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THE FAIRCHILD CAN-OPENER: SHTURMOVIK OF THE EIGHTIES? - An assessment of the operational effectiveness of the Fairchild A-10 Thunderbolt II, as now being introduced in the European theatre by the USAF as its latest close air support aircraft.
CHINESE AIR POWER - AN OBSOLESCING GOLIATH - New in formation about the Chinese aircraft industry and the air force that it supports - shows that only slow progress is being made in the modernisation programme, as this detailed account makes clear.
AIRBUS PICKS UP SPEED - and the "junior" A310 takes off. As this account shows, the launching of the A310, now firmly ordered by three major European airlines, is only one of several reasons for the Airbus consortium's new-found confidence in its future success.
THE ANNALS OF THE IBERIAN PEDROS - Barely four months after the Heinkel He 111 B had entered service with the Luftwaffe at the end of 1936, the elegant new bomber was engaged in hot combat in Spain. The role of the "Pedros" in that arena is here related in detail.
AIRSCENE The monthly round-up of news and background to the news presented under section headings for Military Affairs. Aircraft and Industry, Civil Affairs and new Civil and Military Aircraft Contracts.
IN SOVIET SERVICE - 5 - This month's article in the series devoted to contemporary Soviet warplanes describes the Tupolev Backfire.
MODEL ENTHUSIAST - Modelling comments, the latest kits reviewed and two pages of colour illustrations of the Panavia Tornado.
FIGHTER A TO Z - Continuing the AIR international encyclopaedia of the world's fighter aircraft, from the FMA I.Ae.30 Namcu to the Focke-Wulf Fw 187.
FRONT COVER Sporting the "lizard" three-colour finish recently adopted by the USAF, a Fairchild A-1 OA displays its angularity.
CHINESE AIR POWER - AN OBSOLESCING GOLIATH - New in formation about the Chinese aircraft industry and the air force that it supports - shows that only slow progress is being made in the modernisation programme, as this detailed account makes clear.
AIRBUS PICKS UP SPEED - and the "junior" A310 takes off. As this account shows, the launching of the A310, now firmly ordered by three major European airlines, is only one of several reasons for the Airbus consortium's new-found confidence in its future success.
THE ANNALS OF THE IBERIAN PEDROS - Barely four months after the Heinkel He 111 B had entered service with the Luftwaffe at the end of 1936, the elegant new bomber was engaged in hot combat in Spain. The role of the "Pedros" in that arena is here related in detail.
AIRSCENE The monthly round-up of news and background to the news presented under section headings for Military Affairs. Aircraft and Industry, Civil Affairs and new Civil and Military Aircraft Contracts.
IN SOVIET SERVICE - 5 - This month's article in the series devoted to contemporary Soviet warplanes describes the Tupolev Backfire.
MODEL ENTHUSIAST - Modelling comments, the latest kits reviewed and two pages of colour illustrations of the Panavia Tornado.
FIGHTER A TO Z - Continuing the AIR international encyclopaedia of the world's fighter aircraft, from the FMA I.Ae.30 Namcu to the Focke-Wulf Fw 187.
FRONT COVER Sporting the "lizard" three-colour finish recently adopted by the USAF, a Fairchild A-1 OA displays its angularity.
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