In one of her final demo pilot performances, Capt. Aimee "Rebel" Fiedler flew the F16 "Viper" at the 2023 Yellowstone International Air Show in Billings, MT! ✈

DEMONSTRATION HIGHLIGHTS
High Speed Pass 02:29
Triple Aileron Roll 03:17
Max Performance Turn 03:45
Four Point Roll 05:14
High Speed Pass (950ft/second!) 05:51
Falcon Turn 06:43
Slow Speed Pass | the "Rocket Launch" 08:03
Knife Edge Pass 09:05
Max Performance Climb 09:40
Dedication Pass 10:52
High Speed Pass 12:59

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ABOUT THE AIRCRAFT F16 FIGHTING FALCON★★★
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The LockheedMartin F16C Fighting Falcon Block 50 model is a compact, multirole fighter aircraft. It is highly maneuverable and has proven itself in more than 30 years of operations including airtoair combat and airtosurface attack. It provides a relatively lowcost, highperformance weapon system for the United States and 25 friendly nations.

Features
In an air combat role, the F16's maneuverability and combat radius (distance it can fly to enter air combat, stay, fight and return) until recently have exceed that of all potential adversary fighter aircraft. It can locate targets in all weather conditions and detect low flying aircraft in radar ground clutter. In an airtosurface role, the F16 can fly more than 500 miles (860 kilometers), deliver its weapons with superior accuracy, defend itself against enemy aircraft, and return to its starting point. An allweather capability allows it to accurately deliver ordnance during nonvisual bombing conditions.

The cockpit and its bubble canopy give the pilot unobstructed forward and upward vision, and greatly improved vision over the side and to the rear. The seatback angle was expanded from the usual 13 degrees to 30 degrees, increasing pilot comfort and gravity force tolerance. The pilot has excellent flight control of the F16 through its "flybywire" system. Electrical wires relay commands, replacing the usual cables and linkage controls. For easy and accurate control of the aircraft during high Gforce combat maneuvers, a side stick controller is used instead of the conventional centermounted stick. Hand pressure on the side stick controller sends electrical signals to actuators of flight control surfaces such as ailerons and rudder.

Avionics systems include a highly accurate enhanced global positioning and inertial navigation systems, or EGI, in which computers provide steering information to the pilot. The plane has UHF and VHF radios plus an instrument landing system. It also has a warning system and modular countermeasure pods to be used against airborne or surface electronic threats. The fuselage has space for additional avionics systems.

ABOUT THE PILOT CAPT. AIMEE "REBEL" FIELDER
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Captain Aimee Fiedler the United States Air Force F16 Viper Demonstration Team commander and pilot stationed at Shaw Air force Base in Sumter, S.C. As the Viper Demo Team commander, she is responsible for representing Air Combat Command, the United States Air Force, the Department of Defense and the United States of America at more than 20 air shows annually.

She leads the 8member Viper Demonstration Team and showcases the Viper's exceptional maneuverability for millions of spectators each year. Capt. Fiedler is thrilled to be the leader of the F16 Viper Demonstration Team and to inspire the next generation of pilots and maintainers.
Capt. Fiedler is from New Braunfels, Texas. After graduating from Seguin High School, she attended South Dakota State University, graduating in 2013 with a Bachelor of Science in Aviation Education.

Capt. Fiedler flight instructed as a civilian at SDSU from 20112014 and then moved to Annapolis, Maryland and flight instructed at the Navy Annapolis Flight Center from May 2014 to September 2015. During her time in Maryland she flew 1,300 hours with over 900 instructor hours. She then attended Officer Training School in July 2016 and graduated in September 2016.

Capt Fiedler then attended Undergraduate Pilot Training and Introduction to Fighter Fundementals, graduating in 2018. She then attended F16 Viper Bcourse at Holloman AFB, New Mexico.

Following graduation from Bcourse, Capt. Fiedler was stationed at Kunsan Air Base, Korea where she served from 20192020. Capt. Fiedler moved to Shaw AFB in November 2020. She was assigned to the 55th Fighter Squadron as an operational F16 Flight Lead.

While assigned to the 20th Fighter Wing, she was selected to be the United States Air Force F16 Viper Demonstration Team pilot.
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