Airforces

http://www.airforcesmonthly.com #358 JANUARY 2018 // 5

86 COMMANDER’S UPDATE
BRIEFING: Unpicking the A2/AD
threat
Air Power Association President, Air Marshal
(Ret’d) Greg Bagwell CB, CBE examines one
of the latest buzzwords to enter the military
lexicon: anti-access/area denial.

89 Attrition
Dave Allport details the world’s most recent
military accidents.

96 FLASHPOINT: The Battle

of Marawi

Arnaud Delalande looks at the development

of the Philippine Air Force’s offensive

capabilities and how these were put to use in

the recently concluded campaign to liberate

the city of Marawi.

98 Coming up

See what’s featuring in your AFM next

month.

Features

News by region

All the world’s military aviation news.

6-7 Headlines

8-9 United Kingdom

10-13 Continental Europe

14-18 North America

19 Russia & CIS

20-21 Latin America

22 Africa

24-25 Middle East

28-29 Asia Pacific

30 Australasia

3 Comment

AFM’s opinion on the hot topics in military

aviation.

38 ‘Ermes’ is ready

Dino Marcellino visits the latest Chinooks of the

Italian Army’s 3rd Special Operations Helicopter

Regiment and learns about the particular mind-set

required for this unit’s demanding field of work.

42 Alpine gunsmoke

The Swiss Air Force’s latest Axalp air power

demonstration gave spectators a unique chance

to observe air-to-ground gunnery by F/A-18s

and F-5Es at close quarters.

46 Fighting ‘Saints’

With ‘Bogey’ as their main radio callsign, the

‘Saints’ mean business!

52 ‘Pumas’ train in Spain

JAS 39C Gripens from the 59th Tactical Fighter

Wing of the Hungarian Air Force recently took

part in NATO’s Tactical Leadership Programme

for the first time.

60 ‘Viper’ university

Kees van der Mark reports on the prestigious

Fighter Weapons Instructor Training course

from Leeuwarden Air Base in the Netherlands.

64 Black Knights of Edwards

In the first of a series of features marking the

centenary of the Royal Air Force in 2018, Jamie

Hunter meets No 17 (Reserve) Test and Evaluation

Squadron ‘Black Knights’, part of the F-

operational test team at Edwards AFB, California.

82 MiG modernisation in Lviv

Ukraine is maintaining and upgrading its

MiG-29 fleet in Lviv, where the local repair plant

also undertakes work on other Soviet-era jets

for a range of foreign customers, as Alexander

Golz reveals.

92 Beyond the Orion

adventure

The Royal New Zealand Air Force’s six

venerable Lockheed P-3K2 Orions are

approaching their twilight years after more than

half a century of service. Jim Winchester looks

at the long process to replace them.