Scott Wolff

Scott Wolff

About the author

is the host, editor, and also a contributor to FighterSweep. He joined a well-known aviation lifestyle publication in early 2010 as a photographer, and a year later started writing feature articles. Since then, he has moved into a managing editor position at that publication. He holds a private pilot certificate and draws on his experience as a flight operations director in the airshow industry, as well as fourteen years spent in public service, to generate military and government-related content. Scott has received military altitude chamber training, emergency egress training, and has logged time in a variety of civilian and military aircraft.

2015: A FighterSweep Year In Review

FighterSweep Fans, it’s New Year’s Eve, and time for us to bring our first full calendar year to a close. It’s been an awesome ride thus far, and we’re certainly very grateful to have you along as our wingmen. Our Instagram account has been one of our largest success: with less than a year in existence, […]

F-22 Raptor: The Most Beautiful Fighter On Earth

Throughout the history of airplanes designed specifically to hunt and kill other airplanes, there have been some truly awe-inspiring designs. I can’t speak for the rest of you, but since the first moment I saw the Lockheed-Martin F-22 Raptor, my heart–and my breath–was stolen in spectacular fashion. While I certainly mean no disrespect to the Mighty Mighty, the […]

Facing Down Gaddafi’s SAMs Over Libya!

Just a few short days ago, we celebrated the 50th Anniversary of the very first Wild Weasel SAM kill in North Vietnam, which demonstrated the need and effectiveness of the specialized community of aviators. In recent times, a fantastic example are Operations Odyssey Dawn and Unified Protector, where a U.S.-led coalition faced down Muammar Gaddafi’s SAMs over […]

The Phoenix Lights: UFO Cover-Up Or Air Force Training?

The Phoenix Lights. It was an incident which occurred on 13 March 1997, with witnesses from as far north as the Nevada state line to as far south as Tucson. Thousands of people phoned in sightings to emergency services that night, describing something absolutely massive and shaped like a boomerang, with five round lights along […]

Milestone Monday: First Flight of the Grumman F-14 Tomcat!

Happy Monday, FighterSweep Fans! We wanted to start the week off correctly, and it’s hard to imagine a better way than celebrated the first flight of the ever-awesome, amazing, and mighty Grumman F-14 Tomcat! We all know The Big Fighter as the twin-engine, twin-tailed, swing-winged, death-dealing megastar of the movie Top Gun. She was developed for […]

Air-to-Air With Bulgarian Air Force MiG-21Fishbeds!

FighterSweep Fans, we can’t speak for you, but on our end–when given the opportunity–Sundays often provide the perfect time to get outside and go take a leisurely loop around the flagpole. Nothing pressing, other than wanting to get airborne and go enjoy some quality time in the airspace. Judging from the flying you’ll see in […]

From The Cockpit: Lone Star Gunfighters!

Happy Saturday, FighterSweep Fans!! We trust you’re having a great weekend thus far, and in the event you weren’t, we have just what the doctor ordered: keeping time with the Lone Star Gunfighters and viewing the world from the cockpit of the mighty F-16C Fighting Falcon. The Texas Air National Guard’s 149th Fighter Wing is stationed […]

Burner Friday: VFA-101 F-35C Lightning II

It’s that time again, FighterSweep Fans! Welcome back to our weekly homage to all things afterburner. It still is our favorite day of the week, as we get to set our gaze upon glorious Mach diamonds and soak up the world-shaking crescendo as only the Sound of Freedom can provide! This week, our thanks go out to […]

Milestone Thursday: First B-2A Spirit Delivered To USAF

Happy Thursday, FighterSweep Fans! On this day in 1993, Northrop-Grumman delivered the very first “Stealth Bomber,” the Spirit of Missouri, to Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri. Any B-2A Spirit lovers out there? The original ATB or “Advanced Technology Bomber” program came to life when Jimmy Carter was President. The goal was to build and […]

Milestone Tuesday: F-35 Lightning II First Flight

Happy Tuesday, FighterSweep Fans! For this week’s milestone, we go back nine years to the first flight of the F-35 Lightning II. Love it or hate it, the F-35–in all of its variants–has covered a tremendous amount of ground in the past nine years, despite the cost overruns, delays, setbacks, and criticism. We’ve all seen the […]

What Does A 6th-Generation Fighter Look Like?

In October of 2012, the Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics presented a document outlining the need and justification to start development of a 6th Generation fighter aircraft to replace the Lockheed-Martin F-22A Raptor. As other countries like Russia, India, and China are developing and testing their answer to the United States’ 5th-Generation capabilities, America […]

Langley AFB Hosts Trilateral Multinational Exercise

Happy Saturday, FighterSweep Fans! As some of you may know, there is a multinational exercise currently underway at Langley Air Force Base in Hampton Roads, Virginia–home of the 1st Fighter Wing and Air Combat Command. Based on an agreement signed between the air forces of the United Kingdom, France, and the United States, all three […]