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CONTRACT ADVERSARIES: USAF PROJECT MOVES AHEAD
The US Air Force announced at the end of October that it had earmarked seven companies to provide contract aggressor services across the combat air forces.
ATLANTIC RESOLVE: DOWN AT THE DOCKS
‘Atlantic Resolve’ has seen a series of large US Army
deployments to Europe ...
AMERICA’S TANKER: TOO IMPORTANT TO FAIL?
This year has seen a succession of problems emerging for the USAF’s already delayed Boeing KC-46 tanker program...
THE OPS DESK: DELIBERATE TARGETING
How tactical aircraft and special forces take down the world's most wanted
KTIW Tacoma Narrows Airport Out Now
Orbx has announced KTIW Tacoma Narrows Airport is now available for Prepar3D version 4 and X-Plane 11.
Thrustmaster Announces HOTAS Magnetic Base and F-16C Viper HOTAS Add-On Grip
To mark its 10th anniversary, Thrustmaster has announced the launch of the HOTAS Magnetic Base and the F-16C Viper HOTAS Add-On Grip.
White Flower Fighter
Almost a year after arriving in the UK, a reproduction Albatros D.Va with an edelweiss-adorned
black fuselage made its long-awaited
aerial debut.
Weekend Windycats: Part Two
Richard Knight concludes his study of life
with the Meteor pilots of Wymeswold’s
504 Squadron...
Bonzer Delivery
Former RAF navigator Jack Talliss describes how his
crew delivered the RAF’s first complete Blue Steel
nuclear missile to Australia.
The Soviet Canberra
Guy Martin assesses the world’s first successful jet bomber – the venerable Il-28
’FIVE’ VERSUS THE LIGHTNING
Donald Nijboer describes how the Spitfire Mk.V clashed with Macchi’s C.202 Folgore for supremacy over Malta in 1942
Freedom Fighter
Rolf Stibbe relays the story of former South Vietnamese Air Force aviator Major Trinh Tranh Chau ...
THAT’S THE SPIRIT
Mike Tate relates just some of the epic story surrounding John Norman’s Spirit of St. Louis reproduction...
LET’S MAKE A MUSEUM…
Assistant editor Jamie Ewan visits the fledgling South Wales Aviation Museum...
Above and Beyond: John 'Joe' Dalley
Graham Pitchfork recounts the experiences of a Spitfire reconnaissance pilot based in Malta...
MILLIONAIRES AT WAR
Kathleen Hanser reveals how privileged Yale University students formed the first US naval aviation unit during World War One
Microsoft Flight Simulator Feature Discovery Series Episode 4 (Cockpits) Released
The Microsoft development team has released the fourth and last episode in its Feature Discovery Series.
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