Combat Aircraft Monthly August Issue OUT NOW!

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UNIT REPORT: TIP OF THE SPEAR
The 48th Fighter Wing at RAF Lakenheath, UK, is one of the US Air Force’s most important units. Strategically positioned, at the top end of capabilities, US commanders turn regularly to the ‘Liberty Wing’. Jamie Hunter reports, with images by Jim Haseltine.

F-35B COMPLETES OT-1 TRIALS
USS Wasp evaluation passed with flying colors.

BALTIC AIR POLICING: THE NEXT CHAPTER
The latest round of NATO’s Baltic Air Policing mission is being led by four F-16s from the Royal Norwegian Air Force, which are sharing the Lithuanian base of Šiauliai with Euro¬fighters of the Italian Air Force. Alexander Golz reports.

COMBAT REPORT: THE BIG STICK EVOLVES
Giovanni Colla embarked the USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) while the carrier was supporting Operation ‘Inherent Resolve’ and details the first operational cruise of the E-2D Advanced Hawkeye.

NAVAL BEARS SHOW THEIR CLAWS
Russian Naval Aviation is consolidating the strength of its last remaining squadron of Tu-142 submarinehunters. Stefan Büttner and Alexander Golz meet the reinvigorated ‘Bears’.

SHIP STRIKE!
The anti-ship missile remains a serious threat to the world’s navies and commercial vessels alike. Lon Nordeen looks back at the recent history of antisurface warfare.

PLUS, THE LATEST MILITARY AVIATION NEWS FROM ACROSS THE GLOBE AND MUCH MORE!

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