I’m a prospective candidate going into the Naval Academy wanting to become an aviator afterwards and I was curious about how many people go into flight school wanting to be View More ›
Happy Burner Friday to you all, FighterSweep Fans! Another glorious Friday is upon us, and since we’re out here at Nellis Air Force Base this week for Red Flag, we View More ›
Happy Tuesday, FighterSweep Fans! We have decided to run a new series called Ask A Fighter Pilot. This is NOT going to be something just for people asking questions about widgets, gadgets, bombs, bullets, View More ›
Editor’s Note: Twenty-five years after Operation Desert Storm began, there are still amazing stories of bravery and heroism emerging. Major General Johnson, currently the Director, Operational Capability Requirements, Deputy Chief View More ›
Editor’s Note: We first reported about the liquidation of Antonov’s assets by the government of Ukraine here. Since the announcement, there has been speculation (shocking, we know) the company is View More ›
Editor’s Note: “Tally” has been an inspiration for most of our female fighter pilot friends. She was the Air Force’s very first female fighter pilot, the first female fighter pilot View More ›
Editor’s Note: So sorry, conspiracy theorists! The concrete arrows in question were not placed there by aliens, nor do they denote the direction to the nearest underground city to escape to in View More ›
Editor’s Note: To a man (or woman), our friends in tactical aviation don’t for an instant consider themselves heroes. They understand their mission is to support combat operations on the View More ›
Editor’s Note: While they certainly do not get all the love and attention as their fighter and bomber counterparts, the aircraft contributing to combat operations using non-kinetic effects are just View More ›
Editor’s Note: There’s no denying the current ops tempo is absolutely crushing both man and machine. Compounding that fact is the age of our fleet. Calling a spade a spade, View More ›