Fighter Sweep

173rd FW Enjoys A Successful Deployment!

May 28, 2016

A Happy Saturday to you all, FighterSweep Fans! Our good friends down in the Land of No Slack recently embarked on a trip which took them to Kuopio, Finland. They View More ›

Thunderbolt Crash Into Hudson River (Update)

May 28, 2016

FighterSweep Fans, when things like this happen, we always hope and pray for a positive outcome. Unfortunately, yesterday’s crash of a P-47 Thunderbolt into the Hudson River did not turn View More ›

BREAKING: P-47 Thunderbolt Crashes Into Hudson

May 27, 2016

FighterSweep Fans, we’ve received news that a Republic P-47 Thunderbolt has crashed into the Hudson River in New York City, where Fleet Week is currently underway. According to initial reports, View More ›

Burner Friday: 125th Fighter Wing F-15C Eagle!

May 27, 2016

For this week’s Burner Friday we’re taking a look at an Air National Guard unit with a long tenure in the mighty McDonnell Douglas (now Boeing) F-15 Eagle, going all View More ›

SOCOM To Test Laser Weapon on Apache

May 27, 2016

Does anyone remember the Strategic Artificially Intelligent Nuclear Transports from the movie Short Circuit… Johnny 5? Wouldn’t you like to be a Pepper too? The film featured highly mobile robotics armed with small, View More ›

Barksdale B-52’s Fly 35-Hour Mission

May 26, 2016

In other words, don’t make any plans for the next two and a half days… In a mission to showcase the USAF’s long range strike capability, as well as participate View More ›

BREAKING: 2 Hornets Crash Off NC Coast

May 26, 2016

The Virginian-Pilot is reporting the crash of two Boeing F/A-18 Hornets off the coast of North Carolina during a training mission. Four people have been recovered and have been rushed View More ›

B-21: Former Air Force Senior Leaders Weigh In

May 25, 2016

FighterSweep Fans, we’ve heard a lot about folks who are disgruntled with the Air Force’s new B-21 Long Range Strike Bomber. Senator John McCain, as an example, has repeatedly threatened View More ›

MS804 Down In The Mediterranean (Update)

May 24, 2016

It’s been almost a week since EgyptAir’s flight MS804 disappeared over the Mediterranean while enroute from Paris Charles de Gaulle International to Cairo, though numerous possibilities of why the Airbus View More ›

Navy SEAL Flies Through The Bermuda Triangle!

May 24, 2016

FighterSweep Fans, as we’ve shared with you before, our CEO Brandon Webb is a Navy SEAL and avid pilot. He recently had a badass adventure flying a Japanese-built Fuji LM-2 View More ›