The SHB. It’s a Navy thing. More, it’s a CV thing, ‘CV’ being the code for carrier, the kind of carrier that has cross-deck pendants and planes with hooks. The View More ›
The Ultimate Carrier Break: Nasty SHB
August 2, 2019
Watch: See what it’s like to be on the receiving end of an A-10 Warthog strafing run
July 25, 2019
The 30 mm General Electric GAU-8/A Avenger rotary canon first entered into service in 1977. The 619 pound monster Gatling gun measured just shy of 2 feet wide and 20 View More ›
Ask A Fighter Pilot: Hornet vs Super Hornet!
July 24, 2019
“Something I’d like to see in the future is an article talking about the performance of the Hornet versus the Super Hornet. I often times see people comment that the View More ›
Hornet vs Viper Part One
July 23, 2019
Which is better: the F/A-18 or the F-16? In this series, I’m going to give my perspective from an operator’s point of view and take a look at the basic differences in piloting America’s lightweight strike fighters.
Read an excerpt from Paco Chierici’s new novel ‘Lions of the Sky’ – on sale April 12
April 10, 2019
Paco Chierici is an accomplished military aviator, commercial pilot, and writer that has previously served as the Editor here at Fighter Sweep. Now, his action packed debut novel, “Lions of View More ›
New Black Hawk Down war movie offers a fresh perspective on the battle
April 4, 2019
A new documentary/war movie about Operation Gothic Serpent, also known as the Black Hawk Down incident, offers a fresh perspective on the battle that cost 19 Americans their lives. Retired View More ›
F-35 pilot Justin Lee interviews Michele Rigby Assad, CIA Officer and author of ‘Breaking Cover, My Secret Life in the CIA’
April 3, 2019
Michele Rigby Assad is a former undercover officer in the National Clandestine Service of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency. Trained as a counterterrorism specialist, Michele served her country for ten View More ›
The US can launch F-35s from way more ships than you might think
April 3, 2019
The United States employs the largest and most powerful fleet of aircraft carriers in the world, composed largely of the 100,000-plus-ton Nimitz-class and soon adding advanced Ford-class vessels to the View More ›
Russia flew a spy plane over Area 51 last week
April 2, 2019
While tensions between the United States and Russia have increased in recent years thanks to Russian disinformation and espionage operations the world over, these two nations still maintain a number View More ›
Marine Corps identifies pilots killed in AH-1Z Viper helicopter crash
April 2, 2019
Two Marine aviators were killed on Saturday when their AH-1Z Viper went down over Yuma, Arizona. They have now been identified as Maj. Matthew M. Wiegand, 34, of Ambler, Pennsylvania, View More ›
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