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Oregon Air Guard Eagles In Finland!

FighterSweep Fans, the Oregon Air National Guard’s 173rd Fighter Wing has successfully arrived in Finland and has set up shop. The pilots from the Land of No Slack have conducted View More ›

UK Adding Poseidon to its Arsenal?

Word on the street is the Royal Navy could be adding nine brand-spanking-new P-8’s to its inventory in the very near future. This is most likely very exciting news for View More ›

Bulldogs, Draggins, Fiends: Osan Elephant Walk!

FighterSweep Fans, in the event you needed a bit more awesome in your week, look no further. We’ve discussed the concept and execution of the “Elephant Walk” in the past, View More ›

Pilots, Maintainers Weigh In On F-35 Program

FighterSweep Fans, we have good news coming out of the F-35 Joint Program Office. Despite what a lot of critics say, the pilots and maintainers of the JSF are actually View More ›

Crosshairs On Queep: Two-Star Targets USAF’s Bane

Oh, the queep. The ever-present, life-sucking, hope-smashing bane of (in this case) tactical aviation. We have discussed this scurge at great length, as it is one of the biggest factors View More ›

China Scrambles Jets To Challenge US Navy Ship

The U.S.S. William P. Lawrence, a US Navy guided missile destroyer, sailed within twelve nautical miles of Fiery Cross Reef in the hotly-contested Spratly Islands, and drew a less-than-neighborly response. View More ›

Truman Drops Record Amount Of Ordnance!

FighterSweep Fans, here’s a feel-good story coming out of Operation Inherent Resolve. Our brothers and sisters aboard the U.S.S. Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) have been doing some outstanding work. In View More ›

In Defense Of The F-35 Lightning II: Who’s Right?

FighterSweep Fans, this is the question in the back of many an intelligent mind as it applies to the F-35 Lightning II: who’s right? We have the crowd eager to View More ›

ACC: Nellis F-16 Collision Due To Pilot Error

FighterSweep Fans, we have an update on an incident we reported last fall. Air Combat Command has released the Accident Investigation Board report in reference to the runway collision between View More ›

Hill Lightning Crews Working on 4-Ship Training

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 View More ›

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