AirForces Monthly – November Issue – Available NOW
In this Issue:
• Lightning II: Story So Far – Ten nations have ordered these variants and all have one hope – no more delays
• French Rafales on the ‘Teddy’ – French Navy Rafales recently deployed on the USS Theodore Roosevelt, brining a major breakthrough to French and US relations
• Black Panthers at Night – AFM’s Alan Warnes gained exclusive access to 16 Squadron ‘Black Panthers’ at Peshawar to see the A-5 Fantan flying operations at night
• Brit Aircraft Carriers – With two new aircraft carriers expected to join the Royal Navy by 2018, Kevin Curnow wonders if we are really doing the right thing, by the ships and the aircraft
• Special Ops Boeings – In mid-may, James Haseltine photographed three 55th wing Boeings air-to-air. Four months later, all three routed through RAF Mildenhall, UK
• Paper Bullets – Allan T Duffin looks at the way in which the US is again resorting to aerial leaflet drops in the hunt for insurgents in Iraq and Afghanistan
• MI-26 Halo – Guy Martin reviews the career of the world’s largest helicopter, which is still going strong
• Exotic Hinds over Europe – Jakub Fojtik reports on the work of LOM Praha, which has been bringing some exotic Mi-24s back to tip-top condition
PLUS;
All your favourite AFM regulars including:
• Force Report – AFM examines the current status of the young and spirited Senegalese Air Force
• Feedback – Readers’ views and comments on all the latest military events
• Attrition – Dave Allport keeps us up-to-date with the world’s military aviation crashes
• Just a Nice Pic – Turkish Stars NF-5s over Hungary
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Inside the Halifax
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Unbeaten Warrior
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Friday ‘reborn’
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Men Behind the Medals
Bryan Colston was one of a small and vital band of pilots able to provide the Army with the photos it needed in the battles against Rommel. Graham Pitchfork examines his flying career.
Over the Trenches
Group Capt Nigel Walpole describes Tresco’s sentinels, the flying-boats of 234 Squadron.
Museums
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November 6, 2008 at 5:10 pm