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Good afternoon, Fighersweep Fans!  We have big news from the Navy’s West Coast Master Jet Base! This week Strike Fighter Squadron 113 launched its final sortie in the F/A-18C “Legacy” Hornet, which was also the very last Legacy Hornet sortie at Naval Air Station Lemoore near Hanford, California. Aircraft 300, flown by “Dragon,” was sent […]

Good afternoon, Fightersweep Fans! If you’ve been following the news, you may have heard that ISIS has claimed to shoot down a Libyan Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23, while several other of these aircraft have mysteriously crashed over the past couple of months. It is known that Daesh may possess IR-guided SAMs, some light Anti-Aircraft Artillery, and possibly even […]

Editor’s Note: Rand Corporation has been a long-trusted think-tank in the Washington, D.C. area and, based on its latest report, the company believes NATO would end up losing an engagement with the Russians over territory in the Baltic Sea region. A lot of factors are at play, but the study’s conclusion are certainly not unfounded. […]

Editor’s Note: Although the news articles don’t specifically state which aircraft have deployed, it is very likely the jets are of either the F-15S or Eurofighter Typhoon variety. What’s noteworthy isn’t so much the hardware itself, rather the fact the RSAF has moved its aircraft closer to the fight in an effort to demonstrate its commitment. The technology […]

Editor’s Note: There are a lot of guesses as to what sixth-Generation air dominance will look like, some of which we detailed when the concepts were released a few weeks ago. It’s fair to say there are differing opinions as to what the finish product will look like or act like, but it’s very likely–simply […]

Editor’s Note: We recall watching this “runaway blimp” event unfold on the news last fall, immediately knowing how much trouble it was going to cause and how many people would be screaming loudly about cost overruns, failed programs, Big Brother, and pretty much everything else under the sun. It’s almost laughable to think the whole […]

Editor’s Note: This is an issue near to our hearts, as the oxygen system was one of the causal factors which led to the death of a friend of ours in Alaska a little over five years ago, and several of our staff currently fly both the Legacy Hornet and Super Hornet. As most of […]

On 14 October, 2012, Felix Baumgartner ascended to an altitude of 127,851 feet–more than 23 miles above the ground in a specifically-designed stratospheric balloon. Sponsored by Red Bull, the event was seen by millions all over the world, watching with breathless anticipation as the door to the hatch rolled open and Baumgartner stepped out for his parachute jump. […]

Editor’s Note: Pakistan has been operating the Block 52+ F-16 for several years, as well as a number of Vipers which are older and in dire need of upgrades. India has protested this transaction pretty loudly over the last few days, but that is to be expected as the two nations continue to take shots at […]

The French Navy’s air forces, known as the Aéronavale, submitted a requirement for a carrier-based fighter in the early 1960s to serve aboard their new carriers. As it turned out, ol’ Double Ugly–the McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II–was just too much warplane for the smaller French ships to handle, so they needed a Plan B. That came in […]

Editor’s Note: Not to beat a dead horse, but the Budget Control Act and Continuing Resolution have had severe consequences on the ability of the U.S. Air Force and her sister services to conduct operations. We’ve been discussing the FY 2017 budget quite a bit over the past few days, and the Air Force has […]

In response to North Korea’s recent “rocket” test, where they successfully placed a “satellite” in orbit, the U.S. Air Force conducted another show of force over the Korean Peninsula on 17 February 2016, and this time they brought the F-22. Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) and the 3rd Wing provided a four-ship of Raptors from the 525th Fighter Squadron, […]