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Happy Sunday, FighterSweep Faithful! We know the articles have been coming through in a trickle for the past couple weeks, but please bear with us; we’ve been on the road doing our thing and generating original content for your eyes and imagination to feast upon, and we promise you won’t be disappointed! So with that […]
Happy Saturday, FighterSweep Fans! Today we bring you a cruise video from the “Bounty Hunters” of Strike Fighter Squadron TWO, recently home from a short cruise south of the equator. Known by their radio callsign of “Bullet,” Strike Fighter Squadron TWO is stationed at NAS Lemoore, California and is assigned to Carrier Air Wing TWO. […]
Happy Friday, FighterSweep Fans! We hope you enjoy this tasty offering of soul-numbing, burner awesomeness, brought to you once again by the very talented Jonathan Derden Great Falls, Montana has a rich history with military aviation, originally becoming a hotbed of activity during the first years of World War II as American-made aircraft were sent […]
[Editor’s Note: We keep you posted as more information becomes available. In the mean time, our thoughts and prayers are with the 56th Fighter Wing as the investigation gets underway.] A pilot whose F-16 fighter jet crashed Thursday in northwestern Arizona is presumed dead, according to Luke Air Force Base officials. The pilot was identified […]
Happy Wednesday, FighterSweep Fans! We wanted to share a story with you that is very close to our hearts. Almost a year ago, we were on hand at Luke Air Force Base for a fini-flight. While the flight profile itself wasn’t particularly noteworthy–a low-level over Lake Powell, the pilot flying it certainly is. Our friend […]
[Editor’s Note: There are some pretty good horror stories out there about the Lockheed-Martin F-104 Starfighter. Supremely powerful and fast, the jet was more like a missile than a fighter, and was so fast the aircraft even shot itself down from time to time. That said, it was a pretty remarkable aircraft in its own […]
[Editor’s Note: Honestly, the idea that such a small country such as the Republic of China would invest the monumental cost in refurbishing these airplanes structurally and then upgrading their avionics and sensory capability is…well…laughable. As awesome as the Harrier has been in its service to the United States Marine Corps, these jets are way […]
[Editor’s Note: Lieutenant Commander Michael Scott Speicher was a U.S. Navy F/A-18 Hornet pilot from VFA-81–the “Sunliners.” His aircraft was destroyed in flight on the first not of Operation Desert Storm, making him the first combat casualty. It was a long-held theory his jet was downed by a surface-to-air missile, or SAM. The more likely scenario is he was shot down […]
[Editor’s Note: The Boeing V-22 Osprey, a modern marvel of aerospace engineering, had a pretty rough start in its life. It’s a very expensive aircraft, and was also responsible for a rather notable number of deaths during testing. Even so, the aircraft has matured into a mainstay for both conventional and special operations airlift for […]
[Editor’s Note: I was a sophomore in High School when Operation Desert Storm kicked off. I remember keeping track of the massive coalition buildup during Desert Shield, knowing each type of aircraft, the weapons it would most likely employ, and under what conditions. Lieutenant General David “Zatar” Deptula was the U.S Air Force Weapons Officer […]
[Editor’s Note: Both the Swedes and the Finns have been playing cat-and-mouse with their Russian neighbors in the sky over the Baltic Sea, as well as in the airspace in the arctic, for decades. There has always been some level of cooperation, but with emergent threats such as Daesh, a stronger alliance between the two […]
[Editor’s Note: Having available unmanned aerial systems to gather critical reconnaissance is a mission-essential functionality for Special Operations Forces. Without this capability, countless operations could have ended in disaster instead of triumph, so it makes sense USASOAC wants more UAS presence with greater sensory options.] Army aviation special operators want new unmanned aircraft systems that can […]
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