F-16 live fire exercise in Afghanistan

[MarkTools]

f16 is always sexy!

[H22TRUCK]

*exspensive bwahahaha

[H22TRUCK]

That was expenive and kool

[milwatts]

guaauu!!! lot of technology!! why we still killing thousand of civilians every year :(

[rampking1]

@milwatts Who is "we" ???

take your factually deficient political comment elsewhere.

Or do you care to back that comment up with some evidence?

Deaths? yes..plenty of them but direct the finger in the other direction.

Oh, yea...we're just mowin' them down like they are blades of grass.

This is a tribute to the Dutch Air Force and the FAC's on the ground....highest honors to all.

[PizzzaGuy10]

wat is dat op 2:07 wat hij die vlieger geeft

[VolleKraft]

Dutch is so annoying. Can't they decide to either speak proper English or proper German instead of that inbetween mischmasch?

[TolitsDterrible]

@VolleKraft how stupid can you be... what proper german are you talking about...it's the germans who are not speaking proper dutch..lolz! . ;D

[ilangsfs]

Man, the graphics in Call of Duty are getting reaaaaallly good...

[Mikerohren]

how did these nazis get ahold of an f-16

[keffje007]

@Mikerohren dude this are dutch, not germans you idiot....and german still arent nazis

[keesblauw]

@Mikerohren

Start your comment when you have seen something from the world. These are dutch not german. Bg difference

[razor11079]

they are very slow to hit in america ones lock the target shoot down

[Fourteen88SoCal]

3:58 - 4:02 lol, I would buzz all those asshole too

[globemaster68]

great video, how about some english titles for the non dutch speaking. LOL

[drbackjack]

Those vipers are damn sexy

[beraniden]

Hey,Eggy moeten die Piloten geen zgn drukpak aan?

[EggyNL]

@beraniden G suit ja, dat is het groene pakkie dat ze aan trekken. Compartimenten blazen zich op en zorgen ervoor dat het bloed niet volledig naar de benen stroomt.

[f16piet]

een f-16 piloot is johan van deventer f-16 vlieger uit Leeuwarden erg strak gevlogen.je mag blij zijn als je f-16 vlieger bent bij de luchtmacht de selectie is erg zwaar je kan alleen meer verdienen als captain bij klm de burgerluchtvaart ongeveer

49936.34 euro f-16 vlieger 1700 euro per maand.Piet.

[FlightSimXtreme]

Is dat zand niet dodelijk voor die F-16s? o.o

[MsHatetheworld]

wtf did you see that? the f16 laid some eggs.

[gpfwestie]

Good job bombing a burnt out truck.

Any chance you could come down south and do some fighting ?

[EggyNL]

@gpfwestie

Dutch F-16s have been stationed in southern Afghanistan (Kandahar) since 2006-2007 smartass.

[gpfwestie]

@EggyNL

Smartass I am.

How many Dutch F16-S are stationed in Kandahar

[EggyNL]

@gpfwestie

At first 6, nowadays 5.

[DrummingBonham]

@EggyNL So they dont use f22s in afgan?

[davetileguy]

@EggyNL Your whole Air Force?

[EggyNL]

@davetileguy hehe, it might be our whole air force soon yeah, number of F-16s is being sold. We only have about 80 left.

[tropickman]

Why when you are there doing the dirty job?!

[Mixskool]

@gpfwestie The Dutch army was stationed in the south.

[CrzayMazy]

"Can I paint the target?"

"Mmmh, for a beer. Don't miss it, or it's gonna be a crate of beer."

[daantjebest]

Mooi om eindelijk een een F-16 in actie te zien... goed werk!

[hanscombe72]

The first music was moby. Used in 1995's Heat. When pacino is tailing deniro on the highway before the cafe meeting.

[SuperMaurad]

in which lang they are talking

[TimV010]

@SuperMaurad Dutch

[BMuris]

F-16 in action, Rammstein playing in the background... bad-ass combination :D

Thanks for sharing.

[bigbangAT]

isnt it like 10 times faster to fire a (cruise) missile if its a high value target? might be more expensive but it is faster

[WarheartHC]

is this a J-015 RNLAF F-16 ? or the J-016 ?

i cant see it good maby some one can confirm it because the J-015 has became the Display demo airplane

[MAXOU10428]

Try THIS !!!!!! : " Les Chevaliers du Ciel HD Promo "

[0HippyHunter0]

that explosion wasn't a bomb

[SMJeOma]

@0HippyHunter0 duh XD

[robin6512]

And if had would have been a beardman his day would be f*cked and he would be visiting his maker

[robin6512]

312 rules!!

[jmcfar8947]

So many great countries and militarys helping America in the middle east. Why are we still there????

[coviron21]

that coudnt of been more pin point accuracy

[miansabahatullah]

ok ok

[rnlmc23para]

mooi gedemoleerd die benz .......... geen bomb gezien

[miansabahatullah]

hey what was meant by the red button i think it was remote control bomb not f 16

[whatthehell81]

@miansabahatullah The laser was beeing activated for the guidance of the bomb droped from the F-16.

[369NICK963]

the f16 wich is taking off is dutch .

[lovecirl]

alright thank you :)

[lovecirl]

do i see the belgian flag at 2:51 :D

nice vid

greetings from belguim :)

[EggyNL]

@lovecirl : yup, if I remember correctly the F-16s were stationed on KAIA at the time. Several other nations had F-16s there in 2005/6.

[fries09]

@EggyNL

In the background that are belgian. The f-16 thats take off are Dutch . the serial starts whit a J-... And the belgian dont have serials whit J-.... The logo is from the Dutch 312 sqadron From Volkel

[MrFireballie]

@EggyNL their is an video of the dutch army wher you can see the belgian guy's are working with the netherlands

[f16piet]

the laser target designator can send a beam to f-16 pilot and the f-16 pilot can hit the target wings level

after firing a bomb to the mercedes benz very nice hit piet#1.

[MrFireballie]

@lovecirl belgium has two or three f-16's in afghanistan (uruzgan)

[glendelio]

@MrFireballie Belgium has 6 F16 in Afghanistan and there located in kandahar. First there were 4 but they send 2 more. There are 650 belgian soldiers in Afghanistan. F16, EOD, medic, training of afghan soldiers and for protection of army bases. ;-)

[sabbeltjesab]

Mijn favo kolonel aan het werk! De Dutch doen het toch maar. Ik ben trots op ze!!!!

[VBH8888]

lol i almost understand everytihng cause i speak german and english and there saying some german words mixed with german

[popsticky09]

Lol that would suck cause you'd have to wait about 20 mins for them to arrive

[modwebby]

2:48 f-16 heb best wel bolle cockpit:S

[Wolfos2540]

This is rather old, because now laser designators are the size of...well, a laser pointer.

[RingSight91]

@Wolfos2540 Not the high-powered ones with thermal sights they're not.

[reindenaab]

ROYAL NETHERLANDS AIRFORCE HELL YEA

[VALVEELEKTRONIK]

Kurwa pole Bitwy , 50 lat ludziom nie dają żyć Taliby ,amerykany, polaki ,niemcy ,holendrzy i reszta .

[windaws1976]

戰備很慢

[Wowgonebad]

why is it annoying if there is viper pilots over the world they are helping us oh my god you are like retarded

[Nemeanhavoc]

Sniper pot on a dutch f16 next to the front landing gear?

[Curicua]

que puneta dicen?

[guitarnublet]

Nou ja zeg, wat heeft die arme auto ze ooit misdaan? :<

[jmanuel47]

my favorite plane is the SU 35 , F 22 , F 16

, A 10 II.

[bleushift]

nice dutch airforce

[f16piet]

2 nederlandse f-16 mlu schieten met flares en gooien en jdam bom op de mercedes benz.

Prima gevlogen prima gefilmd.Piet #1

[mustange251]

Although the F-22 isn't in service yet, out of everything i know about it, it is my favorite

[baa55555a]

it came into service in 2005!

[timmos14]

Echt, ze moeten de F-16 niet vervangen door de JSF hoor. Die Saab is veel mooier, kost minder en heeft een verder bereik.

[NLFonsseals]

De ik stem JSF. die is stealth. die is nieuw. die kan meer wapens dragen. ik heb gehoord dta die sneller is en een beter berijk heeft. we hebben een Defensiebudget van 8 Miljard. vrijheid kent geen prijs. die saab is ook een MLU, oud opgekrikt modelletje. die is natuurlijk ook goed. maar we nemen toch echt die JSF als het aan mij ligt

[killik150]

Shoooooooooooooort approach!!!

[Tarapatintirintintin]

Yeah, i see the same dude

[mbcarif]

WHY exercise in Afghanistan ?

[spins321]

You always train. Everyday isn't chock full of real action.

[xaero101]

I love the aircraft computer saying "Altitude. Altitude" because he's apparently flying too low... LOL

[Ser04SpecV]

ha ha they call it bitching betty ha ha for a good reason lol....

[allinacan]

True, Viper pilots all over the world think it's annoying

[oriondelta83]

Hot

[Nielsx1]

The F16 really is thé best looking plane ever made.. a true falcon indeed.

F14 is very beautiful as well, but just doesnt match the F16 ;)

[nimaside]

Always been the f-15 for me. A true American Eagle. :)

[Tarapatintirintintin]

My favorites are A-4, F-15E, F/A-18C, F-16I, F-16BK52 and Cessna A150L ;)

[taans1]

Blk 50's are better than Blk 52's

[Butcher851]

Their only difference is the engine.

[taans1]

that's kind of a major part......i'm just saying.......

[beroth1]

@taans1 How do you figure? I've always liked Pratt & Whitney.

[dpenaz7]

I wonder what kind of GBU?

[Anobad]

i think it´s look like the 24  gbu

[Squirrel9901]

boom

[Spanduer90]

I SUPPORT ISAF. Go Holland!

[warthogkings]

love the background music....you gotta love RAMSTEIN

[LetsKeepThePeace]

In most countrys there are different rules for civilian aviation. There are 2 "ways" of flying. If you fly with Visual Flight Rules, then in most of the european countrys you can speak by their own language. By Instrumental Flight Rules pilots only speaking english. If ATC approves you can speak your own language, but only then, otherwise you have to speak english.

And of course in case of emergency you can speak your own language.

My english is not so good, but i think you will understand.

[CohanDigitmatta]

turn bitchin betty off lol

[tsham511]

zaluuug!!

[DraGonFlaMe24]

Yeah and I'm the tooth ferry...Go get buttfucked by a power ranger.

[Nielsx1]

its "tooth fairy".

[slayersthashit]

Im glad the Dutch are helping us. great fighters. wish we had more allies as good as the Dutch.

[JamesTR36]

agree completely

[KennebecCntySD]

@slayersthashit better then them damn Frenchies who only get in to trouble

[charlieechovictor]

@KennebecCntySD why ???

[bleushift]

@slayersthashit

nato has recently given the information that the dutch have the best facs (forward air controllers) of all coalition forces

[EvilTeenFurkan]

@slayersthashit

ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF PAKISTAN and ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN makes up the SUPER ISLAMIC POWER STATES !!!!

[aluisious]

@EvilTeenFurkan Super Islamic Power States? Sounds like a gay dance club.

[GTXMAN]

@slayersthashit Helping you steal oil?

[slayersthashit]

@GTXMAN wow, theres a whole bunch of oil in afghanistan...

[DrummingBonham]

@slayersthashit Um, germany?

[slayersthashit]

@DrummingBonham as far as i know the Bundeswehr ( IMHO the best army in Europe ) isnt involved with direct conflict in Afghanistan, wish they were though, nobody including the US and former Soviet Union likes to face Germans on the battlefield.

[DrummingBonham]

@slayersthashit germany has the second amount of troops in afganastan after USA

[slayersthashit]

@DrummingBonham If so, they must be in quiet parts of the country because you never hear about them. Atleast I dont.

[daveslow84]

@DrummingBonham

wrong... britain has more troops in afghanistan than germany...

[daveslow84]

@slayersthashit

the bundeswehr the best in europe!? :DDD

seriously, i live in germany and i assure you you are VERY much mistaken!!!the bundeswehr has only learned how to fight a war since afghanistan... the british and the french foreign legion (not to be mistaken with the french regular army) are the ones that have extensive experience...the german kit is very good though!!!and german politics also hinder the german army quite a bit...

bundeswehr=drinking club for men wanting to be boys again

[superhuman25]

why is it at 40 seconds I think I hear the begining of Velvet Revolver Sucker Train Blues?

[EggyNL]

The vid is compiled from different short clips separated by other items and commercials so some sounds might have slipped through during the editing process.

[draadstaal33]

haha die droge stem van die gast

voor 1 flesje bier

[ROBattles]

Hey, is that Vic Franke? I didn't know he worked for Dutchmil as well. He is cool.

Also, why don't they just speak Dutch to each other over the radio?

[MichaelAKALeahcim]

So, Americans who are in the air know what they do ... or whatever country is in the air @ that moment.

[acehimself]

I think that English is the standard language for all aivation related radio talk.

Commercial pilots always speak English when talking with air traffic control no matter what country they're from.

[NKCrime]

lol if a french pilots approaches to french airport they are speaking french ebcuase the< dont care^^

[PitbullNL]

tering, wat een termen allemaal

en dat je het allemaal dan maar moet weten, knap hoor

[magnusmachinegun]

is it norwegans? they use f- 16... and the f-16 sucks. norway need new planes!

[EggyNL]

Dutch.

[SwordPhantom]

Wow. you know nothing about planes if you say the F16 sucks. Why do so many countries use it if it sucks?

[magnusmachinegun]

cuz it is cheaper than many good planes. norway use an old ver. of it.

[SwordPhantom]

No, because it is one of the best multi-role fighters out there. Thats why we still use it.(USA) Do you think we have any problem with the cost? The 1998 version costs 19 million.

[GewoonJJ]

They use the F-16A MLU, it is one of the best fighters in the world even if its 25 years old. Trust me you don't even know what you are talking about so please don't try to convince anyone you do.

[ltgrandmaps3]

they are going to get the f-35

[Scythehalotrial]

what is the pilot doing @ 2:46? looks like he's partying or something xD

[Solarfi]

Woo direct hit. jadam?

[fr3ds4t]

Nooope!! As you can easily see from the HUD, the bomb is a small dumb Mk-82 or similar, dropped with CCRP launch mode. The JDAM uses a GPS guidance and is mostly used by F-22, B-1B, B-2, F-117 and also EF2000.

[Hyper399th]

And the F-16 and F-15 buddy!

[belkan991]

f-15E only

[Scythehalotrial]

it was a laser guided bomb...the forward air controller painted the target. the f-16 can use the jdam

[Scythehalotrial]

no it was a laser guided bomb

[chrslbrt]

The JDAM can be configured to use laser guidance in the form of the LJDAM kit. It couldnt have been used because they have only been ordered by the US thus far....

[EggyNL]

GBU-12, laserguided. Dutch F-16's don't use dumb bombs anymore during deployments since Bosnia (Deliberate Force).

A few months ago the first M4 updated F-16s arrived in Kandahar, Litening AT Block 2 targetting pods, Rover III data link and Joint Helmet Mounted Cueing System included.

Dual mode weapons are ordered in the mean time the pilot has to chose between LGBs (typically GBU-12 or GBU-10) and JDAM (GPS guided bombs like GBU-38).

[casmelia]

A special 'Thanks' to all the Dutch military and intelligence units for the help/sacrifice in Afghanistan. You guys are awesome!!!

[Hyper399th]

That is "Bitching Betty" warning the pilot is is flying under the ALOW ( Altitude LOw Warning )and posses no threat to the pilot unles he's diving full burners , nose down.

[hiimbrady]

is this in dutch? i wanna learn dutch. i think it's in dutch.

[urbmeister]

Yep, its Dutch

i know this , just...

because i am... Dutch as well!

Groeten uit Nederland

[bleushift]

@hiimbrady

its dutch iam dutch

these were dutch soldiers dutch f16 s

and the langauge was dutch i know because iam dutch :)

[Guusd]

wow shit is the pilot flying at 20 metres altitude on the beginning !?

[EggyNL]

The plane is the most vulnerable when taking of and landing. A low and fast flying plane is much harder to lock onto with a manpad.

[discoHR]

nah, not 20. it was 33-40 meters (100-120ft). you can see it at the right side of the hud in the box marked with letter R (relative) which is below absolute altitude (right mid of the hud).

as eggy said, lower the better.

[Kl4LifeMichael]

They say 20 meters in the movie ...

[Morpheus01984]

Jup, the pride of holland ladies and gentlemen! GAVE SHIT! wat wierp die F16 af,iemand dat gezien?

[Kl4LifeMichael]

Laser-guided missile

[Hyper399th]

Mk-82 met een Paveway II set.

[bhendriks15]

nice hit :P heel mooi werk.

[zigeunerjack]

I call this "waste disposal" :)

[ABouter]

Mooie film!

Kikke om dit eens in het "echt" te zien.

En idd wat ik hier al eerder las,die gasten zitten nu relax in de zon zowat te chillen op dat dak.

In het echt liggen ze uiteraard zoveel mogelijk verscholen.

[Hyper399th]

CCRP and CCIP ( Constantly computed release point en Constantly computed impact point ) worden alleen voor domme bommen en cluster munitie gebruikt. Aanstralen van een doel gaat via een apparte modus die gebruik maakt van de Targeting Pod onder de F-16 en wordt weergegeven op de MFD en niet in de Hud.

De Flares in deze vluchyt zijn bedoeld als herkenning voor de grondpost ( FAC ) waar de piloot de entry voor de range heeft gevonden.

[EggyNL]

Bedankt voor de info.

[Scythehalotrial]

is dat niet toevallig de lantirn pod?

[Hyper399th]

Yep, Low Altitude Navigation Targeting Infra Red for Night die aan de L5 en R5 hardpoints ( Block - 15+ kisten alleen ) worden opgehangen. Ik geloof dat Nederland alleen de Targeting Pods heeft, maar dat durf ik niet met zekerheid te zeggen...

[stang46l]

Was the pilot using CCRP?

[Scythehalotrial]

ccrp is used for not guided bombs and because the f-16 in this vid used a laser guided bomb, i guess they didnt'use ccrp....

[EggyNL]

CCRP and CCIP are only used for dumb bombs and cluster munitions. In this exercise they use the laser target designator in combination with the F-16's targetting pod.

(translation from

Hyper399th's post)

[Hyper399th]

Nice translation, excuse my lack of adding an English comment. CCRP however can be used to get the designator box over the target, then the pilot can couple the designator box to the laser and drop his bombs. The hud never shows anny laser data, the mfd ( the right one is the default ) shows lasing and tracking data. After de bombs are released the hud will show time of impact and slant range to target.

[vbswitch]

CCRP is used for GBU laser guided as well, with the lantirn. But the Air to ground selected mode at HUD Window 8 is definitely CCRP. It could even be VIPCRP/VRPCRP if it was used with a VIP/VRP (Visual Intitial Point/Visual Reference Point)

[musicexorcist]

Yeah, F-16 + Rammstein (engel) = perfect mix!

[boywonder1994]

???? Any english

[motormonkeyNL]

ja en die mb schiet die hele laser designator post zeker niet eerst overhoop.

[Scythehalotrial]

mwah ik denk dat in echte missies zulke posten flink gecamoufleerd zijn en verscholen achter van alles en nog wat...verder denk ik ook dat fac posten worden gebruikt om stilstaande doelwitten aan te wijzen en niet een infanteriemacht die op je afkomt aan te wijzen.

ik ben geen expert, maar tis mijn logica maar

[The1stRalph]

focking Vet !

[jumpfreakpyro]

om ook even dat Visual/Flares gedoe uit de wereld te helpen.

OP de HUD wordt aangegeven waar het doel zich bevind f16 piloten weten wanneer ze hun flares moeten afgooien.

De militair ziet de f16 (vandaar visual)dit doet de militair zodat de f16 piloot beter beeld krijgt van de situatie.

dus Visual wordt vaak wel gebruikt maar flares is om het allemaal nog mooier te maken in zo'n filmpje.

[jumpfreakpyro]

1: de f16 piloot gaat scheert laag over de grond om vijandelijke troepen af te schrikken.

Flares worden vaak ook gebruikt om de vijand af te schrikken.

De f16 maakt dan hoogte want hij gooit pas een bom af op minimaal 1 km hoogte dit met explosiegevaar en nevenschade

dus die flares afgooien en laagvliegen is eigenlijk alleen maar bangmakerij, blijven ze schieten dan wordt er pas gevuurd

bij een exercise wordt er uiteraard een bom gegooit maar vaak is laagvliegen en flares al genoeg.