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Editor’s Note: Our friends at Barnes Air National Guard Base in Westover, Massachusetts have been named NORAD’s “Aerospace Control Alert Unit of the Year” by 1st Air Force. The 104th Fighter Wing flies the McDonnell Douglas (now Boeing) F-15C Eagle, after transitioning from A-10s in early 2010. We recently saw the Barnstormers out at Nellis […]
Editor’s Note: The North American Rockwell OV-10 Bronco was developed back in the 1960s specifically for counter-insurgency (COIN) operations, and another one of its primary missions was flying Forward Air Control-Airborne (FAC-A). The airplane can carry up to three tons of external munitions and is able to stay on station for over three hours. A […]
Editor’s Note: FighterSweep Fans, I believe we have the best, most talented, credible team of contributors in aviation journalism. The majority of our writers are pilots, and most of those are either currently or former military aviators. Those who aren’t pilots work in the aviation industry in some capacity or other. So for all of […]
“I am an aspiring fighter pilot, and was wondering what our inventory may look like in ten years or further into the future, and what will be different in the life of a fighter pilot and the path to becoming one?” ~Jackson D., South Carolina Great question, Jackson! Of course, it is a tough one […]
Editor’s Note: It’s been interesting to watch Russian performance in Syria unfold as they’ve matured. We’ve seen an impressive array of very modern hardware: Putin has brought his very best toys into the sandbox to play with–none of which (the S-400, for example) are really required to deal with Daesh. That suggests, as we mentioned […]
Editor’s Note: As has been the case with the F-22, the F-35 is running up against an issue with technology being outdated even before the aircraft reaches it’s Initial Operational Capability. In this case, it is the Electro-Optical Targeting System. The current generation of Sniper targeting pods is outperforming EOTS, and the Department of Defense […]
Editor’s Note: As we’ve spoken of before, things are heating up in the competition between aircraft manufacturers to win the T-X contract, the Air Force’s replacement to its aging fleet of T-38 Talon jet trainers. Some thought a shift in those requirements was pending, which would allow Textron’s entry, one based on their prototype “Scorpion” […]
Happy Friday, FighterSweep Fans! In order for you to have a spectacular weekend, you need the proper sendoff. From our perspective, no Friday would be complete without the sky tearing open and your guts rattling around inside your body in the presence of the ever-glorious homage to Freedom’s Thunder! If there were ever an apt […]
Happy Friday, FighterSweep Fans! It appears as though Vladimir Putin is looking to increase the Russian military’s presence in the Middle East. TASS reported this past Saturday the heavy aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov will be setting sail for the Mediterranean sometime this summer. A high-ranking official in the Russian Navy says, “we plan the Admiral […]
Editor’s Note: There are a lot of great Americans doing fantastic work out there, and thankfully a number of them are doing that work in the black world in order to ensure the longevity of this great nation and our way of life. We at FighterSweep are not in the business of giving away secrets […]
Editor’s Note: Not to sound like a broken record, but the Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, Senator John McCain, has taken it upon himself to send another barrage in the direction of Air Force Senior Leadership. This time he’s upset about the Air Force keeping the cost of the B-21 program under wraps. […]
Editor’s Note: The Lightning II’s march toward IOC continues, Fightersweep Fans. The schoolhouse at Eglin is advancing its training syllabus for weapons employment, and two F-35As from the resident 33rd Fighter Wing validated it by dropping laser-guided GBU-12s at one of the ranges nearby. Two F-35A Lightning II aircraft assigned to the 33rd Fighter Wing […]
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