Fighter Sweep

Carrier Flight Ops Aboard The Stennis

November 21, 2015

Great news FighterSweep Fans! We have a ton of great footage from the flight deck of CVN-74, the USS John C Stennis. We had the chance to go out and View More ›

Burner Friday: 494th FS F-15E Strike Eagle

November 20, 2015

Happy Friday, FighterSweep Fans! We’re not sure about you, but the end of this week could not have arrived fast enough. But the weekend is finally here and we get View More ›

Wild Weasel 50th Anniversary Roundup!

November 19, 2015

Happy Thursday, FighterSweep Fans! We wanted to take the opportunity to catch you up on a few happenings in a community we’ve been working with a lot this year. As View More ›

From The Cockpit: In COD We Trust

November 18, 2015

Today’s a big day in the history books of US Naval Aviation, with the predecessor of today’s F/A-18 Hornet flying for the first time on this date in 1978. Still View More ›

BREAKING: Helicopter Crash In Carlsbad, CA

November 18, 2015

According to Carlsbad (California) Police, a helicopter has crashed at McClellan–Palomar Airport. The local Fire Department and EMS units were called to 2198 Palomar Airport Road in Carlsbad around 4:22 PM View More ›

Milestone Wednesday: F/A-18 Hornet First Flight

November 18, 2015

Good afternoon, FighterSweep Fans! This week we are celebrating Milestone Monday on Wednesday, for it was on this day in 1978 when the McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet made its first View More ›

What Happened When Daesh Decided To Poke The Bear?

November 17, 2015

This morning I saw the current operations of the United States against Daesh referred to as “Desert Drizzle.” I nearly spit out my drink in amusement, because it’s absolutely the View More ›

New U.S. Airstrikes Target Daesh Fuel Trucks

November 16, 2015

As we alluded to yesterday, the U.S. Department of Defense is sharing targeting data and other intelligence with the French Ministre de la Défense about Daesh targets in Syria. An View More ›

Breaking: French Airstrikes Target Islamic State

November 15, 2015

In response to Europe’s worst terrorist attack in eleven years, French warplanes struck deep in the heart of ISIS-controlled territory on Sunday. The attacks on 13-14 November in Paris are View More ›

Buzzing The Tower In An F-14 Tomcat!

November 14, 2015

I am very proudly a member of the “Top Gun” generation. In fact, a great many of the fighter pilots I know and call friends are. In some way, shape, View More ›