Powerful F-16 Afterburner Takeoff

F-16s on a practice air defense scramble mission with live weapons at March ARB.

[mchume]

The coolest night afterburner takeoffs I have ever seen were SR-71's at Kadena Air Base in Okinawa. They would keep it in afterburner for as long as you could see it in the sky. That's why a KC-135 tanker always takes off an hour before the SR-71 does just to top it off after takeoff.

[spdcrzy]

This is some high-level panning and tracking. AMAZING job.

[kujiro_x]

*2 minutes after takeoff*
boys we out of fuel

[DerKaktusAvant]

I remember as a kid, stopping off at an raf base on a road trip. There where I think 4 f18s taking off. It was amazing, we where probably 800 metres away but you could feel them, they shock you and the ground beneath you. Was an amazing day I'll never forget it.

[leonardorenzi]

F-16 still the best looking fighter jet IMHO

[codyking]

If Orville and Wilbur Wright saw this, they'd faint. Amazing.

[zingermike]

I used to sneak up and sit in the cockpit during midnight shift when I was stationed at Incirlik AB, Turkey. F-16 was the newest fighter jet back then.

[backroom]

If you never heard one of these fly by, it’s amazing . Sounded light a freight train overhead when one flew over my house about 500 feet above . Amazing

[cerrystyle]

One of the best inventions in the contemporary story of military jets.

[MN-xzlh]

My bro is a fighter pilot. Blessed to see these gorgeous birds fly/ takeoff with my very own eyes standing just few hundred meters away. The power is unbelievable.

[rampking]

One of your best, twilight AB takeoff !

[AbuRihaan]

you know the shit is real when the cameraman couldn't catch up

[lucaas]

Awesome catch! Would you be okay with me featuring this in my series Weekly Dose of Aviation? Of course you will be credited both in the video and in the description.

[jbl]

Wow! Used to watch the F4 Phantoms do afterburner takeoffs from Hickum Field in Hawaii. Literally shook the ground.

[lexirose]

I miss these sounds so much. Having Nellis as my first duty station and experiencing my first Red Flag are such great memories!

[raalaa]

If you want to feel the sound and vibrations of a jet engine just go see a jet car at a drag strip near you. It's similar and a thunderous noise / feeling when the afterburners come on. I personally go to Santapod in the UK every other year to experience it.

[nomadjeff]

HL Tail 388th Fighter Wing out of Hill AFB Utah. Proud it was my first assignment and worked the first F-16's in the USAF (F-16 MOT&E) Multi-National Test and Evaluation Squadron.

[JS]

I just can’t believe there are actually human beings who willfully fly those machines knowing just one small mistake may mean the difference between life and death. Total respect from me, a natural born coward.🙃

[DominikKristek]

When I oversleep in NY and need to be in UK before noon :)

[TravelingWithKeiron]

That Was EPIC seen these at RAF Fairford and never seen them do full afterburner like that it was epic