I caught an epic moment at RAF Mildenhall as an AVIANO F-16 with a special tail design launched into a vertical climb and immediately rolled inverted. The maneuver was fast, loud, and absolutely ...

Watch in awe as an F-16 fighter jet ascends to 15,000 feet in 20 seconds. By Jacob Siegal. Updated Dec 18th, ... take off and reach a height of 15,000 feet — just above cloud level.

The F-16 is small. Regarded by pilots as a jet that you don’t get into, but rather put on, the F-16 is less than 50 feet long, with a 32-foot wingspan and a 16-foot height. The maximum takeoff ...