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José M. Ramos ies with the US Navy Virginia
missile- ring exercise o the coast of
IN THE NEWS
06 Headline News
08 US News
Typhoon seals Kuwait deal, Raptors deploy
to Europe and latest Chinese J-20 ies
F-35Cs y at NAS Fallon, Long-Range Strike
— Bomber eagerly awaited and Super
Hornet tests long-range ship strike missile
News from Europe and around the globe
including the Royal Air Force’s ‘Blackjack’
intercept, plus all the latest military losses
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Australia’s decision to procure the EA-18G will
provide the Royal Australian Air Force with a step-
change in capability. With the rst Aussie Growler
now rolled out, Brad Elward provides a timely
program update
GROWLER DOWN UNDER
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UNIT REVIEW:
BEING THE BAD GUY
For nearly 20 years the F-5 Tiger IIs of
VFC-13 have roamed the skies over
northern Nevada. Frank Visser heads
to NAS Fallon to re ect on what has
been a busy year for the ‘Fighting
Saints’
16 World News
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EXERCISE REPORT:
SENTRY FIGHTERS
After a four-year hiatus, ‘Sentry Eagle’
has returned to Kingsley Field at
Klamath Falls, Oregon. Curt Jans gets
amongst the action
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‘BONEHEADS’ ON THE
FRONT LINE
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UNIT REVIEW:
PROUD PATROLLERS
Jamie Hunter details how the arrival of
four F-22 Raptors from the 95th Fighter
Squadron marked the rst formal training
detachment of the type to the European
theater
The Turkish government’s ‘game-changing’
decision permitting coalition forces to
operate ghters from Incirlik saw Operation
‘Inherent Resolve’ enter its second phase.
Babak Taghvaee reports on Aviano’s F-16s
that are now right on the front line
Having entered front-line service with the
Royal Air Force in 1982, the Tornado has
enjoyed an unparalleled service record.
Jamie Hunter describes how these aircraft
still provide the backbone of the RAF’s
precision strike force
Centerspread poster of an F-15I Ra’am
(Thunder) Eagle of the Israel Air and Space
Force’s 69 Squadron ‘Hammers’ during
Exercise ‘Red Flag 15-4’
In addition to the deployments by USAF
assets into the Middle Eastern theater,
deployments to the Asia-Paci c region
have been somewhat overlooked, as Jake
Melampy reports
Ted Carlson visits Patrol Squadron 62
‘Broadarrows’, a Reserve unit, which
will be one of the last (if not the last)
operators of the US Navy P-3C Orion
Combat Aircraft’s
monthly column
reporting from the front line of
aerospace technology, by David Axe
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CUTTING EDGE
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CLOSER TO THE FIGHT
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THE SURGICAL STRIKER
Providing aerial support to Chile’s Army is a small but proud and dedicated force
of aviators from the Brigada de Aviación de Ejército (BAVE) de Chile, which has its
main base near the city of Rancagua. In a world premiere, the BAVE opened its
doors to Cees-Jan van der Ende and Cristobal Soto Pinto
AIR POWER REVIEW: ANDEAN ARMY AVIATION
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‘HAMMER’ BLOW!
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‘LOBOS’ IN KOREA
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UNIT REVIEW:
GETTING THE JOB DONE!
PLUS
Robert F. Dorr’s Front Line column looks at a
planned A-10 versus F-35 evaluation
In this rst half of a two-part comprehensive
review of the Boeing C-17 program, Dick
Wels, Hans Drost and Henk de Ridder visit
Charleston AFB, home of global reach with
the Globemaster III
Alexander Golz reports from the
International Aviation and Space Salon,
MAKS, at Zhukovsky near Moscow
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MOSCOW SHOWCASE
COMBAT EDGE |
FIND US ON
Fighter manufacturers regard the Middle East region
as one of the most important markets for combat
jets. Will Eurofighter’s win in Kuwait help cement
further deals?
Eurofighter/Katsuhiko Tokunaga
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Potent partners
EWS THAT KUWAIT
Boeing has been subtly touting the
plans to buy 28
capabilities of its latest Eagle — the
Euro ghter Typhoons F-15SA for the Royal Saudi Air Force —
came as the various
without going into too many speci cs.
players in the
Readers of this magazine will recall
ghter market were
the report in our August issue that
preparing to take their respective
detailed how the ‘Advanced F-15’ is the
roadshows to November’s in uential
rst ghter to equip its aircrew with
Dubai Air Show. Each will be mindful
the new Digital Joint Helmet-Mounted
of the United Arab Emirates’ ghter
Cueing System, and that it now totes
requirements, and aware that at the
an impressive capability to carry as
last Dubai event two years ago, almost
many as 16 air-to-air missiles.
everyone thought a Typhoon deal
As Iraq pressed its F-16s into combat
would be announced.
action for the rst time in September,
Two years on and the UAE ghter
what is clear is that there remains
‘competition’ seems as open as
signi cant potential for ghter
ever, if indeed there still is one. With
sales in the Middle East. The current
additional Block 61 F-16s on order,
operations in Iraq and Syria will surely
maybe the UAE has bought itself some
remain long-term commitments for
breathing space?
the various air forces involved, and will
Dassault has been riding high on the
likely further cement bonds between
back of its Rafale deals with Egypt and
manufacturers, western air forces and
Qatar, and now Euro ghter can point
the air arms of the Gulf states.
to three customers in the Gulf region:
Kuwait, Oman and Saudi Arabia.
Boeing is still hopeful that either
its ‘Advanced F-15’ or the Super
Hornet may still pick up some
business in this important
area, maybe even as
Jamie Hunter,
Editor
part of a split ghter
E-mail: jamie.hunter@keypublishing.com
buy from one nation.
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CONTRIBUTOR
PROFILE BRAD ELWARD
B
rad Elward has
been writing
on military
aviation topics
since 1997 and is the
author of 11 books
and over 35 articles.
Brad began his writing
covering the Lockheed
S-3 Viking and currently focuses on
the Boeing F/A-18 Hornet family, the
Boeing P-8, and naval aviation during
the Vietnam War. He is also an appellate
attorney practicing in Peoria, Illinois, USA.
He is the author of Boeing F/A-18E/F
Super Hornet and EA-18G Growler and
will release a history of TOPGUN in
late 2016.
November 2015
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