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FighterSweep Fans, scenario-based training is a place where you absolutely cannot afford to have any lapses in your attention to detail. It doesn’t matter if you’ve done it one or a thousand times, accidents happen when someone assumes all is in order and perhaps forgoes their checklist discipline. That is how live rounds get mixed […]

Japan’s first F-35’s will be flying sorties from Luke Air Force Base by the end of 2016 according to a Lockheed Martin spokesman. The first batch of four is slated to roll off LockMart’s production line in November, with JASDF students flying missions shortly thereafter. That’s another step in the right direction for a production […]

EgyptAir flight 804, which was headed to Cairo from Paris disappeared from radar shortly after it entered Egyptian airspace. The aircraft is an Airbus A320 with 66 people on board, including two infants and one child. Not much more is known at this point, but we will provide updates as soon as they become available. […]

This morning there was a crash involving a B-52H deployed from Minot AFB. It appears as if the aircraft went down within the perimeter of Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, but most importantly, it appears all crew members are accounted for and safe. This is the first time a B-52 has crashed since 2008. The […]

Royal Air Force (RAF) Typhoons taking part in the Baltic Air Policing (BAP) mission were scrambled to intercept three Russian aircraft last week. The intercept is really nothing new for the RAF, or any of the other NATO nations, but it’s nice to have a light shined on the gamesmanship that goes on between certain […]

Earlier today at Falcon Field in Mesa, Arizona, a T-6 Texan crashed just off the end of the runway. Preliminary reports are stating that there were two souls on board, and both were killed upon impact and post crash fire. The North American T-6 Texan is a single engine aircraft that was used before, during, […]

I’m at the age that views 3-D printing as one part awesome, incredible technology, and another part pure sorcery. Obviously the pure sorcery thing is just because I don’t fully grasp the concept yet, but either way this is pretty cool. A 3-D printed nylon attachment is assisting the Global Vigilance Combined Test Force (CTF) […]

The Embraer EMB 314 Super Tucano, known in DoD circles as the A-29, is a turboprop primary trainer aircraft modified for light attack, CAS, and aerial reconnaissance missions in low-threat environments. The Super Tucano is a very agile aircraft, designed to operate in austere conditions and terrain. The A-29 is now entering service with a […]

FighterSweep Fans, we’ve spent a lot of time talking about the F-35 program and the associated topics. This piece we ran across is going to be a bit different, as it deals directly with the pilot training aspects. Even more unique is the fact U.S. Navy Reserve Lieutenant Kory DeFore designed the course he ultimately […]

This one is interesting, FighterSweep Fans. The Portuguese Air Force has released unclassified footage of one of its P-3 Orion Patrol/Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) aircraft being intercepted over the Baltic Sea by a Russian Aerospace Forces Su-27 Flanker. You won’t see any barrel-roll shenanigans in this clip, but it does clearly show the Flanker’s weapons loadout […]

Members of the 37th Airlift Squadron, based at Ramstein Air Force Base in southwestern Germany, have deployed to Romania. While in Romania, the 37th will be participating in bilateral exercise, Carpathian Summer at Otopeni Air Base. Henri Coandă International Airport is located in Bucharest and is Romania’s busiest international airport. Carpathian Summer will help enhance […]

The Marine Corps has its sights set on equipping the Harvest Hawk weapons kit on their entire KC-130J and MV-22 fleet. Harvest Hawk would give the remainder of the non-outfitted KC-130J’s, and all of the MV-22’s the ability to perform precision strikes with a variety of weapons. The kit also outfits both fleets with the […]