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Dutch Vipers Rarely Used Over Syria

Good evening, FighterSweep faithful! Word out of the Middle East is that the Dutch are seldom able to employ their Vipers over Syria. Lack of SATellite COMmunications is the issue, View More ›

U.S. Adds More Surveillance to the Sky Over Libya

In a move that we feel is overdue, yet still definitely necessary, more U.S. surveillance drones will be in the skies over Libya. After a power vacuum was created post-Odyssey View More ›

Veteran Combat Pilot Sees Dream Come True!

FighterSweep Fans, tens of thousands of people, maybe even hundreds of thousands, have dreamed of flying in a fighter of some type or other. It is an experience difficult to View More ›

F-35B To Deploy To WESTPAC Theater in 2017

FighterSweep Fans, we have new but not expected news coming out of Headquarters Marine Corps. As we’ve anticipated, since the F-35B reached Initial Operational Capability last summer, the Corps’ newest View More ›

Aircraft Carrier Blocked From Hong Kong By China

We can’t say we’re too surprised, but this is still a move that does nothing to alleviate the strain in relations between China and the U.S. Next week, a US View More ›

John McCain on F-35: “A Scandal And A Tragedy”

John McCain is ragging on the F-35 again? Say it isn’t so, FighterSweep Fans. It appears as though the good Senator, despite the staggering amount of DoD money pouring into View More ›

Su-27 Performs Barrel Roll (Again?) Over US Plane

Ummm….didn’t we just report on this? Oh, wait, yes…we did. Apparently one incident involving a Sukhoi Su-27 Flanker of Russia’s Aerospace Forces doing a barrel roll over the top of View More ›

T-50 Seen Fitted With Air-To-Surface Weapons!

FighterSweep Fans, the Sukhoi T-50, also known as the PAK-FA, is entering a new phase of flight test. It was seen recently taxiing out for a flight equipped with both View More ›

Escadrille To Eaglejet: One Family’s Legacy…

During the recent FighterSweep trip to the Land of No Slack, “Stitch” was instrumental in arranging for a 142nd Fighter Wing jet to take part in our Oregon Air National View More ›

Air Force Considers B-21 Program Expansion

FighterSweep Fans, the Air Force is re-examining the number of new B-21 Long Range Strike Bombers (LRS-B) it will need to fulfill combatant commander requirements going into the next three View More ›

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