AirForces Monthly September issue – OUT NOW

Featuring:

Super Hornet
Boeing’s F/A-18 has been in service more than quarter of a century. David C Isby says its operators expect modernised versions to be active for at least another 25 years.

Exercise Report – Anatolian Eagle
Chris Lofting joined a horde of global aviation enthusiasts at this year’s international Exercise Anatolian Eagle at Konya in Turkey.

British Helicopter Modernisation
Alan Warnes looks at the current status of the UK’s helicopter modernisation programmes.

Russian Air Force MiG-29s
The Russian Air Force has been flying the MiG-29 Fulcrum since 1983 but, as Alexander Mladenov reports, the type still has many years of service left.

Force Report – Turkish Army Aviation
Arda Mevlutoglu explains why Turkey maintains one of NATO’s largest standing armies – and how its aviation assets are deployed.

Exercise Report – Lightning Viper
Roy Choo reports on an air exercise that put RAAF Super Hornets through their paces to fight an advanced adversary.

Spanish Army Drones over Afghanistan
Erwan de Cherisey was embedded with Spanish forces in Afghanistan and spent some time with the operators of the country’s unmanned aircraft fleet.

and much more!

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