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Italy Agrees To U.S. Drone Strikes Over Libya

Editor’s Note: In modern warfare, agreements such as this make life much simpler and allow for a fair amount of flexibility in the breadth and scope of operations conducted. By View More ›

New Radar Erected On Chinese Artificial Island?

Editor’s Note: This is in a similar vein of what we’ve been talking about with Chinese radar’s ability to detect and possibly track low-observable aircraft such as the F-22 and View More ›

LRS-B: Air Force Promises More Info On New Bomber

Editor’s Note: We’re all really anxious to hear more about Northrop-Grumman’s winning LRS-B design, but in all likelihood we’ll have to wait for a little bit. Preparations are underway at View More ›

Sukhoi Has A Banner Year In Combat Aircraft Sales

Editor’s Note: Say what you will about the Flanker, all of you Sukhoi haters–but I can assure you these aircraft are of great concern to our armed forces. Agile, powerful, View More ›

BUFF: Air Force Prolongs The Life Of Its Oldest Bomber

Editor’s Note: You cannot help but love the BUFF, ladies and gentlemen. She’s old, tired, really cranky, and has one heck of a unique personality. She smokes waaaaaaaay too much View More ›

Rafael targets sensor opportunity on F-35I Adir

Editor’s Note: The first Israeli F-35I is currently under construction at Lockheed-Martin’s facilities. One of the IDF-specific requests was their airplanes have space for their own suite of sensor and View More ›

Maryland ANG A-10s To Deploy In Daesh Fight!

Editor’s Note: We can extol the virtues of the Hawg all day long, ladies and gentlemen. The very experienced pilots at the Maryland Air National Guard’s 104th Fighter Squadron will View More ›

KC-135s Support French Air Operations In Africa

Editor’s Note: As well all know, the French wasted absolutely no time getting into the fight with Daesh after recent attacks on their soil. The Armée de l’air’s goal has been View More ›

What Is The History Behind Today’s Air Shows?

Editor’s Note: We’ve touched on the subject of air shows before. For us at FighterSweep, every single one of us got involved in aviation–in one way or another–owe our involvement View More ›

Romania Looking To Buy F-16s From NATO Partners

Editor’s Note: Romania is another example of a NATO partner nation whose Air Force is in dire need of modernization. We’ve talked with our brothers and sisters who have spent View More ›

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