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From The Cockpit: Defensive BFM

August 23, 2019

This is our very first “organic” From The Cockpit video, featuring two Lockheed-Martin Block 42 F-16CMs dueling over the desert in the Southwest.

Dogfight! F-16V Viper versus J-39E Gripen: Who Wins?

August 22, 2019

So you think you know the answer on who wins between the F-16V and the J-39E? Well let’s see if you agree with our resident expert, former F-16 pilot, and View More ›

Fighter Pilot Reveals Shocking Chemtrails Facts!

August 21, 2019

Ok, Fightersweep agents, it’s time to fess up! Consider this my entry for Wikileaks. I hope Hillary’s lawyers defend me after I reveal this gamechanging information about chemtrails. Edward Snowden View More ›

Ask A Fighter Pilot: Hand Signals On The Flight Deck!

August 20, 2019

Question: I really enjoy the cruise videos from the Navy guys. There’s just something about the teamwork and precision required by everyone on deck that I find both fascinating and View More ›

The Non-Flying Side of being a Military Pilot

August 19, 2019

Beyond the “show up and go up” myth of military flying, the second biggest myth is that all pilots do is fly and go home to their hot supermodel wives View More ›

What Close Air Support is…and isn’t! (Part One)

August 16, 2019

“Dogfighting makes movies. Close Air Support wins wars.” With the drama surrounding the potential retirement of the Fairchild Republic A-10C Thunderbolt II and the Lockheed-Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter’s viability as View More ›

To suppress and destroy: A history of the Wild Weasel (Part 1)

August 15, 2019

In October 1965, a group of ten specially-selected United States Air Force aviators were gathered at a remote part of Eglin Air Force Base in the Florida panhandle. This highly-classified operation, called Project Weasel, was designed to develop new equipment and tactics to counter the SAM threat over Vietnam.