Why is the F-16 the coolest aircraft ever invented?

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>>1044333

>Can't land on a boat


Nope

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>>1044333
>>1044334

>doesn't have variable geometry wings

>>1044333

Was literally made to be cheap and disposable.

>>1044602
Your mom is cheap and disposable.

>>1044602
And ended up being one of the greatest multi-role aircraft ever built.

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>>1044591

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>>1044334
>F-5 with a bodykit
Lol

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First production fighter to use relaxed stability
First production fighter to use a fly-by-wire system
What most people picture when asked to think of a "fighter jet"

Always struck me as the under-appreciated workhorse. Not my favorite, but certainly deserves more attention IMO

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>>1044622

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Do prototypes count?

>>1044622
I don't think you know what that refers to

>>1044737
What are LEFs/TEFs?

>>1044333
>Why is the F-16 the coolest aircraft ever invented?
It can't even carry 100 tons of cargo or 300 passengers.

>>1044591
Variable sweep wing, more specifically

>>1044334

Price wise, the F-16 is hands down the best multirole fighter.

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>>1044333

>>1044333
F22 looks cooler

>>1045533
It does...

But IS it cooler?

The B-2 is over priced, same with the F-22.

I wonder how well that stealth tech actually does.

I spent most of my USAF career attached to a fighter wing that supported an Viper squadron. I love them. Never got an incentive flight in one though. I just like the sleek single engine design. They're so elegant and nimble.

>>1045574
Tell us more about why they're so awesome.

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>>1044333
Because it's just so fucking elegant.

It's by far the most elegant thing humanity has created. Look at them fucking lines.

>>1044591
I heard the Danger zone guitar riff the second I saw that image.

>>1046189
Just watched the music video...is that an f-14? (aka second coolest aircraft ever)

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>>1044333

They're cool and a great warplane, but I'd say pic related is coolest ever invented.

>>1045574
Thats pretty much all I got. I dont know specifics about them, I worked on aircraft arresting systems.

>>1047019

Those big ass cables that lay across the runway, or the big ass heavy hooks on the aircraft?

>>1047057
The cables.

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Because it's got a big dick.

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>>1044333

i uploaded jordan carver into my hentai game and I swear she's the hottest girl ever created even though she doesn't even let me touch her. i'd totally pay money to watch my stunt double smack her ass.

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>f-16
>cool
Ummm, try again sweetie

>>1048202
Looks like it belongs in a Studio Ghibli movie.

>>1044333
That's not the SR-71

>>1044333

The F-16 is the Miata of the skies

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=335GdTqtyLs

Relevant to the F-16 at the very end

>>1048872
good find