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Happy Monday, FighterSweep Fans! As we’ve been sharing with you for the past week, we were honored to participate in Exercise Sentry Eagle 2015, hosted by the Oregon Air National Guard’s 173rd Fighter Wing, based at Kingsley Field in Klamath Falls, Oregon. Over forty-five aircraft from nine different commands flew, with more than four hundred […]
As a pilot, the idea of colliding with another aircraft rattles me to the core. It’s an exceptionally rare occurrence, statistically speaking, but certainly one of the most horrific scenarios you could face in an airplane. I learned to fly in the Denver area, flying in and out of one of the busiest corporate airports […]
We have once again arrived at week’s end, which means it is once again time for our tribute to the ear-splitting, bone-rattling glory of Burner Friday! Today’s offering is a Block 25E Lockheed-Martin F-16C from the 64th Aggressor Squadron. This particular Viper is affectionately referred to as a “Smurf” jet, given its overall blue paint […]
Board a commercial flight here in the United States, or most anywhere in the world, and it’s all but a guarantee you’ll make it to your destination safely. You’ve all heard the stats: air travel is safer than traveling by car, you’re more likely to get attacked by a shark than die in a plane […]
Seventy years ago today, the face of warfare changed forever. Terms like Silverplate and Little Boy took on whole new meanings, and the name Enola Gay became known across the globe. The “Enola Gay” was a Boeing B-29 Superfortress with extensive “Silverplate” modifications that delivered the “Little Boy” into the sky over Hiroshima, Japan. At […]
Happy Wednesday, FighterSweep Fans! We came across this video of some pretty awesome takeoffs and thought you all would enjoy them. It’s all footage gleaned from the Royal International Air Tattoo (RIAT) and Farnborough Air Show in 2014, and it features a wide variety of aircraft–from current civilian airliners, warbirds, as well as modern military […]
An eager crowd poured out of side doors of the Smithsonian Air & Space Museum’s Udvar-Hazy Center, straining to catch a glimpse of history as one of the last USMC CH-46 Sea Knights touched down for the final time. Hundreds of iPhones were raised in the air as the onlookers offered their own salute to […]
Here at FighterSweep, we like to acknowledge aviation milestones as they pass. We may be heavy on the tactical side of things, but we in no way discount or scoff the importance of assets with vital missions that most times provide little to no mention. The RC-135V/W Rivet Joint is such an aircraft, fulfilling an […]
FighterSweep Fans, it has officially happened! The United States Marine Corps has announced it’s first squadron of Lockheed-Martin F-35B Lightning IIs have reached IOC. Is there a little bit of irony with yesterday being the Blue Moon? Has there been a great disturbance in The Force? Perhaps, but we’ll leave that alone for now. Today […]
Happy Friday, FighterSweep Fans! A Blue Moon AND Burner Friday at the same time?! We say, “Bring it on!” We absolutely cannot go into the weekend without celebrating our love affair with Mach Diamonds and the Sound of Freedom. This week it is courtesy of “Taz” and a pair of Pratt&Whitney F-100-PW-220 engines. We’re coming […]
Happy Thursday, FighterSweep Fans! As we’ve previously mentioned, the FighterSweep Mafia has journeyed out to scenic Southern Oregon to revel in fantastic levels of both jetwash and the Sound of Freedom! Exercise Sentry Eagle 2015 has kicked off officially, the airspace coming alive with the skilled precision and lethality of Dissimilar Air Combat Training. The […]
Happy Tuesday, FighterSweep Fans! As is our standard, we are on the road again and spending time with some great Americans at the 173rd Fighter Wing of Oregon’s Air National Guard contingent. This week kicks off Sentry Eagle, the largest air-to-air combat exercise in the Guard. It is an LFE, or Large Force Employment exercise […]
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