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AFM’s opinion on the hot topics in military aviation.26 Caimans in Mali
A pair of Belgian Air Component NH90 TTHs
have arrived in Africa for the first operational
deployment of the force’s Caiman helicopters,
as Jos Schoofs explains.44 Africa’s ‘small air forces’
- part one: Benin, Ghana, Togo
In the first of a new series, Arnaud Delalande
investigates sub-Saharan Africa’s ‘small air
forces’, defined as those with 30 or fewer
airframes – and which don’t currently find
themselves involved in combat operations.
48 MiG-31: One of a kind
Piotr Butowski examines the current status of
the MiG-31 Foxhound, a Cold War-designed
interceptor that recently returned to the news
as the launch platform for one of Russia’s new
‘super weapons’ – the Kinzhal hypersonic
missile.54 Serving in the shadows
The Jandarma Havacılık Komutanlığı
(Gendarmerie Aviation Command) is one
of Turkey’s most elusive air arms. Marco
Dijkshoorn assesses its assets, capabilities
and recent developments, in an article that
includes a full order of battle and type-by-type
fleet analysis.Features
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