F-22

US Air Force F-22 Raptors sent a strong signal to a couple of Russian jets in the skies above Syria, passing in front of them and releasing flares. A pair of U.S. Air Force stealth fighter jets intercepted two Russian attack jets in Syria, an area off-limits to Russian jets based on a long-standing mutual […]

The same day news broke that Russia apparently fabricated an interaction between a single U.S. F-22 and three Russian jets over Syria, the Russia Air Force found themselves face-to-face with the real thing: and it didn’t play out quite like they’d imagined. While CENTCOM was issuing a statement debunking Russia’s account of the first ever […]

The Russian Ministry of Defense released a barrage of statements to state-owned media outlets this week, claiming that an American F-22 fighter was chased away from Russian bombing runs in Syria by the Kremlin’s advanced Su-35s fighter.  There’s just one problem: according to U.S. officials in CENTCOM, this first interaction between these two storied fighters […]

According to the latest bevy of statements released by Kim Jong Un’s North Korean regime, war with the United States is an inevitability.  Their remarks follow the onset of a massive joint military exercise between the United States and South Korea that has been planned for over a year, but that many in the international […]

A dozen US F-22 and F-35 stealth fighter jets have arrived in South Korea for a regular joint exercise with South Korean forces, a defense ministry source said Sunday. The allies plan to kick off the five-day VIGILANT ACE 18 practice Monday, which would demonstrate their combined air power against North Korea.”   “The realistic air combat […]

Although Russia has yet to field a proper fifth generation fighter, it has gone to great lengths to upgrade its existing aerial platforms in a way that, they believe, will keep them from falling behind nations like the United States and China, who currently boast the most technologically advanced fighters on the planet.  One of […]

According to a statement made by Senior Colonel Wu Qian of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army, China’s first stealth fighter, the Chengdu J-20, was officially commissioned into service last week. The J-20, which drew the attention of American defense officials when first unveiled in 2011 for its uncanny likeness to America’s air superiority fighter, the […]

The recent Red Flag Exercise 17-3 at Nellis Air Force Base in Las Vegas, Nevada gave aviation enthusiasts a glimpse of the future of air warfare with multiple F-35 and F-22 aircraft participating. Held at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, the exercise featured for the first time both the Air Force and Marine Corps variants of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, […]

The recent Red Flag Exercise 17-3 at Nellis Air Force Base in Las Vegas, Nevada gave aviation enthusiasts a glimpse of the future of air warfare with multiple F-35 and F-22 aircraft participating. Held at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, the exercise featured for the first time both the Air Force and Marine Corps variants of the F-35 Joint […]

Very cool! Any F-22 Raptor pilots out there in Fighter Sweepland want to comment on the startup sequence? Featured image via video screen capture

Aerial refueling does not always go as planned and is actually much harder than it looks as this video proves. Aerial Refueling Mishaps Featured image of an F-15 Eagle being refueled by a KC-135 Stratotanker from the 434th Air Refueling Wing during training near Jacksonville International Airport, Fla. Air National Guard photo/Master Sgt. Shaun Withers   This article […]

The MiG Corporation took advantage of the huge media exposure at the Paris Air Show to announce that their new MiG 35 may join units as soon as 2019. The MiG-35, designed to replace MiG-29s rounding out their fourth decade in service, was absent from Paris but will be featured at the MAKS international airshow […]