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/realengineer...

Thank you to David Kern of Daedalus Aerospace: https://www.daedalusaero.space/?ref=c...

Links to everything I do:
https://beacons.ai/brianmcmanus

Get your Real Engineering shirts at: https://standard.tv/collections/real-...

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/N...
[2] hhttps://www.archives.gov/files/declas...
[3]https://ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/1...
[4] https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/citations/A...
[5] https://www.f-16.net/f-16_armament_ar...
[6] https://www.gd-ots.com/armaments/airc...
[7]https://blueaero.com/wp-content/uploa...
[8] https://www.moog.com/content/dam/moog...

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
Transcript
Follow along using the transcript.