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According to the U.S. Navy, eight sailors on the USS Eisenhower were injured today in an accident as an aircraft attempted to land aboard the ship. Initial reports are indicating the arresting gear strung across the flight deck experienced a catastrophic failure when the tailhook of an Northrop-Grumman E-2C Hawkeye engaged it, says the Navy […]

FighterSweep Fans, we do our best to make sure we’re giving you the real gouge as it’s made available to us. You’ll find sometimes we won’t jump on a topic right away, simply because we want to wait until the chaff is filtered out before we press. When Ben put out his article within the […]

Happy Burner Friday, FighterSweep Fans! Here’s a little shout-out to our good friends and Gomer brethren at the 64th Aggressor Squadron at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada. As you all know, the 64 AGRS flies the mighty Viper, and their job is to replicate threat aircraft and TTPs to present a credible threat to Blue […]

Editor’s Note: Here’s some good news coming from the F-35 program. According to Jeff Babione, Lockheed-Martin’s F-35 Program manager, the cost of the aircraft is going to drop significantly in the next three years, to the tune of approximately $15 Million dollars per copy–at least for the Air Force’s F-35A CTOL variant. The carrier-based F-35C […]

Editor’s Note: The Cessna AC-208B “Combat Caravan” is an Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition, and Reconnaissance (ISTAR) version of Cessna’s short-haul utility Caravan. Armed with AGM-114 Hellfire missiles, the Combat Caravan is used by the Iraqi air force, making its combat debut in January 2014 when the IAF began employing it against insurgents. Within the past […]

Editor’s Note: The Eurofighter EF2000 is one of the world’s most formidable multirole fighter aircraft. The result of the work of a consortium of companies–British Aerospace, Alenia Aermacchi, Airbus Group, and Eurofighter Jagdflugzeug GmbH, the Eurofighter is really starting to hit its stride. In the same breath, the Sukhoi Su-35, Russia’s front-line air superiority fighter, […]

Editor’s Note: Not only are the Israelis industrious, but they’re also pretty brilliant when it comes to developing advanced weapons technology. We talked a little about that in our various F-35 discussions, and while they anxious await fielding their first 5th-Generation fighter, they’ve been developing a new weapon for their 4th-Gen aircraft. Called the SkySniper, […]

One of our all-time favorite aircraft, the Lockheed-Martin SR-71 Blackbird, has spawned a successor to its place as the highest, fastest, most untouchable strategic reconnaissance platform that world has known of. While there has been much speculation about a successor for decades, this new animal, currently called the SR-72, is the only one Lockheed-Martin publicly […]

Editor’s Note: The Air Force Personnel Center (AFPC) reports the pace of deployments is slowing as compared to years past, but the current operational tempo the Air Force is maintaining is still very stressful on personnel, resources, and equipment. While combat operations are still underway, requiring the presence of fighters and bombers, Air Mobility Command […]

Editor’s Note: In all the years I’ve been attending airshows, I’ve only seen the PACAF F-16 Demonstration one time–and that was in Alaska of all places. A lot of folks don’t realize there’s another Viper demo out there, but it is every bit as high-powered and high-energy as its stateside counterpart. The team draws its […]

Editor’s Note: While there is some debate of what exact mission the Russian Air Force (RuAF) actually accomplished in Syria, Sputnik News has released a video depicting some of the major milestones achieved during combat operations, as well as providing justification for the RuAF’s departure. While air bases and regional naval facilities remain in operation, […]

Editor’s Note: It stands to reason that, while some of the POGO report is absolutely valid, it doesn’t take other things into account. Even in the past four and a half months, the jet has made amazing strides. From all of the airspeed, altitude, and G-restrictions prior to the new year, to now fighting in […]