USAF Thunderbird F-16: Up Close and Personal

[nyczumazooma]

Do they do the S&A Navy night landings? Is AF Navy or Army?

[Mastercluster]

who cares of women or man if they are an excellent pilot ;)

[BrAnDoNdUtToLiO1991]

whats that switch he hit on the throttle??

[datzfast]

its nice she look likes a real woman and not some russian that needs to shave her face.

[falcon2160]

See you all at the Salinas Ca air show next week. Is the runway long enough now, or will you fly out of Monterey?

[RainbowManification]

1:04 great place to take a nap

[roadrunner304]

AOA means angel of attack

[lukepevensie]

they should paint white claws where two the rear landing gear is hidden

[carsamcascru]

Nice video. I hope Tbirds come to my country again soon!

[roadrunner304]

what name is that soing??

[umahuma4]

1:05, good place for a person to take a nap, just bring a pillow and blanket, just make sure no ones going to be using the plane that day

[umahuma4]

Ive seen the thunderbirds like 2 or 3 times,

[apek445566]

the Thunder Birds are in Malaysia performing today.Nice.

[jackojamie]

i Went and saw the thunder birds at townsville sirshow AwsomE!!!!!!! i even said hi to them they stayed at my resort lol My heros lol

[kometshockeyxicy]

their prolly gettin rid of our f-16's we got the A-10's now they suck tho...

[rodrigodlm]

That song is so cool, what song is that??

[BrownDavidson]

The F-16 is an awesome jet fighter!!! I hope they keep it flying for at least another 10 years

[michaeltaby]

awsome

[snoopdogg92xx]

man i love the thunder birds they are the only ones man enought to have a girl on there flight team ans solo  god loves you

[jbryant13]

Actually the have two women now

[blakeblake321]

well there just proving that girls are just as capable

[RedCoka]

@snoopdogg92xx Im french and in the Patrouille de France there's a woman too ; a commander but the thunderbirds are goods , really ;)

[kurtf321]

@snoopdogg92xx The red arrows also have a women on there team now

[redtexans]

Thank you US Air Force & Thunderbirds for allowing us in the awsome world of the Thunderbirds. This is as close as some of us will ever get to becoming a Thunderbird!!!!

[SledHeadNE]

thats a sick tool box

[cherylz1]

B-E-A-U-TIFUL!!!!!!

[IGuitarPlaya2]

thats what i had guessed it was probly eletronic but still moving only that much it doesnt seem like you could do anything gentle it seems like everything would be full manouverability

[IGuitarPlaya2]

I have the same question as mrdistraction deos the stick really only move that much?...

[jbryant13]

Yes - the reason is because it's a "fly by wire" control system - meaning it's electronic rather than mechanical. It's the same principle as using a joystick on a PC with MS Flight Simulator software.

When you move the stick it sends a signal to a computer which then moves the flight control surfaces rather than having actual cables connected directly to the control stick itself.

[mrdistraction]

hmm um... it only move very litte, so if they want to do a really slow roll, do they only move the stick a litte? PS I knew it was electrical :)

[dziczku]

Actually I read somewhere that in the prototype of F-16 the stick didn't move at all. It was changed, because pilots didn't like that.

[kdjfnvjvd]

It's pressure sensitive wich makes it much easier to maneuver the aircraft while we're under the natural forces of gravity,better known as "G force". Doen't need to move that much.

[PatriotsJetTeam]

That's right the stick uses a pressure plate. The different pressure you apply to the stick to make it move the stick translates that to control inputs. It's much more accurate. And the stick maybe moves 1/8 to 1/4 inch at most, there's an incredible amount of force on it, between 8 and 22 pounds of stick-force.

[mrdistraction]

yeah, to me it would see really hard to do a slow roll with the stick only moving that much, taking in consideration of any FOD (foreign object debirs) and any gs they're pulling

[mrdistraction]

serious? the stick only goes that far?

[SkullakaAce]

office with a view. hahah That was great!

[SkullakaAce]

Yes they do! Check out my videos. I will have to upload more and more as time passes by.

[busterMC85]

The T-Birds ROCK!!!!

[vanhalen0503]

Very cool!!

I love The Thunderbirds!!

[rodriguezalexjeter]

Doesn't everyone?

[chaingang90]

there's no way i can become a pilot,,,,, so i pray to god i'll do this

[jun10r50]

The F-16 symbolizes the Eagle soaring and roaring to the global skies. I am proud to be an American. Go Thunderbirds. USAF HOORAH

[rhoadstribute]

thats cool

[Dopey390th]

Kevin Masten, the Solo pilot, is a great guy. I worked with him when he was flying F-15C's at Mountain Home AFB.

[saybya]

side stick