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The F-35B has the distinction of being the only existing fifth-generation fighter in the world that’s capable of executing a vertical landing. While technically capable of vertical takeoffs under extremely limited circumstances, the F-35B needs very little space to take off even with a full combat load — making it uniquely suited for operations aboard […]

As previously reported on Fighter Sweep, Hill Air Force Base in Utah was the scene of a spectacular display of technology and air power earlier this week, with a whopping 35 U.S. Air Force F-35As taking to the sky in rapid succession. This training exercise, commonly referred to as an “elephant walk,” is intended to […]

California’s expansive Mojave Desert serves as a valuable testing and training ground for a number of U.S. military assets. The United States Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, for instance, is the largest installation in the branch — spanning out across a massive 998 square miles, much of which is devoted specifically to […]

Skydiving for sport or recreation is among the most popular ways mankind has devised to laugh in the face of our own mortality. As insane as it might sound to jump out of a perfectly good airplane, somewhere in the neighborhood of 350,000 jumpers execute close to 3 million jumps each year in the United […]

Yesterday, Hill Air Force Base in Utah was the site of a massive display of air power. A formation made up of 35 of America’s trouble trophy-horse F-35 Joint Strike Fighters rolled down the runway in tight formation before executing a minimum interval takeoff of all aircraft involved. Traditionally, elephant walks of this sort are […]

According to Russian media outlets, two or three people were wounded when a KA-52 helicopter, participating in last year’s massive Russian War Games “Zapad ‘17,” accidentally fired on a crowd of spectators that had been invited to witness the training cycle. The Russian military, however, contested these reports as “purposeful provocation or someone’s personal stupidity,” […]

The Russian Ministry of Defense has released new footage of their advanced (and rare) Su-57 operating in Syria earlier this year. The footage, posted on Twitter by the Ministry’s official account, shows these allegedly 5th generation fighters doing just about everything they did while in Syria this past February: land, takeoff, fly around a bit […]

The Irish Aviation Authority (IAA) has opened an investigation into multiple reports of one or more fast-moving, unidentified objects seen flying off the coast of Ireland last Friday. The unusual object was first reported to air traffic control by a British Airways pilot flying off the south-western coast of Ireland, with other pilots soon following […]

The US Navy reports that a Russian SU-27 Flanker performed a dangerous close-intercept maneuver off the right wing of a Navy EP-3 Aries II Electronic Surveillance aircraft over the Black Sea earlier today. This marks the latest in a decade-long series of instances of Russian ships and aircraft interfering with airspace and sea lane navigation by the U.S. […]

Autonomous aircraft, though all but unheard of just a few short decades ago, have changed the face of warfare as we know it. From reconnaissance and intelligence gathering missions to complex strikes against ground targets and even a recent successful air-to-air engagement in a training environment, it’s become clear: the skies over battlespaces of the […]

Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Melissa Ellis fastens a propeller on a P-3C Orion during Rim of the Pacific exercise at Marine Corps Base Hawaii at Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, July 5, 2018. Ellis is attached to Patrol Squadron 46. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Kevin A. Flinn

President Trump has stated that he wants the new Air Force One aircraft to be painted Red, White and Blue instead of the baby blue color the current aircraft have. “It’s going to be the top of the line, the top in the world,’’ Trump said in an interview with CBS. “And it’s going be red, […]