AIR International December Issue – OUT NOW

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F-35C BOUND FOR THE UK
Dave Majumdar gives an overview of the F-35C Lightning II, now the UK’s preferred choice for its first fifth-generation fighter.

FOURTH-GEN JUMBO
The Boeing 747-8 marks an ambitious if evolutionary redesign of the basic Jumbo. Developing and certificating the aircraft has not been entirely straightforward and there have been problems. Jon Lake reports.

EXIT THE PIG
Ian Harding mourns the passing of the F-111 from active service with the Royal Australian Air Force, the last to operate the mighty ‘Pig’.

FAREWELL TO THE ELECTRIC JET
Tom Allett was on the last British Airways Boeing 757 scheduled passenger flight and reflects on the airliner’s career with this carrier.

MEANER RAPTOR
Dave Majumdar looks at the latest planned updates to the US Air Force’s F-22A Raptor.

BUSINESS AVIATION FACES THE FUTURE
Rod Simpson provides the news from the 63rd annual meeting and convention of the National Business Aviation Association (NBAA), held at DeKalb Peachtree Airport in Chamblee, Georgia, between October 19 and 21.

CAIMAN ON TRIAL
Nigel Pittaway reports on service trials of the NH90 NFH Caiman helicopter that are under way at Hyères in the south of France.

DEAL OR NO DEAL?
Piotr Butowski investigates if Antonov’s mighty An-124 Condor will be put back into production

BREAKING THE HEART OF DARKNESS
AIR International’s Editor Mark Ayton concludes his report from RAF Marham, Norfolk, on the Afghan mission of the RAF’s Tornado GR4 Force and Tactical Imagery Intelligence Wing.

TIGERS IN THE NETHERLANDS
Kees van der Mark was at Volkel Air Base for this year’s NATO Tiger Meet, the first ever held in the Netherlands.

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