Dramatic Air Force cockpit footage from inside an F-16 Air Force Thunderbirds flight demonstration jet. The pilot does a routine take-off and performs a split s .\rbr\rbrPlane Crash Cockpit View of F-16 Thunderbirds Jet Fighter Crashing, with the Pilot Ejecting from the Aircraft, a Split Second before Disaster. A pilot of the United .\rbr\rbr\rbr\rbrThe USAF Air Demonstration Squadron (Thunderbirds) is the air demonstration squadron of the United States Air Force (USAF). The Thunderbirds are .\rbr\rbrMOUNTAIN HOME AIR FORCE BASE, Idaho -- Capt. Christopher Stricklin ejects from the USAF Thunderbirds number six aircraft less than a second before it .