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Operation Helvetic Air Support
Steven Taylor examines the British Army Air Corps’ current support role to the Police Service of Northern Ireland ...
Into the fighter- bomber business
The Luftwaffe’s Eurofighters are no longer flying exclusively air-to-air tasks.
Swedish tanker times
Some 20,000ft above northern Sweden, Björn Rüdén joins the Swedish Air Force's dedicated tanker ...
The Arctic transporters
The 139th Airlift Squadron – part of the New York Air National Guard’s 109th Airlift Wing – is probably the only flying unit that operates at opposite ends of the world.
Air power Between Russia and the West
In the last of a two-part feature on the Belarusian Air Force and Air Defence ...
Airbus opens up
After a gap of three years, Airbus held its three-day Trade Media Briefing for military aviation journalists from all over the world.
Task Group Black Cats commander
Then a major (maggiore), Stefano De Dionigi was in charge of the Black Cats
Blue Flag 2019: Air battles over Ovda
The latest Blue Flag exercise involved around 1,000 personnel and 70 aircraft...
Space: The next frontier
In summer 2019, the Ministry of Defence outlined an ambitious space programme...
Postcard from Prague-Kbely
Bernd Kienle provides a photographic report from the 24. základna dopravního letectva (24. zDL, 24th Transport Aviation Base)
in Prague-Kbely
AMX in Afghanistan
The Italian Air Force’s Task Group Black Cats were among the unsung heroes of the operation over Afghanistan
SAAB 340 Flight Adventure
Just occasionally, an aircraft design that may have been deemed to have run its course is resurrected because of a confluence of factors. This perfectly sums up our classic aircraft for this issue – the Saab 340 twin turboprop regional airliner…
Boeing 747SPs at Heathrow
The Boeing 747SP has never been a common sight, even at major international airports...
Jamming Kings Sembach’s Compass Call EC-130Hs
From 1987 to 1991 the 43rd Electronic Combat Squadron operated from Sembach Air Base in Germany...
Dornier’s multi-role Do 217
Even before the outbreak of war, Dornier began planning a replacement for the Do 17...
Operation Northern Lightning: Italian F-35s in Iceland
In September, Italian Air Force F-35As flew to Iceland...
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