Follow a VF-211 Checkmate F-14 Tomcat around the carrier landing pattern on the USS John C Stennis for day catapults and traps. You’ve all wanted to do this: Man up View More ›
Watch: Old School F-14 Tomcat Carrier Ops
July 23, 2016
Engine Out Techniques Part II–Landing
July 15, 2016
FighterSweep fans, this is the second part of a two part series regarding how fighter tactics can help general aviation (GA) pilots. Former F-16 pilot Nate “Buster” Jaros takes us View More ›
Engine Out Techniques Part I
July 12, 2016
Editor’s Note: We are pleased to have former F-16 pilot Nate “Buster” Jaros join us for a discussion on how fighter pilot tactics can help general aviation (GA) pilots. He View More ›
5 Rules for a Good Wingman
July 6, 2016
What does it mean to be a good wingman? Fighter jets rarely fly by themselves. Most of the time, if not all of the time, they fly in a section View More ›
The Pilot Training Machine Part III: Pilot Instructor Training
July 4, 2016
If the general public was to perform a Google search for “USAF Pilot Training”, almost all of the search results would be from the four main pilot training bases; Laughlin, View More ›
Ask A Fighter Pilot: The Future Of Our Inventory
March 12, 2016
“I am an aspiring fighter pilot, and was wondering what our inventory may look like in ten years or further into the future, and what will be different in the View More ›
Ask a Fighter Pilot: TOPGUN Selection (Part Deux)
March 3, 2016
I am curious how after one selects his aircraft after flight school as what squadron they are assigned and how they go about it and then after in the squadrons View More ›
Ask a Fighter Pilot: TOPGUN Selection (Part One)
March 1, 2016
I am curious how after one selects his aircraft after flight school as what squadron they are assigned and how they go about it and then after in the squadrons View More ›
Ask a Fighter Pilot: Are Top Gun quotes taboo?
February 23, 2016
Is it true that if you go into the aviation field in the Navy, both Aviator and NFO, that you are not aloud [sic] to quote Top Gun or pull View More ›