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Timeline Set For F-35I “Adir” Arrival In Israel

FighterSweep Fans, Israel has set the timeline for the first two of its Joint Strike Fighters to arrive. The pair of Lockheed Martin F-35I “Adir” fighters are currently scheduled to View More ›

Goldfein Nominated As Next CSAF!

FighterSweep Fans, the speculation over who will receive the nod as the U.S. Air Force’s next Chief of Staff can now be laid to rest. General David Goldfein, a career View More ›

Indian Air Force Taking Part In Red Flag-Alaska

FighterSweep fans, it’s a pretty rare treat for the Indian Air Force to take part in stateside exercises. Because of budgetary considerations, their participation is limited to once every five View More ›

Amended ROE Expands Air War Against Daesh

We’ve talked about the ultra-restrictive ROE hampering Operation Inherent Resolve in the past, and how the allowable level of civilian casualties has been “zero.” Since the fall timeframe, the airstrikes View More ›

Russians Scrambled To Intercept Israelis At Border

According to news outlets in Israel, Russian Aerospace Forces aircraft scrambled to intercept fighters belonging to Israel’s Kheil HaAvir. While some report there was no real confrontation, others say the View More ›

Soviet Pilot: Russian Fighters More Aggressive

FighterSweep Fans, the NATO-Russia council met this past week and high on the list of topics to be discussed is the recent antics by Russian Aerospace Forces (RuAF) fighter pilots View More ›

BUFF: First Strike Against Daesh In Iraq!

As we previously reported, U.S. Air Force B-52H Stratofortress bombers, better known as the BUFF, have arrived in-theater to support the ongoing airstrikes against Daesh as part of Operation Inherent View More ›

Tranche 1 Typhoons To Be UK Alert Force

As we talked about before, the Eurofighter Typhoon has undergone a series of important upgrades which have established it as a truly swing-role capable fighter aircraft. And while that functionality View More ›

House to USAF: Study Renewal Of Raptor Production

While U.S. Air Force officials have recently said reconstituting the F-22 Raptor production line would be a non-starter, the U.S. House of Representatives has ordered the service to conduct a View More ›

President-S Fails To Protect Mi-28 In Syria?

A few days ago, the Russian Defense Ministry announced the “crash” of a Russian Mi-28H Havoc attack helicopter near the city of Homs. Both pilots were killed and their bodies View More ›

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