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Happy Friday, FighterSweep Fans! We’re not sure about you, but the end of this week could not have arrived fast enough. But the weekend is finally here and we get to start it off correctly, with healthy levels of the “Sound of Freedom” and glowing exhaust cans–just how we like it! For this week’s installment […]
Happy Thursday, FighterSweep Fans! We wanted to take the opportunity to catch you up on a few happenings in a community we’ve been working with a lot this year. As you all know, we have very strong ties to the Wild Weasel community. Although we were not able to attend the event in person, we […]
Today’s a big day in the history books of US Naval Aviation, with the predecessor of today’s F/A-18 Hornet flying for the first time on this date in 1978. Still in production today as the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet and E/A-18G Growler, the Hornets now form the backbone of the US Navy’s tactical strike fighter fleet. […]
According to Carlsbad (California) Police, a helicopter has crashed at McClellan–Palomar Airport. The local Fire Department and EMS units were called to 2198 Palomar Airport Road in Carlsbad around 4:22 PM local time after the helicopter crashed, and witnesses report seeing flames near the site. We’ve received word that two occupants of the helicopter died in […]
Good afternoon, FighterSweep Fans! This week we are celebrating Milestone Monday on Wednesday, for it was on this day in 1978 when the McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet made its first flight! Originally begun as a program to replace the A-4 Skyhawk and A-7 Corsair II, the Hornet began life as one of the competitors in […]
This morning I saw the current operations of the United States against Daesh referred to as “Desert Drizzle.” I nearly spit out my drink in amusement, because it’s absolutely the truth. In the twenty-four years since Operation Desert Storm, the decisive application of United States combat airpower has gone from the devastating force of a […]
As we alluded to yesterday, the U.S. Department of Defense is sharing targeting data and other intelligence with the French Ministre de la Défense about Daesh targets in Syria. An official at the Pentagon stated, “We will continue [cooperating] with a combination of coalition targets and specific French requested targets for the foreseeable future…We are […]
In response to Europe’s worst terrorist attack in eleven years, French warplanes struck deep in the heart of ISIS-controlled territory on Sunday. The attacks on 13-14 November in Paris are the worst in French history and thus far have left 129 people dead, with more than 350 injured. One of the attackers is in custody […]
I am very proudly a member of the “Top Gun” generation. In fact, a great many of the fighter pilots I know and call friends are. In some way, shape, or form “Iceman,” “Maverick,” “Viper,” and the rest of the gang were inspirational in us pursuing our dreams of becoming pilots. Call it cheesy, predictable, […]
It’s a cool, calm morning in the high desert of south-central Oregon. The peaceful morning doesn’t stay that way for long as soon the Klamath valley was filled with the sound of GE and Pratt motors hard at work, spewing fire and converting dinosaurs into that unforgettable noise we all love and crave. Among the […]
On October 22nd, a joint U.S.-Kurdish raid was launched to rescue approximately 70 hostages facing “imminent mass execution” at the hands of ISIS. During the course of the operation near Hawija, Iraq, a member of a U.S. Army special mission unit was killed, reportedly when the Kurdish special forces conducting the assault were pinned down […]
My travels recently took me to Washington D.C. and allowed me a brief visit at the spectacular United States Air Force Memorial in Arlington, Virginia. It was erected adjacent to the National Cemetary in celebration of the dedicated Airman of the U.S. Air Force and its heritage organizations: the Army Air Forces, the Army Air […]
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