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EATURES: COVER FEATURE: Phantoms West Gary Wetzel was lucky enough to fly with the US Air Force Heritage Flighta€ s QF-4 Phantoms, which still perform an important task. 95 to a€~The Tona€ The boss of the Royal Air Forcea€ s 100 Squadron, its largest operational jet squadron, talks to AFMa€ s editor. Training Hard to Fight Easy Lewis Gaylard visited the Royal Navya€ s Commando Helicopter Force, based at RNAS Yeovilton in Somerset, to see what the future holds. A Hit at 45 Bob Archer describes the McDonnell Douglas A-4 Ayit, better known as the Skyhawk, as it reaches its 45th anniversary in Israeli service. French Special Forces Come of Age Yves Debay explains the structure of the French Special Forces Command on its 20th anniversary and finds out how it trains with army helicopters. Tiny Trainers: Doing things the Danish way Cristian Schrik/Aimhigh.nl discovers that the Danish Air Force has found a new way of educating tomorrowa€ s air force with its diminutive T-17 Supporter. Tiny Trainers: Learning to fly the Belgian way Teaching people to fly is expensive, but as Manolito Jaarsma tells us, there are ways to make it cheapera€ as evidenced by the Belgian Air Component and its SIAI Marchetti SF260s. Nuclear Days Even though the Cold War has ended, Europea€ s air forces still have a nuclear capability. Pieter Baastiens assesses the facts. Tigerland Dirk Jan de Ridder and Menso van Westrhenen report on current operations by Spaina€ s only attack helicopter unit and its future with the Eurocopter Tigre. REGULARS Opinion: A New Paradigm for Air Power Dr Dave Sloggett explores the implications of the Hamas rocket attacks on Israel and how the country defended itself. Attrition Deployment Report: Four goes to Finland Flt Lt Stefan Brown from the RAFa€ s IV(R) Squadron, based at RAF Valley in Anglesey, describes the unita€ s first overseas foray when it visited the Finnish Air Force. Exercise Report: Vampirex 2012 The French army, navy and air force conducted a joint exercise in the south-west of France in mid-November 2012 a€" Henri-Pierre Grolleau reports. Force Report: Afghan National Army Air Force Alan Warnes looks at the air forcea€ s evolution since the US-led coalition began the modernisation process five years ago. Exercise Report: Apache Live Fire in South Korea Gordon Arthur reports on the a€~Death Dealersa€ , the US Armya€ s solitary Apache battalion in South Korea, as it undertook a live-fire exercise. Postcard froma€Ã
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