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Editor’s Note: Red Flag Period 16-1 is underway at Nellis Air Force Base outside of Las Vegas, and we’re excited to be attending the exercise next week. It’s an impressive lineup as far as the participants go, and noteworthy is the presence of the Royal Australian Air Force’s F/A-18F Super Hornets. The RAAF has a […]
It’s hard to overstate the fine work that the USAF’s Dark Gray F-15E Strike Eagles and their crews undertake on a routine basis. The jet itself is a workhorse, and can carry just about any air-to-ground weapon in the inventory. Almost 100 of the type reside and operate under the command of the 4th Fighter Wing […]
Editor’s Note: Like the Eagjets flown in the United States, Saudi Arabia, and Japan, Israel’s F-15I “Ra’am” is an old aircraft. While the Kheil HaAvir has done a fantastic job maintaining and upgrading the airplanes it has to keep them relevant and some would say superior to other Eagles around the world, it’s still a […]
Editor’s Note: The Boeing E-3 Sentry, better known as AWACS (Airborne Warning And Control System), has been our nation’s “eye in the sky” for decades. Built on the venerable 707 platform, the Sentry has been received numerous upgrades over the years and continues to provide critical battlefield command and control, as well as intelligence, surveillance, […]
Editor’s Note: We concur with many members of Air Force senior leadership when they’ve said capping the production of the F-22A Raptor was an incredibly poor decision. We all got excited when a past presidential candidate promised to re-open the line, extolling Lockheed-Martin’s decision to retain the tooling and materials as brilliant. We absolutely agree. […]
Editor’s Note: We briefly spoke about Japan’s stealth fighter initiative here, and today that country unveiled the aircraft for all to see. It, not surprisingly, looks like the computer generated images we shared before, and we’re excited to see how the testing and development process goes. Keep in mind this new jet is a technology […]
Editor’s Note: Spoiler Alert! The culprit of today’s sonic boom hysteria was a U.S. Navy F-35C Lightning II from NAS Patuxent River. The jet was conducting training off the Atlantic Coast. Sorry, folks! It was not UFOs, cruise missiles, or the famed Aurora spyplane. The U.S. Geological Survey has confirmed that a sonic boom occurred over New Jersey Thursday. In a […]
Editor’s Note: It’s true that the RPA (Remotely Piloted Aircraft) community doesn’t get as much love as others, but the aircraft fielded there play a vital role in our national security interests. Drones are often the most called-upon assets in theater, given their ability to conduct ISR (Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance), as well as prosecute time-sensitive […]
Editor’s Note: We all know the catch phrases surrounding low-observable aircraft, and while “stealth” and “5th Generation,” sound really sexy and cool, the business end of LO is a very complex and EXPENSIVE endeavor. While the U.S. has cornered the market on this technology for the past three decades, other nations are doing their best […]
[Editor’s Note: The F-16V represents a substantial leap in capability over all existing variants of the venerable Fighting Falcon, with the exception of the UAE’s Block 60. That being said, the new Viper took flight for the first time this past October, with Northrop-Grumman’s APG-83 SABR aboard at Lockheed-Martin’s facility in Fort Worth, Texas. Will […]
A Lockheed-Martin F-22A Raptor belonging to the “Fighting Eagles” of the 27th Fighter Squadron from Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia spent some time with the F-22 Combined Test Force at Edwards AFB, California this past year, playing a part in the Signature Management Program designed to help maintain the Raptor’s low-observable traits as radar and detection technologies improve. While that […]
Good evening, FighterSweep Fans! We hope you’ve had a spectacular day and, as always, we’re delighted to bring you the latest and greatest from the world of aviation–especially on the tactical side. So tonight we bring you a data-dump on what could certainly be categorized as a terrorist’s worst nightmare. Take a moment–if you would–and […]
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