the cockpit and strap on helmets; aircraft taxiing, take-offs, and landings.

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Credits: Airman 1st Class Christina Ensley

[billr.]

86-0333. I remember that jet at Kunsan Air Base. It belonged to a good friend of mine and was named Triple Cripple

[christopherlloyd]

This aircraft is in my DNA! I have worked on every one of these in this video. They each have there own personality. F-16 crew chief for 36 years and the lead F-16 mechanic at the Hill AFB depot.

[Wikkus]

Great, crisp hi def footage. Love it!

[puffthedragon]

The pilots look so uncomfortable getting seated in their cockpits! At least these guys are always on top of their games. Thank you for your service!

[shimoncohen]

What a beautiful aircraft the f-16, every inch of it is shaped amazing.

[randomtux]

2:20 the long dear departed concorde
weeps at this fine nose job

[anil]

F-16 was a great jet and will always remain in the history of aviation.

[Akenaton]

Não tem igual a força aérea dos EUA, a força aérea dos EUA é sem duvidas a mais bem equipada e treinada do mundo, esses caças f16 estão decolando completamente carregados, estão fazendo a patrulha totalmente carregados, quando forem chamados eles estarão prontos para qualquer missão, parabéns aos EUA, excelente força aérea, invejável !

[dean]

Pretty cool having your name on a badass jet. Not allot of people can say that.

[marcg]

The aircraft at 5:35 is taxiing with a Remove before Flight pin still attached.

5:36 sopmebady forgot to remove a red tag.

[ติ๋มนนทกัป]

คิดว่า 3 4 เสืออากาศ นี้น่าจะเคยไปขย้ำ เหยื่อ มานักต่อนักแน่เลย ดูสีหน้า อารมย์ สุดยอดจริงๆ 🙂🙂🙂👍👍👍👍👍👍

[DavidMadeira]

"How many hours of sleeping are recommended? Am I going to shit my pants? Do I have to wear a jumping suit? Is my headphone adjusted? What's the scheduling preload? Is my fuse worn?! Where's my lucky number? Can I bring a fortune cookie?!" 🗨😐🤖

[gamecatcher]

8:49
The airbase is lookin like Chevy Truck Month.

[jorgealbertorodriguezvilla]

Para mi es el mejor avión de combate que existe espero algún día poder ver de cerca uno es algo que siempre he querido hacer saludos desde México cd

[francescofissore]

Please enlarge and freeze at 3:48 - 3:49, you'll clearly notice the small communications' plug exiting Major's HGU-55 helmet at lower left side - just beneath that black rubber hose - doesn't have any cable being connected, like instead it had been through almost 60 years of different flight helmets. This does apply in the video to some (but, not all) of these helmets.
The ones at 7:30 and 8:12 for example, show the said cable as being connected.
It appears that starting at some point (maybe early 2000s but not easy for me getting more precise infos) many fighter pilots at least in the Air Force, use a set of tiny earphones (3:13) directly put inside their ears. The much thinner cables coming from them will joint below, doing sort of a 'Y', and will connect to oxygen mask's own plug, that in turn does carry pilot's talking from the mask-mounted microphone. At this point (as always has been) only one cable serving both purposes does run to the onboard radio plugging.

This one plus the hyper-sophisticated tracking system carried to the helmet visor by weapons' control apparatus, are the two major departures from a (relatively) standardized way of designing these items. Great and interesting video altogether.
Greetings from Italy.

[generalblackjack]

F-35 taxiing in the background at 1:40

[markrobertson]

The F16 looks like such a fun jet to fly

[hanancohen]

13:56 The second jet on the screen did NOT have sub-wing markers (those red ribbons that say remove before flight) removed by the runway assistant. What problems may occur in such a situation?

[garydobbs]

Love the f16. It’s always been my favorite behind the tomcat. Such a beautiful nimble reliable plane. It’s gonna be sad when they ever get decommissioned.