Combat Aircraft Monthly – February issue – OUT NOW!

FEATURING:

SURVIVAL OF THE ‘FITTERS’
Rich Cooper/Centre of Aviation Photography visits the last Su-22 ‘Fitter’ base in Europe — the Polish Air Force’s 21. BLT at Swidwin — as well as going on exercise and reporting on how the fleet is kept alive and kicking through the WZL-2 plant at Bydgoszcz

LIGHTNING LOW DOWN
An F-35A Lightning II of the Royal Netherlands Air Force’s 323 Test and Evaluation Squadron photographed by Frank Crébas/Bluelife Aviation during a low-altitude mission from Edwards AFB, California

REAPER’S REIGN
Ted Carlson/Fotodynamics meets the ‘Grizzlies’ of the California Air National Guard’s 163rd Wing, which previously flew the MQ-1B Predator, and became the first ANG organization to transition from the MQ-1 to the far more capable MQ-9 Reaper

HYAKURI: 82 – TEMPLE OF THE PHANTOM
On November 27 the Japan Air Self-Defense Force celebrated the 50th anniversary of Hyakuri Air Base, which is now home to the country’s final front-line Phantoms. Benoît Denet provides a timely update on these stunning aircraft.

END OF THE ROAD
December 2016 will be remembered as the month that saw the end of US Air Force F-4 Phantom II operations. Neil Dunridge visits the 82nd Aerial Targets Squadron (ATRS) Detachment 1 at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico, as the USAF bids a final farewell to the mighty F-4

RED TAILS VERSUS RAPTORS
James Deboer flies with the 100th Fighter Squadron’s F-16C/D Fighting Falcons during Exercise ‘Sentry Savannah’ as they go head-to-head with F-22 Raptors

AND MUCH MORE!

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