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Why would the Air Force want to buy new F-15s in the era of stealth fighters?

January 20, 2019

The United States Air Force recently announced it would seek funding to procure a dozen new F-15X fighter jets as a part of its 2020 budget proposal, a move the View More ›

Alex Hollings 2 Comments Expert Analysis, Military Aviation
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Was Roswell a Soviet hoax? Fact may be stranger than fiction

January 18, 2019

In July of 1947, something fell from the sky and crash landed in Mack Brazel’s ranch, just northwest of Roswell, New Mexico. According to the official story, it was an View More ›

Alex Hollings 1 Comment Expert Analysis, History
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Why can’t the US restart the F-22 program? Because it would be cheaper to build the next fighter instead

January 16, 2019

The F-35 has been in the headlines repeatedly in recent years. Whenever a news outlet needs an example of gratuitous military spending, you can bet a picture of Lockheed’s banner View More ›

Alex Hollings 1 Comment Expert Analysis, Military Aviation
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A tribute to airline pioneer Herb Kelleher, dead at 87

January 15, 2019

Early in the new year, the aviation industry lost one of its brightest and most eccentric stars. Herb Kelleher, the ostentatious and larger-than-life former CEO of Southwest Airlines, died at View More ›

FighterSweep Staff No Comments Commercial Aviation, Expert Analysis
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Pulling G’s – A Fighter Pilot’s Response to Gravitational Forces

January 13, 2019

“After dinner, the weather being warm, we went into the garden and drank thea, under the shade of some apple trees…he told me, he was just in the same situation, View More ›

Rocky Jedick No Comments Expert Analysis, Military Aviation
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Fifth-Gen Face Off: Here are the 4 most advanced stealth fighters on the planet

January 13, 2019

When Lockheed Martin’s F-22 Raptor first took to the skies in 1997, it represented such a fundamental shift in military aviation that it was clear the U.S. was dealing with View More ›

Alex Hollings No Comments Expert Analysis, Military Aviation
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Ranger Helicopter Assault Force: Learning to assault from the Little Bird

January 11, 2019

Editor’s note: This piece was written by NEWSREP Editor-in-Chief and Special Operations veteran, Jack Murphy. Murphy served as a Sniper and Team Leader in 3rd Ranger Battalion and as a View More ›

FighterSweep Staff No Comments Expert Analysis, Military Aviation
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Boeing/Sikorsky SB-1 Defiant: A Possible Replacement for the Blackhawk

January 10, 2019

The Army is looking to replace their fleets of the aging UH-60 Blackhawk vertical lift helicopters and wants their replacements, with an eye toward possible conflict with Russian or Chinese View More ›

FighterSweep Staff No Comments Expert Analysis, Military Aviation
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Helicopter Assault: Putting SOF on Target

January 8, 2019

Somewhere in the vicinity of Baghdad, 4 Navy HH-60Hs lift out of a FOB, their cabins packed full of SOF assaulters. As the birds lift, the engines whine, struggling to View More ›

Brian Bauer No Comments Expert Analysis, Military Aviation
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Watch: Former Army Ranger and pilot breaks down why the AC-130 Spectre is the ‘Ranger God in the sky’

January 3, 2019

Editor’s note: Erik Meisner served in Attack Company, 2nd Battalion 75th Ranger Regiment as a rifle team leader with deployments to the Middle East, Central America and Asia. He is View More ›

Alex Hollings No Comments Expert Analysis, Military Aviation
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