Category: Expert Analysis

I hold the Russian soldier inferior in all regards to the soldiers of first-class NATO armies.

Whether people want to believe it or not, Saudi Arabia basically serves as the unofficial caliphate at this time, if only for the simple fact that they control the Hajj.

Last year, I wrote an article in tribute to my friend, Lieutenant David “Jinxx” Mitchell, whose F-16 crashed after he lost consciousness during high-G maneuvering. It’s a phenomenon that has plagued high-G fighters: if the pilot becomes incapacitated, there’s nothing to stop the aircraft from crashing into the ground. Automated Ground Collision Avoidance Software (Auto […]

En route to the target for a Close Air Support (CAS) mission, the fighters will check in with the Air Support Operations Center (ASOC). The ASOC will give information about the tasking and unit the fighters are supporting, as well as any situation updates. The ASOC can also give preliminary holding or altitude stack information […]

As a television show, “Occupied” is an expression of some very deep-seated fears countries like Norway, Finland, and Sweden have about Russian aggression

I’m a brand new AF officer, slated to start UPT (Undergraduate Pilot Training) in a few months. It’s been a dream of mine for as long as I can remember to become a fighter pilot in the world’s greatest air force. I know it’s a hard road ahead and the chances of making it into […]

Published medical reports have concluded that U.S. troops are receiving the best combat medicine and care that they have ever had.

Some in the information security community have openly suggested that this was another demonstration of Iran’s GPS spoofing capability.

The introduction of this social credit system, as with all things created by the Chinese state, rides on a seemingly benign current.

Happy Tuesday, FighterSweep Fans! We have decided to run a new series called Ask A Fighter Pilot. This is NOT going to be something just for people asking questions about widgets, gadgets, bombs, bullets, or missiles; it’s going to be a legitimate advice column from men (and women) who will give you their unfettered, unfiltered opinion on a wide variety of […]

Remember, as a reporter, you want to be near the shit, but not actually in the shit. Let the locals fight their war while you stay 50 meters behind the leading edge of their troop formation.

The proverbial gravy train had to get to the end of the line sometime, right? I’m talking about being a volunteer fighter in Kurdistan—an end of an era.