Israel Aircraft Industries F-21 Kfir Fighter Point Mugu Naval Base Airshow 2015 N401AX
Video shot of this F-21 Kfir on September 26th 2015 at the 2105 Point Mugu Naval Base Airshow by my wife & I
Sorry the video in the air is not that great and they didn't fly it long.
MFG Name: ISRAEL AIRCRAFT INDUSTRIES
Model: KFIR-C2
S/N: 136
MFR Year: 1980
N-Number: N401AX
Owner: Airborne Tactical Advantage Company
You can click on ATAC website below for more information
www.atacusa.com...
The F-21 Kfir fighter jet is a single-seat multitask fighter built by Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI). The fighter craft was first built for Israeli Air Force (IAF). The first Kfir was delivered to the IAF in 1975 and entered into service in 1976.
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God, it's always so wonderful to see Kfirs flying. One of my favorite aircraft, besides the SR-71 and F-20
@EdWhisenantAviation
3 жыл бұрын
Love the Blackbird & Tigershark - Thank you for watching 👍😎
That's how a spotting video should be. No music, comments just the pleasure of wind, engines and HD quality
@EdWhisenantAviation
8 жыл бұрын
+Felipe Zapata Thank you very much for the great comment and for watching.
@axer451
8 жыл бұрын
how do I like your comment ?
@EdWhisenantAviation
8 жыл бұрын
+KrazyPilot418 Thank you very much for watching, yes so true looks fast just sitting.
@johanherrera6413
8 жыл бұрын
awesome right? if you wanna see more check the Colombian deployment at REDFLAG, is all Kfir all cool!
7 жыл бұрын
looks very much like a up dated Mirage
A modern turbojet fighter, that’s something you don’t see everyday! It also has pure delta wings which produce vortex lift, I uploaded a video about vortex lift the other day. Feel free to check that out.👍
@EdWhisenantAviation
3 жыл бұрын
Hi Chris, thank you for watching & I will check it out 👍😎
@ChrisZoomER
3 жыл бұрын
@@EdWhisenantAviation You're welcome!
@justforever96
Жыл бұрын
Not exactly a "modern" fighter. It has been around since the 1970s and is based on the Mirage III.
I remember when I first saw the F-21. I was working in Virginia & saw some in formation. Someone told me that they were used as aggressor planes at Oceana NAS.
@EdWhisenantAviation
Жыл бұрын
I bet that was really cool to see, thank you for watching & for your comment 👍😎
Used to watch the Israeli ones make touch and gos at Tel Nof Airbase in the early 80s. Beautiful plane with those Mirage lines.
@EdWhisenantAviation
8 жыл бұрын
+kaplanr Yes that would have been a beautiful sight to see, Thanks for watching.
With all the 'toys' IAI added to it..it one badass rival to the F16
@EdWhisenantAviation
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching 👍
For Me... Good enough, and better than the Rest - because both of you worked perfect - which means, YOU catch the Moment - that counts... !!! Many Thank`s, Miss & Mister Whisenant !!!
@EdWhisenantAviation
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you Frank for your nice comment & for watching 😎👍
Ed, Happy New Year. I am here on behalf of StarBright Productions. Thank you for following both of our channels. Next visit will be from mine. Excellent video of the aircraft. Hugs
@EdWhisenantAviation
2 жыл бұрын
You are welcome and thank you also 👍😎
@SarahsAtticOfTreasures
2 жыл бұрын
@@EdWhisenantAviation HUGS
Encore un bien bel oiseau ce Lionceau parmi d'autres ailes delta Mirage . Merci beaucoup pour cette vidéo
@EdWhisenantAviation
Жыл бұрын
I agree with you, still a very nice aircraft indeed, thank you for watching 👍😎
A country so small they fight like super giant wow . the best soldiers ever . no military has done what Israel has done in so short of period .
@Sovereign_Citizen_LEO
8 жыл бұрын
+Charlie Cueva - Sorry, America has supplied them with everything, and continues to give $3.1 Billion, expected to increase to $5 Billion a year in military hardware/aircraft, etc. Any country that got so much help from the Western allies, and Rothschild family, -could do it.
@davidcaldwell4586
8 жыл бұрын
+I guess you forgot South Vietnam which got zillions of dollars worth in military aid, and "expert" military instruction and training, and was totally defeated.
@E_y_a_l
5 жыл бұрын
@@Sovereign_Citizen_LEO "America has supplied them with everything", and you write this nonsense in a video featuring the Kfir, an aircraft based on the FRENCH MIRAGE!!! why is it based on the mirage? nice of you to ask, it is based on the mirage because until the late 60s the Israeli army was mostly based on French and British equipment and not on American who placed an embargo on Israel until 1965, only AFTER the 6 days war in 1967 the US have become Israel's main supply of arms. Also, you somehow failed to mention that the USSR armed the Arabs to the teeth, and up until the mid 70s the equipment the Arabs had was superior to what the Israelis had especially in terms of AA, AT and tanks with night vision capabilities, and that's before talking about the advantages they had in quantity.
@Sovereign_Citizen_LEO
5 жыл бұрын
@@E_y_a_l - That's great. But it doesn't change the facts I stated. Since then (for 40 or 50 years), the U.S. has been literally giving Israel everything (Military Equipment), intellectual property, trade secrets, patents, technology, etc. for free. Such that Israel (more than a decade ago), had the 9th Largest Air Force in the world (and it's probably still 7th to 9th in size). But I don't care about all that. I care about how Israel has used those weapons (whether from America, or France/Britain or elsewhere) and where the vast majority of victims were innocent men, women, and children. Why did America place an embargo on Israel? Why did Israel preemptively initiate the Six Days War, having never been attacked? Why did Israel attack the U.S.S. Liberty U.S. Navy ship and try to sink her, killing and injuring almost 200 American sailors? Why has Israel continually violated her U.N. Charter, and all subsequent treaties, which dictate the policies of Israel's recognition as a sovereign nation into the U.N. and the world community? Why has Israel committed a 50+ year genocide in the middle east and committed all kinds of heinous crimes and atrocities against it's neighbors? Why did Israel attack America on 9/11, killing 3000 Americans (and being fully and [nearly] totally responsible for millions more deaths)? Why has Israel (our supposed ally), been the single nation on earth, that conducts more espionage and crimes against the United States and the American people, than any other (including Russia and China)? Why are Zionists (and Jews) in Israel, Europe, and America, trying to eviscerate our national sovereignty, subvert our democratic process and Constitutional Republic, and reduce or eliminate our Constitutional (Human) Rights? These are the things I care about. My family is Jewish. But that doesn't mean I want, or will allow, other tyrannical or treasonous Jews (or foreign nations), to negatively and criminally affect my life. It doesn't mean I can't and/or shouldn't criticize Israel or other Jews, because they are doing these things. Many Jews in America are foolish and treasonous. They don't understand that your first loyalty and priority has to be to your nation (and not your religion or your tribe). Without a sovereign nation, and a government that protects the citizens and their rights, you cannot have Freedom of Religion (i.e the freedom to worship in the religion of your choice or upbringing). This was "presumably" the reason that Israel was created. But Jews throughout history never learned this lesson, and thus they were evicted from nations hundreds of times over an almost 1400 year period (because they were treasonous and committed crimes against the nations that took them in). - Because they (and I'm generalizing of course) were criminals who foolishly protected criminals of their own ilk. The only savior and reason Israel exists, was the Rothschild family. But they condemned millions of Jews to death (and suffering) in order to establish the nation of Israel. My Great Grandmother suffered in Auschwitz and barely survived, not because of Hitler and the Nazis, but because the Rothschild Family, wanted to enforce/enact their will (and seek revenge) over Germany/ Prussia/ Bavaria/ Poland /Europe/ America. It was a plan to show and enforce (in essence) the superior intellect of Jews (or more correctly - the Rothschild Family who could care less about ordinary Jews and sentenced millions of them to death), over those nations and governments who dare challenge their power and control. There was no "Holocaust". This was yet another eviction (this time intended to be a permanent banishment from Germany and Europe (especially Western Europe). There is substantial evidence that Hitler was looking a places like Madagascar as relocation sites for the Jews. And 6 Million Jews never died at the hands of the Nazis. The actual number was roughly 330,000 to 640,000 (maximum). And the vast majority of those died from Typhus and other diseases, with the 2nd leading cause of death being malnutrition/starvation. The vast majority of Jews that died in the 20th Century from unnatural causes, died as a result of the Rothschild imposed and financed Bolshevik Revolution and subsequent U.S.S.R.; especially during the Russian Famine of 1921 (Povolzhye famine) and the Ukrainian Holodomor, but also at the hands of the U.S.S.R. government (comprised of up to 70% Jews at that time). Arguably the 2nd or 3rd leading cause of death, was the wars themselves (started by the Rothschild Family and their allies): In both WWI and WWII millions of Jews died fighting as soldiers for their respective nations (almost a million Jews served in the U.S. Military during WWII alone). People don't know these facts. And thus they never consider these facts. They are no students of history. They are ignorant fools in general (whether they be American, European, or Israeli or Jewish in some other country) who don't have the time or inclination to study history to get to the truth and the facts. And so we will either educate ourselves, or we will gradually become slaves as we march toward the "New World Order". There is nothing glamorous or great about war, or the subjugation of human beings (no matter who they are), or weaponry. Once you experience it first hand you will learn this. Once you become a victim of other Jews, you will learn what is important and what really matters. All men are born as sovereign individuals. All religion was an invention of man to control other men (humanity), and extract wealth from them. It is only when you realize this, that you can appreciate a nation like the United States, - the only nation in history founded upon the principles of this, and of the rights of individuals. We are the literally the last bastion. If the United States falls, so does freedom and liberty in the entire world. The only real Jews in history were Sephardi. The vast majority of Jews in Israel now, and in the world, are AshkeNAZI (including my family). And they have allowed themselves and their financial condition, to be dominated by the false doctrine of Zionism.
Thanks. Great Looking Airplane for a Great Air Force---IAF. God Bless Israel.
@EdWhisenantAviation
6 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much for watching :)
Nice video
@EdWhisenantAviation
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching 👍😎
Israel it the best.
@EdWhisenantAviation
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your comment & for watching :)
@BumTran-it9up
Ай бұрын
Rất giống một người thật đó bạn có mặt bất cứ nơi nào đó sao làm vì không hiểu nổi chuyện gì nhưng những việc làm ok❤
God Bless Israel!!!
@darijozvonaric165
6 жыл бұрын
Let god Bless your lovely country, shalom
Would love to see one in person. I think they are cool 😎
@EdWhisenantAviation
Жыл бұрын
I think they are very cool also, thank you for watching 👍😎
@2ksnakenoodles
Жыл бұрын
They're rare but a very cool sight to see!
@EdWhisenantAviation
Жыл бұрын
@@2ksnakenoodles Yes very rare, I love the Delta wing 👍😎
it was a nice aircraft, as far as i can see that Kfir must be at best a C7 it lacks the ELTA/AESA radar ergo it has obsolete avionics, just a "come and see" aircraft, quite a good example of a Delta canard interceptor excelent for bombing missions, the actual standard for those is the KFIR Block60 (C10 and C12) a 3.5gen aircraft equiped with ELTA/Aesa radar, RAFAEL weapon systems (Derby-Phython) upgraded BVR capablities, data link and some nice toys that make it a capable aircraft, its dark side is what it has been always that engine!
And we Christians are behind Israel and we shall defend the chosen people of God with all our blood. We love Israel and the people of Israel.
@architectdiwalikhalayadelo6365
8 жыл бұрын
No wonder why there is so much hatred in the world. People can't seem to understand the fact the the Jews who had Jesus nailed to the cross are ALL DEAD!!! I am Catholic but we all need to move on...
@nirhakimian3204
8 жыл бұрын
Diwa Likha Laya de los Reyes Antisemitism is in the core DNA of Christianity. Don't be naive
@architectdiwalikhalayadelo6365
8 жыл бұрын
Similarly when the last defender of Jerusalem negotiated with Salahudin when asked "When the Christians massacred all Muslims in Jerusalem when we took it would we suffer the same faith' Salahuddins reply "I am not those Muslim". Move on otherwise I hope that the aliens exists and wipe everyone who can't seem to forget and forgive.
@nirhakimian3204
8 жыл бұрын
Diwa Likha Laya de los Reyes A perfect world will exist only when hypocrisy will be eradicated
@johnconrad5487
7 жыл бұрын
@CompuViz: The Pope himself declared that the Jews did not kill Jesus. u are just a hateful person who would like to push a wedge between the Jews and the Christians by repeating lies that ur stupid and ignorant parents and mullahs and Imams taught you
Am I the only airplane geek who thinks it’s pretty cool to see the Libyan Mig from Iron Eagle fly out of the airbase a few miles away from where they used a house to film out of that was Doug Masters home? Check it out: 480 skyway drive in Camarillo
@EdWhisenantAviation
2 жыл бұрын
That is cool - thanks for the info and for watching 👍😎
If it looks great - it will fly in a great way ! A great israeli jet , built to defend the nation of Israel ! May the almighty God of Israel bless & protect HIS FIRSTBORN ISRAEL & those who bless Israel ! AM ISRAEL CHAI !
@EdWhisenantAviation
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your comment, God Bless 👍😎
This workhorse has real potential... imagine a lightweight Gripen style modular Aviation suit , weight saving composites ( foreplanes , rudder , flaps , undercarriage, additional fuel , BVR missiles , F414 engine ..) - you end up with a far cheaper , proven aircraft with a performance similar to JAS Gripen ... Mass produce and deploy to all NATO Frontline units ...
@EdWhisenantAviation
2 жыл бұрын
I like your idea 😎👍Thank you for watching 😎👍
@rexxsimba
2 жыл бұрын
The problem is that decision makers in the Aviation / Defence sectors will very rarely want to persue low cost innovative solutions - the emphasis is always on newer , more expensive tech which is often overtaken by technology - for example ... on paper the F35 is a more advanced plane than the JAS 39 Gripen ... But I would rather have 140 Griperns instead of 48 F35 ... better value for the money ....
@EdWhisenantAviation
2 жыл бұрын
@@rexxsimba Thank you for your opinion and for watching 😎👍
@justforever96
Жыл бұрын
Why would that be any cheaper than just building Gripens? You add a bunch of composite parts and modern avionics it won't be a cheap plane any more. And it's still a 65 year old design.
Looks like a fricken speed demon. Loved the tail view full afterburner. J79 Rules
@johanherrera6413
6 жыл бұрын
Richard Neal the Kfir reaches Mach 2.2 so yeah insanely fast!
Proud to be Israeli.
The spikes in the jet inlet can move in and out hydraulically. In IAF technical training we called it " the cat and the mouse ", the mouse referring to the moving part. Can't recall where the cat got to.
@EdWhisenantAviation
4 жыл бұрын
That's some great information, I'm glad you posted about how it works, I never herd that before. Thank you for your comment & for watching 👍
@trespire
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the high quality video, very pleasurable to watch, especially if the subject matter is educational, unique or rare. Wish you a good 2020.
@EdWhisenantAviation
4 жыл бұрын
@@trespire Your welcome for the video, glad you enjoyed, & yes wishing you a good 2020.
I've ALWAYS wanted to see one of these fly, in person. It's one of the few on my list that I haven't seen
@EdWhisenantAviation
7 жыл бұрын
You and I both, I've only seen two in person and this was the first and so far the only one I've seen fly. I hope you see one soon thank you for watching 😃
@trespire
4 жыл бұрын
@ThrobbinHood In person, they are louder then F-16's, don't accelerate as fast down the runway, and use up quite a bit before wheels off. As a rookie I've wiped one clean with using jet fuel and rags.
ah, the good old Kfir, made in the 70's to be an alternative to the mirage 5 that the french refused to supply after being paid for and ended up being better :) "later knownj as the "cheeta
@rodfirefighter8341
4 жыл бұрын
Excellent point, French don't like it when someone figures out how to repay them for their back stabbing!!!!!!!!!????
@noamzacks3315
4 жыл бұрын
The Cheeta was a South african project/a copy of the Israeli Kfir.Israel gave S.A the licence to build the plane along with the blueprints
@shibiwowsawesomegaming4783
3 жыл бұрын
Yeah, Israel pulled the engine out of the Mirage, and put in the Engine from the F4, slapped some Canards on it for better stability, and improved the avionics and systems, They did the same thing for the C10 variant, looks like they took the Mirage 2000 C-5, slapped Canards on it, and added the systems from the F16 to it.
@helpy3jacki363
2 жыл бұрын
אני מסכים אבל חושב שהנשר היה הדגם שהועתק מהמירז' 5 - והיה מוצלח ממנו (100 הפלות במלחמת יום כיפור) וכמובן 8 דקות נוספות של דלק לנהל קרב אוויר. כשהמיגים חתכו בחזרה הביתה הנשרים רדפו והפילו. היו בסהכ 50 נשר (מיראז 5 עם מנוע פאנטום)
@cvillalobos27
2 жыл бұрын
And even later known as a Pantera
Just wow mate! Aircraft looks stunning
@EdWhisenantAviation
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much for watching 😎👍
I was there! Very loud plane! Great video!
@EdWhisenantAviation
9 жыл бұрын
+Landen Anderson That was a great day, glad you liked the video, and thank you for serving our Great Country.
@prahladbhaichauhan2785
6 жыл бұрын
Landen Anderson पेणाद
@HazratAli-ms1vy
4 жыл бұрын
Oneday We will destroying this plain,israil,you and India In Shah Allah
@noamzacks3315
3 жыл бұрын
Loud because the engine-IAI manufacture it under a U.S licence and 'started' it's life as a F4 Phantom engine
Hey Ed i got inmersed in discussing the Kfir and totally forgot to thank you for the awesome vid! thanks a lot man! i would give my right ball and rent the left one just to fly for a minute in a fighting jet like those
@EdWhisenantAviation
8 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much, I would love to fly in one myself. Take care.
The US Navy bought a couple of Kfirs back in the late 70s for the dissimilar flight at the Top Gun School.
@EdWhisenantAviation
6 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your comment and for watching Charles :)
@Tigershark_3082
3 жыл бұрын
The Kfirs seen here being used by ATAC are actually those same ones
One my favorite 💛💓 jats too
@EdWhisenantAviation
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching James 😎👍
thanks
@EdWhisenantAviation
Жыл бұрын
Thank you very much for watching.
I live just North East of Point Mugu. For the last 6 - 12 Months there has been an IAI KFIR up in the air, every single day. It goes out to perform maneuvers and lands every evening at about 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM. It it fun to watch fly over my work. It is easily identifiable by it's exhaust sound. We also have other aircraft that fly almost every day. We have Vintage British Hawker Hunters that fly the same flightpath almost everyday. I'm not sure, but I think that the IAI KFIR and the Hawker Hunters are used to simulate enemy aircraft. I think they may fly out over the Pacific Ocean and perform exercises with Naval Vessels? Thank you for uploading the Video. -Theron
@EdWhisenantAviation
2 жыл бұрын
Hello Theron, very cool that you get to watch these incredible aircraft flying daily, I wish I lived closer to be able to watch & film them. Thank you for sharing 😎👍Here is my video of a Hawker that you also see fly over kzread.info/dash/bejne/eX1k08SLpLbPd9o.html
Looks like an old Mirage III or V. With a canard added for effect. Although I'm sure those clever Israelis have done something impressive with the old design.
Thanks for sharing. Im a modeler, and the Kfir is on my to-do list [AMK, 1/48]. Great video for detailing.
@EdWhisenantAviation
7 жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching and enjoy building your model. Take care.
Excelente kfir👍
@EdWhisenantAviation
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much 👍😎
GOD Blessing ISRAEL FOREVERRRRRRRRRRRRRRR SHALOM
@darijozvonaric165
6 жыл бұрын
Yess, yess.....................................................
Israel's military -- best in the world...!
@EdWhisenantAviation
8 жыл бұрын
+singy1980 Thanks so much for watching.
@hagadi1
8 жыл бұрын
+Danny dragon - gladly USA always win but many time its the massive quatity over quality - but yes -though i love the IDF i agree
@TemujinKhan8
8 жыл бұрын
+singy1980 You really believe that? LOL
@TemujinKhan8
8 жыл бұрын
+Hammer Richman Relative to the Middle East, yes Israel has the most powerful military by a good margin. It has defended itself against overwhelming numbers before, and I respect the determination and skill of the Jewish nation. But Israel wouldn't stand a chance against a country like the US, China or Russia. Quantity is a quality in itself; just ask Napoleon and Hitler how they fared invading Russia. Edit: I will say that the only country with a Navy capable of attacking Israel and surviving would be the US.
@MohammedAnsab3
8 жыл бұрын
+Singy1980 typical jew
God Bless This beautiful Country Israel.
For a small country 9 miles wide at the waist, this is a great achievement. Sure most countries are larger, richer and more powerful but Israel has the will and need to survive. That's why it won even though, if you check your facts, the Arab countries had more soldiers, more planes and more tanks.
@EdWhisenantAviation
6 жыл бұрын
Yes this was a great achievement, thanks Gershon for watching and for your comment :)
@relentless9198
6 жыл бұрын
Gershon Perry I've never heard someone sum it up better than that.
Nicely done, especially engine start and in flight. Liked!
@EdWhisenantAviation
9 жыл бұрын
+99carnot Thank you, I wish they flew it more & I would have liked to have gotten better In-Flight video but I was so happy to see it Start-Up, Taxi & fly that was my first time seeing the Kfir in person.
Thank you sir finally a good video with this phenomenal aircraft, Could you tell if those canards are mobile or are just plain static in all flight time?
@EdWhisenantAviation
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your nice comment & for watching, ya these canards are static.
they have the best technology in the world .
@paullisanti8673
5 жыл бұрын
You drank the Kool Aid. It's a French Built Mirage, with Israeli Souped up Hot Rod Parts. that does NOT make it an Israeli plane. It was built in Toulouse, France by Dassault Breguet
I've never had a problem with any French person but the actions of the French government is another story!
@EdWhisenantAviation
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching 😎
I was an officer in 149 Kfir squadron in Eilat. We hosted Top Gun F14 in 1982 and our lowest rank pilot intercepted 7 times the best US F14. I rememberd his name was colonol William. They felt so ashamed that we the Israeli made fun of them. Nevertheless we train F14 American pilots how to fight in the air. It was the Aggressors Programme 1982. Moreover we flew over Arab Saudi with Kfir C2 without being detected in 1982. So you understand the capabilities of Israel super power
@mariourbina8740
6 жыл бұрын
בועז אתה מוסר יותר מדי מידע
Space mirage greate job✨️✨️
@EdWhisenantAviation
10 ай бұрын
Thank you very much for watching 👍😎
I understand what you are saying , what I mean is skills and knowledge
Now that's awesome.
@EdWhisenantAviation
5 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much for watching :)
old as hell !! greetings from colombia
@EdWhisenantAviation
9 жыл бұрын
+fearmankiller Hello Columbia, ya, Kfir was manufactured in 1980 but still really cool to watch, Thanks for watching.
@EdWhisenantAviation
4 жыл бұрын
@Zayed Haroon I just shot the video.
The canards really make the plane look so much greater!
@EdWhisenantAviation
7 жыл бұрын
Yes I like the looks as well, thanks for watching.
Maybe Canada should get some of those instead of the F35's. Or perhaps they're not for sale outside of Israel. In any case this country can't make up their minds. Nice video and respect to Israel from Canada.
@EdWhisenantAviation
8 жыл бұрын
+henerymag Thanks so much for watching.
@Born_Yashish
8 жыл бұрын
+henerymag They're being sold aboard; Argentina or some other South-American country has bought a dozen or so of Kfirs). Kfir's main problem is that it's old. Since it had seen very little use, it wasn't "updated", so to say, since it's first production and it little match to modern aircraft. Reason for it having such little use is that the US conditioned the delivery of F16s to Israel by Israel ceasing any non US-made jet usage or development. That is also why the "Bark", that many predicted to be superior to both F16 and F15, never made it past prototype phase.
@henerymag
8 жыл бұрын
AramilSiandol Interesting thanks. Still a good looking fighter.
@pilpelpilpel9202
8 жыл бұрын
+AramilSiandol Hi to you my friend , not true at all , the Kfir saw lots of action with the Israeli Air force , they upgrade them more then once , Kfir C1 then C2 , C7 was the last to serve in the IAF , the C7 had much better avionics with color display , had emergency engine boost to the J79 , and could use smart weapon and the Shafrir 3 air to air short range missile . about the connection between the F16 and Kfir production there is none what so ever , they serve in the same time in the IAF , and both fighter were used in the 1982 Lebanon war . all in all they made more then 130 Kfir fighters , the last model of the Kfir is the Kfir block 60 or the C10 , 24 of these plane are in service with the Colombian air force , the C10 is much improved Kfir with HOTS capabilities, different canopy , all color displays , new radar and new nose in air refueling , Pyton 5 air to air missile , smart bombs , Lighting pods , and much more , the C10 is a very capable fighter . Now you probably mean the Lavi not the Bark ( ? ), the Lavy was suppose to be a great little fighter , but dew to US pressure and new F16 models was canceled back in the late 80's , two of them made it to a flying planes . all the best to you !
@Vermiliontea
8 жыл бұрын
+henerymag It was operated by the US. "F-21" is the US designation. The Navy used it for dissimilar air combat training. It's derived from a Mirage 5 airframe and fitted with a Phantom engine. It's a bit old by now and certainly not in any way at all even close to F-35 class.This particular aircraft is painted in the US Navy's scheme, not Israel's colors.
Best Air Force in the world
Really nice! Thanks for sharing!
@EdWhisenantAviation
7 жыл бұрын
I'm sure you haven't herd this one before? Pete "Maverick" Mitchell from Top Gun Movie, that's a cool name I like it. Thank you very much for watching and liking my video. Take care.
@firebladeV
7 жыл бұрын
:)))
good and tanks
@EdWhisenantAviation
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching 👍😎
The kfir was the jet that was flying around Santa Maria
@EdWhisenantAviation
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching 👍
@OhMySack
4 жыл бұрын
They're flying their Hawker Hunters up here at KSMX this week.
@EdWhisenantAviation
4 жыл бұрын
@@OhMySack That would be nice to see, thank you for watching 👍
shame israel replaced this beauty with F-15s only after one year of service...
@EdWhisenantAviation
2 жыл бұрын
Ya, I guess the F-15's are a better fit. Thank you for watching 😎👍
The first and only time that I heard of this fighter was from an anime, called Area 88. At first I was thinking, is this a real fighter jet, or is it just a modified Dassault Mirage? Then I looked it up, and it got me here.
@EdWhisenantAviation
7 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much for watching :)
@Tiaggus
5 жыл бұрын
Colombia has a lot of them for its air force
The engine is J79, the same sound as F - 4 Phantom.
@EdWhisenantAviation
7 жыл бұрын
That sound is nice :) Thank you for watching.
@trespire
4 жыл бұрын
Just as loud too !
Well i thought the F-20 Tigershark was the the previous plane from the F-22 Raptor i forgot the F-21 Kfir.
@EdWhisenantAviation
Жыл бұрын
Thank you very much for watching 👍😎
Doug masters disliked this video 😂
@EdWhisenantAviation
5 ай бұрын
LOL Good one 👍😎
Workhorse of the Sri Lankan air force
Just a reverse engineering of the French Mirage 2000
@EdWhisenantAviation
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching 👍😎
@user-nb7ts1qv5j
3 жыл бұрын
But with enormous internal upgrades with systems from the sadly cancelled Israeli aircraft, the "LAVI"
@EdWhisenantAviation
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching 👍😎
Actually its the Mirage 5, specially built by France for Israel, but they did'nt deliver it to Israel for fear of backlash from arab nations. So they did'nt build it but somehow, crates secretly arrive in Israel from the US. Months later, Israel announces they have built their own fighter jets, and call it this Kfir C1. But France never built a Mirage 5, so they said then in the 80s, Mirage 2000 roll out.
@EdWhisenantAviation
5 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the information & for watching :)
The aircraft is good similar to the US F-4 Phantom the avionics isnt that upgraded. This plane is actually a failure which the IAF rejects. I appreciate the the Israeli armed forces being the not just small nation they stood and made things happen. They didn't divide they have united and worked together. I HAIL THEM FOR THERE COURAGE
@EdWhisenantAviation
5 жыл бұрын
Yes similar to the US F-4 Phantom, thank you for watching & for your comment :)
Although this is the "son of Mirage", based on the Mirage platform plans stolen from the Swiss (the french refused to sell Mirages to Israel even after having paid for them), I read the flight envelope is very similar to the MIG21, a very able and maneuverable, if aged, fighter.
@EdWhisenantAviation
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your time writing Jose & for watching 😎
Quietest-sounding J79 ever heard! And are they sure that it's safe to pull yourself up onto the wing using the canard (strake?) like that? Seems like it shouldn't be too strong a part; it doesn't actually support any load, I gather, just creates vortexes over the wings. I wouldn't put so much weight on it unless I was sure (and maybe he is); the thing might end up being damaged, and break off in mid-flight sometime.
@bassmith448bassist5
6 жыл бұрын
justforever96 I saw that too.
@trespire
4 жыл бұрын
@William Walker Those were exactly my first impressions. As a rookie in IAF technical training I had to wipe clean a Kfir with jet fuel and rags. Those canards can't be flexed at all, and quite sharp.
Amazing how antiquated 1975 can look!
the mirror main cover why itwas a little bit open befor take off and after landing. . .
I wonder what is Dassault Aviation's opinion about that Kfir aircraft.
@EdWhisenantAviation
4 жыл бұрын
I'm not sure, thank you for watching 😎
@mauriciocastro7505
4 жыл бұрын
@@EdWhisenantAviation might have been the same Boeing's opinion on the Russian Tupolev TU-4.
@EdWhisenantAviation
4 жыл бұрын
@@mauriciocastro7505 Could be.
yes . I know . what I am saying is they fight and train like super giant
please correct me, i have noticed the main mirror shield position infront before take off was not in a airo dynamic position like the F16 and F15
This ist s f 21kfir from the agressor Training unit of the ist navy
@EdWhisenantAviation
6 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the info and for watching.
you mean - one can "rent" it for a spin ???!!!! or is it some kind of a private company that helps the navy in enemy simulation missions ??? gotta show that video to the guys here in Israel, this is cool !!!
@EdWhisenantAviation
5 жыл бұрын
Ya no public flights :( but your right it's owned by a private company that helps the navy in enemy simulation missions and electronic warfare. Thank you for watching :)
@eyalcr500
5 жыл бұрын
MAN, great honor for an old Kfir to serve USA like that,in those beautiful colors ! it's even better looking than when it served in the IAF... long live the USA !!!
Skyline to Sea and Me; you need your own U tude channel!!
al yo me gusta mirar que lo que hace Thom blackbone
Beau document aérien....rare avion de chasse......Bye..
@EdWhisenantAviation
8 жыл бұрын
+Spott Tter Thanks so much for watching.
shalom Jerusalem
@EdWhisenantAviation
7 жыл бұрын
Yes, Thank you.
still a deadly jet!!
@EdWhisenantAviation
8 жыл бұрын
+Ben J C Ou Yes very much so, thanks for watching.
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didn't top gun instructors use them as the bad guys ?
@EdWhisenantAviation
Жыл бұрын
Hello David, they used the A-4 Skyhawk and the F-5 Freedom Fighter as aggressor aircraft simulating MiGs. The real TOPGUN did indeed utilize the A-4 and borrowed T-38 Talon aircraft from the U.S. Air Force (the T-38 is a non-armed training variant of the F-5) as aggressor aircraft.
Los kfir tiene que cambiar las alas por nuevas y motores nuevos
Privately owned?
@EdWhizAviationTrains
4 жыл бұрын
Yes owned by Airborne Tactical Advantage Company
It looks like a 1950s/1960s era jet. Very interesting. Did he fly with the wheels down the entire time? Interesting also, because it looks like it has forward/front canards.
@kdrapertrucker
2 жыл бұрын
1970s vintage, basically a mirage 5 with an American engine. The isreali's worked with France to design the mirage 5, then the french took their money and refused to supply aircraft, (much the same thing they did with Australia regarding submarines recently) so the isrealis took the design, altered it to accept American engines, improved it a bit and put it in production as the KFIR. In the 1980s U.S. Naval aviation leased A dozen KFIR from Israel as aggressor training aircraft and they were designated F-21 in U.S. service and flown by the marine corps.
以前在南非有張照片是立體的!
Listen to those j79 engine
@EdWhisenantAviation
6 жыл бұрын
They sound real good. Thank you for watching :)
@AlphaGaming-mj7vf
6 жыл бұрын
Ed Whisenant ur welcome
@gabrieljoseph6310
4 жыл бұрын
Since the J79 turbojet engine is an U.S. design, although manufactured under license in Israel, all export sales of the Kfir are subject to prior approval being granted by the U.S. State Department, a fact that has limited the sale of the Kfir to foreign nations.
Im confused on its side markings. Its registered as American aircraft?
@EdWhisenantAviation
4 жыл бұрын
Yes it's owned & operated by a USA Company ATAC Airborne Tactical Advantage Company . You can click on ATAC website below for more information www.atacusa.com/f_21_kfir.html Thank you for watching Alan. 😎👍
Wasn't this the enemy fighter jet in Iron Eagle?
@EdWhisenantAviation
4 жыл бұрын
Yes Anthony they used F-21/C-2 Kfirs simulating MiG-23s & thank you for watching :)
Someone is trying to make this plane for DCS!
@EdWhisenantAviation
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you Stormsquad and thank you David for watching and for your comment 😎👍
J79 in action great video mate as always love you channel dunno if you would like mine?
@EdWhisenantAviation
9 жыл бұрын
+Elliot L CBG-Spotter Of course I like your videos, you have some good ones & thanks so much for watching.
okay, I scrolled down down and saw no mention... what was wrong with the landing gear ?
@EdWhisenantAviation
8 жыл бұрын
+rampking1 Ya, I'm not sure and they didn't even hardly fly it they must have had some issues. Thanks for watching.
@bassmith448bassist5
6 жыл бұрын
rampking1 what do you mean??? what's wrong with the gear? looked fine to me.
I know they got these in the 80s but damn... Couldn't the USMC get an aggressor with air detection? must have got them cheap.......
Can we have a more advanced design of fighter plane
@EdWhisenantAviation
2 жыл бұрын
One day 👍 Thank you for watching Douglas 😎
Looks close to Mirage. Good for Israel.
@pepecohetes492
8 жыл бұрын
+Faisal Rafique - based on Mirage III; Israel had ordered several from France and all of a sudden, DeGaule refused to ship even though they were paid for. Israel intelligence stold the plans from a Swiss contractor from Dassault, and the Kfir was born. It is old but a workhorse, with similar flight characteristics to the MIG21.
@DOGMA1138
8 жыл бұрын
+pepe cohetes Actually the French sold Israel the plans when Israel produced the Nesher, both of which were based on the Mirage 5 which was co-developed with IAI. The embargo was in place an the Mirage 5's were never delivered but it was more of under the table deal that allowed France to save face than a spy novel.
@leneanderthalien
7 жыл бұрын
in reality, the plans was not stolen, but delivered to Israël from the french secret sevice under de Gaulle's orders as compensation...
@sajadalikhan6373
5 жыл бұрын
It is Mirage 3 with canard wings to improve handling and manoeuvrability. It is sensible and economic to take existing proven airframe and make it better. I a sure avionics have also been polished upwards. Considering operational area this is purpose designed for Israeli requirements.
I believe they could easily build a 5th or 6th gen jet
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Look like mirage 2000
@EdWhisenantAviation
Жыл бұрын
Some similarites for sure, thank you for watching William 👍😎
Thom blackbone es su nombre verdadero phouvan y fhuban son otro
Ils just mirage 3 up grad
me da la impresion de que este avion casi no maniobra..... alguien podria corregirme si me equivoco? aun asi me gusta este avion
@johanherrera6413
8 жыл бұрын
es por el diseño amigo, el Kfir no es un caza multirol y tampoco de superioridad aerea, es un caza de interdiccion y bombardeo para lo que el diseño delta canard es lo mejor! si quieres ver un Kfir haciendo lo mejor que sabe hacer hay un video de la fuerza aerea Colombiana en una mision de interdiccion de invasores rusos, los Kfir alcanzaron un Tupolev Ruso y lo amenazaron con los dispositivos de guerra electronica, en la variante Block60 es todavia un caza capaz y decente, muchisimo mejor que los Mirage5 o F5 Tigre que aun operan en latinoamerica algunos paises
@pepecohetes492
7 жыл бұрын
Gracias por esa explicacion.
i flew those ha
@EdWhisenantAviation
3 жыл бұрын
You flew them? That's pretty cool 👍😎
Isn't this aircraft of french design (Mirage)?
@PAVANZYL
8 жыл бұрын
+Mauricio Castro: Based on it but quite heavily modified. I believe it used Israeli avionics.