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USAF Pilot Retention: Throwing Money at Problems

September 14, 2016

Former F-16 pilot Nate “Buster” Jaros takes us through his thoughts on USAF pilot retention issues and where leadership has missed the mark. A few years ago, my father (a View More ›

Nate Jaros 12 Comments Air Force, Ask A Fighter Pilot, Expert Analysis
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F-35 Block 3F Software Performs Well in Weapons Testing

August 29, 2016

The F-35 Integrated Test Force at Edwards AFB recently completed 25 missions with Block 3F software comprised of 12 weapons delivery accuracy (WDA’s) and 13 weapon separation tests. The F-35’s newest View More ›

FighterSweep Staff 13 Comments Military Aviation, News
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Why Sloppy Accounting Is Destroying the US Fighter Inventory

August 28, 2016

Editor’s Note: We recently saw a story that portrayed the DoD’s cost per flight hour of military aircraft.  So we asked our resident FighterSweep financial expert and former F/A-18 pilot Brett View More ›

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Photos: F-14A Tomcat “Fast Eagle 102” Restored

August 28, 2016

On August 19, 1981, F-14A Tomcat Fast Eagle 102 from VF-41 “Black Aces” shot down one of two Libyan Su-22’s. For years it sat in disrepair until it was restored by View More ›

Joe Ruzicka 13 Comments History, Military Aviation
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Watch: Time Lapse Operations On Carrier Flight Deck

August 27, 2016

Watch this cool time lapse video of a full day and night of carrier operations on the USS John C. Stennis (CVN-74) flight deck. It is pretty impressive to see View More ›

Joe Ruzicka 6 Comments Navy, Video
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A Night Mission Over Iraq In the F-16

August 26, 2016

Ride along with F-16 pilot Nate “Buster”Jaros, as he takes us and his wingman for a night mission over Iraq to help an Army convoy in trouble. It was a View More ›

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DoD Memo: F-35 “Not On Path Toward Success”

August 24, 2016

The F-35 still has a a long way to go according to a memo from the Defense Department Operational Test and Evaluation Directorate. Multiple problems and deficiencies still exist. Here View More ›

FighterSweep Staff 11 Comments Military Aviation, News
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Boeing’s T-X Trainer to Be Revealed Next Month

August 23, 2016

Boeing is set to unveil its new T-X fighter trainer in September at the Air Force Association conference near Washington, D.C. Boeing’s answer for the T-38 trainer replacement looks like View More ›

FighterSweep Staff 7 Comments Air Force, Military Aviation
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Light Your Hair On Fire With the US Navy’s TACDEMO Team

August 23, 2016

FighterSweep sat down with 3 members of the US Navy’s Super Hornet Demo Team to get their thoughts on putting one of the world’s premier fighters through its full paces. Have you View More ›

Joe Ruzicka 2 Comments Ask A Fighter Pilot, Military Aviation, Navy
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F-22 Raptors “Encourage” Syrian Su-24’s To Leave

August 21, 2016 Neuro-Avionics: Firefox Still Decades Away?

The U.S. military on Friday dispatched two F-22 Raptor stealth fighter jets to intercept a pair of Syrian Su-24 Fencer aircraft that flew in the vicinity of Hasakah, Syria, according to View More ›

Joe Ruzicka 3 Comments Air Force, News
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