An Angel just flew by my window
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I've never heard anything louder than B-1B doing a fly over at an Air Force Academy football game. Dude cam in low and slow from the east (what a menacing sight!), cranked it full afterburner, and did a spiraling acsent over the stadium. DEAFENING!!!
Louder than 4 F-15s doing flyovers and climbing out straight up on full afterburner.
Louder than 4 F-15s doing flyovers and climbing out straight up on full afterburner.
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Some of the more interesting times whiling away the hours off the grid immediate post-Katrina was watching and hearing all the heliocopters flying overhead from our front porch. Lots of them. Some of them were black.
I have also seen pairs of A-10's on low level flights over my house. Just don't touch that trigger, boys. Probably out of Eglin AFB or Belle Chasse Naval Station but I'm not sure.
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anyone know the difference between a F-16 Falcon and a F-16 Viper?
I haven't heard or seen a Vulcan, but I used to work on the B-1b's engines, I know exactly how loud they are!
pay attention to the F-16 in this video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fWoqa5nGmk
anyone know the difference between a F-16 Falcon and a F-16 Viper?
I haven't heard or seen a Vulcan, but I used to work on the B-1b's engines, I know exactly how loud they are!
pay attention to the F-16 in this video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fWoqa5nGmk
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I call the F-16 "Iron Eagle."
The official name of the F-16 is (Fighting?) Falcon, Viper is a nickname that most who are involved with it prefer, much like the A-10 is the Thunderbolt II, and is more often referred to as the Warthog.
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Are you telling me?
Nope, the Viper is an official name.
I take that back, it's not official but it is a particular version.
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The pilots called the F-16 "Viper" from the beginning due to its looks.
That's right, there's no "official" version called Viper.
http://www.f-16.net/articles_article10.html?module=pagesetter&func=viewpub&tid=2&pid=27
http://www.f-16.net/articles_article10.html?module=pagesetter&func=viewpub&tid=2&pid=27
maybe it's the f-16 block 60
From what I've been told the units that call themselves viper generally are flying c/d models with a ground support/attack role with GE engines and a avionics package for ground support.
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