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About Jonathan Derden

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.

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Culpeper Air Fest: A Salute to Disabled Veterans

Culpeper Air Fest: A Salute to Disabled Veterans

The 15th annual Culpeper Air Fest is right around the corner, and we can literally already hear the unmistakable roar of the large Pratt & Whitney radial engine of the most famous View More ›

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Burner Friday: JASDF F-15J

Naha Air Base: 400 Scrambles In A Year (!!?)

A Japanese Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) F-15J from 306 Hikotai blazes away from Eielson AFB, Alaska during a Red Flag-Alaska 13-3 mission. —– Happy Friday, FighterSweep fans! Here’s today’s installment View More ›

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A-10 Thunderbolt II Photo Gallery

Sell A-10s to Foreign Air Forces?

Today we give you the Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II, named after its WWII-era ground attack predecessor, the P-47 Thunderbolt. The A-10 is the aircraft most requested by JTACs, the one whose View More ›

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Gallery: Grumman F-14A/A+/D Tomcat

Tomcat. Turkey. Bombcat. Peeping Tom. The Big Fighter. The first flight of the Grumman F-14 was 21 December 1970 and was made its first deployment aboard the USS Enterprise in September 1974. It saw View More ›

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