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NATO’S Last Fitters
While the Su-22 swing-wing strike aircraft may be obsolescent by today’s standards, 35 years ago it provided Poland with a technological leap comparable only with its subsequent purchase of F-16 fighters.
The long arm of the Israeli Air Force
While the Israeli Air Force is well equipped with ‘smart’ standoff weapon systems, threats developing close to the country’s borders and further afield require additional, even more capable munitions.
Sea Breeze: Black Sea war games
Vladimir Trendafilovski reports on the 19th edition of the annual Sea Breeze multinational maritime exercise.
UK Carrier Strike: Lightning Force at Sea
The UK Lightning Force has embarked on what is arguably its most important mission to date, taking a meaningful complement of F-35Bs to the HMS Queen Elizabeth (R08).
Wildcats play Baccarat
For the first time, the British Army Air Corps joined an exercise in France with both Wildcats and Apaches.
Alpine fighter meet
This year, the Franco-Swiss Épervier air defence exercise was held at the Swiss base of Payerne. Remco Stalenhoef witnessed F/A-18s and Mirage 2000-5Fs do battle over the Alps.
Attrition: Report into fatal Red Arrows crash released
A SERVICE Inquiry Panel report into the fatal crash of Royal Air Force Red Arrows Hawk at RAF Valley, Anglesey, is published.
Pucará over the Pampas
The Argentine Air Force’s major exercise of 2019 saw all the lessons learned so far this year put to the test. And, as Santiago Rivas reports, it was a final opportunity to see the Pucará perform in its original attack role.
Initial Standard II NH90 for Spanish Army
THE FIRST series-produced Fuerzas Aeromóviles del Ejército de Tierra (FAMET, Spanish Army Airmobile Forces) NH90 Tactical Transport Helicopter (TTH) in Standard II configuration at Albacete on September 17.