On the F-35 progress front, the Lightning IIs based at Hill Air Force Base have begun working on their 4-ship combat training missions. To that end, personnel from the 388th and 419th Fighter Wings have been flying against a number of threats on the Utah Test and Training Range. Whether you love it or hate […]
FighterSweep Fans, we wanted to start your Sunday off with some pretty cool aerial footage shot of the Royal Netherlands Air Force’s F-35s. As one of the original partner nations for the Joint Strike Fighter, the Dutch are a critical contributor to the program. The Dutch Parliament approved an order for a lot of eight […]
Good day, FighterSweep faithful! We stumbled on this pretty cool video from the folks at Lockheed-Martin. The video depicts their long range anti-ship missile or LRASM, (if you didn’t deduce that from the title) and shows off some of its advanced capabilities. The LRASM (AGM-158C) is the next iteration in the Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile […]
FighterSweep Fans, we have new but not expected news coming out of Headquarters Marine Corps. As we’ve anticipated, since the F-35B reached Initial Operational Capability last summer, the Corps’ newest aircraft is gearing up for a deployment in the fall of 2017. The full scope of the movement hasn’t been released, by early indications the […]
On April 20th, the United States (US) House Armed Services Committee’s (HASC) panel on tactical aviation received considerable attention and mainstream press coverage when they directed the US Air Force to examine and provide a report by 1 January 2017 on the cost of restarting the F-22 Raptor production line. Since the premature halting of […]
Any aviation photojournalist’s dream would be to catch a Raptor down low in the mountains of Wales, running what we refer to as the Mach Loop. It is an absolutely epic location, where the British Hawks, Typhoons, and Tornados–as well as USAF Eagles and Strike Eagles–can be seen down low, raging through valleys with steep […]
American defense giant Lockheed Martin is reportedly working on an advanced headset featuring diopter optical power lenses that can detect snipers as well as soldiers and other humans behind concrete and non-concrete structures. The headset, if successfully pioneered, will only be used for military purpose and will not be accessible to the public at large. […]
While U.S. Air Force officials have recently said reconstituting the F-22 Raptor production line would be a non-starter, the U.S. House of Representatives has ordered the service to conduct a study on total coasts associated with building at least 194 additional examples of the USAF’s 5th-Generation fighter. While that is potentially good news, it’s far […]
FighterSweep Fans, the Tyndall Raptor Nation is once again on the move! Jet’s from Mr. F. Bones‘ stable at the 95th Fighter Squadron have returned to Europe, taking up residence (temporarily) at RAF Lakenheath. They will be around for the next few weeks, training with other AF units and partner nations. We can’t wait to […]
This comes as no big surprise, FighterSweep Fans, but Eielson Air Force Base outside of Fairbanks, Alaska, has been selected to receive the first OCONUS F-35A Lightning II squadron. The base was chosen after Air Force senior leadership complete a lengthy analysis of the special considerations Eielson brings (Read: harsh climactic conditions), overall installation suitability, […]
FighterSweep Fans, if these allegations are true, this is not good news for us. Edward Lin, a U.S. Navy Lieutenant Commander and Naval Flight Officer (NFO) aboard one of the most advanced SIGINT (SIGnals INTelligence) aircraft in the inventory, has been accused of passing secrets to China. A U.S. naval flight officer (NFO) with an […]
The problematic and often complicated entanglement of the individual and technology continues to define and hinder the deployment of innovative advancements into general defense applications. Improving technology is out there, despite the many Luddites fears of hackers, EMPs, and bears, oh my. On the other hand our science, technology, engineering and math scores have not exactly been […]
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