COMBAT AIRCRAFT MONTHLY SEPTEMBER ISSUE – OUT NOW!!

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EXERCISE REPORT: TURKISH DELIGHT
Derek Bower attends exercise ‘Anatolian Eagle’, the latest edition of which saw the first participation by Qatar with its Mirage 2000-5s.

ALL CHANGE AT HOLLOMAN
Holloman Air Force has now lost its two ‘signature’ stealth warplanes, but it is now at the forefront of drone training and also home to the newly arrived F-16s of the 54th Fighter Group, as Robert F. Dorr discovers. Exclusive images by Jim Haseltine.

EXERCISE REPORT: NATO TIGER MEET 2014
Bob Fischer reports as the NATO Tiger Squadrons gather at Schleswig-Jagel in Germany.

A-10: SHOULD IT STAY OR SHOULD IT GO?
As the US Air Force says it needs to retire the A-10 Thunderbolt II to save money, others argue that it is a short-sighted move to save other programs. Jamie Hunter analyses the pros and cons of retiring the popular ‘Warthog’e text.

EXERCISE REPORT: RUSSIAN TOP GUN
The final stage of the second edition of the ‘Aviadarts’ gunnery competition, involving all Russian Air Force branches, took place in the last week of May. Andrey Zinchuk and Alexander Mladenov were there.

UNIT REPORT: THE JERSEY DEVILS
The New Jersey Air National Guard’s 177th Fighter Wing, known as the ‘Jersey Devils’, has been flying jet fighters from Atlantic City’s airport for 56 years. Dr Richard Porcelli looks into how the unit operates and shows how the US taxpayer gets ‘more bang for the buck’ from the Air National Guard.

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