One of NATO’s best tactical aircraft has gotten a large boost in performance, thanks to a new Aerodynamic Modification Kit (AMK) from Airbus Defense and Space. The modified Eurofighter Typhoon, View More ›
We hope you’ve had a great weekend, FighterSweep fans! For those of you dads out there, we wish you a Happy Father’s Day! You know we love airplanes and we View More ›
The next step was the exclusivity. Translation: the Bremont Wild Weasel 50th Anniversary Watch is available only to current and former Wild Weasel pilots and EWOs, or to the spouses or direct descendents thereof. If you don’t have a Weasel number, or aren’t married to or related to someone who has one, you cannot purchase this watch…period. The Society of Wild Weasels has the roster and each purchase will be vetted accordingly.
“Can you fly this morning? We’ve had fallout,” my Director of Operations asked. I had been sitting in the base hotel room, getting ready to go to the gym since View More ›
Victory by Valor. It’s the motto of Air Combat Command’s 20th Fighter Wing, located at Shaw Air Force Base in Sumter, South Carolina, and it’s especially fitting given the wing’s View More ›
While it may look easy to the casual observer, air-to-air refueling is an endeavor that can be wrought with peril. Even so, it is a capability developed over decades that View More ›
All of us, at some point or other, have started a conversation with the question, “Wouldn’t it be cool if…-” Here at FighterSweep, we found ourselves in that exact scenario approximately View More ›
“The weather is clear; you are executing a formation takeoff on Runway One-Seven-Right. At rotation, you hear a loud pop, bang, and buzz and the number two engine RPM rolls View More ›
In this day and age, there is a great deal of concern over what things cost. Over the years, the Department of Defense has been notorious for its spending habits, View More ›
This Monday is the observance of Memorial Day. For those of us who served and those who have family who served, it is a day we set aside for the View More ›