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Boeing announced Thursday that they intend to enter the competition to replace the Air Force’s venerable Huey helicopter with a MH-139 variant of the Leonardo AW139. Leonardo, an Italian aerospace company says there are about 900 AW139s in service around the world in many countries including Ireland, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Qatar and Thailand […]
March 3, 1969 was a memorable day for the US Navy (and for Tom Cruise) with the establishment of the famed Fighter Weapons School better known as ‘Top Gun’ at the former Naval Air Station (NAS) Miramar, California. Watch: What is Top Gun? Background: During the early years of the Vietnam War the US suffered […]
Our military forces truly never sleep! They are deployed around the entire world, in every time zone and in many cases very remote locations. This photo shows our US forces hard at work where young Marine Corps Corporal Christopher Russell, a landing support specialist, oversees a CH-53E Super Stallion lifting a heavy concrete barrier. This […]
The commander of the Operation Inherent Resolve coalition, Army Lt. Gen. Stephen Townsend, said that Tuesday Russian and Syrian aircraft bombed militia forces that are supported by the US in Syria. It is being reported that the series of bombings came within about three miles of US forces operating in the area. US personnel advising and […]
China is advancing their drone capability with the first flight of their Wing-Loong II reconnaissance and strike drone on February 27. The state-run Xinhua News Agency also announced that they have received a large order from an unnamed customer for the aircraft system. First revealed in September 2015 and exhibited as a model at the Singapore […]
Fighter Sweep reported to you back on February 6th that an Army drone had gone missing after taking off from Fort Huachuca in Arizona. Well, guess what? They found the drone below a tree near Evergreen, Colorado over 600 miles from where it took off! The drone had been missing for 10 days before it was […]
This is a very interesting video of an operation that many people don’t know even exists. The United States relies upon power projection from its military around the world to advance its national interests. Refueling aircraft operating in forward deployed locations around the world can sometimes prove to be difficult. Forward Air Refueling Point (FARP) operation […]
Aircraft, aircrew and support personnel from the United States military participated in the Aero India 2017 air show at Air Force Station Yelahanka, India. Dubbed ‘Asia’s Premier Air Show‘ by the Indian Ministry of Defense the exhibition ran from February 14-18 with an estimated 500,000 people attending. An F-16 from the Pacific Air Forces F-16 Fighting […]
The US Air Force has announced plans to retire the MQ-1 Predator Drone and transition solely to the MQ-9 Reaper drone by 2018. Flying in combat for over 20 years the MQ-1 Predator Drone has served with distinction but the Air Force felt the need to move to the MQ-9 Reaper for a multitude of reasons […]
The aircraft carrier USS Bush (CVN 77) has gotten back into the fight against ISIS in a big way launching 20 plus airstrike missions in a single day last Thursday. Working out of the Mediterranean Sea the Carrier Strike Group, led by USS George H.W. Bush started attacks back on February 13th in support of […]
The US Navy is in a quandary over what to do with the world’s first nuclear powered aircraft carrier. The USS Enterprise CVN 65 is not going to gently fade away into history it appears as the Navy can’t determine the best course of action to dismantle the huge ship. The Navy announced they are […]
SpaceX, the privately owned spaceflight company announced they will send two private citizens on a trip around the moon and back to the Earth by 2018. The company says the two paying passengers, who are yet unnamed, approached them about a possible trip to the moon. SpaceX says the two people have already paid a […]
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Have you ever tried to wear a fleece hoodie in bad weather? We don’t recommend it. That’s why we founded BÆRSkin in 2019 – to create the world’s best outdoor gear that’s just as comfortable at home as it is durable outdoors. “Bad fitting, bulky, and boring” is how we felt about 1000’s of regular fleece hoodies we tested.
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Our roots in shooting sports started off back in 1996 with our founder and CEO, Josh Ungier. His love of airguns took hold of our company from day one and we became the first e-commerce retailer dedicated to airguns, optics, ammo, and accessories. Over the next 25 years, customers turned to us for our unmatched product selection, great advice, education, and continued support of the sport and airgun industry.
