Fighter Sweep

A Partial Ejection And Miracle At Sea

August 27, 2015

Any mishap involving an airplane is bad, but there are some that are born in of the bowels of Murphy’s darkest, cruelest imaginations. This is certainly one of those, and View More ›

From The Cockpit: Exercise Sentry Eagle

August 26, 2015

Happy Wednesday, oh FighterSweep Faithful! We are a little late to the fight with this one, but I promise it’s worth the wait you’ve been subjected to. Tonight we bring View More ›

The Story Of Spitfire 944

August 24, 2015

I cannot be any more emphatic, FighterSweep Fans: if you call yourself an aviation enthusiast, this is nearly fifteen minutes of video you’re going to want to watch–especially if you View More ›

Warthogs Deploy To Estonia

August 23, 2015

As we’ve previously mentioned, not only are the air-to-air guys getting in on the action in the Baltic Sea region and elsewhere in eastern Europe, but the Fairchild Republic A-10C View More ›

Burner Saturday: VMFA-122 F/A-18C Hornet

August 22, 2015

Please forgive us, oh FighterSweep faithful, for not bringing you our weekly dose of afterburner yesterday. But we haven’t forgotten about our weekly treat of reheat. This week’s edition will View More ›

From The Cockpit: RAF Eurofighter Typhoon

August 21, 2015

Happy Friday, everyone! In lieu of Burner Friday this week, we wanted to take you inside the cockpit of the supremely agile and capable Eurofighter Typhoon. Flown out of RAF View More ›

F/A-18C Hornet Catches Fire Aboard Truman

August 20, 2015

On Tuesday of last week, a Boeing F/A-18C Hornet from the “Gladiators” of Strike Fighter Squadron 106 caught fire aboard the U.S.S. Harry Truman, a Nimitz-class aircraft carrier. At the View More ›

Boeing KC-135R Stratotanker: NKAWTG!

August 19, 2015

The Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker and its many variations has helped extend the range of a multitude of aircraft during it’s almost 60 years of service to the U.S. and a View More ›

MileStone Monday: F-16 Fighting Falcon

August 17, 2015

It’s Milestone Monday, FighterSweep Fans! Today we recall 17 August 1978, the day the world was first introduced to the General Dynamics (now Lockheed-Martin) F-16 Fighting Falcon. The popular nickname View More ›

Mid-Air Collision Near San Diego

August 17, 2015

Fightersweep Fans, unfortunately we bring you more tragic news from the world of aviation. At approximately 1100 local time this morning, five people were killed in a mid-air collision between View More ›