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N THE NEWS Headline News Long-Range Strike a€ Bomber competition award, France targets Syria and latest developments with Eurofighter Typhoon US News Lakenheath Eagles target Islamic State, F-35A fires its gun and CH-53K makes maiden flight World News News from Europe and around the globe including Norwegian F-35s arriving at Luke AFB, plus all the latest military losses FEATURES BUZZARD AND THUNDER The Eagle remains the backbone of the Israeli Air Force, and the multi-role F-15I is at the heart of Israela€ s long-range combat operations. As a future Eagle order becomes a possibility, Ofer Zidon profiles the F-15 in Israeli service UNIT REPORT: KINGS AND COMMANDOS Jake Melampy joins the a€~Nightstalkersa€ of the 415th Special Operations Squadron at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico EXERCISE REPORT: a€~TRIDENT JUNCTUREa€ NATOa€ s a€~Trident Juncturea€ exercise demonstrated the alliancea€ s increased emphasis on joint modern warfare and interoperability. Giovanni Colla and Remo Guidi report THE WESTERN WEIGHTLIFTER Tom Kaminski details the C-17 Globemaster III, which combines both strategic and tactical capabilities in a single airframe UNIT REPORT: DRAGONS VERSUS MINES Hans Drost visits Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia to learn how the US Navya€ s MH-53E Sea Dragon aircrews go about their hazardous work countering sea mines SENTINEL SURVIVAL Once threatened with the axe, the fate of the Bombardier Sentinel intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition and reconnaissance aircraft of the Royal Air Forcea€ s No V(AC) Squadron has taken a dramatic turn, as Angus Batey discovers FIGHTER FOCUS: RUSSIAN RAPTOR? Once billed as Russiaa€ s rival to the F-22 Raptor, the Sukhoi T-50 has run into trouble of late. Piotr Butowski covers this program, plus the two advanced a€~Flankera€ variants that are now entering service with the Russian Air Force a€~SCRAMBLE!a€ Rich Cooper flies with the four 59th Tactical Fighter Wing JAS 39C Gripens from KecskemÃÃ
Article Snippets
The January 2016 of Combat Aircraft brings a first report on the massive Russian air offensive in Syria, plus news of the 48th Fighter Winga€ s involvement in missions from Turkey.
We have an exclusive interview with a senior USAF F-35 Lightning II pilot about the recent criticism levelled at the aircraft, a fascinating insight into the RAF Sentinel ISR platform as it is preserved in service under the recent UK Strategic Defence and Security Review, a look at the recent USAF Long-Range Strike Bomber award, Colombiaa€ s Fantasma gunships, a focus on the Sukhoi T-50 stealth fighter.
We have an exclusive interview with a senior USAF F-35 Lightning II pilot about the recent criticism levelled at the aircraft, a fascinating insight into the RAF Sentinel ISR platform as it is preserved in service under the recent UK Strategic Defence and Security Review, a look at the recent USAF Long-Range Strike Bomber award, Colombiaa€ s Fantasma gunships, a focus on the Sukhoi T-50 stealth fighter.
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