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The Road to Wings: How to become a US Air Force pilot

September 16, 2019 How To Become A U.S. Air Force Pilot

If you’re asking “How do I become a U.S. Air Force pilot,” then read this first post in our series, “So you want to be an Air Force Pilot?”

Chris Korger 6 Comments Air Force
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There I Was: F/A-18E Super Hornet vs. two Iranian Su-25 Frogfoots

September 10, 2019 There I Was: F/A-18E Super Hornet vs. Two Iranian Su-25 Frogfoots

I’ve been hearing and telling “There I was…” stories for my entire adult life. It started for me in flight school, listening to a grizzled old sim instructor tell me about View More ›

Paco Chierici 4 Comments Navy
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Watch: Awesome slow motion low transition by Blue Angels

September 9, 2019

“Not a bad start to the day !” That’s what Blue Angels Lead Solo Ryan Chamberlain posted on his Instagram account along with an awesome video of this low transition. View More ›

FighterSweep Staff 3 Comments Navy, Video
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Navy Fighter Pilot Jay “Faceshot” Consalvi talks about Czech Mate and the Reno Air Races

September 6, 2019

Jay flew the F-14D Tomcat and F/A-18 C/D/Fs in the Navy. After leaving the service he has become an emerging figure in the rarified world of unlimited air racing. We View More ›

Paco Chierici 2 Comments Navy, News, Photos
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How Do You Intercept an SU-24? Hockey Stop a Tomcat

September 5, 2019

Get into the cockpit with CDR Reggie Hammond when he intercepts a Russian SU-24 Fencer near the coast of North Korea in one his first flights in the F-14 Tomcat. View More ›

FighterSweep Staff 4 Comments Military Aviation, Navy
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There I was…I am the Aurora, hear me roar

September 3, 2019

By far my favorite line, however, was the conclusion: “This reporter believes it was the secret Air Force spy plane, the Aurora, returning to its base in the California desert.”

Paco Chierici 9 Comments Navy
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Whistling Death: How the Corsair got its nickname

August 30, 2019 Whistling Death: How The Corsair Got Its Nickname

Whistling Death. It just sounds badass, doesn’t it? The Corsair, as the F4U built by Vought, or its identical twin the FG-1 (made by Goodyear), is one of the most View More ›

Scott Wolff 1 Comment Military Aviation
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Multitasking in a fighter cockpit

August 29, 2019 Multitasking Like a Fighter Pilot In the Cockpit

What’s the best way to simulate Air Combat? Flight simulator? Nope. Roller Coaster? Not even close. Watch Top Gun in IMAX? Yeah…no. Instead, try this: drive a car through a View More ›

Pilot X 3 Comments Military Aviation
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U.S. Air Force Weapons School (Part 1)

August 26, 2019

In every elite organization, there is the person who we all refer to as “that guy” or “that girl.” They are the ones with the answers—even to questions we’ve not View More ›

Scott Wolff 2 Comments Air Force
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From The Cockpit: Defensive BFM

August 23, 2019

This is our very first “organic” From The Cockpit video, featuring two Lockheed-Martin Block 42 F-16CMs dueling over the desert in the Southwest.

Scott Wolff 16 Comments Air Force
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