Military Aviation Archives - Page 177 of 192

Boeing KC-135R Stratotanker: NKAWTG!

August 19, 2015

The Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker and its many variations has helped extend the range of a multitude of aircraft during it’s almost 60 years of service to the U.S. and a View More ›

MileStone Monday: F-16 Fighting Falcon

August 17, 2015

It’s Milestone Monday, FighterSweep Fans! Today we recall 17 August 1978, the day the world was first introduced to the General Dynamics (now Lockheed-Martin) F-16 Fighting Falcon. The popular nickname View More ›

Sentry Eagle: Thunderstruck!

August 10, 2015

Happy Monday, FighterSweep Fans! As we’ve been sharing with you for the past week, we were honored to participate in Exercise Sentry Eagle 2015, hosted by the Oregon Air National View More ›

Special Mission 13: One Family’s Legacy

August 6, 2015

Seventy years ago today, the face of warfare changed forever. Terms like Silverplate and Little Boy took on whole new meanings, and the name Enola Gay became known across the View More ›

Milestone Monday: Rivet Joint Turns 25

August 4, 2015

Here at FighterSweep, we like to acknowledge aviation milestones as they pass. We may be heavy on the tactical side of things, but we in no way discount or scoff View More ›

Milestone Monday: F-15 Eagle First Flight

July 27, 2015

Good afternoon, FighterSweep Fans! We are back with another installment of Milestone Monday, and today we are celebrating an important anniversary. On this day, in 1972, the McDonnell Douglas (now View More ›

From The Cockpit: 79 FS Journeys Home

July 26, 2015

A very Happy Sunday to you, FighterSweep Fans! We hope you’ve had a great weekend thus far. We’ve been enjoying some much-needed down time, as we’ve all been traveling and View More ›

From The Cockpit: Highway Operations

July 24, 2015

Imagine for a moment, if you will, you’re a fighter pilot in an air force whose home station has just fallen victim to an airstrike. You look out across the View More ›

From The Cockpit: F-15E Deployment

July 22, 2015

On 22 September of last year, the United States and her coalition partners in the Middle East began Operation Inherent Resolve, an air campaign designed specifically to target the Islamic View More ›

From The Cockpit: Frisian Flag

July 21, 2015

Our Air National Guard friends flying the World’s Greatest Air Superiority Fighter™ have found themselves very busy as of late, with both Louisiana’s 159th Fighter Wing and Florida’s 125th Fighter Wing deployed View More ›