Marine Corps pilots grounded for drawing a penis in the sky over California

Last month, the United States Marine Corps became the latest branch of the United States Armed Forces to make headlines for a pilot drawing what appeared to be a penis in the sky during routine operations. While previous entries into the apparent branch-wide measuring contest were drawn in the skies by Air Force and Navy […]

The Pic of the Day: Warthogs launch flares over Georgia

Captains Andrew Glowa (left) and William Piepenbring (right) launch flares from two A-10C Thunderbolt IIs Aug. 18, 2014, over southern Georgia. Both pilots are with the 74th Fighter Squadron, Moody Air Force Base, Ga. Pilots, maintainers and support Airmen ensure Moody AFB’s A-10s stay mission ready for daily training sorties and deployments downrange.   U.S. […]

The Pic of the Day: F-16s refueling over Iraq

A U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon receives fuel from a KC-135 Stratotanker with the 28th Expeditionary Aerial Refueling Squadron (EARS) in support of Operation Inherent Resolve over Iraq, Nov. 8, 2018. The 28th EARS empowers the fight against ISIS by providing mission extending aerial refueling services to U.S. and Coalition forces conducting operations in […]

Fighter Sweep has a new editor

Over this past summer, Fighter Sweep assumed a holding pattern over its small corner of the internet. Today, I’m proud to announce that it has finally landed — right in my lap. Having the keys to a website like this handed over to you comes with a whole range of emotions. First comes excitement, then […]

China’s newest drone appears to be just another copy of American tech

China’s aviation advancements are on full display this week at the China International Aviation & Aerospace Exhibition and Airshow in Zhuhai, but for those who are well versed in U.S. military aircraft, the event may feel eerily familiar… almost as though you’ve seen all this before. China’s J-20 and J-31 programs, both considered fifth-generation fighters […]

Watch: DARPA’s new helicopters can fly themselves into and out of the fight

Autonomous aircraft, though all but unheard of just a few short decades ago, have changed the face of warfare as we know it. From reconnaissance and intelligence gathering missions to complex strikes against ground targets and even a recent successful air-to-air engagement in a training environment, it’s become clear: the skies over battlespaces of the […]