Fighter Sweep

USAF MQ-9 Reaper Intercepted Over Syria

October 20, 2015

In a video released today, a General Atomics Aeronautical Systems MQ-9 Reaper drone is seen as it is intercepted over Syria by a Russian Air Force fighter, presumably a Sukhoi View More ›

From The Cockpit: Hornet Ball 2015

October 19, 2015

Happy Monday, FighterSweep Fans! We wanted to start your week off in spectacular fashion, and what better way than to provide you with the latest and greatest video from the View More ›

Milestone Sunday: B-1B Lancer First Flight

October 18, 2015

Happy Sunday, FighterSweep Faithful! Today we celebrate one of our favorite aircraft of all time: the sleek, sexy, and supersonic Rockwell B-1B Lancer. On this day in 1984 the B-1B, View More ›

Dutch: MH17 Downed by Russian-built SAM

October 17, 2015

After fifteen months of careful, meticulous investigation, a Dutch Safety Board this week concluded that Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, a Boeing 777-200ER with 283 passengers and 15 crew aboard, was View More ›

Burner Friday: VFA-146 Super Hornet

October 16, 2015

It’s our favorite day of the week, FighterSweep Fans! It’s been a spectacular week for us here and you’ll be seeing the fruits of that labor here very shortly. But View More ›

Flight Ops aboard the Charles de Gaulle

October 14, 2015

Happy Wednesday, FighterSweep Fans! Now that we’ve taken a look at F-35C flight operations aboard the Mighty Ike, we wanted to give you an alternative perspective to life as a View More ›

Feet Wet: F-35C DT-II aboard the Mighty Ike!

October 13, 2015

As I stepped off the C-2 Greyhound, I was immediately welcomed aboard the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower by a blast of hot exhaust pouring out of two Pratt & Whitney View More ›

From the Cockpit: Rooks Growler Cruise

October 12, 2015

Happy Monday, FighterSweep Fans! We’re back at it this week in full force; we have been out generating some pretty unique content, so if you’re wondering why we’ve been a View More ›

Burner Saturday: 65th AGRS F-15

October 10, 2015

It was just before 10am on Wednesday, July 30, 2008 at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada. Already another hot day in the desert, a portion of the morning Weapons School sorties View More ›

Fighter Legend : Brigadier General Steve Ritchie

October 8, 2015

The Vietnam War saw only five “aces” during the course of the war. Of those, only two were pilots; the other three were weapons system officers. One of those remarkable View More ›