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Boeing has secured a trio of impressive competition victories in recent months, crowned by the huge USAF T-X trainer win. REPORT ...

WINNING DESIGN The Boeing/Saab aircraft is a twin- tail design with a large cockpit that features ‘stadium seating’, plus leadin ...

aspiration to hit 7.5g — this is considered su cient to ensure students can operate at 9g in a front-line  ghter. Simulator vi ...

Although often overshadowed by ‘Red Flag’, the ‘Northern Lightning’ large force employment exercise is proving to be valuable an ...

A smart 85th TES F-15C moves in for fuel during ‘Northern Lightning’. All photos Jonathan Derden unless credited otherwise W HEN ...

where we focus not only on integration, but also on integration of the diferent service components,’ explained Milne. It is smal ...

I was getting calls a week or two prior saying, ‘can we bring an extra two jets’ or, ‘I want to bring more pilots’ Col Chad Miln ...

Right top to bottom: VMA-311 Harriers and the multitude of participants on the Volk ramp. VAQ-130 EA-18Gs provided part of the U ...

helped set the level of professionalism and expectation, especially for some of the newer ‘Tomcats’ pilots. Interoperability In ...

Above: Wearing the Thales Scorpion helmet, a Wisconsin F-16C pilot gets his game face on. Below: Draken International, with its ...

Acknowledgements: The author wishes to thank Col Dave May, Col Chad Milne, Maj Matthew Clark, Capt Matt Wunderlin, Capt Eric Dun ...

The storied 36th Fighter Squadron ‘Fiends’ has been celebrating its centenary over the past year. Combat Aircraft takes a closer ...

A SK ANY AVIATION photographer about their ‘bucket list’ and you can almost guarantee that  ying in Alaska is on it. The 49th s ...

The path towards aerial dominance begins with a straight-faced look upon the battles of the past — the victories as well as the ...

Below: Modern- day ‘Fiend’ — a Joint Helmet Mounted Cueing System-wearing ‘Viper’ pilot gets in the zone for a ‘Distant Thunder’ ...

forward-deployed in the Paciic theater of operations, moving among bases in Japan with a primary responsibility of alert commitm ...

Above: The ‘Fiends’ tend to fl y with Sniper and ASQ-213 pods on the inlet stations as standard. Below: A sharp echelon of ‘Fien ...

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