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MIG31: 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.

VIEW TO A KILL  PART ONE

In the  rst of a two-part feature, Douglas Barrie

and Piotr Butowski review the short-range air-to-

air missiles currently in service around the world.

DRAGON LADY AT WAR

The US Air Force’s U-2 ‘Dragon Lady’ spy planes

have played a key intelligence, surveillance and

reconnaissance role over Syria and Iraq since the

start of Operation Inherent Resolve, as Babak

Taghvaee recounts.

TRAINING A TYPHOON PILOT: PART TWO

Concluding a two-part feature, Jamie Hunter

returns to No 29 Squadron at RAF Coningsby,

Lincolnshire, to learn how Royal Air Force Typhoon

pilot training has evolved in recent years.

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