October 6, 2011 at 9:15 am
Featuring:
Low-fly UK!
AFM’s essential guide to military low-level photography locations in the UK starts here!
Special Ops Ospreys
Bell-Boeing helicopters’ CV-22B Osprey tilt-rotor appears to be confounding the type’s critics by performing well and it will soon be permanently deployed to Europe. Robert F Dorr tells the story so far.
Israel’s Hercules: 40 years old and going from strength to strength
Shlomo Aloni gives AFM readers a rundown of the history of the type in Israeli service and the nation’s plans for its future.
Best in Class
Kevin Whitehead/Jetwash Images reports from Nellis Air Force Base (AFB) in Nevada on the US Air Force Weapons School.
Cougar Town
Key’s Glenn Sands visits the Royal Canadian Air Force’s CF-18 Hornet training squadron at CFB Cold Lake.
Libya: Bringing Order to Chaos
Every day since March, Royal Air Force Boeing E-3D Sentry AEW1 airborne warning and control system (AWACS) aircraft have been controlling NATO fast jets attacking targets in Libya. Tim Ripley recently flew on a mission with 8 Squadron to see the Sentry and its crew in action
Force Reports: Costa Rica and Panama
Andy Marden visited these small nations bridging the gap between North and South America.
And much more!
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