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From The Cockpit: Viper On The Boom

July 20, 2015

We have discussed what it’s like to take on gas from the tanker in an F-15D, so today we’re going to look at the same evolution from the F-16C. This View More ›

From The Cockpit: Battle of Britain Flyover

July 11, 2015

Yesterday, we mentioned the opening salvos of the Battle of Britain, the only campaign in the history of warfare to be fought strictly with airpower. The anniversary was commemorated in View More ›

From The Cockpit: US Navy Blue Angels

July 5, 2015

Happy Sunday, FighterSweep Fans! Our celebration of Independence Day continues this afternoon as we go inside the cockpit with the U.S. Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron. I remember seeing the Blue View More ›

F-35 vs F-16 BFM: Parting Thoughts

July 2, 2015

[Editor’s Note–Yesterday, C.W. Lemoine a Naval Reserve F/A-18 pilot and prior AFRES Viper Driver, opined about several articles tied to this report. Most the pieces launched onto the Interwebs were View More ›

From The Cockpit: Leaving The Boom

June 30, 2015

Happy Tanker Tuesday, FighterSweep Fans! As a follow-up to yesterday‘s aerial tour of the Hindu Kush mountains in Nuristan Province, we have a short, homegrown clip of a couple Boeing View More ›

From The Cockpit: Barg-i Matal

June 29, 2015

Barg-i Matal. It’s one of the most rugged, treacherous, and vertical districts in northeastern Afghanistan, largely walled off from the outside world by the Hindu Kush mountains. Very, very few View More ›

From The Cockpit: “Blue Blasters” Cruise Video

June 28, 2015

Happy Sunday to you all, FighterSweep Fans! On this beautiful afternoon, we bring you another tasty treat from the vault of U.S. Navy awesome, courtesy of the “Blue Blasters” of View More ›

Helmet-Mounted Display For The F-22?

June 27, 2015

One of the longest-standing questions I’ve been asked about the F-22A Raptor is this: “why is there no helmet-mounted display for the pilot? All the other jets have them, so View More ›

F-16 Crashes Overnight In Arizona

June 25, 2015

Overnight, a Lockheed-Martin F-16C Fighting Falcon assigned to the Arizona Air National Guard’s 162nd Fighter Wing crashed during a training mission. The incident occurred at approximately 8PM local time, with View More ›

Eglin AFB Races To Meet F-35 Commitments

June 23, 2015

At Eglin Air Force Base, the largest focus of operations–and therefore the component of activity receiving the most scrutiny–is the looming IOC deadline of the Lockheed-Martin F-35A Lightning II, currently View More ›