{"id":53063,"date":"2023-09-15T21:17:10","date_gmt":"2023-09-15T19:17:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/?p=53063"},"modified":"2024-09-15T00:20:42","modified_gmt":"2024-09-14T22:20:42","slug":"the-amazing-skill-of-belgian-pilot-steven-vrieske-de-vries-with-an-f-16-fighter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2023\/09\/15\/the-amazing-skill-of-belgian-pilot-steven-vrieske-de-vries-with-an-f-16-fighter\/","title":{"rendered":"The amazing skill of Belgian pilot Steven 'Vrieske' De Vries with an F-16 fighter"},"content":{"rendered":"

On August 26 and 27, the traditional Radom air festival was held in Poland, one of the best events of its kind in Central Europe.<\/p>\n

The mid-air collision between a Swiss Tiger II fighter and a flock of birds in Poland<\/a><\/rel>
\nRadom: Spectacular Show of the Patrulla \u00c1guila in the Centenary of Polish Aviation<\/a><\/rel><\/p>\n

This year's this year's program<\/a> air festival included F-16 fighters from Poland, Belgium, Denmark and Greece<\/strong>. All the pilots demonstrated great maneuverability at the controls of this excellent and veteran fighter, which proved to continue to be an excellent air defense system<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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In Radom, one F-16 pilot stood out especially: pilot Steven \"Vrieske\" De Vries<\/strong>. He is already a veteran of the Belgian Army Air Component, as got the wings from him in 1992 <\/a>. He has taken part in his country's operations in Bosnia, Kosovo, Serbia, Afghanistan, the Baltic republics, Iraq and Syria. In 2021 he He became the first non-American pilot to exceed 5,000 flight hours in the F-16.<\/a><\/p>\n

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Vrieske currently flies with the F-16 Solo Display Team<\/a> of the Belgian Army Air Component, which it traveled to Radom with the colors of the Polish Flag painted on its right stabilizer<\/strong> (a nice touch). The Radom Air Festival reserved the last number of the event for this veteran pilot, which was a great finale for this edition.<\/p>\n

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In Spain we usually say that experience is a degree and this Belgian pilot demonstrates it by flying. He already put on a great display at the RIAT in July in England, but his display of it in Radom was truly amazing<\/strong>, with maneuvers I've never seen from any other pilot with an F-16. AirshowStuffVideos<\/a> published an excellent video of that exhibition this Wednesday:<\/p>\n