Combat aircraft
Above: Wearing the helmet- mounted sighting system, a QWI student pre-flights the ASRAAM missile. Below: Paveway IV is set to be ...
W ITH MUCH ATTENTION focused on the imminent retirement of the Tornado GR4 from Royal Air Force service next year and on the pro ...
speed up their preparation for when their own jets are delivered. Mayhew con rmed that the two new RAF units will be front-line ...
T HE FIRST EXAMPLES of the GBU-48 Enhanced Paveway II were o cially handed over to Taktisches Luftwa engeschwader 31 ‘Boelcke’ ...
Below: Last year’s GBU-48 test campaign in Sweden involved not only dropping the bombs, but also examining changes in the fl igh ...
Having originally planned to fi eld its Eurofi ghters solely as air-to-air fi ghters, Spain quickly embraced multi-role plans an ...
Right top to bottom: Maintainers load an EGBU-16 (GBU-48) GPS/ laser-guided 1,000lb bomb. Spain’s ultimate plan is to operate tw ...
Throughout 2017 the Aeronautica Militare (Italian Air Force) Eurofi ghter F-2000 force was engaged in quick reaction alert dutie ...
what was the second Icelandic stint for the F-2000s, which previously deployed here in 2013. In short order after the northern t ...
Italian Eurofi ghters were readied for the summer heat of Bulgaria as from July they headed to Graf Ignatievo to jointly secure ...
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T HE IRON-CLAD ALLIANCE between the US and the Republic of Korea is evident in everything we do,’ says Col David Shoemaker, the ...
Today, the 8th FW ies alongside the Republic of Korea Air Force (RoKAF) and its co-located 38th Fighter Group, operating KF-16 ...
F-105 Thunderchiefs to Thailand twice for combat in 1964 and 1965 and flew 7,384 combat sorties in South-east Asia, with 2,657 o ...
Acknowledgements: The author wishes to thank Col David Shoemaker, Capt Chris Mesnard, 1st Lt Brittany Curry and Mi Chang for the ...
T HE ITALIAN NAVY (Marina Militare) has long played an important role within the country’s military. However, its GRUPAER (Grupp ...
to Harrier procurement. Of the 337 McDonnell Douglas AV-8B Harrier IIs produced, Italy took 18 including a pair of dual-seat TAV ...
No looking back By January 1995, the GRUPAER was ready for its maiden deployment and the Giuseppe Garibaldi sailed from Taranto ...
means they’ve been called into action for more offensive duties. In 1999, Operation ‘Allied Force’ over Kosovo was their true ba ...
was some 600 miles from their tasking area in Afghanistan. Missions of up to six hours were recorded with multiple in- flight re ...
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