Fighter Sweep

Burner Friday: 182FS Block 30 F-16C

November 13, 2015

It’s a cool, calm morning in the high desert of south-central Oregon. The peaceful morning doesn’t stay that way for long as soon the Klamath valley was filled with the View More ›

How Air Support Impacted the Iraqi Hostage Rescue Mission

November 12, 2015

On October 22nd, a joint U.S.-Kurdish raid was launched to rescue approximately 70 hostages facing “imminent mass execution” at the hands of ISIS. During the course of the operation near View More ›

Veterans Day And The Air Force Memorial

November 11, 2015

My travels recently took me to Washington D.C. and allowed me a brief visit at the spectacular United States Air Force Memorial in Arlington, Virginia. It was erected adjacent to View More ›

Rachelle Goes Inside The Globemaster III

November 10, 2015

Hello, FighterSweep fans! I hope you’ve having a great week and I’m so happy to share my latest aviation adventure with all of you. Since my first article, I have View More ›

From The Cockpit: 69 FS Werewolves

November 9, 2015

Good evening, FighterSweep Fans! What better way to start off the week than with a spectacular in-cockpit experience with the 69th Fighter Squadron “Werewolves” at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona. View More ›

The World’s Safest Airlines

November 8, 2015

A quick search on Google yields plenty of varying methods of ranking the world’s airlines. You can easily sort airlines (at least those in the US) out by their on-time View More ›

An Ode To Those Who Fly

November 7, 2015

Happy Saturday, FighterSweep Fans! I ran across something this evening, something I felt compelled to share with all of you. If you have a passion for all things aviation as View More ›

Burner Friday: 493rd Fighter Squadron F-15C

November 6, 2015

Happy Friday, FighterSweep fans! It has reached that time again. Time for another installment of Burner Friday goodies. This celebration of ever-glorious reheat is brought to you by the “Grim View More ›

Forever Guardian: Axalp 2015

November 5, 2015

Happy Thursday, FighterSweep Fans! Tonight we bring you yet another stunning visual to tantalize your senses and stoke the flames of your imagination. A couple weeks back, we shared the View More ›

Was There A Bomb On Metrojet 9268?

November 4, 2015

There are three leading theories regarding the loss of Metrojet 9268 on Oct. 31, 2015: 1) a missile fired from the ground, 2) mechanical malfunction which resulted in catastrophic damage, View More ›