Fighter Sweep

Is The Bronco Back Into The Fray For Good?

March 20, 2016

Editor’s Note: It will be curious to see what happens with the Bronco. The aircraft flew 134 sorties–120 of them in combat, and amassed 477.3 flying hours, and achieved a View More ›

Patagonia: Home To Secret Chinese Space Base?

March 19, 2016

Editor’s Note: I would say that we’re surprised, but we’re not. There’s nothing Secret about China’s ambitions to expand its influence all over the globe. They’ve been speaking with Portugal View More ›

Black Knights Fly Against Japanese F-15s

March 19, 2016

Editor’s Note: It’s not just the Air Force and Navy who get the good deals in the fighter world! VMFA-314, the Black Knights, had the opportunity to fly dissimilar air View More ›

Skunk Works: Invest In F-22 And F-35

March 19, 2016

Editor’s Note: If anyone has an appreciation for how difficult it can be to develop a next-generation aircraft, it would be the folks at Lockheed-Martin’s Advanced Development Programs division, better View More ›

U.S. Army Requests Small-Sized Drone

March 19, 2016

Editor’s Note: About five years ago, DARPA commissioned a program to develop a very small drone. AeroVironment’s “Nano Hummingbird” which looks a lot like its namesake, can actually hover in View More ›

The S-3 Viking’s Final Goodbye

March 19, 2016

During its service at Point Mugu, the Lockheed-Martin S-3 Viking–with its substantial endurance, speed and room for multiple types of avionics, pods and test equipment–played a vital role in VX-30’s View More ›

C-17 Lands At Bryant Army Airfield!

March 19, 2016

We can log this one into our file of “firsts,” FighterSweep Fans: the Moose has gone where no Moose has gone before! Well, at least the winged variety of Moose. View More ›

FlyDubai Airliner Crashes In Russia; All 62 Aboard Killed

March 18, 2016

FighterSweep Fans, we have breaking news out of Russia. According to initial reports by the country’s Southern Regional Emergency Center, a Boeing 737-800 passenger jet owned and operated by FlyDubai View More ›

BREAKING: Sailors Injured Aboard Mighty Ike

March 18, 2016

According to the U.S. Navy, eight sailors on the USS Eisenhower were injured today in an accident as an aircraft attempted to land aboard the ship. Initial reports are indicating View More ›

Facts and Figures From Air Force OTS

March 18, 2016

FighterSweep Fans, we do our best to make sure we’re giving you the real gouge as it’s made available to us. You’ll find sometimes we won’t jump on a topic View More ›