SOFREP, Author at Fighter Sweep

The Complete Guide to the Enlisted Airforce Ranks

The enlisted airmen in the Air Force are like the engine that drives the aircraft. Without them, there would be no pilots, navigators, or anyone else to fly planes. As View More ›

Top 5 Best Airguns for 2022

Airguns, also known as gas guns, use compressed air or gas to cause bullet acceleration; this contrasts with traditional firearms that use the ignition of explosives to propel a projectile. View More ›

The “Flying Chernobyl,” Russia’s Nuclear Powered Cruise Missile, called The Burevestnik

As Russia’s conventional military starts to crack, the country’s nuclear arsenal and long-range missile strike capabilities have been brought to the spotlight. With Western observers raising questions about the capabilities View More ›

US Backs Australia, B-2 Bombers Deployed for Australian Airforce Training

Two weeks ago, SOFREP reported a confrontation between Australian and Chinese airforces as China intercepted the Australian P-8 maritime surveillance aircraft during a “routine maritime surveillance activity.” Though China said, View More ›

SOCOM Taps New Combat Cropduster

Businesswire reports that US Special Operations Command (SOCOM), as of August 1st, has chosen the L3Harris AT-802U Sky Warden aircraft for its armed overwatch program. The contract is worth up View More ›

Russia Has Stolen Over 400 Commercial Jets and No One Seems to Care

Claiming Them for Their Own Imagine that you rented a car, drove it a bit, then got ticked off at the rental car company for whatever reason and refused to View More ›

Unmanned Fighter Jets Aren’t Stealing Pilots’ Jobs…Yet

While most advanced unmanned drones today focus on intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) missions, it appears that pilotless fighter jets capable of dogfighting are not far off in the future. View More ›

22 American UAVs in the 21st Century Battlefield

Check out the 22 unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) engineered and developed in the United States that played significant roles in and changed the battlefield in the twenty-first century (sorted by View More ›

F-35 Seat Problem Flagged Months Ago, But Had Only Been Grounded in July

The world’s most advanced F-35 II Lightning fighter jet has just been grounded in the US Air Force (USAF), the Navy (USN), and Marine Corps (USMC) as well. But, before View More ›

Russian ‘Frogfoot’ Jet Fighter Shot Down Over Ukraine

Ukrinform reports that according to the press service of the Ukrainian Airborne Assault Troops, one of their paratroopers downed a Russian Su-25 “Frogfoot” on July 29th, 2022. The press service View More ›

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