Combat Aircraft July Issue – OUT NOW!

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THIS ISSUE FEATURES:

JUDGMENT DAY
Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 121 (VMFA-121) ‘Green Knights’ at MCAS Yuma is set to become America’s first operational F-35 squadron in July. Combat Aircraft editor Jamie Hunter meets the unit that carries a considerable weight of expectation on its shoulders

UNIT REPORT: OUT WITH A BANG!
The 308th Fighter Squadron at Luke AFB is the latest F-16 training unit within Air Education and Training Command that is standing down as the winds of change blow in the F-35 Lightning II. Jamie Hunter talks to the squadron commander, with exclusive images from Jim Haseltine.

GUARD EAGLES GO DUTCH!
Frank Crébas flies with the Florida Air National Guard’s 158th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron, which is detached to Leeuwarden in the Netherlands for a six-month deployment.

FORCE MULTIPLIERS
Aerial refueling has been a feature of aviation since the inter-war period, but tankers are a costly business, beyond reach of all but the most committed militaries. Thomas Newdick, with Santiago Rivas and Babak Taghvaee, reviews the world tanker market.

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