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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.

The Airborne Laser Project

Even after the fall of the Soviet Union 24 years ago, the threat posed to the U.S. and its interests from regional ballistic missiles is not going away anytime soon. According to the View More ›

Shadowhawks Cruise Video Part 2

We’re not done with VAQ-141 just yet, so today we’re continuing with the next part of the Shadowhawks cruise video. As Part 1 ended we rode along in the cockpit View More ›

9 Haunting Aviation Mysteries

Ever since flying machines began taking to the skies there have been instances of an airship or aircraft disappearing, sometimes with little or no trace, making it very difficult for View More ›

Burner Saturday: VMFA-122 F/A-18C Hornet

Please forgive us, oh FighterSweep faithful, for not bringing you our weekly dose of afterburner yesterday. But we haven’t forgotten about our weekly treat of reheat. This week’s edition will View More ›

Burner Friday: 179 FS F-16CJ

Ladies and gents, boys and girls, welcome back to everyone’s favorite day of the week: Burner Friday! This week’s edition is brought to you by the Minnesota Air National Guard’s View More ›

480FS F-16CJ Crashes in Bavaria

On the morning of August 11, a Block 50 F-16CJ from the 480th Fighter Squadron, the Warhawks, crashed at 9:38AM local time while on a training mission to the US Army View More ›

Plane Crash Injures Navy SEALs

Board a commercial flight here in the United States, or most anywhere in the world, and it’s all but a guarantee you’ll make it to your destination safely. You’ve all View More ›

USMC CH-46 Bows Out

An eager crowd poured out of side doors of the Smithsonian Air & Space Museum’s Udvar-Hazy Center, straining to catch a glimpse of history as one of the last USMC View More ›

A-10s Conduct Austere Runway Ops

Recently we took a look at a video of Russian Air Force Sukhoi SU-25s and MiG-29s operating off of a highway, demonstrating their ability to land operate from paved surfaces View More ›

From The Cockpit: Frisian Flag

Our Air National Guard friends flying the World’s Greatest Air Superiority Fighter™ have found themselves very busy as of late, with both Louisiana’s 159th Fighter Wing and Florida’s 125th Fighter Wing deployed View More ›