The Insane Engineering of the F-16

Get Nebula for 50% off with my link: https://go.nebula.tv/realengineering Watch this video ad free on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/videos/realengineering-the-insane-engineering-of-the-f16 Thank you to David Kern of Daedalus Aerospace: https://www.daedalusaero.space/?ref=cee300 Links to everything I do: https://beacons.ai/brianmcmanus Get your Real Engineering shirts at: https://standard.tv/collections/real-engineering Credits: Producer/Writer/Narrator: Brian McManus Head of Production: Mike Ridolfi Editor: Dylan Hennessy Animator: Eli Prenten Producer/Sound: Graham Haerther Studio Producer: Michael Wuerth Interviewee: David Kern Thumbnail: Simon Buckmaster References [1] https://ndupress.ndu.edu/Media/News/News-Article-View/Article/2076617/adapting-to-disruption-aerial-combat-over-north-vietnam/ [2] hhttps://www.archives.gov/files/declassification/iscap/pdf/2011-052-doc1.pdf [3]https://ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/19790019972/downloads/19790019972.pdf [4] https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/citations/ADA067122 [5] https://www.f-16.net/f-16_armament_article5.html [6] https://www.gd-ots.com/armaments/aircraft-guns-gun-systems/f-16/ [7]https://blueaero.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Moog-F16-LEFSD-1.pdf [8] https://www.moog.com/content/dam/moog/literature/Aircraft/military_aftermarket/Moog-F16-Brochure.pdf Select imagery/video supplied by Getty Images Thank you to AP Archive for access to their archival footage. Music by Epidemic Sound: http://epidemicsound.com/creator Thank you to my patreon supporters: Abdullah Alotaibi, Adam Flohr, Henning Basma, Hank Green, William Leu, Tristan Edwards, Ian Dundore, John & Becki Johnston. Nevin Spoljaric, Jason Clark, Thomas Barth, Johnny MacDonald, Stephen Foland, Alfred Holzheu, Abdulrahman Abdulaziz Binghaith, Brent Higgins, Dexter Appleberry, Alex Pavek, Marko Hirsch, Mikkel Johansen, Hibiyi Mori. Viktor Józsa, Ron Hochsprung