Happy Sunday, FighterSweep Faithful! We ran across this video of one of our favorite aircraft, the Lockheed-Martin U-2S “Dragon Lady” intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) aircraft. This is a really badass airplane and we wanted to show you something pretty unique: a Dragon Lady being taken apart for what is known as “Depot Level Maintenance.” […]
Happy Sunday, FighterSweep Faithful! We ran across this video of one of our favorite aircraft, the Lockheed-Martin U-2S “Dragon Lady” intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) aircraft. This is a really badass airplane and we wanted to show you something pretty unique: a Dragon Lady being taken apart for what is known as “Depot Level Maintenance.” […]
Comparing a Sukhoi Su-24 Fencer to a Lockheed-Martin F-16 Viper (Fighting Falcon for the nerds at home) is like comparing a heavy duty, ¾-ton pickup truck to a Corvette on a road course. The results just aren’t pretty. On Tuesday, a Turkish F-16 shot down a Su-24 after a pair of Fencers trundled into Turkish […]
Combat Search and Rescue is one of the highest risk missions that exist on the modern battlefield. The situation is often fluid and very dynamic; the “known” information is extremely small and the risk to the rescue force is usually high. The critical factor to the confidence of the fast-mover pilots flying over denied territory […]
Happy Sunday, FighterSweep Fans! We hope you’re having an awesome weekend thus far and have had the chance to enjoy yourselves with some down time, or perhaps even some time in the cockpit! Here’s some interesting news filtering out of the Defense IG “International Fighter Conference” held in London, England earlier this week: according to […]
As I stepped off the C-2 Greyhound, I was immediately welcomed aboard the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower by a blast of hot exhaust pouring out of two Pratt & Whitney F135 engines. Chained to the deck while hot refueling and accompanied by a swarm of colored shirts, two Lockheed-Martin F-35C Lightning IIs from Air Test […]
Happy Wednesday, FighterSweep Fans! We’re halfway through the week and have some great stuff in store for you over the next few days, but we wanted to put this one up as a great conversation starter. Throughout history, there has been much debate over which airframes can lay a claim to the title “one of […]
Happy Saturday, FighterSweep Faithful! We wanted to start the weekend off right with a little Viper love, courtesy of the 310 FS “Tophats,” whose home station is Luke Air Force Base in Glendale, Arizona. The Tophats are a Formal Training Unit, or “B-Course” squadron, equipped with the Block 42 variant of the Lockheed-Martin F-16C Fighting […]
Good day to you, oh FighterSweep Faithful! We trust you’re having a busy, productive week, so we wanted to take a few minutes and delight your eyes and imagination with a perspective of modern air combat not often seen. Traditionally, when we talk about Red Flag, Sentry Eagle, or other Large Force Employment exercises, we […]
Honestly, we at FighterSweep couldn’t be any more excited about this Milestone Monday. Eighteen years ago today saw the maiden flight of the world’s most feared combat aircraft, the Lockheed-Martin F-22A Raptor, with Lockheed-Martin Test Pilot Paul Metz at the controls. Now before you get all bent out of shape about how it’s not fair […]
As we reported to you earlier today, a Lockheed-Martin F-16CJ from the 480 FS “Warhawks” has crashed in southern Germany near Engelmannreuth while on a training mission. Happily, the pilot of the “Super Weasel” was able to eject safely from the aircraft before it went down. Leadership from the 52nd Fighter Wing at Spangdahlem Air Base […]
FighterSweep Fans, it has officially happened! The United States Marine Corps has announced it’s first squadron of Lockheed-Martin F-35B Lightning IIs have reached IOC. Is there a little bit of irony with yesterday being the Blue Moon? Has there been a great disturbance in The Force? Perhaps, but we’ll leave that alone for now. Today […]
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