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Features
Grim Reaper Pilot
The
US Air Force announced in March an intention to reduce the number of
aircraft based overseas, Dick Wels looks at the impact this may have at
RAF Lakenheath, Suffolk.
Mission Rehearsal Exercise (Part Two) – RAF Marham
In
the second of a two-part feature, AFM’s Glenn Sands describes how RAF
Marham’s 31 ‘Goldstars’ Squadron aircrew conduct a GCAS and how the
RAF’s Force Protection team prepares for its deployment to Kandahar,
Afghanistan.
Striking Back at ISIL
Over the past month 12
nations have joined US air strikes against ISIL. As Alan Warnes
outlines, it is now under bombardment inside Iraq and Syria.
ATF-25 Home from Afghanistan
Personnel
and aircraft of the RNLAF task force finally returned home on July 12
after a dozen years in Afghanistan. Martin Scharenborg and Ramon
Wenink/Global Aviation Review Press report for AFM.
Merlins Move
Alan Warnes was at RAF Benson, Oxfordshire in September to see the RAF Merlin helicopter fleet transferred to the Royal Navy.
Force Report Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency
Dzirhan Mahadzir updates the progress of this unique force.
Exercise Report Pitch Black 2014
Nigel Pittaway ventured to Australia’s Northern Territory to report on one of the largest air exercises in the region.
NATO Summit 2014 – RAF Fairford
Around
30 aircraft flew into RAF Fairford, Gloucester to support President
Barrack Obama’s attendance at a NATO Summit in early September. Ian
Harding was there to witness the spectacle.
NATO Summit 2014 – RAF Brize Norton
Ian
Harding spent a week a RAF Brize Norton watching the comings and goings
of aircraft participating in and supporting the NATO Summit.
Exercise Report Hot Blade 14
Kees Otten, Wim Das and Koos Heemskerk describe the multinational helicopter exercise Hot Blade 14.
E-2 Hawkeye VAW-123
As
the airborne ‘eyes and ears’ of the US Navy fleet for 50 years, the E-2
Hawkeye has been a critical asset within carrier air wings. Ted
Carlson/Fotodynamics explains how it has been protecting the battle
group all these years.
Operation Market Garden – 70th Anniversary
Kees van der Mark attended the commemorations at Arnhem in the Netherlands.
Attrition
AFM’s Dave Allport reports on the world’s latest military accidents.
Debrief
Reviews of recently published books on military aviation.
Nice Picture
News
All the world’s military aviation news, by region.
Headlines
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Russia and the CIS
Australasia
AFM’s Dave Allport reports on the latest contracts & deployments
