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ELGIUM'S AIR ARM: TODAY AND TOMORROW: The small but well-balanced Force A6rienne Beige is currently in the midst of a re-equipment programme that will see the introduction of four new types in the next four years, including the General Dynamics F-16. Guy Denidder describes the status of the FAB and its plans for the next few years. YC-15: A STOL PERFORMER FOR THE 'EIGHTIES: The McDonnell Douglas YC-15 has recently entered flight testing as the first of the USAF's AMST prototypes to be completed. As this account a€ with a preliminary cutaway drawing a€" shows, the YC-15 takes STOL state-of-the-art a significant stage forward. A FRITZ OF ALLTRADES: As well as being one of the most versatile warplanes in service with the Luftwaffe, the Junkers Ju 88 emerges in retrospect as one of the most successful of all combat aeroplanes deployed in World War II. Its flying characteristics are described by Capt Eric Brown in his ""Viewed from the Cockpit"" series. FIRST WRITE YOUR SCENARIO ... : In a further contribution to his ""Personal View"" series, Roy M Braybrook, BSc, CEng, MRAeS, discusses, in the context of various European war scenarios, the acquisition of the General Dynamics F-16 by four NATO air forces. AIRSCENE: The monthly round-up of news and background to the news presented under section headings for Military Affairs, Civil Affairs, Aircraft and Industry and new Civil and Military Aircraft Contracts. FIGHTER A TO Z - Continuing the AIR international encyclopaedia of the world's fighter aircraft, from the Convair F-102 to the Curtiss S-3. TALKBACK - Readers of AIR international offer comments of general interest. PLANE FACTS - Answers to readers' enquiries from the AIR international files: Lavochkin La-9 and La-11, Westland Wapiti (skiplane). MODEL ENTHUSIAST - Modelling comments, the latest kits reviewed and two pages of colour profile drawings of the Savoia Marchetti SM 79. ANSETT'S FOKKER PHOENIX: In the ""Veteran and Vintage"" column, Gp Capt Keith M Isaacs, AFC, RAAF (Retd), describes the restoration in Australia of a Fokker F XI transport to represent one of Ansett's original Fokker Universals. IN PRINT - New aviation literature noted. AIRDATA FILE: Technical data, photographs and general arrangement drawings for the Zlin Z 50L, Atlas C4M Kudu, Beechcraft Model 76 and Beechcraft PD285.
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