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/STOL VANGUARD - An up-to-the-minute account of developments with the Hawker Siddeley Harrier family a€ in- cluding the Sea Harrier and the McDonnell Douglas AV-8B a€" that promise to extend both the production and the service life of the World's first V/STOL fighter. ARAB AIR POWER - Linked by their Islamic faith, their dependence on oil revenues and a deep antipathy towards the state of Israel, the countries making up the League of Arab States collectively now deploy some of the World's strongest and best-equipped air forces. In this issue we begin a four-part, heavily-illustrated survey of the air power of this important group of nations. AJEET - A description from our Indian correspondent Pushpindar Chopra of the evolution and current status of the latest derivative of the classic Folland lightweight fighter, the Gnat. FROM ZERO TO ONE - Japan re-emerges as a source of single-seat combat aircraft of indigenous design with the entry into production of the Mitsubishi F-1 some 35 years after that company's Zero fighter reached its heyday. We illustrate and report upon the first production F-1. 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 Contracts. FIGHTER A TO Z - Continuing the AIR INTERNATIONAL encyclopaedia of the world's fighter aircraft, from the Dassault Mirage 11 IV to Mi rage 5. V/STOL: AN IDEA WHOSE TIME HAS COME - Roy Braybrook contributes a ""Personal View"" of the market for V/STOL aircraft a€" notably the Hawker Siddeley Harriera€"and includes a technical assessment of the VTOL Forger now entering service with the Soviet Navy. MODEL ENTHUSIAST - Modelling comments, and the latest kits reviewed. IN PRINT - New aviation literature noted. PLANE FACTS - Answers to readers'enquiries from the AIR iNTERNATIONALfiles:Ago Ao 1 92 Kurier, Westland Westbury and Nord 1401 Noroit. AIR DATA FILE - Technical data, photographs and general arrangement drawings for the Valmet Leko-70, Aerospatiale X-910 and Ryson ST-1000 CLoudster.
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