Category: Navy

At 0748 Sunday morning December 7th, 1941 the Japanese Navy attacked Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. More than 350 Imperial Japanese bombers, fighter planes and torpedo planes attacked the island after being launched from six aircraft carriers. 2,403 Americans were killed, eight US Navy battleships were damaged with four being sunk,  and more 185 US aircraft were […]

In recent months there has been a series of incidents between United States Navy vessels and small Iranian fast gunboats in the Persian Gulf area. The Iranian gunboats harassed and threatened US Navy ships in a manner which the Navy called an “unsafe and unprofessional encounter”. Saturday, November 26th the USS Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group (CSG) […]

In Naval Aviation we have a saying, “Live by the gouge or die by the gouge.” For those of you that don’t know what the “gouge” is let me educate you! The gouge is a very important part of Naval Aviation. Here is a good test for you, if someone claims to be a Navy […]

Wednesday the internet went wild with speculation over a mysterious high altitude aircraft that was seen circling the city of Denver, CO for about an hour. Mystery Solved! Late Thursday the US Navy identified the aircraft as one of their own, a Navy E-6B Mercury. Nicknamed the TACAMO (“Take Charge and Move Out”), the E-6B […]

FighterSweep and Bremont are excited to announce a special edition F-14 Tomcat watch for solely for maintainers. Former maintainers order your bespoke Tomcat watch here. If you were one of the privileged individuals who left blood, sweat, and tears on the flight deck while working on the world’s most famous fighter, now is your chance to remember the F-14 […]

FighterSweep and Bremont Watch Company are proud to announce an exclusive F-14 Tomcat watch in honor of 10 years gone by for the Tomcat. The F-14 Tomcat watch will be available exclusively to pilots and RIO’s of the F-14. Eligible aircrew can order thru the Bremont website here. It’s been 10 years since the Big […]

Blue Angel and Marine Capt. Jeffrey Kuss, 32, was killed in a June 2 crash near Smyrna, Tenn., during a practice for the Great Tennessee Air Show. The Navy’s safety investigation is complete and has come with several recommendations. The Navy investigation report is complete after what was a stunning and tragic day for the Navy’s […]

Watch this cool time lapse video of a full day and night of carrier operations on the USS John C. Stennis (CVN-74) flight deck. It is pretty impressive to see the amount of movement required to launch and recover aircraft onboard a United States Navy super carrier. The flight deck is one of the world’s […]

FighterSweep sat down with 3 members of the US Navy’s Super Hornet Demo Team to get their thoughts on putting one of the world’s premier fighters through its full paces. Have you ever wanted to jump in a fighter jet, takeoff in full afterburner, and then bend it around in front of a crowd? If you have ever […]

Watch: Footage of F-35C Sea Trial tests aboard the aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN-73) in the Atlantic Ocean. The US Navy’s carrier version of the F-35, the F-35C Lightning II, has been conducting its final sea trial before IOC (Initial Operational Capability). The Salty Dogs of Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (VX-23) and the […]

Watch: F-35C Lightning II Stealth Touch and Go on the USS George Washington The F-35C is currently conducting its final at sea trials onboard the USS George Washington before it is declared Initially Operational Capable (IOC). The F-35C is expected to be Fleet operational in 2018. VX-23, the Air Test and Evaluation Squadron from NAS […]

The F-35C Lightning II carrier variant along with the Patuxent River Integrated Test Force team of test pilots, engineers and squadron Sailors and Marines came aboard the USS George Washington to complete developmental testing (DT-III) August 14th. The F-35C, the US Navy carrier version, has made it back to sea for a third round of […]