EXERCISE REPORT: CRUZEX
Marnix Sap and Carlo
Brummer go to Brazil for the latest edition of this fascinating
exercise. Additional reporting by Santiago Rivas
TYPHOON FROM THE COCKPIT
The
US Marine Corps and Royal Air Force have exchanged pilots for decades.
Maj D. R. ‘Ged’ Miller sampled the pride of the RAF when he swapped the
cockpit of his F/A-18C Hornet for the Typhoon
RUSSIAN AIR FORCE 2025
After
countless false starts, in recent years efforts to provide the Russian
air arms with new equipment have finally begun to bear fruit. Piotr
Butowski looks at the status of the current key programs
EXERCISE REPORT: ‘BLUE FLAG’
The Israeli Air Force Advanced Training Center at Ovda hosted the international ‘Blue Flag’ exercise. Ofer Zidon was there
FRENCH FIGHTER TESTERS
Gert
Kromhout visits the Centre d’Éxpériences Aériennes Militaires (CEAM)
and Escadron de Chasse et d’Expérimentation 5/330 ‘Côte d’Argent’,
responsible for operational test and evaluation of French fighters
F-15SA: SAUDI ADVANCED EAGLE
In
an exclusive first for Combat Aircraft, Jon Lake presents the most
detailed description to date of the F-15SA and finds the most advanced
Eagle flying today
RUSSIA’S GATOR ON THE RISE
Alexander
Mladenov provides a briefing on the Kamov Ka-52 Alligator attack
helicopter, in squadron service with the Russian Air Force’s Army
Aviation branch
‘SACRED COWS’ SERVE ON
Salvador Mafé Huertas
examines the Quinta Escuadrilla (Fifth Squadron)’s operation of the
oldest aircraft in the Spanish Naval Aviation fleet, the Sea King
GLORY DAYS: SEA HARRIER OVER THE BALKANS
In
this second part of our review of Sea Harrier operations over the
former Yugoslavia, Richard Scott recalls the introduction to front-line
service of the much-modernized FA2 variant, and its impact on the force
CUTTING EDGE
Combat Aircraft’s monthly column reporting from the front line of aerospace technology, by David Axe
TYPHOON COMES OF AGE
As
2013 came to an end, Eurofighter celebrated a number of significant
milestones. Jamie Hunter reports. Alenia Aermacchi/Luigino Caliaro
SPECIAL ISSUE F-16 AT 40
THE MIGHTY ‘VIPER’
Lockheed
Martin’s F-16 Fighting Falcon is the epitome of a military aviation
success story. In this issue, we pay tribute to the fighter that
remarkably made its maiden flight 40 years ago. Jon Lake and Jamie
Hunter outline the program to date
FRIESIAN FIGHTERS
Frank
Crébas/Bluelife Aviation travels to Leeuwarden, the capital of the
northern province of Friesland, home to one of the two Main Operating
Bases (MOBs) of the Royal Netherlands Air Force’s F-16 squadrons
FOXES OF SOUDA BAY
In
2013, 340 Mira celebrated 60 years of continuous contribution to
Hellenic Air Force operations and 10 years of F-16 Block 52+ employment.
The squadron is the leading precision night-strike units in the world,
as Ioannis Lekkas details
NEWS
HEADLINE NEWS
Boeing teams with Saab for T-X trainer contest, South Korea ‘selects’ the F-35 and USAF F-35A basing plans announced
US NEWS
Last QRF-4C handed over to USAF, P-8A Poseidon heads out on operational deployment and AH-64E Apache Guardian fielded
UK NEWS
UK announces fifth operational Typhoon squadron as multi-role capability arrives at Leuchars
WORLD NEWS
Chinese UAV latest, Korean special mission Tu-154 and Australian MRH-90 update
EUROPE NEWS
A400M Grizzly 1 flies into retirement, Spanish live fire exercise
