Pilot, 8/7/15, AM

[Eagle1]

Eagle weighing in on this....I'll be coming in from left field. As an ex-Eagle aviator, I can't help but look at F-16's for what they really are: Lawn Darts. It sounds like a euphemism, but there really is a huge disadvantage of having only one engine. As such, F-16's go down all the time. ALL the time. It was an expected part of the gig, a going-in assumption when they decided to populate the Armed Forces of the world with these single engine jets. My perspective shouldn't take away anything from Julie's dream....it was a single military pilot, right? In Germany, those pilots wear the dark olive green suits.