Alex Hollings Alex Hollings writes on a breadth of subjects ranging from fitness to foreign policy, all presented through the lens of his experiences as a U.S. Marine, athlete and scholar. A football player, rugby player and fighter, Hollings has spent the better part of his adult life competing in some of the most physically demanding sports on the planet. Hollings possesses a master's degree in communications from Southern New Hampshire University, as well as a bachelor's degree in Corporate and Organizational Communications from Framingham State University.
NASA’s high success rates when it comes to Martian exploration missions might misconstrue just how hard it is to land on the Red Planet. In fact, of the 56 or View More ›
The United States boasts not only the largest and most powerful air force in the world, it actually boasts three of them. If you were to divide the airborne assets View More ›
When it comes to the general public, stealth technology is among the most widely acknowledged but least understood facets of the American defense apparatus, and as such, there’s also a View More ›
Here at Fighter Sweep, we try our best to walk the line between breaking aviation news and offering interesting and insightful analysis into the world of all things airborne. Fortunately View More ›
The U.S. Air Force’s forthcoming long range stealth bomber, the B-21 Raider, is slated to enter into service within the next seven or so years. That would suggest that all testing View More ›
Sometimes it can be tough to appreciate the logic behind which defense technologies the United States Government deems suitable for export. The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, for instance, is regularly View More ›
Although Russia’s fifth generation fighter may be little more than a token collection of jets, they have gone to great lengths to upgrade their existing fourth-generation platforms in a way View More ›
Ever since the first military drone took to the sky, pilots have wondered if their days in the fight were numbered. Drones, first relied on for reconnaissance, were soon armed View More ›
George Herbert Walker Bush died at age 94 on Friday. The man perhaps best known as the first of two presidents to carry his family name into the Oval Office View More ›
The Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II, or “Warthog” as it’s commonly known, was the first aircraft the U.S. Air Force ever purpose built specifically for close air support operations. In View More ›