In October 2015, a pair of Lockheed Martin F-35Cs from the US Navy’s Air Test and Evaluation Squadron Two Three (VX-23) and a test team from Patuxent River deployed aboard View More ›
Those who work in the airshow industry have heard rumblings of this for the past couple years, but it appears as though the long-held speculation has turned into fact: the View More ›
Good evening, FighterSweep Fans! You’re about to see some great footage from a GoPro attached to the cranial of a VFA-87 “Golden Warriors” troubleshooter. The “shooters,” as we call them, View More ›
We’ve seen what the Navy’s west coast Hornet squadrons have offered up for their video this year – it was stunning work and set the bar high. However, not to View More ›
Today’s a big day in the history books of US Naval Aviation, with the predecessor of today’s F/A-18 Hornet flying for the first time on this date in 1978. Still View More ›
I am very proudly a member of the “Top Gun” generation. In fact, a great many of the fighter pilots I know and call friends are. In some way, shape, View More ›
We at FighterSweep received news on October 5th of this year that one of America’s great aviators had “Gone West,” or as Tailhookers would say, made the Big Muster in View More ›
For this week’s edition of Burner Friday, we’re taking a little trip to Stingtown – meet the Stingers of Strike Fighter Squadron 113 from Naval Air Station Lemoore. Flying the View More ›
Happy Monday, FighterSweep Fans! We wanted to start your week off in spectacular fashion, and what better way than to provide you with the latest and greatest video from the View More ›
As I stepped off the C-2 Greyhound, I was immediately welcomed aboard the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower by a blast of hot exhaust pouring out of two Pratt & Whitney View More ›