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Happy Friday, everyone! In lieu of Burner Friday this week, we wanted to take you inside the cockpit of the supremely agile and capable Eurofighter Typhoon. Flown out of RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire, a pair of Typhoons from 29 Squadron–one of which flown by the RAF’s Typhoon Demonstration Pilot–take to the sky, flying a low-level […]
On Tuesday of last week, a Boeing F/A-18C Hornet from the “Gladiators” of Strike Fighter Squadron 106 caught fire aboard the U.S.S. Harry Truman, a Nimitz-class aircraft carrier. At the time, the carrier was conducting routine flight operations off the coast of Virginia. The aircraft was manned when the fire broke out, but the pilot […]
The Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker and its many variations has helped extend the range of a multitude of aircraft during it’s almost 60 years of service to the U.S. and a host of other nations. It is only because of the KC-135 and her bigger sibling, the KC-10 Extender, that the United States Air Force is […]
It’s Milestone Monday, FighterSweep Fans! Today we recall 17 August 1978, the day the world was first introduced to the General Dynamics (now Lockheed-Martin) F-16 Fighting Falcon. The popular nickname for the F-16–the Viper—is rumored to have come about because of the aircraft’s resemblance to spaceships flown on a popular science-fiction television series in the […]
Fightersweep Fans, unfortunately we bring you more tragic news from the world of aviation. At approximately 1100 local time this morning, five people were killed in a mid-air collision between a Cessna 172 and a twin-engined Sabreliner. According to FAA officials, both aircraft were attempting to land at Brown Field in Otay Mesa, which sits […]
At approximately 1120 local time on Saturday August 15th, two Lockheed-Martin F-16s collided following a local area orientation sortie at Nellis Air Force Base. Not many details have been released; however, we know both Mishap Aircraft are assigned to the 301st Fighter Wing, an Air Force Reserve Command unit stationed at NAS JRB Fort Worth, […]
Happy Satuday, FighterSweep Fans! As promised, we’ve put together this photo gallery from our week at Kingsley Field in Klamath Falls, Oregon–home of the 173rd Fighter Wing and Exercise Sentry Eagle. This gallery features ground operations, reflecting the hard work and precision required to launch thirty-plus aircraft twice a day over four days. It was […]
Ladies and gents, boys and girls, welcome back to everyone’s favorite day of the week: Burner Friday! This week’s edition is brought to you by the Minnesota Air National Guard’s 148th Fighter Wing, and their tenant 179th Fighter Squadron. The Bulldogs reside in Duluth–at the far western tip of Lake Superior, and trace their roots […]
Last Sunday, six Block 40 F-16CM’s from Aviano Air Base‘s 31st Fighter Wing deployed to Incirlik Air Base, Turkey in support of Operation Inherent Resolve. After a brief Local Area Orientation, the Vipers pushed south and struck ISIS targets. This marks a rapid change of direction in Turkey’s policy of not allowing US assets to […]
[Editor’s Note: In the interests of transparency: yes, Bremont is a sponsoring partner of Force 12 Media and Fightersweep. Yes, we have a project in the works with them. That being said, no, we didn’t get free MB II watches, and no, there’s no incentives for us in doing a review of their product. Let’s […]
As we reported to you earlier today, a Lockheed-Martin F-16CJ from the 480 FS “Warhawks” has crashed in southern Germany near Engelmannreuth while on a training mission. Happily, the pilot of the “Super Weasel” was able to eject safely from the aircraft before it went down. Leadership from the 52nd Fighter Wing at Spangdahlem Air Base […]
On the morning of August 11, a Block 50 F-16CJ from the 480th Fighter Squadron, the Warhawks, crashed at 9:38AM local time while on a training mission to the US Army Garrison Bavaria, a sprawling base near Grafenwoehr featuring air-to-ground ranges. According to the 52nd Fighter Wing at Spangdahlem Air Base, the jet was carrying six 25-pound training munitions, […]
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