Combat Aircraft January issue – OUT NOW!

FEATURING:

GOING LIVE!
Next August the US Air Force aims to declare initial operating capability with the F-35A fifth-generation fighter. Combat Aircraft looks at the Lightning II in USAF service and discusses recent mission concerns.

FIGHTER FOCUS: RUSSIAN RAPTOR?
Once billed as Russia’s rival to the F-22 Raptor, the Sukhoi T-50 has run into trouble of late. Piotr Butowski covers this program, plus the two advanced ‘Flanker’ variants that are now entering service with the Russian Air Force.

‘SCRAMBLE!’
Rich Cooper flies with the four 59th Tactical Fighter Wing JAS 39C Gripens from Kecskemét air base that are for the first time flying the Baltic Air Policing mission out of the Lithuanian base of Šiauliai.

‘SPOOKIES’ STILL GOING STRONG
Santiago Rivas ventures into the world of the Colombian Air Force’s Fantasmas, the AC-47T gunships that continue to see action against local guerrillas as well as acting as command posts for anti-criminal operations.

PLUS, THE LATEST MILITARY AVIATION NEWS FROM ACROSS THE GLOBE AND MUCH MORE!

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