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Contents Listing - Articles & Features in this issue
ive the gift that lasts all year A subscription to AirForces Monthly makes a great gift. Force Report - Royal Australian Air Force Oregon Air National Guard Base Watch A snapshot of recent military visitors to air bases around the UK and abroad. European Air Force Transport Survey In the concluding part of this series, AirForces Monthly's Alan Warnes examines the Royal Air Forcea€ s military transport fleet and details Turkeya€ s current airlift capabilities. Force Report Royal Australian Air Force Nigel Pittaway takes a detailed look at the RAAF order of battle, and highlights the servicea€ s re-equipment programme thata€ s transforming it into a a€~fifth-generationa€ air arm. Attrition AFMa€ s Dave Allport reports on the worlda€ s latest military accidents. Comment AFMa€ s view on military aviation. One Step Ahead Joe Copalman recently spoke to Col Jim Wellons, the Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadrona€ s new commanding officer, about how the service continues to revise tactics to meet ever-changing high-end threats. 'Kuzya' Goes to War Alexander Mladenov outlines the operational deployment of Russiaa€ s Admiral Kuznetsov aircraft carrier and her potent air wing off Syria. Farewell to the USAFa€ s Phantoms On the eve of the charismatic USAF QF-4 Phantoma€ s retirement, Joe Copalman reports on the jeta€ s recent farewell tour of US facilities. Why Mistral Matters A trio of Landing Helicopter Dock ships help to project French air power, and support ground forces. Henri-Pierre Grolleau charts the war role of these important assets and their air wings. China Shows Off AFMa€ s Alan Warnes analyses the recent Air Show China 2016, and reports on the Chengdu J-20a€ s public debut. Band of Brothers Members of the Oregon Air National Guard are proud of the unita€ s past, and have celebrated a major milestone in its history by applying special markings to one of their F-15Cs. Uneasy Allies Nate Leong looks back at the groundbreaking Red Flag 2016, which brought together Israeli, UAE and Pakistani F-16s over Nevada. Last of the Bo-hicans! Kees van der Mark pays tribute to the German Army Bo-105 helicopter. Iranian insight Irana€ s recent Kish Air Show offered the rare chance to see IRIAF fighters up close. News by region a€ Headlines News from the United Kingdom News from Continental Europe News from North America and F-35 Lightning II global news News from Latin America News from Africa News from Russia and CIS News from Middle East News from Asia Pacific News from Australasia/Contract
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FM a€ Giving a Global Perspective on Military Aviation
We have our usual 30 pages of news and Attrition departments. Our four-part European Air Force Transports Survey concludes with a review of Turkey and the RAFa€ s Air Mobility Wing at RAF Brize Norton. In the US we look at the last month of the QF-4E operations and the Oregon ANGa€ s special marked F-15C which served in Germany during the 80s. Force Report covers the Royal Australian Air Force and then there is Why Mistral Matters a€" a review of the French Navy combat ship equipped with helicopters. We also look at the Russian Navya€ s Admiral Kuznetsov which has had a torrid time in the Mediterranean. Then an eight page Air Show China 2016 report and we also analyse just why the Middle East is on a spending spree. All that and more in the January of AirForces Monthly a€" providing a global perspective in the military aviation world.
We have our usual 30 pages of news and Attrition departments. Our four-part European Air Force Transports Survey concludes with a review of Turkey and the RAFa€ s Air Mobility Wing at RAF Brize Norton. In the US we look at the last month of the QF-4E operations and the Oregon ANGa€ s special marked F-15C which served in Germany during the 80s. Force Report covers the Royal Australian Air Force and then there is Why Mistral Matters a€" a review of the French Navy combat ship equipped with helicopters. We also look at the Russian Navya€ s Admiral Kuznetsov which has had a torrid time in the Mediterranean. Then an eight page Air Show China 2016 report and we also analyse just why the Middle East is on a spending spree. All that and more in the January of AirForces Monthly a€" providing a global perspective in the military aviation world.
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