SpaceX Says They Will Fly 2 Paying Passengers Around the Moon by 2018!

SpaceX, the privately owned spaceflight company announced they will send two private citizens on a trip around the moon and back to the Earth by 2018. The company says the two paying passengers, who are yet unnamed, approached them about a possible trip to the moon. SpaceX says the two people have already paid a […]

Watch: NASA Tests New Rocket Motor and Produces an Awesome Rainbow!

You have to admit NASA knows how to produce a show! They recently tested their RS-25 rocket motor which will power the new Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and take American astronauts back into space aboard the Orion spacecraft. During the rocket motor test an awesome rainbow was formed! All hail NASA! How do they do […]

NASA Wants a New Supersonic X-Plane Demostrator Flying by 2020!

NASA is wind tunnel testing what it hopes to be a new supersonic passenger jet design that will be much quieter than the Concorde. Teaming up with Lockheed Martin, NASA plans to develop what they call ‘Quiet Supersonic Technology’ or QueSST, in their new X-plane design concept. Watch: NASA Wind Tunnel Testing on their new Quiet […]

Air Combat Command’s Gen. Hawk Carlisle says the F-35 is Combat Ready but…

General Herbert “Hawk” Carlisle Commander, Air Combat Command, Langley Air Force Base, Virginia said Friday the F-35A will deploy to Europe this ‘spring to summertime’ but don’t look for the aircraft to participate in the fight against ISIS anytime soon. “The plan is a few years out. It’s not going to happen this year,” Air […]

US Navy Leap Frogs Drop in on Mobile, Alabama ‘Navy Week’

The United States Navy Parachute Team ‘Leap Frogs’ stole the show at ‘Navy Week’ in Mobile, Alabama which began Thursday at USS Alabama Battleship Memorial Park. The US Navy was highlighting their ‘signature outreach effort’ which tours 15 cities in 2017 showing Americans why it is important to have a strong Navy. The event will […]

Watch: UPS Demonstrates Drone Package Delivery – Oops

UPS is testing their ability to deliver packages via drone aircraft like Amazon did recently with their first successful delivery to a customer in Cambridge, England. Near Tampa, Florida UPS launched their octocopter package drone from the top of one of their hybrid electric delivery vans. The autonomous drone carried a package, left it safely at […]

Question: How Many Apache Helicopters Can a C-5 Hold? Answer Inside…

On Feb. 22, 2017, the US Air Force delivered four AH-64 Apache helicopters to Ramstein AB, Germany, in two C-5 Lockheed Galaxy aircraft. The C-5 is the largest aircraft in the Air Force inventory and brought the Apache helicopters from Fort Bliss, Texas as part of the build up supporting Operation Atlantic Resolve. ⇒ Did You […]

Iraq Wants Drone Killer Gun from US to Fight Weaponized ISIS Drones

Fighter Sweep showed you recently video of an ISIS drone dropping an explosive device on Iraqi troops. Reports are that the Iraqis want to obtain an anti-drone gun called the DroneDefender. Manufacturer of the DroneDefender is a US based company named Battelle and they have currently supplied the US Department of Defense and the Department […]

Watch: Video Brief – What You Need to Know About Supersonic Flight

Fighter Sweep reported over the weekend about two F-15’s that broke the sound barrier on a high speed intercept of a civilian aircraft that entered restricted airspace near President Trump’s Florida home Mar-a-Lago. People on the ground were startled to hear the sonic boom as the Eagles flew over. Sure we all love to hear […]

Watch: Coalition Airstrike Destroys an ISIS Vehicle Near Mosul

Sometimes when you are a fan of US Military aviation it does your heart good to see the results of what US aviation assets can actually do. Watch as a precision US airstrike takes out a single ISIS vehicle recently somewhere near Mosul, Iraq during Operation Inherent Resolve. When US action against ISIS began the […]

Watch: Two German Fighter Jets Intercept and Escort a London Bound Airliner

A pair of German Eurofighter Typhoon fighter jets were scrambled last Thursday to intercept London bound Jet Airways flight 9W 118 that had lost radio contact. The Boeing 777-300 was traveling from Mumbai to London Heathrow with over 300 passengers on board when it lost radio contact with controllers over the city of Cologne, Germany. Watch: German […]