Watch: US Navy’s “Naviator” Quadcopter Can Fly & Swim Underwater!

Watch: US Navy’s “Naviator” Quadcopter Can Fly & Swim Underwater!

It makes perfect sense for the Navy to have a drone that CAN fly and swim right? Well, that is exactly what the Naviator does! At the Office of Naval Research’s annual Science and Technology Expo on Friday in Washington, D.C., a development team from Rutgers University demonstrated the unusual quadcopter, which can swim at […]

More & More Police Units Getting Drones to Combat Crime

More & More Police Units Getting Drones to Combat Crime

If you are a criminal on the run you better start looking up as a drone may be following you. Police departments all over the country are ‘droning up’ to track down criminals and deter crime. Drones have become the newest crime-fighting tool for police departments across the country. Some local police departments have started […]

Iraqi Air Force to Bring Beechcraft T-6A Texan II Trainer Back to Active Flight Status

Iraqi Air Force to Bring Beechcraft T-6A Texan II Trainer Back to Active Flight Status

The Iraqi Air Force received 15 T-6A Texan II turboprop trainer aircraft in 2009 that apparently are now in storage. The US Department of Defense is hiring Textron Aviation to bring them back to flight status. The US Department of Defense (DoD) has awarded Textron Aviation Defense USD 8.8 million to return the IqAF’s 15 turboprop trainer […]

Picture of the Day: Soldiers Sling-load M777 Howitzer using a CH-47 Chinook

Picture of the Day: Soldiers Sling-load M777 Howitzer using a CH-47 Chinook

Lots to see in this photo when you look closely! Nothing like hauling the big guns if you are a CH-47 Chinook pilot! Soldiers sling-load M777 Howitzers using Boeing CH-47 Chinook helicopters for an air assault training exercise July 19, 2017 at Fort Campbell, Ky. The soldiers are with Company B, 6th Battalion, 101st Aviation […]

Marine MV-22 Osprey Mechanic Cpl. Skyler James Critically Injured When Struck By Lightning

Marine MV-22 Osprey Mechanic Cpl. Skyler James Critically Injured When Struck By Lightning

Last week US Marine Corps Cpl. Skyler James with Tiltrotor Squadron 261 was struck by lightning while working on an and suffered critical injuries. A Marine MV-22 Osprey mechanic who was critically injured when lightning struck on the flightline last week has been taken off a ventilator, Military.com has learned. Cpl. Skyler James, a maintainer assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor […]

Air Force Grounds all C-5M Galaxy Aircraft at Dover AFB

Air Force Grounds all C-5M Galaxy Aircraft at Dover AFB

The US Air Force Air Mobility Command (AMC) announced they are grounding all C-5 Galaxy aircraft at Dover Air Force Base due to recent problems with the nose landing gear. AMC Commander Gen. Carlton Everhart said in a statement the command is taking “appropriate measures to properly diagnose the issue and implement a solution.” The stand […]

Naval Aviation Author has Serious Chops in the Cockpit and on the Page

Naval Aviation Author has Serious Chops in the Cockpit and on the Page

Fighter Sweep has the privilege of interviewing author and former Commanding Officer of VFA-105, Kevin Miller.  Kevin accumulated 3,600 total hours and 1,000 carrier landings in the A-7E and F/A-18. Since retiring after twenty years in the cockpit and leading a squadron into battle, Kevin has dedicated his time and energy to writing naval aviation […]

Watch: Mid-Air Refueling is Not Always as Routine as You May Think! Must Watch Video!

Watch: Mid-Air Refueling is Not Always as Routine as You May Think! Must Watch Video!

Aerial refueling does not always go as planned and is actually much harder than it looks as this video proves. Aerial Refueling Mishaps Featured image of an F-15 Eagle being refueled by a KC-135 Stratotanker from the 434th Air Refueling Wing during training near Jacksonville International Airport, Fla. Air National Guard photo/Master Sgt. Shaun Withers

Watch: US Navy Takes Down a Drone with First Active Laser Weapon Test!

Watch: US Navy Takes Down a Drone with First Active Laser Weapon Test!

What is lethal, silent, invisible, moves at 186,000 miles per second, and costs about $1 per shot? The LaWS, or Laser Weapons System. The world’s first active laser weapon. “It is more precise than a bullet,” Wells told CNN. “It’s not a niche weapon system like some other weapons that we have throughout the military where […]