FighterSweep Staff, Author at Fighter Sweep

Strike Eagle WSO Passes 1,000 Combat Hours!

Editor’s Note: Major Jennifer is a very good friend of ours. We’ve had the honor and privilege of working with her on more than one occasion in the past few View More ›

Russian Super Flanker Executes A Terrible Landing!

Editor’s Note: Admittedly, I’m kind of at a loss for words. As a pilot, I have absolutely no idea what this Su-35C Super Flanker pilot was thinking, and can think of View More ›

Passenger Injured In Pearl Harbor Helo Crash Dies

Editor’ Note: As we previously reported, a sight-seeing helicopter crashed in Pearl Harbor adjacent to the U.S.S. Arizona memorial and Pearl Harbor Visitors Center. We learned last night the most View More ›

Chinese Fighter Jets Deployed To Artificial Islands

Editor’s Note: Since the Chinese completed the runway and conducted initial tests on Woody Island, it was only a matter of time before aircraft from the People’s Liberation Army Air View More ›

The Thunderbirds En Route To Daytona!

Editor’s Note: I’ve had the privilege of working with Mike before, photographing the Thunderbirds–but not at Daytona. He’s a solid guy, easy to work with, and a very gifted photographer. View More ›

Russians To Fly New Surveillance Jet Over the U.S.?

Happy Monday, FighterSweep Fans! And to start your week off on an interesting note, Russia will formally ask permission today to start flying a particularly sophisticated ISR (Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance) View More ›

WASPs: Betrayed by the Department of Defense?

Editor’s Note: This is another issue near to our hearts, FighterSweep Fans. Every one of our sisters flying in the Army and Air Force can trace their service heritage back to View More ›

Future Fighter: Lasers and Autonomous Intelligence!

Editor’s Note: As we’ve mentioned before, there are a lot of ideas out there as to what NGAD or Next Generation Air Dominance will entail. Some have mentioned lasers, others View More ›

Sukhoi’s Hopes for T-50 Fizzle at Singapore Airshow

Editor’s Note: The T-50 or PAK-FA has been labeled as the “Raptor Slayer” since it first appeared on the scene in 2010. Touted as Russia’s first 5th-Generation fighter, and a View More ›

Can Chinese Radar Track The F-22 Raptor?

Editor’s Note: A lot of folks equate “stealth” with complete invisibility and that is simply not the case. Any aircraft with what we call LO or “Low-Observable” features can be View More ›

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