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overhauled aircraft in Odessa. More thorough fl ight testing then continued back home in Croatia. Testing times Despite some med ...

L OCATED NEAR THE southernmost tip of the spectacular Florida Keys that extend out into the Gulf of Mexico from the US mainland, ...

Undisputed experts in the arena of US Navy air-to-air training are the ‘Sundowners’ of Fighter Composite Squadron One Eleven (VF ...

This photo: VFC-111 F-5Ns in close formation as they  y over Fort Je erson in the Dry Tortugas National Park, on the edge of K ...

currently in the fl eet, or what new aviators experienced in the training pipeline. The F-5 was fi rst pressed into the adversar ...

number of different-category students, their primary focus is on getting the Cat 1 replacement pilot straight from the training ...

‘Level Four Instructors are the Jedi Knights of my command. They are the instructors in all phases of fl ight for all adversary ...

‘It is in large force exercises that VFC-111’s vast knowledge really comes into play as they fi ght using the F-5 to the best of ...

Schools from either the Atlantic or Pacifi c Fleet. The fl eet orchestrates the scenarios and sets the tempo for the exercise. O ...

50 May 2015 http://www.combataircraft.net Northrop F-5N ‘Tiger IIs’ of VFC-111 ‘Sundowners’ from NAS Key West, Florida. 42-51 VF ...

José M. Ramos http://www.combataircraft.net May 2015 51 42-51 VFC-111 C.indd 51 19/03/2015 10:28 ...

L AST YEAR WAS a successful one for the People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) and its ongoing process of re- organization. ...

THE CURRENT STATUS OF CHINA’S FIGHTER FORCE http://www.combataircraft.net May 2015 53 52-61 Chinese Fighters C.indd 53 20/03/201 ...

J-7: old-school  ghter Besides all the modern types currently under development or in serial production, it should not be forgo ...

sub-versions (capable of employing the PL-8 air-to-air missile) and J-7K (featuring four wing pylons) are operational with 17 fr ...

Israeli Lavi. Since some observers still assume the J-10 to be a phoenix-like resurrection of the Lavi, this may have led to the ...

delayed until mid-2013, and when the fi rst production airframe was spotted, it was again powered by the trusted Russian AL-31FN ...

concerning a possible arms package were initiated in 1990, followed by high-level demonstrations of the MiG-29 and the Su-27 in ...

received a slightly modifi ed J-11BH version, which equips three Air Regiments. In parallel to the J-11B — and even more surpris ...

‘Fifth-generation’ projects The undoubted star among China’s current crop of fi ghters is the Chengdu J-20, sometimes called the ...