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Good afternoon, Fightersweep Fans! We’ve got some homegrown footage of 2.75-inch death for you today! This video was taken during a training flight during a detachment to NAS Fallon, Nevada during the airwing’s workup cycle. Check us out as we fire rockets at targets on the ground! This was my first time shooting these bad-boys, […]
The Royal Maces of VFA-27 have done it again, FighterSweep Fans! Here is the teaser to their full-length 2015-2016 cruise video. As is the squadron’s standard, the video is loaded with air-to-air, live ordnance drops, low-levels, blue water boat ops and much more! This video from -27 is everything we’ve come to expect and love […]
The men (and women) of the Greatest Generation are leaving us, and before too much longer, none will remain. That’s why men such as Norman Kleiss should be celebrated for as long as we have them among us. A Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bomber pilot in the U.S. Navy, he is the last of his […]
During its service at Point Mugu, the Lockheed-Martin S-3 Viking–with its substantial endurance, speed and room for multiple types of avionics, pods and test equipment–played a vital role in VX-30’s mission to support the Navy and its customers. Not only did the Viking support test operations at the California base and its adjacent 36,000 square […]
Good morning, Fightersweep Fans! And it is an especially good morning to fans of U.S. Navy Strike-Fighter Aviation! Today we bring to you a taste of Naval Aviation from the cockpit of a McDonnell Douglas F/A-18C Hornet with yours truly in the ejection seat! The video you see here is from a day training flight […]
Editor’s Note: If nothing else, this is good for a smile and a laugh. Seems like the Navy guys (and gals) at Tinker Air Force Base are indicating where they believe the title of Commander in Chief will be bestowed. Either that, or they’re getting a good laugh at the expense of everyone else. Not […]
Editor’s Note: FighterSweep Fans, I believe we have the best, most talented, credible team of contributors in aviation journalism. The majority of our writers are pilots, and most of those are either currently or former military aviators. Those who aren’t pilots work in the aviation industry in some capacity or other. So for all of […]
FighterSweep Fans, we trust your Tuesday is going well, and in the event it is not, we have taken it upon ourselves to provide you with some epic evening entertainment certain to put a smile on your face and delight your inner fighter pilot! This video comes to you courtesy of the “Black Knights” of […]
One of our resident Viper Drivers, Pilot X, previously wrote, “there arguably is no better weapon than the F-16C Fighting Falcon…-” when it comes to a BFM engagement. I’m happy that he included the word “arguably” in that statement, because it is my intention to make a different argument. The F-16C is superb in the dogfighting arena. […]
Good morning, Fightersweep Fans! It’s a heck of a title, isn’t it? If airplanes were women. But before anyone gets too bent out of shape, let’s remember the spirit of how Lex meant it, shall we? Honestly, if anyone feels offended by Lex’s anthropomorphic use of gender here, please feel free to substitute wife for husband and […]
Good afternoon, Fighersweep Fans! We have big news from the Navy’s West Coast Master Jet Base! This week Strike Fighter Squadron 113 launched its final sortie in the F/A-18C “Legacy” Hornet, which was also the very last Legacy Hornet sortie at Naval Air Station Lemoore near Hanford, California. Aircraft 300, flown by “Dragon,” was sent […]
Editor’s Note: This is an issue near to our hearts, as the oxygen system was one of the causal factors which led to the death of a friend of ours in Alaska a little over five years ago, and several of our staff currently fly both the Legacy Hornet and Super Hornet. As most of […]
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