Articles from the latest issue in digital format
Commanding the Force!
Jamie Hunter meets Air Cdre Mark Chappell, the Royal Air Force’s Typhoon Force Commander, who oversees all elements of the current operation.
Spreading the Knowledge
From Leeuwarden Air Base in the Netherlands, Kees van der Mark reports on the latest edition of the multinational F-16 Fighter Weapons Instructor Training course.
France's 'Big Stick'
As the Forces Aériennes Stratégiques begins its 56th year of continuous operations, Sébastien Buyck examines the capabilities of the air force’s arm of the French nuclear triad.
Japanese Sub-Hunter
Designed from the start as a dedicated maritime patrol aircraft, Kawasaki’s P-1 boasts longer range than the Boeing P-8, has more weapons hardpoints, more operators and features a tail-mounted magnetic anomaly detector. Marcin Przeworski investigates.
400,000 Hours for Hohn's Transalls
The C-160D Transall transports of Lufttransportgeschwader 63 have been stationed at Hohn air base, north of Hamburg, for more than 51 years. Alexander Golz visited them in their penultimate year of operations.
'Red Devils' at Ghedi
An all-weather-capable fighter-bomber and reconnaissance aircraft, the two-seat Tornado was introduced by the Italian Air Force in the early 1980s. Today, the survivors have been upgraded and fly with a single wing – the 6° Stormo at Ghedi – as Mauro Zanotti explains.
Ten years of excellence
Since the first flight of the Rafale A demonstrator in 1986, the Dassault fighter has become a popular airshow performer.
UPDATE: Ukrainian Naval Aviation
Vladimir Trendafilovski provides an update on the status of the Ukrainian Navy’s single aviation unit...
Each issue in page-turning PDF format
Ways to read AirForces Monthly
Subscribe and save
If you prefer to read online, subscribe to KeyAero Premium today. You’ll be able to read our leading aviation magazines online immediately, plus you’ll get unrestricted access to all content across KeyAero.com.