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[Editor’s Note: I remember reading about Chad Hennings as a younger man, inspired by his story of truly putting “service before self” and flying the Mighty Hawg during Desert Storm, then earning a spot on “America’s Team”–the Dallas Cowboys–after attending a tryout. What an awesome story! We hope you enjoy this one as much as we […]
Editor’s Note: Twenty-five years after Operation Desert Storm began, there are still amazing stories of bravery and heroism emerging. Major General Johnson, currently the Director, Operational Capability Requirements, Deputy Chief of Staff for Strategic Plans and Requirements for the U.S. Air Force. Back then, he was a Hawg Driver who happened to be in the […]
Editor’s Note: “Tally” has been an inspiration for most of our female fighter pilot friends. She was the Air Force’s very first female fighter pilot, the first female fighter pilot to graduate from the prestigious Weapons School, the first female fighter pilot to become a WIC instructor, and the first female to command an active-duty fighter […]
Editor’s Note: To a man (or woman), our friends in tactical aviation don’t for an instant consider themselves heroes. They understand their mission is to support combat operations on the ground, and while the threat they face in the air is no less lethal or dangerous, the reverence of these pilots is always directed at the […]
Editor’s Note: While they certainly do not get all the love and attention as their fighter and bomber counterparts, the aircraft contributing to combat operations using non-kinetic effects are just as vital to overall mission success. One such aircraft is the EC-130H “Compass Call,” an airborne tactical weapon system designed to disrupt communications, launch offensive […]
Editor’s Note: There’s no denying the current ops tempo is absolutely crushing both man and machine. Compounding that fact is the age of our fleet. Calling a spade a spade, the median age of our airborne warfighting capability is…old. In this current fiscal climate, it’s going to get worse before it gets better, and one […]
Editor’s Note: We concur with many members of Air Force senior leadership when they’ve said capping the production of the F-22A Raptor was an incredibly poor decision. We all got excited when a past presidential candidate promised to re-open the line, extolling Lockheed-Martin’s decision to retain the tooling and materials as brilliant. We absolutely agree. […]
A Lockheed-Martin F-22A Raptor belonging to the “Fighting Eagles” of the 27th Fighter Squadron from Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia spent some time with the F-22 Combined Test Force at Edwards AFB, California this past year, playing a part in the Signature Management Program designed to help maintain the Raptor’s low-observable traits as radar and detection technologies improve. While that […]
Happy Sunday, FighterSweep Faithful! We know the articles have been coming through in a trickle for the past couple weeks, but please bear with us; we’ve been on the road doing our thing and generating original content for your eyes and imagination to feast upon, and we promise you won’t be disappointed! So with that […]
Happy Wednesday, FighterSweep Fans! We wanted to share a story with you that is very close to our hearts. Almost a year ago, we were on hand at Luke Air Force Base for a fini-flight. While the flight profile itself wasn’t particularly noteworthy–a low-level over Lake Powell, the pilot flying it certainly is. Our friend […]
Happy Thursday, FighterSweep fans. With College Football’s Bowl season winding down, we continue our two-part series taking a look at the precision and awe-inspiring spectacle of game-day flyovers! In the Dallas-Ft Worth area, we are fortunate to have multiple annual sporting events that regularly attract military flyovers. One of those events is the annual Armed Forces Bowl. Fitting the official Bowl name, the […]
So how many of you took in “America’s New Year Celebration” yesterday? The Rose Parade was a family tradition when I was a kid, and it was always exciting to see the ways the float makers would try to outdo their efforts from previous years. As an adult, I find myself more curious to see […]
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