Jonathan Derden is an Airline Transport Rated-pilot with a regional airline in the mid-Atlantic region. Chair flying since being spoon fed as a child, Jonathan is a graduate of the aviation program at Jacksonville University and has been an airline pilot since 2007. When he's not flying for work, he's traversing the planet in search of the next opportunity as an aviation photojournalist. Jonathan began his photographic pursuits as a teenager while learning how to use his father's camera at a local general aviation airport, and has since broadened his horizons to include and now focuses on military aviation.
If the term “blue-collar” could describe any aircraft since the dawn of flight, it is certainly apropos of the McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II. Tagged with such affectionate nicknames as “Double View More ›
In October 1965, a group of ten specially-selected United States Air Force aviators were gathered at a remote part of Eglin Air Force Base in the Florida panhandle. This highly-classified operation, called Project Weasel, was designed to develop new equipment and tactics to counter the SAM threat over Vietnam.
An often ridiculed aircraft for its cost, high-profile accidents, and program delays in its infancy, the Bell-Boeing V-22 Osprey has been consistently fielding new capabilities and is now adding yet another role to View More ›
It’s been almost a week since EgyptAir’s flight MS804 disappeared over the Mediterranean while enroute from Paris Charles de Gaulle International to Cairo, though numerous possibilities of why the Airbus View More ›
The Royal Netherlands Air Force’s F-16s have been conducting operations in support of Operation Inherent Resolve since late 2014, dropping their first munitions in Iraq in October of that year. Four View More ›
This week’s tip of the Tricorne hat goes to the fine men and women of the South Carolina Air National Guard’s 169th Fighter Wing at McEntire Joint National Guard Base View More ›
Ever picture yourself with courtside seats at an NBA game, sitting so close to the action that even you could block Kobe? Maybe sitting on the 50-yard line at your View More ›
One of the classiest designs ever to emerge out of the 1950s, the Northrop F-5 is an head-turning, eye-catching fighter. Not only a winner in the good looks department, the View More ›
It’s hard to overstate the fine work that the USAF’s Dark Gray F-15E Strike Eagles and their crews undertake on a routine basis. The jet itself is a workhorse, and can View More ›
Happy Friday, FighterSweep Fans! We hope you enjoy this tasty offering of soul-numbing, burner awesomeness, brought to you once again by the very talented Jonathan Derden Great Falls, Montana has View More ›