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The Sea Harrier is an aircraft rapidly vanishing from armed service the world over. The Indian Navy purchased thirty of them back in the early 1980s, but only 11 remain. The decision to retire the type was based on India’s purchase of MiG-29Ks from Russia, which it will use to operate from the country’s aircraft […]

Editor’s Note: More good news in the battle against Daesh, FighterSweep Fans. It’s nice to see other forces, in this case the Egyptian Air Force–Al-Qūwāt al-Gawwīyä al-Miṣrīyä, stepping up and doing their part to reduce the ranks of an organization which consistently demonstrates such wanton blood-lust. Daesh espouses to bring the western world to its […]

Editor’s Note: War costs money–a LOT of money, especially in this day and age. If one were to sit down and quantify the amount of time, resources, etcetera, it would be more than our ability to process. Now keep in mind these facts and figures are seen through the lens of Russian research, so we […]

Editor’s Note: Ahhhhh, yes–chemtrails. Mind Control. Super Secret Squirrel Weaponry. The ultimate villainy by the government to control its population by spreading a sterilizing agent into the atmosphere. So grab your tinfoil hats, everyone, and buckle up. Here’s how one man, by taking a video of an airplane venting fuel, completely messed with the minds […]

Editor’s Note: Discussions have been flying under the radar in reference to Lockheed-Martin transferring all of its production of F-16s to India. A curious development, given all of the recent discussion of Block 52 Viper sales to Pakistan. The subject was mentioned during the Singapore Air Show by Mr. Phil Shaw, the head of Lockheed-Martin’s […]

Editor’s Note: This is a very interesting story about the man considered to be the “Father of the A-10.” Colonel Avery Kay led the effort back in the 1960s to develop an aircraft designed specifically to support troops on the ground. Not surprisingly, like all thinkers and innovators ahead of their time, he faced a […]

Editor’s Note: It appears as though the refining of the actual RFP for the Air Force’s T-X jet trainer replacement program will take longer than anticipated, pushing the official solicitation release until sometime right before the end of the calendar year 2016. As a result of the delay, the T-X is not anticipated to reach […]

I figured what better time to write a new article since it is, after all, Women’s History Month! The Women in Aviation International conference was this month, so there’s been a lot going on celebrating women. For me personally, I certainly have not been slacking off since my last article! To the contrary,  I have […]

Editor’s Note: Russia’s push to modernize its existing fleet of fighter aircraft. MiG has announced the first batch of MiG-35 Super Fulcrums is ready to begin test this summer, with hopes of seeing the aircraft operational in the 2018-2020 timeframe. This Fulcrum is a sharp upgrade from its predecessor, featuring modern weaponry and a radar […]

Editor’s Note: Where there’s a will, there’s a way. Here’s an indication of a partner nation who’s grown weary of being put on hold and has taken matters into its own hands to procure the hardware it needs to secure itself in a part of the world which grows more and more hostile as days […]

Editor’s Note: 6,000 munitions. That’s a lot, especially by one specific aircraft type. According to Russian officials, that is the number of munitions dropped by the Sukhoi Su-25 Frogfoot attack aircraft during combat operations in Syria. The Frogfoot is the RuAF’s answer to our A-10C Thunderbolt, but..well, the Hawg it is not. Anyway, the 6,000 […]

Editor’s Note: The PKK is classified as a terrorist organization by the European Union, the United States, and of course Turkey. Since the PKK claimed responsibility for two car-bombings in Ankara, Turkey that killed nearly seventy people. Not surprising the Turkish government would take action, as it has hundreds of times in the past–on both […]