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We talk a lot about our armed services here on FighterSweep, and we would be remiss if we didn’t highlight our brothers and sisters serving in the United States Coast Guard. The Coast Guard was officially formed on 28 January 1915 with the merging of the long-existent Cutter Revenue Service and the US Life-Saving Service. […]
I met Steve Rainey at Elmendorf Air Force Base in August of 2007. He was there as part of a contingent celebrating the arrival of the first six F-22A Raptors to the installation, signifying the transition of the 90th Fighter Squadron “Dicemen” from the venerable Boeing F-15E Strike Eagle to the U.S. Air Force’s newest fifth-generation […]
On this Monday, we bring to you some awesome footage captured by members of the 35th Fighter Squadron, the “Pantons.” They operate the Lockheed-Martin Block 40 F-16C and are based at Kunsan Air Base in South Korea. The video was captured during a recent trip to Alaska to participate in Red Flag Alaska 15-1. I could […]
Google is your friend, and when you look for information about what makes a fighter pilot special, you’re bound to come across some interesting tidbits. Here’s a little dedication to fighter pilots penned by Ford Smartt for the book Red River Valley Fighter Pilots. We think that all of you in the Fighter Sweep community will enjoy the […]
The F-16 fleet has been very busy in the last month. We take a look at a few deployments and some awesome milestones that have been reached.
We’ve seen plenty of examples lately of how an emboldened Russian Air Force has been testing NATO by flying very close to the sovereign airspace of northern European countries, as well our own Air Defense Identification Zones here in the United States. It is eerily reminiscent of the Cold War of yesteryear, when Boeing F-15C Eagles […]
Recently the Lockheed-Martin F-35A Lightning II checked another container on her interesting and lengthy journey toward initial operational capability. The United States Air Force Weapons School (USAFWS), based at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, just received its first F-35. The new addition will join the Block 42/52 F-16Cs of the 16th Weapons Squadron, the ‘Tomahawks.” Now, before […]
“We will never forget them, nor the last time we saw them, this morning, as they prepared for the journey and waved goodbye and ‘slipped the surly bonds of earth’ to ‘touch the face of God.'”
This week’s gotten off to a rough start for U.S. airlines, after a weekend seemingly replete with bomb threats, diversions and evacuations. On Saturday, two airliners bound for Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport were intercepted and escorted by Lockheed-Martin F-16C Fighting Falcons from the South Carolina Air National Guard’s 169FW at McEntire Joint National Guard Base. […]
A French airman who suffered serious burns in the crash of a Greek F-16 yesterday has died at a hospital, bringing the total number of lives lost in the incident to 11. Eight U.S. airmen suffered minor injuries and one F-15E Strike Eagle was damaged when the Greek jet crashed into a section of tarmac where other […]
The pilot of a Cirrus SR-22 was rescued on Sunday after he was forced to ditch his aircraft approximately two hundred fifty miles from the Hawaiian Islands.
Our Luftwaffe friends certainly love to put the Tonka through its paces down low, where she’s in her prime. Take a look as they ruffle some feathers near CFB Goose Bay, Canada.
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