AirForces Monthly May issue – OUT NOW

Falklands War 30th Anniversary Special

Featuring:
Argentina’s Story
AFM outlines the aircraft involved in the Falkland Islands’ conflict of 1982 and which are still active with the Argentine Air Force today.

Through Blood and Fire
Comodoro Roberto Cimbaro was a Lieutenant in 1982 and one of the first pilots deployed to the Malvinas in the ground-attack Pucará.

C-130: Turning the Hercules into a Bomber
Brigadier Mayor Alberto Vianna tells, for the first time, how the FAA C-130H Hercules was modified into a bomber during the 1982 war.

Where now for the FAA?
Of all the elements of Argentina’s Armed Forces, the Fuerza Aérea Argentina was widely regarded as having enhanced its reputation during the Falklands War.

PLUS!
Resurgent Rafale
A recent Swiss report boosted Rafale’s international reputation while damning Typhoon with very faint praise – AFM investigates.

Rattlers’ Den
Ted Carlson flies with the US Navy’s VFA-204, known as the ‘River Rattlers’.

A Flanker by any other Name
How the Chinese came to make their own version of the Russian Su-27 Flanker.

Force Report: Colombian Air Force
A full review of Colombia’s Air Force, one of the oldest in South America.

and much more!

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