Featuring:
Country report: Australia
The large but sparsely populated continent continues to take an important part in international military operations around the globe. Nigel Pittaway describes the country’s increasingly modern aircraft assets of its three armed forces.
A Brit Flying the Rhino
Lewis Gaylard talks to a Royal Navy pilot flying the US Navy’s Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet, affectionately
known as the ‘Rhino’.
HELISAF – Spanish SAR in Afghanistan
Spain withdrew the last of its helicopters from Afghanistan in November – Erwan de Cherisey flew with its MEDEVAC team last summer and describes what its activities were in theatre.
The Last Bastion
Tim Ripley looks at the lessons from the disaster at Camp Bastion in September 2012 that left a US Marine Corps Harrier squadron devastated and officers removed from post.
Mainstay – Russia’s Eyes and Ears in the Sky
The Beriev A-50 is perhaps the most important system in the Russian military’s airborne inventory. Alexander Mladenov reports.
No More Mirages over Brazil
The Dassault Mirage 2000 was retired from the Brazilian Air Force at the end of December. Santiago Rivas recounts its South American career.
Toucan’s Nest – Brazil’s Air Force Academy
Dirk Jan de Ridder describes how pilots of South America’s largest air arm are trained.
and much more!
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January 16, 2014 at 3:42 pm