THE SOVIET FIGHTER - Four decades of development, from the MiG-15 to the MiG-31 and from the Sukhoi Su-7 to the Su-29, reviewed by Roy Braybrook, and with a detailed new cutaway of the-MiG-23.
ALWAYS READY - The motto of the - Royal Hong Kong Auxiliary Air Force underlines the important role it plays in providing surveillance, SAR and support in the British colony.
SOVIET AIRCRAFT DIRECTORY - The first instalment of a two-part directory presenting photographs, three-view drawings and condensed data for the entire range of current military and civil aircraft.
THE THUD... REPUBLIC'S LAST FIGHTER - The F-105 Thunderchief was the last fighter produced for the USAF by the Republic company. This account by Lindsay Peacock shows it to have been a worthy upholder of a proud tradition.
AIRSCENE - The monthly round-up of news and background to the news, presented under section headings for Military Affairs, Aircraft and Industry, Civil Affairs and new Civil and Military Aircraft Contracts.
BRAZIL'S SMOKE SQUADRON - Photographs of a well-known aerobatic team.
MODEL ENTHUSIAST - Modelling comments, the latest kits reviewed and two pages of colour profiles on the Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5a.
FIGHTER A TO Z - Continuing the AIR international encyclopaedia of the world's fighter aircraft, from the Memel A.F.G.I to Messerschmitt Bf 1 09F.
IN PRINT - New aviation literature noted.
FRONT COVER - Aerospatiale SA 365 of the Royal Hong Kong Auxiliary Air Force.