We’ve all seen the particular moment in Top Gun where Maverick and Goose are inverted, “keeping up foreign relations” with the needle-nosed, black MiG-28s. Well, apparently a Russian Su-27 Flanker View More ›
FighterSweep Fans, fifty or sixty feet is close. Thirty feet is REALLY close. Especially when you’re talking about clearance between a ship underway and a passing fighter which happens to View More ›
FighterSweep Fans, the Tyndall Raptor Nation is once again on the move! Jet’s from Mr. F. Bones‘ stable at the 95th Fighter Squadron have returned to Europe, taking up residence View More ›
FighterSweep Fans, we have more fun news coming out of Southwest Asia, where the Iranian government has announced the delivery of the first S-300 long-range SAM sytem from Russia. This View More ›
This comes as no big surprise, FighterSweep Fans, but Eielson Air Force Base outside of Fairbanks, Alaska, has been selected to receive the first OCONUS F-35A Lightning II squadron. The View More ›
FighterSweep Fans, as we mentioned before, the mighty B-52H Stratofortress is on deck to start laying down “positive influence” on Daesh. To that effect, the first BUFFs arrived at Al View More ›
FighterSweep Fans, when your drop rate eclipses your replenishment rate, there’s a problem. That is exactly the issue our men and women downrange are experiencing in the ongoing Operation Inherent View More ›
A B-52 Stratofortress from Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, conducted a long-range training sortie to engage with South American military partners, April 1-2, 2016. During the course of the View More ›
The owner of the aircraft, Smoky Mountains Helicopter, is saying five people died when a Bell 206 Jet Ranger crashed while sight-seeing in Tennessee. According to emergency dispatch, a helicopter View More ›
FighterSweep Fans, our friends from the 148th Fighter Wing in Duluth, Minnesota will be deploying sometime next month to provide PACific Air Forces (PACAF) with a Theater Security Package. The View More ›