Combat Aircraft March issue – OUT NOW

Featuring:

WARTHOG AT 40
Originally designed for the Cold War mission in Europe, the A-10 Thunderbolt II proved to be adaptable enough to take on various
combat roles in very different theatres of operations. Forty years after its first flight, Ken Neubeck looks back at a sometimes controversial programme.

US COAST GUARD AIR POWER 2013
Tom Kaminski details the air power assets of the United States Coast Guard, the smallest of the United States’ five armed forces.

AIR POWER REVIEW: ISRAEL
Giovanni Colla is granted privileged access to one of the most secretive and advanced air forces in the world – and details how Israel has been able to transform and renew its air arm

GLORY DAYS: ITALY’S SPILLONE
Fifty years ago the F-104 Starfighter entered service with the Aeronautica Militare Italiana, marking the start of an illustrious era in Italian military aviation, as Marco Rossi reminisces.

ECUADORIAN DELTAS
The primary combat assets of the Ecuadorian Air Force comprise a mixture of IAI Kfir and Denel Cheetah fighters, with combat experience against Peru in 1995. Santiago Rivas reports on one of the most significant operators of the Mirage family

and much more!

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