F-16

11.21.09

Danger Zone Arcade: Inside the Military's Ultra-High-Def F-16 Flight Sim

Immersive high-def screens create the military's most realistic flight simulator

By Dan Smith Posted 06.10.2009 at 12:18 pm 6 Comments

SimuSphere: Digital F-16 dogfights will never be the same

Top Gun training in Fightertown USA might become obsolete thanks to a new ultra-high definition, immersive F-16 training program. Powered by 120 Intel Dual Core PCs packed with high-end graphics cards, nine overlapping HD projectors display the highest-res flight simulator possible. Creating a stunning 30,000 interactive images in a single simulation, L-3 Link’s SimuSphere offers a realistic training tool for the military that will hopefully lead to a smaller home version for me.

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Air Force Reserve Pilot Sets World Record

6,000 hours in an F-16 Fighting Falcon . . . and counting

By Dawn Stover Posted 05.02.2008 at 12:46 pm 0 Comments

By the time Lieutenant Colonel Michael Brill touched down after a combat mission over Iraq earlier today, he had broken his own world record for the most hours spent flying the F-16 Fighting Falcon. Brill, a 421st Expeditionary Fighter Squadron pilot, has logged more than 6,000 hours in the F-16.

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