AirForces Monthly – July 2018

Regular features

News by region

All the world’s military aviation

news, by region

6-7 Headlines

8-9 United Kingdom

10-13 Continental Europe

14-18 North America

19 Latin America

22-23 Middle East

24 Africa

26 Russia & CIS

28-29 Asia Pacific

30 Australasia

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34 INTEL REPORT: Eyes and

ears of the RAF

The RAF’s spyplane community, officially

known as the ISTAR Force, plays a critical

part in daily operations. Alan Warnes

outlines its capabilities and talks to Air

Commodore Dean Andrew about its future.

72 EXERCISE REPORT:

Frisian Flag 2018

This year saw another record-breaking edition

of Frisian Flag held in the Netherlands. Kees

van der Mark visited Leeuwarden Air Base to

report on this ever-popular multinational event.

86 COMMANDER’S UPDATE

BRIEFING: ISTAR

Airborne ISTAR assets serve as the ‘eyes

and ears’ of the modern military, providing

commanders with critical information about

activity on the ground, in the air and at sea.

Air Marshal (ret’d) Greg Bagwell CB CBE,

President of the Air Power Association, outlines

a key element of contemporary warfare.

94 FORCE REPORT:

Looking West – Part two

Antonio Prlenda concludes his overview of

the Croatian Air Force with an assessment

of its training programme, firefighting

fleet and prospects for the future.

90 Attrition

Dave Allport details the world’s

most recent military accidents.

98 Coming up

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