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Simulating all threats: the F-16N, the adversary aircraft that could simulate the MiG-17, MiG-21, MiG-23, MiG-29 and Su-27

Aviation History / Cold War Era / Military Aviation

Simulating all threats: the F-16N, the adversary aircraft that could simulate the MiG-17, MiG-21, MiG-23, MiG-29 and Su-27

Dario Leone

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The US Navy F-14 pilot who developed the DACT technique that made gun kills on F-16Ns possible from the much larger Tomcat

Cold War Era / F-14 Tomcat / Military Aviation

The US Navy F-14 pilot who developed the DACT technique that made gun kills on lethal 9G capable F-16Ns possible from the much larger Tomcat

Dario Leone

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Remembering the F-16N Viper, the best adversary fighter jet ever flown by the US Navy

Aviation History / Cold War Era / Military Aviation

Remembering the F-16N Viper, the best adversary fighter jet ever flown by the US Navy

Dario Leone

Sponsored by: Schiffer Military

TOPGUN was not as credible of an adversary without the F-16N: why the retirement of the F-16Ns was a blow to the Navy Fighter Weapons School

Aviation History / Cold War Era / Military Aviation

TOPGUN was not as credible of an adversary without the F-16N: why the retirement of the F-16Ns was a blow to the Navy Fighter Weapons School

Dario Leone

Sponsored by: Schiffer Military

Remembering the F-16N Viper, the best adversary fighter jet ever flown by the US Navy

Cold War Era / Military Aviation

The story of how TOPGUN selected the F-16N Viper, the adversary aircraft that had the ability to simulate the MiG-17, MiG-21, MiG-23, MiG-29 and Su-27

Dario Leone

Sponsored by: Schiffer Military

The Story of how US Navy F-14 Tomcat crews learned to score simulated Gun Kills against the lethal 9G capable F-16N (Captured in a Beautiful Artwork)

Cold War Era / F-14 Tomcat / Military Aviation

The Story of how US Navy F-14 Tomcat crews learned to score simulated Gun Kills against the lethal 9G capable F-16N (Captured in a Beautiful Artwork)

Dario Leone

F-14 Vs Everything: Video shows how the mighty Tomcat Could Dogfight and Win against (almost) any dissimilar aircraft

Military Aviation / U.S. Navy

ADVERSARY! A QUICK LOOK AT THE AIRCRAFT FLOWN BY U.S. NAVAL AVIATORS TO PLAY THE BAD GUYS

Dario Leone

Here’s why the F-16N had been the finest adversary fighter ever flown by the U.S. Navy

Cold War Era / Military Aviation / U.S. Navy

Here’s why the F-16N had been the finest adversary fighter ever flown by the U.S. Navy

Dario Leone

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