Fighter Sweep

The Pilot Training Machine Part IV: From the Cockpit

July 13, 2016

So there I was…. Late on a Sunday morning, just trying to get back home to Enid, Oklahoma to see the wife and kiddo for dinner after a long, 3-day cross View More ›

Advanced Arresting Gear Has Issues

July 12, 2016

The new Advanced Arresting Gear (AAG) has yet to be tested with a live aircraft and has had a troubled development past. A recent DoD Inspector General report questioned whether View More ›

Engine Out Techniques Part I

July 12, 2016

Editor’s Note: We are pleased to have former F-16 pilot Nate “Buster” Jaros join us for a discussion on how fighter pilot tactics can help general aviation (GA) pilots. He View More ›

World War II Ace Flies 100th Plane at Age 95!

July 11, 2016

Dean “Diz” Laird is the only known US Navy pilot to shoot down both German and Japanese planes during the Second World War. The World War II Ace flew his 100th View More ›

Delta Flight Mistakenly Lands at Bomber Air Base

July 11, 2016

A Delta flight mistakenly landed at Ellsworth air force base in South Dakota instead of Rapid City Regional located 10 miles way. Every pilot probably has a story like this–or at least a View More ›

F-35 Contract May Come at Farnborough

July 10, 2016

The Low Rate Initial Production (LRIP) contract for the F-35 Lots 9 & 10 might be announced later this week at the Farnborough International Air show. Joint program office officials View More ›

This is Why You Land at Full Military Power

July 10, 2016

A cable used to catch a landing E-2C Hawkeye snapped on the flight deck of the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower back in March. 8 sailors were injured, but the pilot View More ›

New F-35 Ejection Seat? Lockheed Martin Unaware

July 9, 2016

F-35 aircraft manufacturer Lockheed Martin has not been approached by the joint program office to weigh alternatives for replacing the F-35’s current ejection seat. Jeff Babione, Lockheed’s executive vice president View More ›

Russia to Match Aircraft Carriers with US

July 9, 2016

Things are heating up with the fight against ISIL in Syria. Russia is deploying its only aircraft carrier to the Mediterranean sea in a show of force. The Russians are View More ›

Class C Aviation Mishap Rate Doubles

July 8, 2016

The Marine Corps has hired an independent review team lead to look at Class C aviation mishaps. Class C mishaps, the lowest class, have doubled over the last year amid View More ›