AirForces Monthly April Issue – OUT NOW!

FEATURING:

Apaches in Herrick
The war in Afghanistan was a baptism of fire for the British Army’s Apache AH1 attack helicopters. Tim Ripley examines the role of the Attack Helicopter Force during Operation Herrick.

AIRCRAFT PROFILE: JSF Programmes Overview Part II
In the second part of AFM’s Aircraft Profile on the JSF, Alan Warnes and Dave Allport detail current F-35 Lightning II operating bases and their allocated units.

FORCE REPORT: Republic of China Air Force
Gert Kromhout and Stephan de Bruijn recently visited Taiwan to bring AFM up-to-date on what’s happening in the Republic of China Air Force.

AIRCRAFT PROFILE: Fairchild Aircraft C-26 Metroliner
Tom Kaminski provides an update on the status of the C-26 Metroliner within the US Armed Forces.

Dutch Wildcats in Atalanta
Stephan de Bruijn/Bluelifeavition.nl looks back at the Dutch Helicopter Command’s historic deployment of two AS 532 Cougars.

Darts over Europe
Kees van der Mark looks back on the era of target-towing operations by Flight Systems, which included 13 years of A-4N Skyhawk sorties in the skies over Germany.

And much more!

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