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Happy Friday, FighterSweep fans! It has reached that time again. Time for another installment of Burner Friday goodies. This celebration of ever-glorious reheat is brought to you by the “Grim Reapers” of the 493rd Fighter Squadron, 48th Fighter Wing, based at RAF Lakenheath in the United Kingdom. This image comes on the heels of a […]
Happy Friday, FighterSweep Fans! We once again welcome you back to our ever-awesome celebration of reheat and Mach Diamonds, courtesy of the Alabama Air National Guard’s 187th Fighter Wing. Based at Dannelly Field–otherwise known as Montgomery Regional Airport, the Dixie Vipers have a storied history, dating back to 1952. That year, the Alabama Air National […]
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 […]
It’s our favorite day of the week, FighterSweep Fans! It’s been a spectacular week for us here and you’ll be seeing the fruits of that labor here very shortly. But in the mean time, feast your eyes upon this Boeing F/A-18E Super Hornet from VFA-146! The “Blue Diamonds” are new to the Super Hornet, transitioning […]
It was just before 10am on Wednesday, July 30, 2008 at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada. Already another hot day in the desert, a portion of the morning Weapons School sorties were either in the overhead or landing and the first launches of the morning go for this Red Flag 08-3 mission were holding at EOR. […]
Happy Friday, FighterSweep fans! We know this Burner Friday comes on the heels of a rough day, but we sincerely hope that this lifts your spirits at least temporarily. The ‘Spikes‘ of the 62nd Fighter Squadron just recently transitioned to the F-35 and we wanted to send their Vipers into the sunset on a high […]
Happy Friday, FighterSweep fans! It’s time for another installment of Burner Friday! This week’s dose of awesome is courtesy of the 85th Test and Evaluation Squadron. The “Skulls” trace their lineage back to 1942 when they were activated as the 85th Pursuit Squadron (Pursuit) on 9 February 1942 at Dale Mabry Field, FL. They bounced […]
Good evening to you, FighterSweep Fans! As you’ve seen, it’s been a really exciting week for us here, but thankfully we’re not too busy to bring you our favorite image of the week! It is, afterall, Burner Friday! We were very fortunate to spend time with the recently reactivated 34th Fighter Squadron, on hand as […]
It’s Burner Friday, FighterSweep Fans! You know how much we love the raw power and ear-splitting awesomeness of reheat, so we bring you the fires of freedom burning loud and proud at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada. This Rockwell B-1B Lancer, assigned to the 34th Bomb Squadron at Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota, is […]
Happy Wednesday, oh FighterSweep Faithful! We are a little late to the fight with this one, but I promise it’s worth the wait you’ve been subjected to. Tonight we bring you the long-awaited, much-promised gallery of images collected out in the airspace during Exercise Sentry Eagle 2015. We at FighterSweep were very fortunate to fly […]
Please forgive us, oh FighterSweep faithful, for not bringing you our weekly dose of afterburner yesterday. But we haven’t forgotten about our weekly treat of reheat. This week’s edition will be a one-off, a Burner Saturday, if you will, thanks to the Werewolves of Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA-) 122, who are in northeast Tennessee […]
Happy Satuday, FighterSweep Fans! As promised, we’ve put together this photo gallery from our week at Kingsley Field in Klamath Falls, Oregon–home of the 173rd Fighter Wing and Exercise Sentry Eagle. This gallery features ground operations, reflecting the hard work and precision required to launch thirty-plus aircraft twice a day over four days. It was […]
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