F16 at Airbourne

Crowd favourite, the F16, zooms back to Airbourne for 2010. Flown by the Belgian Air Force.

The Lockheed Martin F-16 Fighting Falcon is the only fighter left within the Belgian Air Component. It was originally developed by General Dynamics for the United States Air Force. Designed as a lightweight fighter optimised for daytime dog fighting and ground attack, it evolved into a successful multi-role aircraft over the years.

The show is completely new for 2010. The show demostrates the limits of the F-16 manoeuvres which are flown during practice sessions as operational missions. The only difference between real life operations and this demo es that these manoeuvres are flown in a smooth pattern and at very low altitude. This does meas the demo puts a lot of G forces on the pilot which limits the demo to a masimum of around 10 minutes, giving you an overview of the F-16's manoeuvrability and the skills of all F-16 pilots in the Belgian Air Component.

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