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egular features EXERCISE REPORT: Balkan Spartan This yeara€ s Balkan Spartan exercise saw three C-27J operators train together. Alexander Mladenov observed the action. INTEL REPORT: Red Air, Blue Air Having outsourced flying training over the past ten years, the UK MOD is preparing for the next challenge. A new element of the Military Flying Training System is now taking shape a€ the Air Support to Defence Operational Training (ASDOT) contract. Alan Warnes investigates. FORCE REPORT: Nigerian Air Force The Nigerian Air Force is making efforts to become an efficient, modern air arm in the face of constant terrorist threats and sectarian violence. In the first of a two-part study, M Mazumdar unravels some of the confusion and secrecy surrounding the NAF. SURVEY: European maritime patrol aircraft AFMa€ s team of correspondents launch a new survey profiling the fixed-wing maritime patrol aircraft (MPA) communities of the European NATO and Partnership for Peace (PfP) air arms. First up, AFM details the traditional MPA stalwarts of France and Germany. FEEDBACK AFMa€ s letters page. ATTRITION Dave Allport details the worlda€ s most recent military accidents. FLASHPOINT: Air war in Yemen Saudi Arabiaa€ s controversial military operations against the Houthi rebels across its southern border in Yemen have involved a coalition of Gulf and Arab air arms. Arnaud Delalande provides an air power assessment and looks at the impact in the region. COMING UP See whata€ s featured in your AFM next month. Features Comment AFMa€ s opinion on the hot topics in military aviation. Back in business Britaina€ s newest and biggest aircraft carrier, HMS Queen Elizabeth (R08), is approaching the end of a first phase of sea trials. Tim Ripley visited her in Rosyth dockyard to bear witness to the UKa€ s return to the aircraft carrier business. Couteau Delta P Olivier and J Lemoigne chart the establishment of the French Air Forcea€ s latest display team a€" Couteau Delta. Freedom at work In the wake of the first US kill of a manned aircraft since Operation Allied Force in 1999, AFM went aboard USS George H W Bush to hear an account of the shootdown. Black Sea defenders NATO has responded to increased Russian military air activity over the Black Sea by reinforcing Romanian Air Force LanceRs with RAF Typhoons, as Liviu Dnistran discovers. Israeli Fight Test Center The Israeli Fight Test Center begins a new series of features examining military flight test establishments. Noam Menashe obtains an insight into this secretive unit. Changing of the guard at Grottaglie With the introduction of the NH90 the Italian Navy, Dr Andreas Zeitler joined a training flight from Grottaglie to learn about the helicoptera€ s capabilities. Lokia€ s guardians Earlier this year the Royal Canadian Air Force deployed six CF-188 Hornets to KeflavÃÃ
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