AIR International – June 2018

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B

ased on a general slow-down of signifi cant news releases

from all of the big aircraft manufacturers around the

world, an editorial team always knows, without referring

to calendars, that something big is on the horizon:

Farnborough. The ever-growing Hampshire ‘metropolis’,

or Farnborough airfi eld at least, is due to host its biennial air show

between July 16 and 22. As usual, there’s no telling what is likely to

be unveiled or announced at the show other than, perhaps, more

big bags full of orders for Airbus and Boeing. That in itself is not

exciting, other than for the companies involved. Maybe the space and

unmanned sectors will yield something of interest. But that’s all for

next month; what about this one?

Since we closed up the June issue for press, any big story has

dropped out of the F-35 Lightning II programme: a big F135 engine

order for Pratt & Whitney, news from Israel that its F-35s have been into

combat over Syria, the fi rst combat for an F-35, the return of 12 US Air

Force F-35As assigned to the 388th Fighter Wing based at Hill Air Force

Base, Utah, from a six-month theatre security package deployment

to Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, Japan, transfer of all four Japan Air Self

Defense Force F-35As from Luke Air Force Base, Arizona, to Misawa

Air Base, Japan, and arrival at RAF Marham of the UK’s fi rst four F-35B

Lightning IIs. That’s a lot of events from the world’s largest defence

programme and there are lots more to come in the months ahead.

Next month’s August issue will feature more UK F-35 coverage as part

of the fi rst of a two-part series examining the good, the bad and some

ugly aspects of the UK’s current airpower. AIR International August 2018

will be on sale in the UK and around the globe from July 26.

Mark Ayton, Editor

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COVER: Main image: Troupe Azzurra Top left: Lockheed Martin Top right: Boeing Defense, Space and Security Left: Royal Canadian Air Force Middle: Viking Air Right: Belgian Air Force

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