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IGH GUARDIAN OF THE LOWLANDS - Paul Jackson describes the current status and future re-equipment plans of the Koninklijke Luchtmacht, Netherlands' small but modern and efficient air force. HAWK SERENDIPITY - With the purchase of more than 300 by the US Navy doubling the sales total to date, the British Aerospace Hawk is proving to be the right aeroplane at the right time. Present and future variants are here described. THE FLYING LIGHTER - MITSUBISHI'S 1 - RIKKO - The Mitsubishi Type 1. Land-based Attacker a€ more familiarly known to the Allies as Betty a€" saw service from the first to the last day of World War II, proving itself a remarkable warplane in the process. This ""Warbird"" feature tells the full story. AIRCRAFT AGAINST DRUG RUNNERS - Brian Walters visits Homestead AFB, Florida, to report upon the activities of the Miami Air Branch of the US Customs Service in its war against the drug smugglers operating across the southern borders of the USA. 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. RECOLLECTIONS OF A TRAVELLING SALESMAN - Roy Braybrook's ""Personal View' with illustrations by John Weal. FIGHTER A TO Z - Continuing the AIR INTERNATIONAL encyclopaedia of the world's fighter aircraft, from the Liuchow Kwangsi Type 3 to the Lockheed P-38L Lightning. IN PRINT - New aviation literature noted. MODEL ENTHUSIAST - Modelling comments, the latest kits reviewed and colour profiles of the Lockheed P-2 Neptune. TALKBACK - Readers of AIR INTERNATIONAL offer comments of general interest. AIRDATA FILE - Technical data, photographs and general arrangement drawings for the Embraer N-821 Caraja, Grob G 112 and Gulfstream SRA-1. FRONT COVER - British Aerospace Hawk Mk 60s of the Zimbabwe Air Force.
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