Navy Archives - Page 39 of 44

The Best Non-Cruise Cruise Video Ever!

March 1, 2016

FighterSweep Fans, we trust your Tuesday is going well, and in the event it is not, we have taken it upon ourselves to provide you with some epic evening entertainment View More ›

Dogfighting in an F/A-18 Hornet!

February 27, 2016

One of our resident Viper Drivers, Pilot X, previously wrote, “there arguably is no better weapon than the F-16C Fighting Falcon…-” when it comes to a BFM engagement. I’m happy that he View More ›

Neptunus Lex: If Airplanes Were Women…

February 25, 2016

Good morning, Fightersweep Fans! It’s a heck of a title, isn’t it? If airplanes were women. But before anyone gets too bent out of shape, let’s remember the spirit of View More ›

Last Legacy Hornet Departs NAS Lemoore!

February 19, 2016

Good afternoon, Fighersweep Fans! We have big news from the Navy’s West Coast Master Jet Base! This week Strike Fighter Squadron 113 launched its final sortie in the F/A-18C “Legacy” View More ›

Oxygen System Problems Plaguing Navy, Marine Hornets

February 18, 2016

Editor’s Note: This is an issue near to our hearts, as the oxygen system was one of the causal factors which led to the death of a friend of ours View More ›

Unmanned Tanker, More F-35Cs In 2017 Navy Budget

February 10, 2016

[Editor’s Note: Much like the Air Force’s ongoing budget woes, the Navy is in much the same boat. As we all know, the Department of Defense has gone all-in on View More ›

The “Bounty Hunters” South Seas Cruise

January 23, 2016

Happy Saturday, FighterSweep Fans! Today we bring you a cruise video from the “Bounty Hunters” of Strike Fighter Squadron TWO, recently home from a short cruise south of the equator. View More ›

Remembering Captain Michael “Spike” Speicher

January 18, 2016

[Editor’s Note: Lieutenant Commander Michael Scott Speicher was a U.S. Navy F/A-18 Hornet pilot from VFA-81–the “Sunliners.” His aircraft was destroyed in flight on the first not of Operation Desert Storm, making him the first View More ›

Blues And The Hornet: The Perfect Marriage!

January 10, 2016

[Staff Note: It’s really hard to imagine a more perfect marriage of man and machine than a Blue Angels pilot and the Hornet. This story, provided to us by FighterSweep View More ›

Milestone Monday: First Flight of the Grumman F-14 Tomcat!

Happy Monday, FighterSweep Fans! We wanted to start the week off correctly, and it’s hard to imagine a better way than celebrated the first flight of the ever-awesome, amazing, and View More ›