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We’ve seen what the Navy’s west coast Hornet squadrons have offered up for their video this year – it was stunning work and set the bar high. However, not to be outdone by their longitudinally challenged brethren out west, Strike Fighter Wing Atlantic (SWFL) now has their very own 2015 video honoring the Hornet/Super Hornet squadrons […]
We’ve seen what the Navy’s west coast Hornet squadrons have offered up for their video this year – it was stunning work and set the bar high. However, not to be outdone by their longitudinally challenged brethren out west, Strike Fighter Wing Atlantic (SWFL) now has their very own 2015 video honoring the Hornet/Super Hornet squadrons […]
Today’s a big day in the history books of US Naval Aviation, with the predecessor of today’s F/A-18 Hornet flying for the first time on this date in 1978. Still in production today as the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet and E/A-18G Growler, the Hornets now form the backbone of the US Navy’s tactical strike fighter fleet. […]
I am very proudly a member of the “Top Gun” generation. In fact, a great many of the fighter pilots I know and call friends are. In some way, shape, or form “Iceman,” “Maverick,” “Viper,” and the rest of the gang were inspirational in us pursuing our dreams of becoming pilots. Call it cheesy, predictable, […]
We at FighterSweep received news on October 5th of this year that one of America’s great aviators had “Gone West,” or as Tailhookers would say, made the Big Muster in the Sky. Lieutenant Henry “Black Bart” Bartholomay was born in Chicago, Illinois on 20 March 1945. Raised in Winnetka, Illinois, he graduated Rockford College in […]
For this week’s edition of Burner Friday, we’re taking a little trip to Stingtown – meet the Stingers of Strike Fighter Squadron 113 from Naval Air Station Lemoore. Flying the legacy McDonnell Douglas F/A-18C Hornet, the Stingers operate as part of Carrier Air Wing 17, attached to the USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70). The Stingers began […]
Happy Monday, FighterSweep Fans! We wanted to start your week off in spectacular fashion, and what better way than to provide you with the latest and greatest video from the West Coast Strike Fighter fleet?! As we pass another birthday for the mighty United States Navy (240 years and counting!), we are rewarded with a […]
As I stepped off the C-2 Greyhound, I was immediately welcomed aboard the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower by a blast of hot exhaust pouring out of two Pratt & Whitney F135 engines. Chained to the deck while hot refueling and accompanied by a swarm of colored shirts, two Lockheed-Martin F-35C Lightning IIs from Air Test […]
Happy Monday, FighterSweep Fans! We’re back at it this week in full force; we have been out generating some pretty unique content, so if you’re wondering why we’ve been a little quiet the past few days, there’s your answer. That said, we think it’s been far too long since we shared a cruise video! Today […]
Just before 4PM on Monday afternoon, a US Navy F/A-18E Super Hornet from Naval Air Station Lemoore crashed just a few miles south of the base. Fortunately, the pilot was able to eject safely and is in good condition, according to the base commander Captain Monty Ashliman. Monday’s weather at Lemoore was reportedly mostly cloudy […]
Happy Saturday, FighterSweep fans! We thought we would start your weekend off with Part three of this awesome VAQ-141 Shadowhawks cruise video. Part three is more of the same good music and great flying that you’ve gotten in the first two videos with a pretty awesome twist: night ops! There are plenty of videos out […]
We’re not done with VAQ-141 just yet, so today we’re continuing with the next part of the Shadowhawks cruise video. As Part 1 ended we rode along in the cockpit of a Growler recovering to the boat, and we start off Part 2 by going right back into the seat, readying to launch off the […]
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