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Happy Saturday, FighterSweep Fans! This is a pretty cool story that was shared with us and we wanted to pass it on to you. Traditional “nose art” was banned by the U.S. Air Force in the 1970s, and only returned in 1998. Long gone are the days of the scantily-clad pinup girls which adorned many […]

A Good Friday to one and all, FighterSweep Fans! We cannot send you into the weekend without an appropriate dose of Mach Diamonds and reheat, and we have a beauty for you. Not only is it a shout-out to our brothers and sisters in the Wild Weasel community, but also a shout-out to the “Warhawks” […]

Happy Friday, FighterSweep Fans! Here’s great video clip of our CEO and owner, Navy SEAL Brandon Webb, flying some Basic Fighter Maneuvers in the SOFREP Yak against a retired Navy fighter pilot in another Yak. Who says Frogs can’t fly?? Many don’t know, but in addition to being a veteran Navy SEAL sniper and New […]

Here is the latest breakdown of which airframes are flying the most sorties over Iraq and Syria during Operation Inherent Resolve (OIR). Not surprisingly, the Viper is sitting at the top of the list for the most sorties flown in the AOR while the B-1, again–not surprisingly, is dropping the largest percentage of the ordinance. […]

As time passes, we learn more in hindsight about the massive team effort which led to the demise of who used to be our nation’s number one enemy, Usama bin Laden. Thanks to timely and well-placed shots fired by a Navy SEAL, that particular problem no longer draws breath. Leading up to Neptune Spear, however, […]

Good evening, FighterSweep Fans! You won’t find a lot of new information in this piece over at Scout Warrior, but the truth is we–much like yourselves–don’t tire of reading about or watching the Warthog in action. Truly one of the most rugged and reliable battlefield weapons ever designed (thank you, Colonel Kay), it continues to […]

Not good news coming out of the Pentagon this week, FighterSweep Fans. According to the Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA), it is unlikely Boeing will be able to deliver all 18 of the first batch of Boeing KC-46A Pegasus aerial refueling tankers to the Air Force by the August 2017 deadline. Considering that is a […]

Editor’s Note: Since its unveiling, Japan’s ATD-X aircraft has undertaken an ambitious test program. As you can see in the video, they’re at the point of doing high-speed texts–with both afterburners lit for a short period of time. It won’t be long before this aircraft conducts its first flight, probably within the coming days. That […]

It’s airshow season, FighterSweep Fans! That being said, from time to time you can expect to see videos from our friends on the various demo teams–both foreign and here at home. That includes our friends to the north, the Canadian Forces Snowbirds. I have had the privilege of working with the team as their project […]

The F-22 Raptor has one million lines of code in its software. The F-35 has eight million lines of code.  That alone brings with it a unique set of challenges. The men and women who fly this airplane shouldn’t have to worry about their state-of-the-art APG-81 AESA radar rebooting in flight–especially in the middle of […]

The United States just inked a deal with the Philippines, one that clears the way for a new permanent American military presence at five different installations in the P.I. The intent is the installations will support rotational deployments near a much-maligned region of the South China Sea. And who is less than thrilled about the […]

Happy Wednesday, FighterSweep Fans! Shortly after Secretary of the Air Force, Deborah Lee James, announced the B-21 at this year’s Air Warfare Symposium in Orlando, the service also announced it would like help in naming the aircraft. We’ve heard some good suggestions, some interesting ones, and some that are just…well…just read on. And you can […]