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By Joe Campion 31st August 2022

… A number of combat aircraft, along with their associated support assets, from … participation from Aviano comes from the 555th Fighter Squadron ‘Triple Nickel’, which deployed 14 Lockheed … Eagles and F-35A Lightning IIs) from USAFE-AFAFRICA’s 48th Fighter Wing will participate in Cobra Warrior from their …

By Mike Bowyer 5th August 2022

… War Two, where he gives his personal take on Luftwaffe aircraft and equipment put on display in October 1945   … indicator. The Bf 109G-14 alongside is the Central Fighter Establishment's (CFE VD358 'EA-2' – lettering yellow … Altogether different is this ingenious hefty twin-engined fighter, the business-like Do 335A-12 driven by pusher and …

By Tim McLelland 10th April 2023

… truly ground-breaking. Key.Aero examines the reduced-scale aircraft that assumed a critical role in the V-bomber’s … 707C fitted with side-by-side seating under an enlarged fighter-type canopy. No less than four 707Cs were originally … and it was he who had suggested the installation of a fighter-type control stick rather than the more traditional …

By Rich Cooper 30th July 2022

… Forces (PACAF) command. Here, this is concentrated on two fighter wings: the 3rd Wing at Joint Base … (JBER) in the state capital, Anchorage; and the 354th Fighter Wing at Eielson Air Force Base (AFB), situated in the … he said, referring to the national network of fully loaded aircraft sitting on 24/7 alert at 16 sites spread over the …

By DANIEL KARLSSON 11th August 2022

… The Nieuport 28C-1 was the first fighter aircraft used in anger by a US military aviation unit. Now, … than the Nieuport 28, which was America’s first fighter?” There is a strong Swedish link. Caroline Collings, …

By Joe Campion 2nd September 2022

… Policing initiative, intercepted multiple Russian military aircraft on August 31. Two Gripens were scrambled from … were escorting a single Antonov An-72  Coaler  transport aircraft from St Petersburg to Kaliningrad. Despite flying in international airspace, the Russian aircraft caused an Alpha scramble due to not having their …

7th July 2022

… European Air Forces Fighter Bases poster produced by the team behind AirForces Monthly and Combat Aircraft Journal … European Air Forces Fighter Bases poster …

By Jim Winchester 27th July 2022

… official defence budget, Cairo continues to spend large on fighter purchases.  A desire to reduce the effect of … with several major deals in the balance. With 1,062 aircraft of all types, the EAF has the world’s eighth-largest … combat fleets, having in service or on order six types of fighter aircraft and three more types of weapons-capable jet …

26th July 2022

… STATE  US Army Apache ops in the Middle East FREE EUROPEAN FIGHTER BASES POSTER Click here to download and view … Combat Aircraft Journal September 2022 …

By Malcolm English 11th July 2022

… privilege of flying with a Stratofortress crew during NATO fighter interceptions in November 1980. Although the B-52 has … plus the use of ECM to disrupt and defend against the fighter interceptions and ground radars, including ‘attacks’ … hour of 5:30am, I was kitted out and given a safety/aircraft familiarisation briefing the day before. First stop …

By Dave Allport 8th July 2022

… of its indigenously developed KF-21 Boramae multi-role fighter. The prototype , serial number 001, made its first … South Korea , on July 5. KAI said that it anticipates the aircraft will make its maiden flight around the end of July. … will be used in the development programme. … KAI's KF-21 fighter prototype begins taxi tests …

By Khalem Chapman 7th July 2022

… Falcon and Saab JAS 39C/D+ Gripen for its Multi-Role Fighter (MRF) procurement project, adding that it is in the … 12 Korean Aerospace Industries (KAI) FA-50PH light combat aircraft, which were acquired from 2015 to 2017. While the … use in the Asia-Pacific region – like the F-16 – the fighter can be employed from small, unprepared roads and …

By MIKE HOOKS 8th July 2022

… Flt Lt Nicholas Comper left the RAF and founded the Comper Aircraft Company at Hooton Park near Liverpool. He had designed several light aircraft while working as a lecturer in charge of the … short-wave transmitter and a receiver intended for use by fighter pilots. Lorenz-type blind approach equipment was also …

By Peter Felstead 15th June 2022

… on two distinct efforts to build a sixth-generation fighter. Both are referred to as Future Combat Air System … of a system-of-systems approach whereby a sixth-generation fighter will be supplemented in the battlespace by unmanned … As Europe’s foremost supplier of missiles for combat aircraft, MBDA is in the fortunate position of being tasked …

By Joe Campion 4th July 2022

… of the fifth-generation F-35A Lightning II. The 1st Fighter Squadron ‘Stingers’ of the Belgian Air Force operate … throughout the working week, with one squadron taking the aircraft for the early wave while the other flies the later … Jets and maintainers are centralized and common to the two fighter squadrons. For maintenance, the Belgian Air Force has …