Watch: Ride Along on an F-18 Demonstration Flight!

Actually we have two very cool F-18 Hornet videos here. Watch them both and enjoy your day even more! Video #2 (Hang on to your hat!) By the way, if you think these types of demonstration flights are routine think again. It takes total focus and concentration on the part of the pilot to not […]

Watch: Fast Jets Flying Low! Star Wars Canyon Death Valley Jedi Transition

If you like watching fast military jets flying low then you have to check out Star Wars Canyon in Death Valley, California. This spot has become the place for watching fast movers! Take a few minutes, relax and enjoy! The route flies through Rainbow Canyon which is better known as Star Wars Canyon and the […]

Air Force Authorizes Extension of F-16 Service Life to 2048!

Looks like the US Air Force will have the F-16 Falcon in its arsenal for decades to come. Today it was announced that the Air Force has commissioned Lockheed Martin to extend the overall flight hours of the F-16 from 8,000 to 12,000. This decision will ensure the the aircraft will remain active for many more […]

Flying Car Available for Purchase This Year? AeroMobil says Yes!

How many of you have envisioned the day where you could own a flying car? There has been talk of this becoming a reality for years and some prototype flying cars have actually been produced and tested but now AeroMobil a company in Slovakia says it will soon be reality. AeroMobil, an advanced engineering company that […]

Watch: USS Gerald Ford (CVN-78) Leaves Port and Begins Sea Trials!

The US Navy’s newest super carrier left port and headed out into the Atlantic Ocean for its first sea trials. The USS Gerald Ford is the first of the Ford Class carriers which will carry more aircraft and less personnel than Nimitz Class ships. More of the USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) passing Fort Monroe […]

United Airlines Passenger Forcibly Removed From Flight Causes Firestorm

Not our usual type of aviation story but this event is creating such an uproar around the world we wanted to get your opinions on it. Comment below and on the Fighter Sweep Facebook page. Watch Passenger Being Removed from the United Airlines Flight United Airlines needed to transfer four of their flight crew to […]

Honda Aviation Shows Off Their HondaJet at ABACE 2017 in Shanghai!

The US based company Honda Aircraft, a subsidiary of Japan’s Honda Motor Company recently displayed its HondaJet at the Asian Business Aviation Conference & Exhibition (ABACE) in Shanghai. Honda Aircraft, based in Greensboro, North Carolina has delivered 37 of their light business jet and plans to deliver 60 more in the next year. Fly the […]

Royal Air Force and French Air Force to Join US in Exercise Atlantic Trident 17

Joint Base Langley–Eustis will host Exercise Atlantic Trident 17 April 12 through April 28, 2017. The event will be unique with F-22 Raptors and the F-35 Lightning II from the US flying with the UK Royal Air Force Eurofighter Typhoon, and French Air Force Dassault Rafale. “This exercise was designed to encourage the sharing and development of […]

Flash from the Past: Anyone Remember the F-20 Tigershark? Chuck Yeager Does!

Back in the 1980’s Northrop privately funded the building of the F-20 Tigershark. A variant of the F-5 it was initially designated the F-5G. The Tigershark first flew in 1982 and only three aircraft were ever built. Watch the F-20 Tigershark in Action The F-20 had a single General Electric F404-GE-100 turbofan engine with 17,000 pounds of […]