FighterSweep Staff, Author at Fighter Sweep

The B-52 Will Rise Again In Fight Against Daesh!

Editor’s Note: As we recently said, the BUFF may be old and tired, but she’s still an angry girl eager to rise up in the fight against Daesh. With the View More ›

Russia Unveils Its First Privately-Designed Trainer

Editor’s Note: For the first time in the history of Russian aviation, a privately-designed and produced aircraft capable of outperforming its state-designed counterparts has been unveiled. The SR-10 light trainer View More ›

General Welsh: PLAAF To Be Larger Than USAF By 2030

Editor’s Note: Here’s another one for the Color-Us-Shocked! files: The People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) will have a larger and more advanced force than our own Air Force in View More ›

Lockheed-Martin: Partners Must Decide On F-35 Block Buy

Editor’s Note: All twelve partner nations are doing their best to make their dollars stretch as far as they can, so that means being smart with the timing of their View More ›

Precision-Guided Munitions: Max Effect, Minimum Damage

Editor’s Note: Long gone are the days of carpet-bombing and turning entire cities into rubble while trying to attack a small number of targets. Weapons technology has developed to a View More ›

Kadena Launches First MC-130J Five-Ship Formation

Editor’s Note: Just like their brothers and sisters in Air Combat Command and Air Force Global Strike Command, the aviators in AFSOC have been in need of upgrades for platforms View More ›

Could Israel’s Ire Mean The End Of F-15 Production?

Editor’s Note: Caught between the proverbial rock and a hard place, Boeing has some decisions to make. In light of the company’s recent attempt to protest the LRS-B award to View More ›

Canada Looking For Aggressor Fleet To Train RCAF

Editor’s Note: Contract Red Air is getting to be a big business. Airborne Tactical Advantage Company, or ATAC, has been doing it for more than twenty years, for example, and View More ›

Taj Sareen: A Father’s Love And A Final Gift

Editor’s Note: We really miss Cabbie. Our family here at FighterSweep is diminished without him. His words were always inspiring and helpful, and his generosity made him stand out. As View More ›

MAGTF Supports Exercise Eager Response 16

Editor’s Note: The MAGTF, or Marine Air-Ground Task Force, is a capability unique to the United States Marine Corps. MAGTF is a term used Marines to describe the principal organization View More ›

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