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F-35 test pilot shares what it's like to jump from flying an old F-16 to Lockheed Martin's newest 5th-gen stealth fighter

A test pilot who made the jump from the now fifty-year-old F-16 to the new F-35 stealth fighter told Business Insider that it is a wildly different experience. Think about the informational overload ...
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Pushing the Limits: Testing the US F-16 Afterburner Jet Engine

Welcome back to the Daily Aviation for a new documentary video about the US General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon and its maintenance + engine test. How China reacted to "No Kings" anti-Trump protest ...
The Aviationist

Turkey Fires SOM-J Cruise Missile from F-16 For the First Time

SOM-J was originally developed to fit inside the F-35’s internal bays. Meant for both land and sea targets, it will also be integrated on the KAAN fifth generation stealth fighter and the Kizilelma ...
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Most Advanced F-16 Version in Existence Flies with New EW Shield for the First Time

Lockheed Martin, the present-day maker of the F-16, likes to describe the fighter plane as the most advanced fourth-generation plane of its kind. Naturally, the defense contractor is talking about the ...
The Diplomat

Vietnam Has Reached Deal With US on F-16 Fighter Purchase, Report Claims

An F-16V assigned to the 416th Flight Test Squadron flies into position over the Precision Impact Range Area on Edwards Air Force Base, California, Feb. 26, 2021. Credit: Air Force photo by Ethan ...