In a repeat of history, the US Navy is poised to re-learn hard lessons from the past. The Department of the Navy has recently ordered the only two naval helicopter View More ›
We’ve seen the West Coast Hornet Ball, thanks to our good friend and compatriot Wingnut. The Australians have thrown their hat into the mix, and did a darn fine job. View More ›
Today we bring you yet another awesome video that has been making the rounds this weekend, featuring the Echo Drivers of VFA-143 out of Naval Air Station Oceana. Known as View More ›
Watch a short video made by Wingnut for the 2013 Hornet Ball, an annual event for West coast F-18 Hornet and Super Hornet squadrons.
As Paco says, “It’s a Navy thing. More, it’s a CV thing, ‘CV’ being the code for carrier, the kind of carrier that has cross-deck pendants and planes with hooks. View More ›
If you’re on a VFR flight plan in American airspace, cloud-surfing is big no-no in the eyes of the FAA. But since we’re talking about F/A-18F Super Hornets on deployment, those rules don’t apply.
December 21, 1970 probably played out like it usually does for most: four days before Christmas for the folks at home usually means last minute shopping for presents, growing resentment View More ›
This fantastic video by the “Royal Maces” of VFA-27, based at NAF Atsugi, Japan, is just a teaser for their full-length cruise video. The video features some absolutely spectacular imagery View More ›
The Last of the Dogfighters! A little eye candy and laughs from the badass adversary pilots of VFC-13.
My buddy Wingnut is not only an intrepid and steely-eyed fighter pilot who has already garnered some well deserved ink here on FighterSweep, but he also happens to be a pretty damn View More ›