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Welcome to Warrior Wednesday, FighterSweep Fans! We continue to show our deep appreciation for the men and women in this community who don their flightsuits and G-suits daily, strap on 55 (Roll ‘Em!) to 69 thousand pounds of fire-breathing hardware, and roar off into the sky to rain hate and judgment on our nation’s enemies. […]
In a repeat of history, the US Navy is poised to re-learn hard lessons from the past. The Department of the Navy has recently ordered the only two naval helicopter squadrons dedicated to Special Warfare support, HSC-84 and HSC-85, to prepare for decommissioning by the end of FY-15 (September 30, 2015). The ‘Red Wolves’ of […]
FighterSweep Fans, the moment has arrived. This is our very first “organic” From The Cockpit video, featuring two Lockheed-Martin Block 42 F-16CMs dueling over the desert in the Southwest. So what are we looking at here? The camera is in the cockpit of of the Instructor Pilot’s jet, and as you can see from The […]
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. […]
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 […]
“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.'”
The Memphis Belle. Arguably the most famous bomber – possibly the most famous of the named aircraft – of the Second World War. So named for Captain Robert Morgan’s girlfriend of Memphis, Tennessee, the legendary Boeing B-17F Flying Fortress and her crew made history in the skies over Europe from 1942-1943. Her story has been told countless times, and […]
Last year was a rough one for losses in our world: Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Morris Fontenot; Navy Lieutenant Nathan Poloski; Air Force Captain Will DuBois; Air Force Lieutenant Colonel (Retired) Matthew LaCourse; Air Force Lieutenant Colonel (Retired) Charles Rogers; and Air Force Major Richard Schaffer, III all “went west” in 2014–men in their prime, doing what […]
I was born in the ’70s in Arizona, so I have been a dedicated American aircraft homer my entire life. It was difficult not to be, growing up around F-16s, A-10s, F-15s, and AV-8Bs. It was so easy to gain an appreciation for smooth lines and also brute force. As I have grown, so has my […]
I believe it was William Lear who once said “If it looks good, it will fly good.” This is something that can definitely stated for the Dassault Rafale. Although it took her nearly 15 years to become operational, Rafale was definitely worth the wait. Take a delta wing planform, add a canard, mix in over 30,000 […]
Air General Ali Öztürk, commander of the Turkish Air Force and the very first demonstration pilot of the SOLOTÜRK F-16 display team.
The fjords of Norway were formed when massive coastal glaciers retreated after successive ice ages, leaving deep U-shaped valleys dug out by stone and ice with steep walls and floors now flooded with seawater. Thanks to the warm waters of the gulfstream and air currents peculiar to the region, the fjords remain virtually ice free year-round, […]
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FightCamp is an at-home boxing and kickboxing training system built around real technique, structured programming, and measurable performance. Members train with fighters and professional coaches while using connected punch and kick trackers that record volume, speed, and power in every round. The result is training that builds conditioning, skill, discipline, and resilience — all from home, on your schedule.
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