Exercise Report: New Partners
Ioannis Lekkas reports as two
high-profile units of the US Air Forces in Europe, the 494th and 480th
Expeditionary Fighter Squadrons, deploy to Greece for bilateral training
with the Hellenic Air Force. Ioannis Lekkas
UNIT REPORT: WEREWOLVES
Rens
van Rijn and Dennis Vink make for Luke AFB to meet the Air Force
Reserve personnel of the 69th Fighter Squadron. They are the
‘Werewolves’…
THE ‘ECHO’ APACHE
The US Army has begun to field
the latest model of the Boeing Apache attack helicopter, the AH-64E
Guardian. Barry D. Smith heads into the desert with the Army aviators of
C Company, 1-25th ARB, as they train with the ‘Echo’ at the National
Training Center (NTC)
EAGLE SCHOOL
The 173rd Fighter Wing is
currently the only American F-15C formal training unit (FTU) and
produces every new airman in the US Eagle community, as Robert F. Dorr
details. Exclusive photos by Jim Haseltine
THUNDER IN PAKISTANI SKIES
Pakistan,
together with its Chinese partners, is now looking for export customers
for the JF-17 Thunder as production gathers pace and the aircraft
becomes operational with the Pakistan Air Force. Rogier Westerhuis
visited Pakistan to learn more about the aircraft
DUTCH LIGHTNING
The
33rd Fighter Wing’s transition to the F-35 is progressing rapidly, not
just for US forces but also international partners. Frank Visser went to
the F-35 Integrated Training Center to report on the Royal Netherlands
Air Force and its increasing presence in the F-35 program. Exclusive
images from Frank Crébas/Bluelife Aviation
UNIT REPORT: GREYHAWKS, GREYHOUNDS, AND HAWKEYES
Ted Carlson/Fotodynamics.com
reports on VAW-120 ‘Greyhawks’, the US Navy’s E-2/C-2 Fleet
Replacement Squadron at Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia, exploring the
work of this unit as it introduces the latest E-2D Advanced Hawkeye
variant
SPECIAL REPORT: YEARS OF LUFTWAFFE EUROFIGHTER
Stefan
Büttner and Alexander Golz were there as Taktisches
Luftwaffengeschwader 73 ‘Steinhoff’ celebrated three anniversaries
during an open house event at its Laage base in north-east Germany
GLORY DAYS: MANNED MISSILES OVER THE BALTIC
For
many years during the Cold War the F-104 was a mainstay of NATO forces
in Central Europe. Dr Stefan Petersen recalls flying with the last Star
fighters of the German Navy
EXERCISE REPORT: RIMPAC 2014
Kevin
Jackson attends the world’s largest international maritime exercise,
‘Rim of the Pacific’ (RIMPAC), which brings together the armed forces of
nations with an interest in the Pacific Rim region and involves a
significant aviation element
CUTTING EDGE
Combat Aircraft’s monthly column reporting from the front line of aerospace technology, by David Axe
NEWS
HEADLINE NEWS
The latest news from the Iraqi air operation as France joins strikes
US NEWS
Latest
news from the F-35 program, Textron AirLand eyes T-X competition with
new Scorpion variant, and X-47 goes to sea for joint operations trials
WORLD NEWS
Chinese J-11 proves too close for comfort for US Navy P-8 Poseidon, and Singapore appears to have boosted its F-15SG fleet
EUROPE NEWS
Tornado marks 40 years of flying, first RAF A400M flies and latest Baltic Air Policing news
