Prior to last June, a U.S. aircraft hasn’t been forced to shoot down a manned enemy aircraft since a pair of Air Force F-15’s defeated two Serbian MiG 29’s in View More ›
America’s fighter of the future is… the F-15? How we got to the F-15X
Fifth-generation fighters may be the air frames of the future, but that future may not be quite as close as it seems. When it comes to the dog fights of View More ›
Watch: Video from inside the cockpit of a Kuwaiti F/A-18 as it gets struck by lightning
A video captured inside the cockpit of a Kuwaiti Air Force F/A-18 Hornet shows what it’s like to have your ride struck by lightning when you’re cruising at 30,000 feet. View More ›
Could the B-21 Raider be the answer to the Navy’s anti-ship missile problem?
As the United States Navy works to address looming concerns about the capability gap created by Chinese and Russian hypersonic capable anti-ship missiles, the solution to their problem may actually View More ›
Hornet, then Super Hornet… now Super Duper hornet? Here’s the low down on Block III Super Hornet upgrades
There is no debate that America’s fifth generation fighters, the F-22 and F-35, tend to garner the most publicity, but in terms of operational aircraft, all of the functional Raptors View More ›
Watch: Top 5 Aircraft carrier landings
I’m not sure if you know this yet, but I’m a fan of everything aviation related. My wife graduated from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and I was her first private pilot View More ›
Government projections say America’s next fighter could cost $300 million per plane — here’s why that’s misleading
The Congressional Budget Office released a new report recently that indicated that America’s forthcoming air-superiority fighter, currently known only as the Penetrating Counter Air (PCA) program, could cost as much View More ›
Watch: Air Force F-35 pilot makes an honest and reasonable comparison to the aircraft its set to replace
The debate over whether or not the F-35 is worth the $1.5+ trillion price tag will likely continue for decades to come, but with the fifth-generation platform entering into combat View More ›
Listen to a Super Hornet pilot describe intercepting UFOs over the USS Nimitz in 2004
Late last year, the Pentagon was forced to admit that they have been secretly funding a program that aimed to investigate military reports of unidentified flying objects, or as the View More ›
What’s the difference between flying a Hornet and a Super Hornet? We asked a pilot that’s flown both
A few years ago, a Fighter Sweep reader asked about the real differences between the old F/A-18 Hornet and the updated Super Hornet. Now, with Block III upgrades for the View More ›
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