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Why Navy pilots hate the KC-135
About G M
G M is a U.S. Navy fighter pilot, dual-qualified in the Legacy Hornet and Super Hornet. In addition to being a veteran of Operation Inherent Resolve, he has over 150 carrier landings on four different aircraft carriers and has stick time in a variety of U.S. Navy aircraft. He is an Airline Transport rated pilot and CFI. Before joining the Navy, he spent a number of years as a civilian flight instructor and spent a brief time in corporate aviation flying KingAirs and Beechjets.
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Ask A Fighter Pilot: Hand Signals On The Flight Deck!
Question: I really enjoy the cruise videos from the Navy guys. There’s just something about the teamwork and precision required by everyone on deck that I find both fascinating and View More ›
How Do You Earn The Coveted Wings of Gold?
Happy Saturday, Fightersweep fans! Today we are going to look at the process of becoming a Naval Aviator, specifically a Strike Fighter Pilot in the F/A-18 Hornet/Super Hornet community! We View More ›
Ask A Fighter Pilot: Hornet vs Super Hornet!
“Something I’d like to see in the future is an article talking about the performance of the Hornet versus the Super Hornet. I often times see people comment that the View More ›
How do you become a US Navy fighter pilot?
Today we are going to look at the process of becoming a Naval Aviator, specifically a Strike Fighter Pilot in the F/A-18 Hornet/Super Hornet community! We will look at all View More ›
Why Navy pilots hate The KC-135
Depending on who you ask, the response to uttering the words “Iron Maiden” bring about very different emotions. Ask any fan of rock music and chances are the reaction is View More ›
From The Cockpit: Back In The Saddle!
It’s pretty awesome when your stable of contributors includes not one, nor two, but four U.S. Navy F/A-18 pilots. Here we have one demonstrating what we call AHC, or Advanced View More ›
From The Cockpit: Hornets Fire Rockets At Fallon!
Good afternoon, Fightersweep Fans! We’ve got some homegrown footage of 2.75-inch death for you today! This video was taken during a training flight during a detachment to NAS Fallon, Nevada View More ›
From The Cockpit: A Taste Of Naval Aviation
Good morning, Fightersweep Fans! And it is an especially good morning to fans of U.S. Navy Strike-Fighter Aviation! Today we bring to you a taste of Naval Aviation from the View More ›
Ask A Fighter Pilot: The Future Of Our Inventory
“I am an aspiring fighter pilot, and was wondering what our inventory may look like in ten years or further into the future, and what will be different in the View More ›