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Two Brothers Commanding JBLE Flying Units!

FighterSweep Fans, here is an awesome story which caught our attention over the last few days comes from our good friends over at Joint Base Langley-Eustis (JBLE). Brothers flying during View More ›

Live Ammo Hits Apache During Training

FighterSweep Fans, scenario-based training is a place where you absolutely cannot afford to have any lapses in your attention to detail. It doesn’t matter if you’ve done it one or View More ›

First F-35’s for JASDF to Fly by Year End

Japan’s first F-35’s will be flying sorties from Luke Air Force Base by the end of 2016 according to a Lockheed Martin spokesman. The first batch of four is slated View More ›

BREAKING: EgyptAir Flight Disappears from Radar

EgyptAir flight 804, which was headed to Cairo from Paris disappeared from radar shortly after it entered Egyptian airspace. The aircraft is an Airbus A320 with 66 people on board, View More ›

BREAKING – B-52H Crash at Andersen AFB

This morning there was a crash involving a B-52H deployed from Minot AFB. It appears as if the aircraft went down within the perimeter of Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, View More ›

RAF Intercept Three Russian Aircraft in Baltic

Royal Air Force (RAF) Typhoons taking part in the Baltic Air Policing (BAP) mission were scrambled to intercept three Russian aircraft last week. The intercept is really nothing new for View More ›

BREAKING: Vintage T-6 Crash in Arizona Kills Two

Earlier today at Falcon Field in Mesa, Arizona, a T-6 Texan crashed just off the end of the runway. Preliminary reports are stating that there were two souls on board, View More ›

3-D Printer Helping Ease Global Hawk Restrictions

I’m at the age that views 3-D printing as one part awesome, incredible technology, and another part pure sorcery. Obviously the pure sorcery thing is just because I don’t fully View More ›

Super Tucano Attack Aircraft Over Afghanistan!

The Embraer EMB 314 Super Tucano, known in DoD circles as the A-29, is a turboprop primary trainer aircraft modified for light attack, CAS, and aerial reconnaissance missions in low-threat View More ›

Training To Fly The F-35 Lightning II

FighterSweep Fans, we’ve spent a lot of time talking about the F-35 program and the associated topics. This piece we ran across is going to be a bit different, as View More ›

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