US Air Force - AETC F-16s



88-0157
USAF F-16D #88-0157 of the 310th TFTS. This was a morning surprise for me! I was out shooting pics of home based Luke jets with a friend one Saturday morning. I was asked by the 310th weekend super if I would perform a high power engine run of this jet for them. The engine run guy assigned on that 'duty' was not 100% engine run qualified, but I was. They set up the jet on the open pad, note the restraint attached to the tail hook from the pad, and I just had to perform the run. I loved running on the open pad, because you could go into full AB and there was no sound suppression. You made a bunch of nois! While in AB, the jet would kind of 'dance' around because the restraint was holding back about 25,000 Lbs of thrust in full AB. My friend shot this pic of me running the jet in civilian clothes! [Photo by Kevin Patrick]

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