Fighter Sweep

The Pic of the Day: F-35 showing off over Sacramento

January 26, 2019

Editor’s note: You’re right guys, this is absolutely an F-35. Bad on us – these image captions are written by Air Force PAO, but it’s on us to make sure View More ›

Watch: The two most advanced fighters in the world flying in one formation

January 25, 2019

August of last year marked the first time U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptors ever flew alongside their counterparts in the Royal Norwegian Air Force inside Norwegian airspace. That alone would View More ›

Was there ever a real life version of the X-Files? The answer is yes – and it was run by the Air Force

January 25, 2019

As a kid, I grew up watching Agent Fox Mulder work tirelessly from a basement office full of files – but not the sort of files most of us work View More ›

US allies in the Pacific face off as Japanese patrol planes buzz South Korean warships

January 25, 2019

Japan and South Korea have long-established themselves as fervent allies of the United States, but recent altercations between the two Pacific nations have shown that the friend of a friend View More ›

The Pentagon has a plan to use fighter jets to shoot down ICBMs: Here’s how it could work

January 25, 2019

Pentagon officials are mulling over a new initiative that would involve arming F-35 Joint Strike Fighters with ballistic missile interceptors that would be fired like a traditional air-to-air weapon at View More ›

The Pic of the Day: The US Air Force Thunderbirds

January 25, 2019

A broadcaster from U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds Public Affairs captures the Thunderbirds performance during the Mather Airshow at Mather Airport, Sacramento, California, Sept. 23, 2018. The U.S. Air Force Demonstration View More ›

US intelligence report: Russia conducts successful test of anti-satellite missile

January 24, 2019

With Russia’s long and storied history of misinformation and recent efforts to secure foreign buyers for military hardware, it can be hard to trust any news pertaining to Russian defense View More ›

Former Air Force pilot instructor explains why there’s just no replacing the A-10 ‘Warthog’

January 24, 2019

This man is a U.S. Air Force Tactical Air Control Party (TACP) member, talking about the Close Air Support (CAS) assets currently available to our ground forces fighting radical islamists View More ›

Russian cosmonaut study indicates human brains may never fully recover from space travel

January 24, 2019

For nearly two decades, the International Space Station has circled high above us with a crew on board. These astronauts and cosmonauts from a variety of different countries come together View More ›

The Pic of the Day: Raptors play in the Alaskan snow

January 24, 2019

A U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor assigned to the 95th Fighter Squadron from Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, lands at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Dec. 17, 2018. Following the damage View More ›