May 16, 2013 at 11:16 am
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World Aerobatic Teams
AFM’S 16-PAGE PULLOUT DETAILING ALL THE WORLD’S MILITARY DISPLAY LINE-UPS
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Typhoons Swing at Red Flag
Jon Lake evaluates the RAF’s first serious test of Typhoon during Red Flag at Nellis AFB, Nevada.
Tornado GR4: Life in the Old Dog Yet
Tim Ripley examines the role of the RAF Tornado GR4 force over Iraq during Operation Telic and how that experience paved the way for success in Afghanistan and Libya.
In the Shadows of Giants
AFM’S editor, Gary Parsons, reports from RAF Lossiemouth on how 617 Squadron plans to mark the 70th anniversary of the Dambusters.

Grand Slammers
Martin Scharenborg & Ramon Wenink/Global Aviation Review Press fly with the US Air Force’s 379th Air Expeditionary Wing over the Persian Gulf.
Poland’s Plans
Exclusively for AFM, Krzysztof Kuska interviewed the Commander of the Polish Air Force, Lieutenant General Lech Majewski, about its current tasks and future projects.
Turbulent Times for Tornado
One of the oldest wings in the German Air Force, Jagdbombergeschwader 32, disbanded at the end of March with its Tornados distributed to other units. Mathias Grägel explains why.

Force Report: Bolivian Air Force
Santiago Rivas reviews an air force that is looking towards the future.
Exercise Report: Iron Fist
Kedar Karmarkar reports from the midst of jet noise, explosions, bombs and rockets in India.
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