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USMC Pilot Killed in F/A-18 Crash in Japan Identified

December 8, 2016 usmc-pilot-jake-frederick

Marine Corps F/A-18 pilot Captain Jake Frederick was killed Wednesday when his aircraft crashed into the ocean off the coast of Japan. The 32 year Hornet old pilot was on a View More ›

FighterSweep Staff 3 Comments Marine Corps, Military Aviation, News
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Watch: Aircraft Carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) Renders Honors at Pearl Harbor

December 7, 2016 uss-stennis-renders-honors-pearl-harbor-2016

If you were in Pearl Harbor on December 2nd you might have been lucky enough to see a US Naval tradition that is very moving and spectacular. The USS John View More ›

FighterSweep Staff 1 Comment History, Navy, WWII
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Marine Corps F/A-18 Crashes in Southern Japan

December 7, 2016 usmc f18 crashes in japan

Update: The Marine Corps has expanded the search-and-rescue efforts for the missing F/A-18 pilot. “Search and rescue efforts for the pilot … have expanded to a greater radius and include more View More ›

FighterSweep Staff 1 Comment Marine Corps, Military Aviation, News
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Remember Pearl Harbor! Photos You Have Never Seen Before

December 7, 2016 attack_on_pearl_harbor_japanese_planes_view

At 0748 Sunday morning December 7th, 1941 the Japanese Navy attacked Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. More than 350 Imperial Japanese bombers, fighter planes and torpedo planes attacked the island after being View More ›

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This Day in Aviation History: December 6, 1959 Navy F4 Pilot Sets Zoom Climb Altitude Record

December 6, 2016 flint-lawrence-e-cdr-usn-6-december-1959-usnavy

On December 6, 1959 US Navy Commander Lawrence E. Flint set a new world’s record when he zoom climbed his YF4H-1 Phantom II prototype to an altitude of 98,561 feet or 30,041 meters. The View More ›

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Russian Su-33 Fighter Jet Crashes in Mediterranean Sea after Syrian Sortie

December 5, 2016 sukhoi_su-33_on_admiral_kuznetsov

Less than month after a Russian Navy Mig-29 crashed while attempting to land on their only aircraft carrier the Admiral Kuznetsov, a second Russian carrier based fighter jet has been View More ›

FighterSweep Staff No Comments Military Aviation, News, Russian Air Force, Russian Navy
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Watch: F-16 Falcons On Display Like You Have Never Seen Before!

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Multiple F-16 ‘Fighting Falcon’ fighter jets put on a show as they taxi down a runway at Kunsan Air Base, South Korea. The spectacle that took place in 2012 was View More ›

FighterSweep Staff No Comments Air Force, Military Aviation, Video
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Royal Canadian Air Force CF-18 Pilot Killed in Crash

December 2, 2016 capt-thomas-mcqueen

Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) Captain Thomas McQueen was killed when his CF-18 Hornet crashed on the Cold Lake Air Weapons Range during a training mission. He was a 10 year View More ›

FighterSweep Staff 2 Comments Military Aviation, Royal Canadian Air Force
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Watch: Lockheed Martin T-50A Advanced Air Force Trainer Takes to the Skies!

December 2, 2016 lockheed martin t-50a aircraft

Lockheed Martin announced that flight operations for the T-50A advanced trainer aircraft were underway from their Greenville, South Carolina final assembly and checkout facility. The aircraft is a joint partnership View More ›

FighterSweep Staff 1 Comment Air Force, Military Aviation, News
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Iranian Gunboat Crew Aims Weapon at US Navy Helicopter

December 1, 2016 mh60 seahawk helicopter

In recent months there has been a series of incidents between United States Navy vessels and small Iranian fast gunboats in the Persian Gulf area. The Iranian gunboats harassed and View More ›

FighterSweep Staff 1 Comment Military Aviation, Navy, News
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