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 ›
Northrop Grumman Awarded LRS-B Contract
Earlier this evening at a Pentagon press conference, the United States Air Force announced the result of the long-awaited Long Range Strike-Bomber (LRS-B) competition. The Air Force has awarded the View More ›
Milestone Sunday: B-1B Lancer First Flight
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 ›
Burner Saturday: 65th AGRS F-15
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 ›
From The Cockpit: Eagle Airlifters in Alaska
Aside from being home to phenomenal salmon fishing, North America’s tallest mountain, and some of the biggest mosquitoes in existence (it’s the state bird, right?), Alaska boasts some of the finest View More ›
Remembering YUKLA 27
We all love to celebrate various milestones occurring along mankind’s endless journey into, and even beyond the earth’s atmosphere. For the most part we like to commemorate our successes, the View More ›
Milestone Tuesday: Boeing C-17A First Flight
On September 15, 1991, a camouflage-painted, pointy-nosed Boeing C-17A took off for the first time from the Long Beach, California airport. The initial prototype, dubbed T-1, lifted off with throngs of View More ›
Last of the 308th FS Emerald Knights
When all is said and done, all things must come to an end. Many units across all branches of service have stood down, and it has never been easy for View More ›
The Airborne Laser Project
Even after the fall of the Soviet Union 24 years ago, the threat posed to the U.S. and its interests from regional ballistic missiles is not going away anytime soon. According to the View More ›
Burner Friday: 19FS F-15D Eagle
Well FighterSweep fans, we’ve made it through another week, and now it’s time for our weekly review of reheat! Today we’re taking a look at the flying tennis court, the View More ›