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President Truman’s mantra “Give ‘em Hell” rings true with 2000th strike against ISIS Just prior to the end of her deployment, the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Harry S Truman launched her two-thousandth aircraft mission in the fight against ISIS in Iraq and Syria. The Truman has been on cruise since late last year. The first launch […]
PHILLIPINE SEA (June 18, 2016) The Nimitz-class aircraft carriers USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) and USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jake Greenberg / Released) The USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) and USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) strike groups commenced dual carrier flight operations in […]
Watch as F/A-18 Super Hornet jets and E-2C Hawkeye aircraft launch from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) on June 4, 2016, in support of Operation Inherent Resolve. US Navy
FighterSweep Fans, I teased you a couple months ago with a little snippet of the Dambusters Cruise video. Ever since that video came out, we at FighterSweep have been accused of being heartless and cruel for such a tease. Subsequently, we’ve taken it upon ourselves to rectify that situation, because it’s only a tease if […]
Both the Navy’s Legacy and Super Hornet fleets are having devastating readiness issues. Currently, three out of four Hornets are not ready to go to war. Why? The issue is threefold; demand for strike fighters to support missions in U.S. Central Command, the oft-discussed F-35C delay, and funding issues stemming from the Budget Control Act […]
FighterSweep Fans, we’ve spent a lot of time talking about the F-35 program and the associated topics. This piece we ran across is going to be a bit different, as it deals directly with the pilot training aspects. Even more unique is the fact U.S. Navy Reserve Lieutenant Kory DeFore designed the course he ultimately […]
FighterSweep Fans, today marks a significant milestone in modern military aviation history. It’s not because someone did something exceptionally cool somewhere with an airplane. It is actually because a pretty remarkable movie made its debut on the silver screen. I can’t even count the number of friends who got their aviation careers started because, thirty […]
FighterSweep Fans, here’s a feel-good story coming out of Operation Inherent Resolve. Our brothers and sisters aboard the U.S.S. Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) have been doing some outstanding work. In fact, Air Wing Seven has dropped a record amount of carrier-based ordnance during its most recent deployment–over 580 tons, in fact! Continuing the coalition fight […]
FighterSweep fans, we touched on this one a while back. As the Navy’s investigation delves deeper into the causes of the oxygen issues plaguing the Naval Aviation community, the statistics are alarming: 15 episodes were reported in 2009, concentrated in the Strike Fighter community, as well as the T-45C Goshawks aviators receive their jet training […]
FighterSweep Fans, our friends assigned to the Eagles of U.S. Navy Strike Fighter Squadron 115 (VFA-115) have released a teaser to their 2015 cruise video. In classic Eagles style, this one–much like its predecessor–is awesome. Let’s go back inside the cockpit of the mighty E-Model Super Hornet as the Eagles rage! This visual masterpience provides […]
FighterSweep Fans, for our Throwback Thursday this week, we take you inside the cockpit of the mighty McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II, as flown by the “Vigilantes” of VF-151. The story occurs in 1972, and you are inside the cockpit with then-Lieutenant (Junior Grade) Art “Kim” Long, a U.S. Navy Radar Intercept Officer. How did […]
It’s pretty awesome when your stable of contributors includes not one, nor two, but four U.S. Navy F/A-18 pilots. Here we have one demonstrating what we call AHC, or Advanced Handling Characteristics. It had been a while since he’d been in the jet and it was time to get back in the saddle. This clip […]
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