Combat Aircraft Monthly – August issue – OUT NOW!

FEATURING:

CENTURION RISING
The Eurofighter Typhoon has received its fair share of criticism regarding the protracted realization of its capabilities. However, with impetus from the UK stemming from the need to retire its Tornado GR4 fleet, the Typhoon is at last showing its full promise, as Jamie Hunter describes

HAWGSMOKE 2016
Every two years, A-10 squadrons from around the US Air Force come together for several days of exercise drills. Norman Graf went to Arizona for ‘Hawgsmoke’

IRON EAGLES
Derek Bower reports from the latest ‘Anatolian Eagle’ exercise, which attracted the usual mix of local fighters and support assets plus some rare visitors to central Turkey

THIS ISSUE ALSO FEATURES:

SWAMP FOXES
The South Carolina Air National Guard’s 169th Fighter Wing is an impressive unit. Jamie Hunter talks to its personnel, who are hugely experienced custodians of some of the most valuable skills to be found in the wider US Air Force. Photos by Jim Haseltine

IBERIAN TIGERS
Derek Bower heads to the 2016 Tiger Meet — the largest gathering of Tiger Squadrons for many years, and the first to be hosted by Ala 15 of the Spanish Air Force at Zaragoza

THE ‘FLANKER’ FAMILY
Sukhoi’s Su-27 has proven to be such a good platform that its upgraded fighter variants will remain the most numerous Russian combat aircraft for several decades to come. In the first part of an in-depth briefing, Piotr Butowski presents the latest fighter ‘Flankers’, starting with the two-seat Su-30

AND MUCH MORE!

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