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President Trump will attend the ceremony unveiling Boeing’s new 787-10 on Friday at their plant in North Charleston, South Carolina according to the White House. The 787-10 will begin flight testing this year and Boeing plans to start delivering to customers in 2018. The company states they already have 149 orders from nine different customers. […]

The Air Force is reporting that the F-35A made an excellent debut at its first Red Flag exercise. Red Flag 17-1 took place at Nellis AFB, Las vegas, Nevada, from January 23rd to February 10th. Thirteen F-35A stealth fighters from the 388th Fighter Wing and Reserve 419th Fighter Wing from Hill AFB, Utah participated along with F-22s, B-1Bs, […]

Four Russian aircraft flew low over a US Navy destroyer on February 10, 2017 marking the first of these types of maneuvers by the Russians since President Trump took office. The Navy stated that the aircraft flew over at unusually low altitude and at high speed. The commander of the USS Porter (DDG 78), a […]

Manufactured by Rockwell, the B-1 Lancer bomber, affectionately known as the ‘Bone’ is a four engine supersonic aircraft with variable swept wings. The B-1 was originally thought to be a replacement for the B-52 Stratofortress. It entered service in 1986 as a nuclear bomber but has been widely used in a conventional role. Watch as […]

Last week the Air Force held its first enlisted drone aircraft pilot selection board. 185 active-duty enlisted airmen who applied for the drone pilot position and passed initial qualifying were being considered. If selected the airmen will begin training in intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance to prepare them for piloting a drone. Watch: Why the Air Force […]

Dubai has tested a Chinese hover drone it plans to use as an airborne taxi service for its residents as soon as July of this year. Dubai is located in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The UAE has set a goal to have 25 percent of their transportation needs done by autonomous vehicles by the […]

Start your week with a bang…or actually more of a shock wave. A Lockheed Martin F-35B produces ‘Shock Diamonds’ as it goes supersonic during twilight refueling testing. Have a cool military aviation photo? We want to see it! Share it with us here on the Fighter Sweep Facebook page! Watch: F-35C takes off at night from […]

Aviation is full of adventure, excitement and wonder. Aviation enthusiasts have a way of expressing those emotions and feelings in some remarkable sayings. Some aviation sayings are safety related, some are procedural and some are just plain fun! Below are some of the best! Please add to the list and share your favorite aviation sayings. […]

They say a picture is worth a 1000 words. Look at the pictures below and let us know if you agree! An F-16 Falcon crew chief almost disappears in the intake during pre-flight inspection at MacDill Air Force Base, Florida. The F-16 belongs to Ohio Air National Guard’s 180th Fighter Wing who brought about 150 personnel […]

The US Navy has stated that two of their 10 carrier air wings may have to literally stop operations due to a lack of funding. In addition, the Navy says two more air wings will have to operate at minimum levels of only 11 flight hours per month for each pilot. Any military pilot will […]

Guido Crosetto, the head of Italian aerospace and defense industry association (AIAD) is crying foul on the F-35 workshare program saying Lockheed Martin has broken promises. Crosetto stated that Italian companies have not been given any maintenance contracts on the F-35. “Small Italian firms were excluded because the competition favored large companies,” said Crosetto. Rome currently plans to […]

Reports are circulating that almost two thirds of the Navy’s strike fighter aircraft cannot fly due to lack of maintenance and a shortage of spare parts. The Navy says the reason is declining budgets and Congress not passing them on time, instead relying on continuing resolutions to fund the government. The budget issue is also […]