Is the F-16 a better fighter than the F/A-18?

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  • Опубліковано 7 сер 2024
  • Is the F-16 a better fighter than the F/A-18?
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  • @georgetincher7859
    @georgetincher7859 Рік тому +40

    There are a lot of Hornet drivers out there who would argue about the F-16 having an advantage in a dogfight. Though each aircraft has its own strengths and weaknesses, they are both pretty evenly matched in the end. What it all comes down to is which pilot can dictate the terms of the engagement and fight to his/her aircraft's strengths while nullifying the opponent's aircraft strengths. Yes, the F-16 can pull more maximum G's than an F-18. But the F-18 can move its nose a lot more for the amount of effort expended. One is a rate fighter, the other a radius fighter. The F-16 can sustain high G turns for longer durations. The F-18 has a higher instantaneous turn rate. The F-16 is at its best fighting at higher speeds. The F-18 excels when the fight gets slow. They are very different aircraft, yet equally effective.

    • @GorillaCookies
      @GorillaCookies Рік тому +3

      The F-16 can turn inside the F-18 ,Is almost 200 mph faster, climbs faster and has a higher operational ceiling. All of which would make a F-16 incredibly difficult for a F-18 to defeat in a dogfight. In a strictly gun range fight the F-18 wouldn't be around very long. I don't know a how a F-18 Driver could expect to defeat a F-16 Driver in a Dogfight with the F-16's primary purpose was dogfighting with it's ground attack capabilities being a secondary requirement during it's designing

    • @cameronlaroche3536
      @cameronlaroche3536 Рік тому +2

      ​@TheJacko1970 what he said is extremely accurate. The f16 is best when in a rate fight. F18 can turn on a dime at slow speeds. His comment was literally perfect lol both jets could easily best the other depending on the circumstances

  • @sta7586
    @sta7586 Рік тому +17

    Awesome! It amazes me how powerful these fighter jets are, most importantly the pilots intellect and talent!

  • @meejinhuang
    @meejinhuang Рік тому +13

    The F16 is better for the AF and the F18 is better for the Navy. Different roles.

    • @Tetsujinhanmaa
      @Tetsujinhanmaa Рік тому

      This. The original fly off between the YF-16 and YF17 was won by the 16. It met the Air Force request. But the Navy lined the YF-17 and got McDonnell Douglas to up the design for Carrier Ops.
      They fill different roles.

  • @paulsuprono7225
    @paulsuprono7225 Рік тому +19

    And the F-16 has been operational since the mid-70's ! 🇺🇸

    • @zergio1825
      @zergio1825 Рік тому

      Its been upgraded throughout time just like the f15

    • @SotPSotPSotP
      @SotPSotPSotP Рік тому +2

      ​@@zergio1825f16 is the most effective most moneysaving most underrated jetfighter ever

    • @pedrobeltran4608
      @pedrobeltran4608 9 місяців тому

      Se dice que es el avión de combate más vendido del mundo.

  • @raymonortiz3084
    @raymonortiz3084 Рік тому +13

    Both of them will eat the Chinese fighters for breakfast. 😎👍

    • @johnc2438
      @johnc2438 Рік тому +3

      Moo shu pork, anyone?

    • @SL92018
      @SL92018 Рік тому +2

      Lol, dream on

    • @SgtBacalhau
      @SgtBacalhau 8 місяців тому

      @@SL92018its not untrue. And thats objectively.

    • @SL92018
      @SL92018 8 місяців тому

      @@SgtBacalhau neither of these aircraft are a match for the latest Chinese fighters

    • @Samschwab10
      @Samschwab10 7 місяців тому +1

      @@SL92018and no aircraft in the WORLD is a match for the gen 5 f-22 raptors. 😂

  • @dchamp135
    @dchamp135 Рік тому +7

    "Different operational environments"
    -You mean the sky?

    • @SL92018
      @SL92018 Рік тому +1

      I think they mean requirements

    • @phraker5709
      @phraker5709 11 місяців тому +3

      F18 operates at sea on aircraft carriers. The F16 operates from airbases.

    • @dchamp135
      @dchamp135 11 місяців тому +3

      @@phraker5709 lol yes I know I was just being a smartass

    • @lilnibba2905
      @lilnibba2905 11 місяців тому +1

      ​@@dchamp135I think it has to do with the f18 operating near tge sea while the f16 operates at airbases

  • @NCmtnMan89
    @NCmtnMan89 10 місяців тому +1

    The people who claim one is better have never flown either 😂

  • @justinwood5747
    @justinwood5747 8 місяців тому +3

    A pilot that flew both said; " if you want to take the daily driver out, you take the F18, if you want to take the Ferrari out, you take the F16"!

  • @nonieviloria9466
    @nonieviloria9466 Рік тому +2

    Just go ahead of the NGAD project.Retain both planes for the meantime to minimize cost.

  • @SuperCrowHeart
    @SuperCrowHeart Рік тому +4

    F-16 viper is a BOSS. Hornet is alright but F-16 is a BVR boss as well as a nimble dogfighter if they allowed a fighter to get close.

    • @SotPSotPSotP
      @SotPSotPSotP Рік тому

      is it f16falcon or f16viper iam confused

    • @MuteSpider63393
      @MuteSpider63393 Рік тому +1

      “F-16 is a BVR boss”
      F-15C : “Am I joke to you”
      F-15E : “hahahah😂”
      F-14A/B : “💀💀”

  • @SukmyL
    @SukmyL 9 місяців тому +1

    One can land on a boat….

  • @willymac5036
    @willymac5036 Рік тому +2

    The F-16 has an unrefueled combat range of 340 miles. The F-18 has an unrefueled combat range of 640 miles. Please explain how the F-16 has a “greater range” than the F-18….

  • @zam6877
    @zam6877 Рік тому +1

    Variety is the best sauce

  • @derreckpressley1165
    @derreckpressley1165 5 місяців тому

    The Air Force evaluated both as prototypes and chose the F-16. By definition, that makes it the better fighter.... for the Air Force.

  • @scottmorgan133
    @scottmorgan133 10 місяців тому

    I think you need to rethink the ‘more G forces’….the Navy says only 7.5. Had been to 9 plus a little many times.

  • @supertrump.4776
    @supertrump.4776 Рік тому +7

    The F16 is still in production, but now being manufactured in South Carolina for foreign countries. It may actually be around until 2100.

    • @matute93
      @matute93 6 місяців тому

      If it isn't broken don't fix it, still a great and budget friendly fighter.

  • @davidthomas9810
    @davidthomas9810 Рік тому +1

    THE FALCONS ARE STILL RELEVANT

  • @rayjc1539
    @rayjc1539 10 місяців тому

    They are both awesome machines......and pilots.

  • @Mr.Brightside8810
    @Mr.Brightside8810 Рік тому +1

    So the advantage in a dogfight between f16 and f18 is gonna come down to the pilot. If it's a rate fight that goes to the f16. In a 1 circle fight the nose authority of the f18 would dominate.

  • @JonasVandeWeyerYT
    @JonasVandeWeyerYT Рік тому +2

    F-16

  • @akwild83
    @akwild83 Рік тому

    Both are good if they fight their own fight

  • @ryanaw87
    @ryanaw87 Рік тому

    I love both of them.

  • @Noble_pancakes
    @Noble_pancakes Рік тому +2

    F-16 is unique in the world.

  • @hannswade6252
    @hannswade6252 Рік тому +1

    You are totally wrong about the F-18s range of operations, there’s no version of the F-16 that can carry up to x5 external drop tanks, and a fully topped off interior tanks,, that is why the United States 🇺🇸 Navy chooses it as its main war fighter aircraft,, and not some weak assed remake of the F-16. I personally know this,, because for some x8 years,, I was the ground control plane captain,, for the F-18 strike fighter aircraft, and served with x3 different aircraft carriers at that time of service 😉

  • @burhanilyas
    @burhanilyas 8 місяців тому

    Always loved F16

  • @primushan7547
    @primushan7547 4 місяці тому

    Both of them can carry bombs though right?

  • @SS-HansLanda
    @SS-HansLanda 6 місяців тому

    The F-16 is better used for air dominance.
    F-18 is for ground strikes

  • @Joju_8699
    @Joju_8699 Рік тому

    Depends on the Pilot ability

  • @joet7136
    @joet7136 11 місяців тому

    I love the F-16 but I love 2 engines to keep me up in the air too!

  • @upmperthay
    @upmperthay 6 місяців тому

    In my opinion, the F-16 can may be, in some ways, more mobile, but sucks, along with the F-35.
    As for the F-14s, F-15s & F-18s, they are WAY better than the F-16 & pretty good compared to the F-35. I remember them being on aircraft carriers. Need proof? How do you think they made their way into the classic movie “Top Gun” in the 80s & in the Desert Storm attacks in the 2000s?…

  • @Winchester_Buster_RTB
    @Winchester_Buster_RTB 9 місяців тому

    *Viper

  • @lucax2300
    @lucax2300 11 місяців тому

    Emphasis on Air Force. F-16 wins more engagements out of 1,000.

  • @carcaridon
    @carcaridon Рік тому

    To me, a civilian, pound for pound it's like choosing between a lambo and a Ferrari.
    I can't afford either and if given one for free would smile driving either,but...
    F18 would have better landing gear for sloppy landings and I'd rather lose 1 engine thanks to birds than junk millions of bucks of jet by losing the only engine .
    Plus,I'd prefer central control stick of f18 and I'd have an Aussie built one because our pilots didn't flog them out by showboating.

  • @dirtyaznstyle4156
    @dirtyaznstyle4156 Рік тому

    Yet what do the air force and navy acrobatic flying squads fly?

    • @itsmederek1
      @itsmederek1 Рік тому +3

      Navy blue angels fly F-18 and AF thunderbirds fly f-16. You dont really have a point

  • @Tigerdots
    @Tigerdots Рік тому

    Why can’t the f 16 be be modified to land on carriers?

    • @SotPSotPSotP
      @SotPSotPSotP Рік тому

      makes no sense you must cut on fuel capacity etc . jetfighters from carriers are usually bad they must be s maller carry less fuel and lighter rockets etc but thats why the f35 is for but its expensive and problematic as fkk

  • @MuteSpider63393
    @MuteSpider63393 Рік тому

    Mk, idc who can pull more G’s blah blah, let’s get to the straight facts here. F-16 craves the rate fight, it will out rate the living shit out of the f-18. But let’s also talk bout the f-18, the nose authority will absolutely shat on u in the one circle, the second the f-16 is in a scissors or roller, the f-18 is going to sneak that nose out in front and bye bye. So I’m the end, in reality it’s all about how the pilot thinks, if the hornet pilot is smart, he will win, but if the 16 pilot is smarter, he will win.

  • @josephjackson7269
    @josephjackson7269 Рік тому

    We fly both. Dosen’t matter

  • @cad5238
    @cad5238 Рік тому

    I think they are both very well built aircraft.The F-18 also has fly by wire and composite wings don't they?

    • @dirtyaznstyle4156
      @dirtyaznstyle4156 Рік тому

      Fly by wire is a crutch

    • @dreamhunter2973
      @dreamhunter2973 Рік тому +1

      The block 3...? YES ofcourse...

    • @Fightingturtle404
      @Fightingturtle404 Рік тому

      @@dirtyaznstyle4156 you push button it go away so you can rate tighter turn

    • @rixyl7475
      @rixyl7475 9 місяців тому

      @@dirtyaznstyle4156 How does that make any sense?

  • @dreamhunter2973
    @dreamhunter2973 Рік тому

    I would bet on the FA 18 anyday..... Although the F16 is one hell of a jet.... 😘❤️

  • @happyface4234
    @happyface4234 Рік тому

    😮

  • @Wonderwhoopin
    @Wonderwhoopin Рік тому

    It’d be insane to see and watch!

  • @SuperAirplanemaster
    @SuperAirplanemaster Рік тому +1

    Think F-16 and F/A-18 are both deadly fighters

  • @sassysledgesister5721
    @sassysledgesister5721 Рік тому

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