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We at FighterSweep received news on October 5th of this year that one of America’s great aviators had “Gone West,” or as Tailhookers would say, made the Big Muster in the Sky. Lieutenant Henry “Black Bart” Bartholomay was born in Chicago, Illinois on 20 March 1945. Raised in Winnetka, Illinois, he graduated Rockford College in […]
Although much information regarding the crash has not been released at this point, the USMC has identified the pilot involved in the Wednesday morning crash of a VMFA-232 F/A-18C Hornet in Suffolk, UK. According to a USMC press release, Major Taj “Cabbie” Sareen was “deployed as part of Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force – Crisis Response – […]
Heading out to the aircraft, it’s one of the last places an aviator stops on the way out the door. This one particular TLA (three-letter acronym) operates for the most part in the background, taking care of gear a pilot depends upon to save their butt, should there be a sudden parting of ways between aircraft […]
For this week’s edition of Burner Friday, we’re taking a little trip to Stingtown – meet the Stingers of Strike Fighter Squadron 113 from Naval Air Station Lemoore. Flying the legacy McDonnell Douglas F/A-18C Hornet, the Stingers operate as part of Carrier Air Wing 17, attached to the USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70). The Stingers began […]
Unfortunate news out of the United Kingdom this morning, as a USMC F/A-18 Hornet has crashed on a farm near RAF Mildenhall, reportedly killing the pilot. The crash occurred around 1030am local time, apparently shortly after takeoff from RAF Lakenheath. The aircraft was one of a group from VMFA-232 “Red Devils” transiting the RAF base on their return […]
In a video released today, a General Atomics Aeronautical Systems MQ-9 Reaper drone is seen as it is intercepted over Syria by a Russian Air Force fighter, presumably a Sukhoi Su-30SM. As we have alluded to before, the airspace over the shores of the eastern Mediterranean Sea is a very busy place: the American-led Operation […]
Happy Monday, FighterSweep Fans! We wanted to start your week off in spectacular fashion, and what better way than to provide you with the latest and greatest video from the West Coast Strike Fighter fleet?! As we pass another birthday for the mighty United States Navy (240 years and counting!), we are rewarded with a […]
Happy Sunday, FighterSweep Faithful! Today we celebrate one of our favorite aircraft of all time: the sleek, sexy, and supersonic Rockwell B-1B Lancer. On this day in 1984 the B-1B, resurrected by President Ronald Reagan after the B-1A was canceled in 1977, took to the sky for the very first time. The swing-wing bomber was […]
After fifteen months of careful, meticulous investigation, a Dutch Safety Board this week concluded that Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, a Boeing 777-200ER with 283 passengers and 15 crew aboard, was shot down by a Russian-built Surface to Air Missile (SAM) battery. The SAM, an SA-11 “Gadfly,” also known as a 9N314M “Buk,” was positioned in […]
It’s our favorite day of the week, FighterSweep Fans! It’s been a spectacular week for us here and you’ll be seeing the fruits of that labor here very shortly. But in the mean time, feast your eyes upon this Boeing F/A-18E Super Hornet from VFA-146! The “Blue Diamonds” are new to the Super Hornet, transitioning […]
Happy Wednesday, FighterSweep Fans! Now that we’ve taken a look at F-35C flight operations aboard the Mighty Ike, we wanted to give you an alternative perspective to life as a tailhooker! We’ve shared videos like this one with you before, but this one is brand-spankin’-new, and features the Dassault Rafale and Super Étendard as they […]
As I stepped off the C-2 Greyhound, I was immediately welcomed aboard the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower by a blast of hot exhaust pouring out of two Pratt & Whitney F135 engines. Chained to the deck while hot refueling and accompanied by a swarm of colored shirts, two Lockheed-Martin F-35C Lightning IIs from Air Test […]
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