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Ever picture yourself with courtside seats at an NBA game, sitting so close to the action that even you could block Kobe? Maybe sitting on the 50-yard line at your favorite NFL stadium? As awesome as that sounds (and I’d never turn down those courtside seats at a Spurs game…. that’s really kind of you […]

Editor’s Note: We’ve been talking about LRS-B quite a bit, and this morning at the Air Warfare Symposium in Orlando, Florida, Secretary of the Air Force (SECAF) Deborah Lee James released the first artist rendering of the Northrop-Grumman LRS-B. The aircraft, since it is the first new bomber design of the 21st Century, is officially […]

Editor’s Note: We reported on this crash when it happened last May. Sadly, two Marines were killed when the Boeing MV-22B Osprey they were flying in made what was a called a “hard landing” in Hawaii. The father of one of the Marines, Mike Determan, has plans to sue. The Osprey program has experienced its […]

Editor’s Note: In modern warfare, agreements such as this make life much simpler and allow for a fair amount of flexibility in the breadth and scope of operations conducted. By Italy allowing RPAs to take off and land from Sigonella Air Base in Sicily, the U.S. is now able to conduct unmanned ISR operations in […]

Editor’s Note: This is in a similar vein of what we’ve been talking about with Chinese radar’s ability to detect and possibly track low-observable aircraft such as the F-22 and F-35. The PLAAF and its air defense efforts seems to be solely focused on the threat posed by LO aircraft, and that notion is reflected […]

Editor’s Note: We’re all really anxious to hear more about Northrop-Grumman’s winning LRS-B design, but in all likelihood we’ll have to wait for a little bit. Preparations are underway at different installations to accommodate the new design and its infrastructure, but beyond that, there isn’t much to tell at this point. We’ll see what happens […]

Editor’s Note: Say what you will about the Flanker, all of you Sukhoi haters–but I can assure you these aircraft are of great concern to our armed forces. Agile, powerful, and host to a pretty impressive array of sensors and weaponry, they present a formidable foe in the air-to-air combat arena–plane to plane. Sukhoi is […]

Editor’s Note: You cannot help but love the BUFF, ladies and gentlemen. She’s old, tired, really cranky, and has one heck of a unique personality. She smokes waaaaaaaay too much to be healthy, screams louder than almost everyone else at the party, and Heaven help you if she ever came hunting for your hide; the […]

Good morning, Fightersweep Fans! It’s a heck of a title, isn’t it? If airplanes were women. But before anyone gets too bent out of shape, let’s remember the spirit of how Lex meant it, shall we? Honestly, if anyone feels offended by Lex’s anthropomorphic use of gender here, please feel free to substitute wife for husband and […]

Editor’s Note: The first Israeli F-35I is currently under construction at Lockheed-Martin’s facilities. One of the IDF-specific requests was their airplanes have space for their own suite of sensor and weapons options. As a result of that request, it comes as no surprise the Israelis are already looking at options for their own goodies to […]

Editor’s Note: We can extol the virtues of the Hawg all day long, ladies and gentlemen. The very experienced pilots at the Maryland Air National Guard’s 104th Fighter Squadron will soon be deploying for a rotation supporting Operation Inherent Resolve and taking the fight to Daesh. A-10s have been absolutely crushing it–standard, and we have […]

Editor’s Note: As well all know, the French wasted absolutely no time getting into the fight with Daesh after recent attacks on their soil. The Armée de l’air’s goal has been quite simple: to bring the rain and bring the pain to the so-called Islamic State. What many have forgotten is the French have been taking […]