Exclusive Video: Loss of Control in an F-16 Fighter, Test Pilot on Yaw Departure

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Monday, August 17, 2009 at 12:00 AM ET

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F-16 fighter jets are continuously tested at Edwards Air Force Base to evaluate new software upgrades and weapons packages.
These tests are crucial for identifying performance limits and ensuring the aircraft are combat-ready before deployment.
Air Force pilot Desmond Brophy explains the step-by-step process of one such F-16 test.

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At Edwards Air Force Base, they still test F-16 fighters, because each software upgrade and each new weapons package introduces new parameters. Experimental test pilots need to identify the aircraft’s performance limits, and they need to know how it will perform before their brothers- and sisters-in-arms take upgraded Vipers into combat. This is one of those tests, and Air Force pilot Desmond Brophy walks us through it step-by-step.

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