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Historic
LEATHERNECK SPOTTER
When Thomas Kattinger asked for his venerable Piper L-4 Cub to be restored in blue...
NUCLEAR ’SNIFFERS’
Lennart Berns describes how the Swedish Air Force repurposed its J 32B jet fighters...
Military
A deep look into special forces aviation
The daring missions of multiple nations special operations forces behind enemy lines are invariably dependent on airlift – fixed or rotary wing – to get them safely to their targets and then successfully bring them home. AFM investigates the can-do mindset and unique skills of special forces aviators
USMC Harriers arrive for major exercise
Ten US Marine Corps AV-8B Harriers IIs of VMA-223 arrived at Bodø Main Air Station in Norway on March 3 to participate in Exercise Cold Response 2022 (CR 22). The exercise is to run from March 14 to 31 for which the USMC has deployed a sizeable force to the Scandinavian country
Inside the US Special Forces mission that eliminated Haji Abdullah
We describe the US Army Special Forces’ mission to track down and eliminate the so-called Islamic State leader Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi
Commercial
The Skye’s the Limit
Tony Mallett goes airside at Heathrow to spend a busy morning with Skye Hester...
British Airways Breaks Record
British Airways has made history by flying the quickest subsonic flight between New York/John F Kennedy and London/Heathrow.
Flight Simulation
Active Sky Upgraded
HiFi Technologies has released several updates to the Active Sky weather expansion for X-Plane, Prepar3D and FSX.
Fly the Maddog X New Version Released
Leonardo Software has officially released version 1.5b493 of Fly the Maddog X for Prepar3D version 4.4 and 4.5.
Tomahawk for Aerofly FS 2 in Development
Following on from the release of the PA-38 Tomahawk for FSX/Prepar3D and X-Plane, Just Flight has announced the aircraft is now in development for Aerofly FS 2.
