{"id":52990,"date":"2023-09-09T21:54:28","date_gmt":"2023-09-09T19:54:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/?p=52990"},"modified":"2024-09-09T00:07:14","modified_gmt":"2024-09-08T22:07:14","slug":"the-physical-effort-of-an-f-16-fighter-pilot-in-an-aerial-combat-that-you-dont-see-in-the-movies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2023\/09\/09\/the-physical-effort-of-an-f-16-fighter-pilot-in-an-aerial-combat-that-you-dont-see-in-the-movies\/","title":{"rendered":"The physical effort of an F-16 fighter pilot in an aerial combat that you don't see in the movies"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the military aeronautical field, dogfights are known as closed aerial combats against an enemy plane or planes.<\/p>\n

A Spanish pilot explains the anti-G suit that is used in all combat aircraft<\/a><\/rel>
\nThe characteristics of the helmets and flight equipment of the Spanish EF-18 fighter pilots<\/a><\/rel><\/p>\n

A dogfight is the situation that most tests a pilot's skill and also his physical preparation<\/strong>, due to the gravitational force (G) it supports in the tightest turns. To give us an idea, a Formula 1 driver can support up to 5G, but a fighter pilot can reach 9G<\/strong>. This requires enormous physical effort that includes breathing exercises to avoid losing consciousness, in addition to the use of the antigravity suits that we already saw here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

At the end of June, Hasard Lee, a veteran F-16 and F-35 pilot<\/strong> who has flown 82 combat missions and works as an instructor, published an interesting video in which we see a US Air Force (USAF) air combat exercise<\/strong> at Nellis AFB, Nevada, near Las Vegas. The video of the exercise shows a dogfight and also the effort that the pilot has to make<\/strong> during some of the maneuvers, something that is almost never seen in the movies:<\/p>\n