Fighter Sweep

A Skydiving Adventure Over Burning Man!

January 12, 2016

[Editor’s Note: We’re sure many of you are familiar with Burning Man, but what you may or may not know is the event actually attracts a fair number of aviators View More ›

What Would a No-Fly Zone Over Syria Look Like?

January 12, 2016

[Editor’s Note: As you’re well aware, the situation in Syria is one we have been watching very closely. From the first Russian air strikes, to the shoot-down of a Russian View More ›

Four Astronauts Who Can’t Wait To Go To Mars!

January 12, 2016

[Editor’s Note: Anyone else ever consider being an astronaut? I know all of my friends and I did, ever fascinated by the immensity of the craft that would propel us View More ›

Intense Bush Pilot Landings In The Back Country!

January 11, 2016

[Editor’s Note: I can’t speak for any of the rest of you, but I dream of one day owning a Husky or Super Cub, loosing my inner Bush pilot, and being View More ›

Iranian Ship Fires Rockets Near U.S. Carrier

January 11, 2016

[Editor’s Note: When tensions are high in a particular region, we can always trust the loudmouth in the neighborhood will continue to do what it does best: run its gums, View More ›

Air Force Responds to North Korean Nuke Test

January 11, 2016

[Editor’s Note: Kim Jong Un announced the successful test of an alleged hydrogen bomb in the past few days, and as one might expect, a great deal of saber-rattling has ensued. View More ›

Blues And The Hornet: The Perfect Marriage!

January 10, 2016

[Staff Note: It’s really hard to imagine a more perfect marriage of man and machine than a Blue Angels pilot and the Hornet. This story, provided to us by FighterSweep View More ›

Burner Friday: QF-4E Tribute To Robin Olds

January 8, 2016

Happy Burner Friday, FighterSweep Fans! Today we have a little tribute to Brigadier General Robin Olds, courtesy of a QF-4E Phantom II, appropriately named after Olds’ SCAT XXVII. If as View More ›

F-35s At Lockheed-Martin Armed Forces Bowl!

January 7, 2016

Happy Thursday, FighterSweep fans. With College Football’s Bowl season winding down, we continue our two-part series taking a look at the precision and awe-inspiring spectacle of game-day flyovers! In the Dallas-Ft Worth area, we are fortunate to View More ›

Air Force Aviator Leaks Dramatic UFO HUD Video

January 6, 2016

Classified military footage of the Phoenix Lights UFO phenomenon has recently been leaked by a former U.S Air Force aviator. The footage reportedly captures never-before-seen cockpit footage of Lockheed-Martin F-16 and Fairchild View More ›