AirForces Monthly March issue – OUT NOW

Featuring:

Old Dog, New Bone
Despite criticism of its high operating costs, the US Air Force’s B-1B Lancer continues to prove its worth in hotspots a long way from home. Martin Scharenborg and Ramon Wenink/Global Aviation Review Press visited the B-1B community at Dyess Air Force Base in Texas for AFM.

Merlin’s Wizadry Revealed
Ian Harding reviews the upgrade to the Royal Navy’s fleet of Merlin helicopters, due in service by 2013.

Exclusive: Advantage Aurora
The Royal Canadian Air Force gave Key Publishing’s Glenn Sands exclusive access to fly with the crew of a CP-140 Aurora on a strike coordination and armed reconnaissance-coordinator (SCAR-C) mission over Libya during Operation Unified Protector.

Force Report: Vietnam
Sérgio Santana profiles its history, evolution, current operational doctrines and future.

Exercise Report: Desert Dust 2011
Shlomo Aloni reports on this joint Italian/Israeli air exercise.

Aghan Workhorse
Luftwaffe Transall Captain Peter Dornach has just returned from a deployment in Afghanistan and tells AFM why his aircraft is so important.

and much more!

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