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A cable used to catch a landing E-2C Hawkeye snapped on the flight deck of the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower back in March. 8 sailors were injured, but the pilot of the E-2C Hawkeye was able to maintain control and keep the plane airborne. Let me tell you what folks, this is scary stuff and […]
Things are heating up with the fight against ISIL in Syria. Russia is deploying its only aircraft carrier to the Mediterranean sea in a show of force. The Russians are doing their best to match the United States in the war in Syria. Russia’s state run media TASS reports that Vladimir Putin is now sending Russia’s only […]
FighterSweep fans, check out this awesome time lapse video of flight deck operations on the USS John C Stennis. As you are chowing down on hot dogs and barbecue this weekend, please take a moment to remember all of those service men and women who are currently abroad serving our country. Independence Day is a great […]
FighterSweep fans check out this awesome first person flight deck video from the Catapult 4 Topside Petty Officer in 2014. The Cat 4 Topside Petty Officer ensures proper hookup of the aircraft to the catapult. This video shows a typical launch off Catapults 3 and 4 from the USS Eisenhower (CVN 69). At the start of […]
President Truman’s mantra “Give ‘em Hell” rings true with 2000th strike against ISIS Just prior to the end of her deployment, the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Harry S Truman launched her two-thousandth aircraft mission in the fight against ISIS in Iraq and Syria. The Truman has been on cruise since late last year. The first launch […]
PHILLIPINE SEA (June 18, 2016) The Nimitz-class aircraft carriers USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) and USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jake Greenberg / Released) The USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) and USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) strike groups commenced dual carrier flight operations in […]
Ekranoplans or Ground Effect Vehicles (GEVs), are an aircraft-hovercraft-ship hybrid that glides at low altitudes above the land or sea, which are capable of swiftly moving equipment and personnel. In 2015, plans for the A-050 Ekranoplan were allegedly underway at the Russian Federation, Central Hydrofoil Design Bureau (CHDB). A model of one of the A-050’s variants […]
We can’t say we’re too surprised, but this is still a move that does nothing to alleviate the strain in relations between China and the U.S. Next week, a US Navy aircraft carrier strike group was due to make a port call in Hong Kong, but the Chinese government has decided to keep that from […]
China has denied the US aircraft carrier USS Stennis and accompanying naval vessels permission to make a port call in Hong Kong. It was not immediately known what prompted the Chinese action, but it comes amid growing tension between the two countries over Beijing’s moves to assert its claims to much of the South China […]
According to the U.S. Navy, eight sailors on the USS Eisenhower were injured today in an accident as an aircraft attempted to land aboard the ship. Initial reports are indicating the arresting gear strung across the flight deck experienced a catastrophic failure when the tailhook of an Northrop-Grumman E-2C Hawkeye engaged it, says the Navy […]
Editor’s Note: China continues to pursue its goal of dominating the maritime battlespace in the South China Sea, embodied by the construction of a second, more sophisticated aircraft carrier. The updated design should allow the ship to carry more fighters, an airborne early-warning and control platform, an anti-submarine warfare platform, and several helicopters. “The Chinese […]
Happy Friday, FighterSweep Fans! It appears as though Vladimir Putin is looking to increase the Russian military’s presence in the Middle East. TASS reported this past Saturday the heavy aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov will be setting sail for the Mediterranean sometime this summer. A high-ranking official in the Russian Navy says, “we plan the Admiral […]
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