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AFM provides a selection of topical photos from around the
world.

Intercepting the Blackbird
Paul F Crickmore reveals more information about the interception of the SR-71A Blackbird.

US Tac Recce In Iraq
David C Isby looks at the way in which US fighters mix Close Air Support and Recce missions.

Iran's Military Aviation
Liam F Devlin gives an account of how the Iranian Military Aviation has struggled to maintain readiness.

Anatolian Eagle
AFM's Alan Warnes provides an exclusive report on Exercise ANATOLIAN EAGLE from Konya Air Base, Turkey.

RAF Transports Part 1
Jon Lake outlines the role played by the RAF's many different transport aircraft between 1970 and 1990.

Apache Ready!
Tim Ripley visits the British Army's 16th Air Assault Brigade on exercise in West Scotland.

Operational Evaluation Units
Tim Ripley gives an insight into the ways in which the RAF's Operational Evaluation Unit is set to evolve over the next decade.

Bulgarian Air Force
Alexander Mladenov looks at the Bulgarian Air Force, a newly-founded member of NATO.

Feedback
Readers' letters and comments.

Attrition
AFM's Dave Allport keeps us up-to-date on the world's military aviation crashes.

Rubezh 2004
Andrey Fomin reports on Exercise RUBEZH 2004 in Kyrgyzstan. Andrey Zinchik and Aleksey Mikheyev provided the photos and original Russian text.