Military Aviation Archives - Page 162 of 192

Operation Odyssey Dawn: Five Years Later

March 30, 2016

Five years ago, a phone rang in the 28th Bomb Wing vice commander’s office, and that exchange led to Ellsworth AFB making history–and on a grand scale. The end result View More ›

Pilots Continue To Leave USAF At Alarming Rate

March 26, 2016

This is a topic we’ve touched on quite a bit in the past few months. The Air Force continues to hemorrhage talent from its community of pilots, but here’s a View More ›

A Veteran With A Nose For Art!

March 26, 2016

Happy Saturday, FighterSweep Fans! This is a pretty cool story that was shared with us and we wanted to pass it on to you. Traditional “nose art” was banned by View More ›

Snowbirds: An Afternoon Aloft In The Tutor!

March 24, 2016

It’s airshow season, FighterSweep Fans! That being said, from time to time you can expect to see videos from our friends on the various demo teams–both foreign and here at View More ›

Ideas For Naming the B-21? How about these?

March 23, 2016

Happy Wednesday, FighterSweep Fans! Shortly after Secretary of the Air Force, Deborah Lee James, announced the B-21 at this year’s Air Warfare Symposium in Orlando, the service also announced it View More ›

Colonel Kay: A Tribute To The Father Of The A-10

March 22, 2016

Editor’s Note: This is a very interesting story about the man considered to be the “Father of the A-10.” Colonel Avery Kay led the effort back in the 1960s to View More ›

Make Them Tell You No!

March 20, 2016

“Well, you have astigmatism in both eyes,” the optometrist told me. “The good news is that we can get you a pair of glasses to help.” I was sixteen years View More ›

Black Knights Fly Against Japanese F-15s

March 19, 2016

Editor’s Note: It’s not just the Air Force and Navy who get the good deals in the fighter world! VMFA-314, the Black Knights, had the opportunity to fly dissimilar air View More ›

The S-3 Viking’s Final Goodbye

March 19, 2016

During its service at Point Mugu, the Lockheed-Martin S-3 Viking–with its substantial endurance, speed and room for multiple types of avionics, pods and test equipment–played a vital role in VX-30’s View More ›

Facts and Figures From Air Force OTS

March 18, 2016

FighterSweep Fans, we do our best to make sure we’re giving you the real gouge as it’s made available to us. You’ll find sometimes we won’t jump on a topic View More ›