Comments by "verdebusterAP" (@verdebusterAP) on "The iconic F-16 – fighting and flying for half a century" video.

  1. The F-16 was backed doored into the USAF as the Figther Mafia claimed that the F-15 was just another F-4 The F-15 performed beyond expectations so F-16 instead replaced the F-5, F-101, F-105 and other aircraft while the F-15 retain the air superiority role The USAF between 50s till the 70s had massive overlap with aircraft By the 80s it was F-15, F-16 and few . By the 90 F-15 and F-16s were the mainstay with the rest being retired There was some good from the F-16 As for the Su-27 It was different case, Till 2001 Mikoyan was top dog due the MIG 19/s-21s performance in the Vietnam and the Middle East However when the Teens series was introduced , Mikoyan rep went took a massive nose dive The last straw for Mikoyan was Serbia where MIG-29 got its ass handed to it yet again After that, Sukhoi took over as the mainstay for Russian forces
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  2. The F-16 has gone as far as it can go and needs to be retired The increase demands of modern warfare are too much for it now
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  3. @@phillipbanes5484 The F-15 has over 100 kills to zero losses while F-16s has been downed numerous times Secondly the F-15 airframe has far more growth then F-16 The F-15E/EX can carry SNIPER, LEGION and DRAGON EYE pods with minimal impact to its payload whereas the F-16??
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  4. They still will The shootdown was against Russian assets not civilian targets big difference
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  5.  @Zatvornik  Lay off the potato juice their Ivan The fact that you are missing is that the Ukrainian air force has been sidelined for the bulk of the conflict There is no heavy fighting between them and Russian air force Secondly the pilots that are training are in the West and have been for many months Pilots training in the US, UK and Canada, while maintenance personnel are being trained in Denmark and Romania So your theory has more holes than swiss cheese Lastly no Ukrainian pilot would be that stupid As they would effectively giving Russia a gimme Ukraine has lasted this long but not being stupid
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  6.  @frank-ko6de  The Su-35 carries 12 R-77s to the F-16 six AIM-120 Similarly the Chinese J-11 also carries more than the F-16 The USAF is not adding the JATM to the F-16 So again The Su-35s carries 2 R-37s and the Chinese J-11 the PL-15 Secondly the larger F-15E can carry substantial about weapons both defense and offensive as well sensors with little effort The F-16s limits its payload
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  7.  @frank-ko6de  Right so your claim is that Russian and China are not demanding the most from their 4th gen top fighters cope harder
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  8. @@phillipbanes5484 incorrect The F-16 service-life extension program (SLEP) is only their to keep the F-16 operational till the F-35 is fully fielded The USAF only has 234 of 1372 F-35
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  9. @@phillipbanes5484 Evidently you cant read
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  10. @@phillipbanes5484 Again you have no idea what you are talking about The USAF is SLEP its F-16 till the F-35 is fully fielded, what part of that do you not understand Due to COVID and project delays, the F-35 Full-Rate Production Decision has been repeatedly delayed and the F-35 production line is not full capacity which means that USAF has keep F-16s around longer than expected. The original FRP was supposed to be in 2018 SInce that didnt happen, the USAF has to extend the F-16 life The program your incorrectly trying to use is the Post Block Integration Team or PoBIT which decided in 2022 If the USAF was truly intent on keep the F-16, they would buy F-16 block 72 not SLEP existing air frame
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  11. @@phillipbanes5484 If the USAF intent was to keep the F-16, they would buy new built F-16 with completely fresh operational life not invest in Service Life Extension Program (SLEP) Again wrong The USAF is SLEP not updating or upgrade, its simple an extension to keep the air frame flyable
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  12.  @stuartjobling9360  The F-16 is at the end
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