Unlike in Top Gun, each fighter jet mission follows a long, calculated, and well-choreographed te...

“Dogfighting makes movies. Close Air Support wins wars.” With the perpetual drama sur...

Ok, Fightersweep agents, it’s time to fess up! Consider this my entry for Wikileaks. I hope Hil...

Beyond the “show up and go up” myth of military flying, the second biggest myth is that all p...

He was fighting the squadron commander in a High Aspect (Neutral) BFM engagement and giving every...

Which is better: the F/A-18 or the F-16? In this series, I’m going to give my perspective from ...

“Dude, we’re going flying,” my flight lead said with a chuckle as I showed him the satellit...

Beyond the “show up and go up” myth of military flying, the second biggest myth is that all p...

Dear Fightersweep,  What’s it like going supersonic? That has to be an awesome feeling.  Than...

Dropping bombs, shooting the gun, dogfighting, and intercepts are some of the most rewarding and ...

Editor’s Note: Keep these questions coming, FighterSweep Fans! This is one of the advantage...

In Part Two, we barely scratched the surface of some of the ways fighters and controllers coordin...

Last year, I wrote an article in tribute to my friend, Lieutenant David “Jinxx” Mitchell, who...

En route to the target for a Close Air Support (CAS) mission, the fighters will check in with the...

I’m a brand new AF officer, slated to start UPT (Undergraduate Pilot Training) in a few mon...

Happy Monday to you all, FighterSweep Fans! We wanted to start our work week off on a bit of a di...

Happy Monday to you all, FighterSweep Fans! We wanted to start our work week off on a bit of a di...

If you’ve been paying attention to our coverage of the developing situation in Syria in this pa...

Comparing a Sukhoi Su-24 Fencer to a Lockheed-Martin F-16 Viper (Fighting Falcon for the nerds at...

[Editor’s Note: To be perfectly clear yet again, we have no partnership with Lockheed-Marti...