March 24, 2014 at 10:58 am

FREE Poster – US Reserve Command
This high-quality giant poster details the aircraft of the US Reserve Command.
The F-35 Lightning II – a Quantum Leap for the RAF
Group Captain Harvey Smyth is Station Commander at RAF Marham in Norfolk, but previously spent several years serving on the F-35 Lightning II project. Guy Warner talked to him about what F-35 means for UK forces.
Phoenix Rising for JSF
Lewis Gaylard considers what the F-35B will bring to the Royal Navy.
Panther’s New Claws
The French Navy’s Flottille 36F is in the middle of a major upgrade programme with a new variant of the proven Panther helicopter being introduced. Henri-Pierre Grolleau reports from Hyères.
Pyrenean Pumas
The Escadron d’Hélicoptères (EH) 1/67 ‘Pyrénées’ is the only combat search and rescue squadron in the French Air Force. Jan Kraak joined aircrews on a typical training mission in the Pyrenean Mountains.

Force Report – US Reserve Command
The US Air Force continues to rely on the full-time reservists of Air Force Reserve Command. Bob Archer describes the organisation.
Exercise Report – Eisregen II
Pieter Bastiaans details a multi-national airborne exercise in Eastern Germany.
and much more!
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