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RAF IN 2012
Jon Lake provides a personal view of the status of some of the current and future weapons systems of the RAF.
AIR FORCE REPORT: BATTLIN’ BANGLADESH
AFM’s Editor Alan Warnes travels to Bangladesh to see how its air force operates in a region where a crisis is never too far away.
EXCLUSIVE: TAMIL TIGERS SUICIDE ATTACKS
AFM reports from the scene of the recently foiled Tamil Tigers suicide attack in Sri Lanka.
FEAR THE REAPER
Paul Ridgway goes behind the scenes at Creech Air Force Base, Nevada, to look at US Air Force operations with the MQ-9 Reaper UAV.
BUSH WAR MIRAGE
Former South African Air Force (SAAF) Mirage F1AZ pilot Dick Lord looks at the acquisition of the type by the SAAF and recounts his experiences of flying it in the Bush War.
THE CARGO KINGS
Robert F Dorr selects his top six US military airlifters
A NEW WAY OF BUSINESS
Gary Wetzel reports on the deployment of the MH-60R helicopter with Carrier Air Wing 9 on the USS John Stennis.
A GREEK GEM
Ian Harding, Chris Lofting and Richard Gennis visit Agrinion Air Force Base in Greece, where some classic Hellenic Air Force jets are in storage.
All the latest military aviation news including: UAEAF to order 48 M-346 Masters, Mantis in final assembly, Norwegian C-130Hs in desert storage, New Spanish AF Pumas, Canadian Herons in Afghanistan, Four Dhruvs to Ecuador.
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Royal Air Force in Scotland
A significant proportion of the RAF’s front-line aircraft is based in Scotland. Mark McEwan and Berry Vissers review the Services presence in the country.
A Star Rising in the East
Ian Sheppard profiles Turkish Airlines, which has significantly expanded its fleet in the last few years and is assessing options for another major order.
A More Aggressive Toucan
Building on the success of the Tucano, Embraer designed the Super Tucano to meet US and Brazilian requirements. David Willis looks at the aircraft’s long gestation and its success in the light strike and training markets.
Why Airlines Fail
Credit crunch, banking crisis, economic downturn – all spell hard times for most businesses. But airlines seem particularly vulnerable and some more than others. Bruce Hales-Dutton finds out what goes wrong and why.
Return of the Goose
Iconic 1930’s seaplane, the Grumman G-21 Goose, is back in production- Geoff Jones goes down to the water’s edge to investigate.
Clipper of the Skies
Boeing C-40A Clippers are replacing the US Navy’s C-9B Skytrain II’s and DC-9-33s. Ted Carlson/Fotodynamics.net visited VR-59 ‘The Lone Star Express’ to see how this new addition to the fleet is performing.
Aircraft of the RAF – Part 10 Sentry AEW.1
Jon Lake describes the career of the Boeing E-3D Sentry AEW.1 in RAF service.
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All the latest civil and military news including: Hercules TP400 test bed, CH-146 Griffons in Afghanistan, Paveway IV enters RAF service, A320 winglet testing, Northwest Boeing 747 painted in Delta colours, Iraqi JetRangers and much more!
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