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A BRIGHTER FUTURE FOR BRITAIN'S FIGHTERS?

Against a backdrop of tightening budgets and limited

resources, considerable planning has gone into the

British combat air equation to ensure capability well

into this century. Key facets include the transition to the

Project ‘Centurion’-standard Typhoon and the stealthy

F-35B Lightning, and the rebirth of the carrier air arm,

as Thomas Newdick explains.

TIGER TAMERS

Under the motto Juventus Non Sine Pinnis – The

Young Shall Have Wings – No 2 Operational

Conversion Unit trains future  ghter pilots for the

Royal Australian Air Force. Phil Buckley visited RAAF

Base Williamtown, New South Wales, to  nd out

more.

FRANCE’S ‘FLYING FRIGATE’

The French Navy’s Atlantique 2s are veritable warships

of the skies, capable of searching, identifying and

prosecuting all types of sea and land-based targets.

Bastien Otelli reports on the ‘Frégate volante’ (‘ ying

frigate’) and its sailors at Lann-Bihoué.

CARPATHIAN WARHAWKS

The Romanian Air Force’s latest  ghter, the F-16, has

now adopted quick reaction alert duties and the  eet

is working towards full operational capability. Volkert

Jan van den Berg, Marinus Dirk Tabak, Jack Bosma

and Ton van Schaik visited Borcea-Feteşti air base to

 nd out more.