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13 EXERCISE REPORT: Balkan Spartan

This year’s Balkan Spartan exercise saw

three C-27J operators train together.

Alexander Mladenov observed the action.

32 INTEL REPORT: Red Air, Blue Air

Having outsourced flying training over the past

ten years, the UK MOD is preparing for the

next challenge. A new element of the Military

Flying Training System is now taking shape – the

Air Support to Defence Operational Training

(ASDOT) contract. Alan Warnes investigates.

48 FORCE REPORT: Nigerian Air Force

The Nigerian Air Force is making efforts

to become an efficient, modern air arm in

the face of constant terrorist threats and

sectarian violence. In the first of a two-part

study, M Mazumdar unravels some of the

confusion and secrecy surrounding the NAF.

57 SURVEY: European maritime

patrol aircraft

AFM’s team of correspondents launch a new

survey profiling the fixed-wing maritime

CONTENTS

Regular features

Above: A pair of Fortele Aeriene
Române (FAR, Romanian Air Force)
MiG-21 LanceRs up from Mihail
Kogălniceanu air base for a training
scramble. Currently, LanceRs are
sharing their air policing duties with
RAF Typhoons, both types coming
under the tactical control of NATO’s
Combined Air Operations Centre in
Torrejón, Spain. Liviu Dnistran
Cover: Loaded with a trio of Enhanced
Paveway II laser-guided bombs,
Tornado GR4 ZG750, dubbed ‘Pinky’,
approaches the camera ship ahead of
its farewell appearance at the Royal
International Air Tattoo in July. Rich
Cooper