F-16 Dark Falcon

The first F-16 joined the Belgian Air Force (BAF) fleet in 1979 to replace the F-104 Starfighter. At that time the BAF decided to create an F-16 Demo Team. This gave them the opportunity to show its jets and the skills of Belgian military pilots. This tradition continues to this day. In 2018, Sr Cpt Darte, aka ���Vador���, became the 19th F-16 pilot to continue this tradition for three consecutive years, performing spectacular and technical manoeuvres, such as very tight glide loops and the 8-sided barrel roll, which require extreme precision and timing.