Fighter Sweep

Radar Software In F-35 “Not Stable Enough”

March 23, 2016

The F-22 Raptor has one million lines of code in its software. The F-35 has eight million lines of code. That alone brings with it a unique set of challenges. View More ›

US-Philippines Base Deal Angers China

March 23, 2016

The United States just inked a deal with the Philippines, one that clears the way for a new permanent American military presence at five different installations in the P.I. The View More ›

Ideas For Naming the B-21? How about these?

March 23, 2016

Happy Wednesday, FighterSweep Fans! Shortly after Secretary of the Air Force, Deborah Lee James, announced the B-21 at this year’s Air Warfare Symposium in Orlando, the service also announced it View More ›

Sea Harrier Retires From Indian Navy

March 23, 2016

The Sea Harrier is an aircraft rapidly vanishing from armed service the world over. The Indian Navy purchased thirty of them back in the early 1980s, but only 11 remain. View More ›

Egyptian Air Force Strikes Daesh In Sinai

March 22, 2016

Editor’s Note: More good news in the battle against Daesh, FighterSweep Fans. It’s nice to see other forces, in this case the Egyptian Air Force–Al-Qūwāt al-Gawwīyä al-Miṣrīyä, stepping up and View More ›

History’s Five Most Expensive Military Operations

March 22, 2016

Editor’s Note: War costs money–a LOT of money, especially in this day and age. If one were to sit down and quantify the amount of time, resources, etcetera, it would View More ›

One Man Tricked The Chemtrails Conspiracy Crowd!

March 22, 2016

Editor’s Note: Ahhhhh, yes–chemtrails. Mind Control. Super Secret Squirrel Weaponry. The ultimate villainy by the government to control its population by spreading a sterilizing agent into the atmosphere. So grab View More ›

F-16s To Be Produced In India?

March 22, 2016

Editor’s Note: Discussions have been flying under the radar in reference to Lockheed-Martin transferring all of its production of F-16s to India. A curious development, given all of the recent View More ›

Colonel Kay: A Tribute To The Father Of The A-10

March 22, 2016

Editor’s Note: This is a very interesting story about the man considered to be the “Father of the A-10.” Colonel Avery Kay led the effort back in the 1960s to View More ›

T-X Solicitation Delay Pushes FOC Back 2 Years

March 22, 2016

Editor’s Note: It appears as though the refining of the actual RFP for the Air Force’s T-X jet trainer replacement program will take longer than anticipated, pushing the official solicitation View More ›