FPP045 - F-16 Fighting Falcon

The Sopwith Camel , P-51 Mustang , F-86 Sabre , and F-4 Phantom II may all be the quintessential fighters of their era, from World War I through the Vietnam conflict. And from Desert Storm to today, few would dispute the aircraft that most deserves to join such an esteemed group is none other than the General Dynamics (now Lockheed Martin) F-16 Fighting Falcon —better known as simply, the Viper. On this episode, retired US Air Force Reserve Colonel Mike "T-DAY" Torrealday, who amassed over 4,000 flight hours in nearly every block and variant of the Viper over a 29-year career, joins us to discuss this amazing fighter as a continuation of our 'aircraft series.' T-DAY describes the many variants, flight envelope, ordnance inventory, and so much more. Read about the F-16N here . During the listener question segment, we discuss wristwatches, multi-mission aircraft versus specialized aircraft, and dogfighting the F/A-18 versus other 'teen' fighters. Bumper announcements by Clint Bell / music by Jaime Lopez. Artwork by Janek Krause.

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FPP045 - F-16 Fighting Falcon is an episode from The Fighter Pilot Podcast by E. Vincent Aiello.

This episode is 01:26:30 long.

This episode was published on Apr 22, 2019.

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