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So how many of you took in “America’s New Year Celebration” yesterday? The Rose Parade was a family tradition when I was a kid, and it was always exciting to see the ways the float makers would try to outdo their efforts from previous years. As an adult, I find myself more curious to see […]
Happy Friday, FighterSweep Faithful! Today marks the first day of 2016, and our quest continues to bring you all amazing aviation content. And what would the first Friday of 2016 be without a glorious display of ‘burners and heat haze, especially from a Gomer Eaglejet?! Though it has been nearly a year since its demise, we […]
FighterSweep Fans, it’s New Year’s Eve, and time for us to bring our first full calendar year to a close. It’s been an awesome ride thus far, and we’re certainly very grateful to have you along as our wingmen. Our Instagram account has been one of our largest success: with less than a year in existence, […]
Throughout the history of airplanes designed specifically to hunt and kill other airplanes, there have been some truly awe-inspiring designs. I can’t speak for the rest of you, but since the first moment I saw the Lockheed-Martin F-22 Raptor, my heart–and my breath–was stolen in spectacular fashion. While I certainly mean no disrespect to the Mighty Mighty, the […]
Well it appears as if the Hellenic (Greek) Air Force and the Turkish Air Force have been keeping up foreign relations over the Aegean Sea once again. According to Greek defense officials, at least 8 Turkish aircraft, six jets and two CN-235s, violated Greek airspace no less than nine times. To be honest with you, this sort of thing between […]
Happy Monday to you all, FighterSweep Fans! We wanted to start our work week off on a bit of a different note, so here we go with a little experiment. As you know, one of our contributors–in addition to being a fighter pilot, police officer, and Krav Maga instructor–is a published fiction author. C.W. Lemoine […]
Just a few short days ago, we celebrated the 50th Anniversary of the very first Wild Weasel SAM kill in North Vietnam, which demonstrated the need and effectiveness of the specialized community of aviators. In recent times, a fantastic example are Operations Odyssey Dawn and Unified Protector, where a U.S.-led coalition faced down Muammar Gaddafi’s SAMs over […]
The Phoenix Lights. It was an incident which occurred on 13 March 1997, with witnesses from as far north as the Nevada state line to as far south as Tucson. Thousands of people phoned in sightings to emergency services that night, describing something absolutely massive and shaped like a boomerang, with five round lights along […]
Burner Friday is upon us, FighterSweep Fans! That means it is time for our weekly contribution to the FighterSweep afterburner photo album, and we hope you enjoy this one from the annals of Red Flag history, and courtesy of the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF)! For this week’s edition, we look back to February of 2009, when the […]
By the last week of February, the Thunderbirds are putting the final touches on the complete demonstration. The Commander of Air Combat Command (COMACC) observes a private approval demonstration, with a keen eye toward safety and execution. Once he signs off, we are ready to hit the road and transition to our show season! Life on the […]
On a nice spring morning, and most likely at a nearby military installation, the gates will open for an airshow. At show center are six red, white, and blue F-16Cs which belong to the United States Air Force’s Aerial Demonstration Squadron–the Thunderbirds. At a given point in the day’s schedule, the pilots and crew chiefs will perform an […]
“In order to assure an adequate national defense, it is necessary — and sufficient — to be in a position in case of war to conquer the command of the air.” – Italian General Giulio Douhet, The Command of the Air Early on in the age of the airplane, convincing leaders air power was key […]
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