Combat Aircraft Monthly November Issue – OUT NOW!!

FEATURING:

EAGLE SCHOOL
The 173rd Fighter Wing is currently the only American F-15C formal training unit (FTU) and produces every new airman in the US Eagle community, as Robert F. Dorr details. Exclusive photos by Jim Haseltine

THE ‘ECHO’ APACHE
The US Army has begun to field the latest model of the Boeing Apache attack helicopter, the AH-64E Guardian. Barry D. Smith heads into the desert with the Army aviators of C Company, 1-25th ARB, as they train with the ‘Echo’ at the National Training Center (NTC)

DUTCH LIGHTNING
The 33rd Fighter Wing’s transition to the F-35 is progressing rapidly, not just for US forces but also international partners. Frank Visser went to the F-35 Integrated Training Center to report on the Royal Netherlands Air Force and its increasing presence in the F-35 program. Exclusive images from Frank Crébas/Bluelife Aviation.

UNIT REPORT: GREYHAWKS, GREYHOUNDS, AND HAWKEYES
Ted Carlson/Fotodynamics.com reports on VAW-120 ‘Greyhawks’, the US Navy’s E-2/C-2 Fleet Replacement Squadron at Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia, exploring the work of this unit as it introduces the latest E-2D Advanced Hawkeye variant.

SPECIAL REPORT: YEARS OF LUFTWAFFE EUROFIGHTER
Stefan Büttner and Alexander Golz were there as Taktisches Luftwaffengeschwader 73 ‘Steinhoff’ celebrated three anniversaries during an open house event at its Laage base in north-east Germany

GLORY DAYS: MANNED MISSILES OVER THE BALTIC
For many years during the Cold War the F-104 was a mainstay of NATO forces in Central Europe. Dr Stefan Petersen recalls flying with the last Star fighters of the German Navy

and much more!

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