AirForces Monthly August issue – OUT NOW!

FEATURING:

USMC – Big De Amphibs. Anytime Anywhere
Lt Cdr Rick Burgess (Rtd) examines how the US Marines Corps employs air power from the navy’s fleet of ‘carriers’.

Aviadarts 2015
Alexander Mladenov reports on Russia’s strongly contested combat employment competition held at the Pogonovo firing range near the Russian city of Voronezh.

Border Boys
Dino Marcellino flew a maritme night patrol mission off Sardinia with Italy’s Guardia di Finanza Air Section, based at Cagliari Elmas, hunting down illegal activities in the Mediterranean Sea.

Rafale’s Certain Future
France’s air force and navy pilots prepare to fly the Rafale at Saint-Dizier, with ETR2/92 ‘Aquitaine’. The course is tough and the flying demanding, but as Sebastian Buyck discovered, Rafale sales abroad are bringing new challenges to the unit.

FORCE REPORT – Mexican Air Force
The Mexican Air Force (Fuerza Aérea Mexicana or FAM) remains a little-known air arm. It may lack much in the way of glamorous jets and global combat exposure, but has been involved in numerous combat actions. Force report on the FAM by Mariano García, with an order of battle by David Hernández.

First Typhoon det for II(AC) Squadron
The RAF’s newest Typhoon squadron deployed for a week to RNAS Culdrose in June and Alan Warnes drove straight down to Cornwall after the Paris Air Show to find out why.

And much more!

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