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BUR-NER…clap-clap…PHRI-DAY…clap-clap…BUR-NER…clap-clap…PHRI-DAY! Happy Burner Phriday, everyone! If you can imagine yourselves standing on Phlorida’s Space Coast during a lovely Phall afternoon, staring up at the sky and seeing one of the most iconic phighters in the history of ever, you’d be just as excited as we are. On the day in question, the U.S. Air Phorce’s […]

Editor’s Note: As we recently said, the BUFF may be old and tired, but she’s still an angry girl eager to rise up in the fight against Daesh. With the capacity to rain down seventy thousand pounds of harsh judgement, the thought of the BUFF prowling the airspace above Syria and Iraq was enough to […]

Editor’s Note: For the first time in the history of Russian aviation, a privately-designed and produced aircraft capable of outperforming its state-designed counterparts has been unveiled. The SR-10 light trainer plane is expected to go into production in 2017 and was designed to compete with the Yak-130. Interestingly enough, being developed at the same time […]

Editor’s Note: Here’s another one for the Color-Us-Shocked! files: The People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) will have a larger and more advanced force than our own Air Force in fifteen years. We have watched the fighter gap grow as time passes, as most of our “Legacy” aircraft are either nearing or at the end […]

Editor’s Note: All twelve partner nations are doing their best to make their dollars stretch as far as they can, so that means being smart with the timing of their acquisitions, as well as the rate at which they procure them. It’s good news for Lockheed-Martin, but potentially bad timing for some nations that aren’t […]

Editor’s Note: Long gone are the days of carpet-bombing and turning entire cities into rubble while trying to attack a small number of targets. Weapons technology has developed to a point where a Precision-Guided Munition can be dropped from beyond visual range, and impact a specific target so accurately the surrounding building or buildings are […]

I am curious how after one selects his aircraft after flight school as what squadron they are assigned and how they go about it and then after in the squadrons how one is selected to attend the Navy Fighter Weapons School (TOPGUN). -Josh C. Josh!  Josh?  Oh… there you are!  I’m sorry I didn’t answer […]

Editor’s Note: Just like their brothers and sisters in Air Combat Command and Air Force Global Strike Command, the aviators in AFSOC have been in need of upgrades for platforms for some time. A big first step in the right direction is the introduction of the MC-130J Commando II. It replaces the (much) older MC-130N/P […]

Editor’s Note: Caught between the proverbial rock and a hard place, Boeing has some decisions to make. In light of the company’s recent attempt to protest the LRS-B award to Northrop-Grumman–and coming up short, Boeing Defense could use a shot in the arm. A lot of nations have expressed interest in the Silent Eagle, but […]

Editor’s Note: Contract Red Air is getting to be a big business. Airborne Tactical Advantage Company, or ATAC, has been doing it for more than twenty years, for example, and boasts overseas clients as well as the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps. With the deactivation of the 65th Aggressor Squadron at Nellis and issues with […]

Editor’s Note: We really miss Cabbie. Our family here at FighterSweep is diminished without him. His words were always inspiring and helpful, and his generosity made him stand out. As you may recall, Major Taj Sareen died tragically when his F/A-18C Hornet crashed not long after departing RAF Lakenheath in the U.K. back in October. […]

Editor’s Note: The MAGTF, or Marine Air-Ground Task Force, is a capability unique to the United States Marine Corps. MAGTF is a term used Marines to describe the principal organization for all of its missions across the range of military operations. The MAGTF contains four basic elements– the command and control portion, the ground portion, […]