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Editor’s Note: We recently saw a story that portrayed the DoD’s cost per flight hour of military aircraft. So we asked our resident FighterSweep financial expert and former F/A-18 pilot Brett Odom and his team at Azimuth www.azimuth.solutions to give us the real cost breakdown. Unfortunately, he discovered some pretty sloppy DoD accounting. By Brett Odom The iron […]
On August 19, 1981, F-14A Tomcat Fast Eagle 102 from VF-41 “Black Aces” shot down one of two Libyan Su-22’s. For years it sat in disrepair until it was restored by the Navy Flight Deck Veteran’s Group this past month. Commemorative Air Force’s High Sky Wing, based in Midland, Texas unveiled Grumman F-14A Tomcat Bu.160403 this weekend at the […]
Watch this cool time lapse video of a full day and night of carrier operations on the USS John C. Stennis (CVN-74) flight deck. It is pretty impressive to see the amount of movement required to launch and recover aircraft onboard a United States Navy super carrier. The flight deck is one of the world’s […]
Two American fighter pilots who intercepted Syrian combat jets over northern Syria last week said they came within 2,000 feet of the planes. The Syrians were never aware they were being shadowed. The F-22 Raptor stealth fighter might be all that it is advertised to be–and then some. 5th Generation fighters have been taking the […]
The USS Independence, a WWII aircraft carrier sitting on the bottom of the Pacific Ocean 30 miles off the coast of Northern California, as seen from an unmanned submersible. It is a breathtaking site. The USS Independence, was sunk more than six decades ago. Now the first images are being shown of the wreck from famed oceanographer […]
J.K. takes us through what it feels like and the requirements to complete the first major milestone in a pilot’s career: The solo. Any pilot’s first solo is a highlight moment in their careers, whether it be civilian or military. You can ask any aviator and they will probably be able to tell you the […]
The F-35 still has a a long way to go according to a memo from the Defense Department Operational Test and Evaluation Directorate. Multiple problems and deficiencies still exist. Here we go again. Just when things were looking up for the maligned F-35, the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation (DOT & E) Head Michael […]
WWII USMC Ace, Jerry O’Keefe who is also a Congressional Gold Medal winner and former Biloxi, Mississippi Mayor passed away on Tuesday morning. He was 93. Not many people can say they flew fighters. Even fewer can say they were a combat ace (5 air to air kills). Jerry O’Keefe did one even better. He became an ace in a […]
Boeing is set to unveil its new T-X fighter trainer in September at the Air Force Association conference near Washington, D.C. Boeing’s answer for the T-38 trainer replacement looks like it is here. Or at least here very soon. Boeing is touting an unveiling of the new trainer in less than a month. Disappointingly, the […]
FighterSweep sat down with 3 members of the US Navy’s Super Hornet Demo Team to get their thoughts on putting one of the world’s premier fighters through its full paces. Have you ever wanted to jump in a fighter jet, takeoff in full afterburner, and then bend it around in front of a crowd? If you have ever […]
Commander Naval Air Forces (CNAF) 3 Star Admiral Mike Shoemaker says readiness is not the issue for recent mishaps. That seems to be a difficult argument to make. VADM Shoemaker spoke to an audience at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, D.C. Thursday. He laid out the Naval Air Forces’ current readiness […]
Iran’s Ministry of Defense said it will negotiate with Russia on the purchase of the Sukhoi aircraft. Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Hossein Dehghan told Iran’s state TV on Sunday evening. Coming on the heels of acquiring the S-300 system from Russia, Iranian officials are looking to beef up their armament in other ways. In addition […]
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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.
