Combat Aircraft May 2011

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Combat Aircraft May 2011

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Combat Aircraft May 2011 issue on sale in the UK from today with a new look and new features.
Libya no fly zone first report, F3 farewell, Nimrod R1's reprieve and a cutaway F-16E poster.

CONTENTS

Vol 12, No 5
May 2011

6 WORLD NEWS
US Marine Corps signs for F-35C • Second T-50 flies • Typhoon drops Paveway IV • Libyan rescue missions • Japan’s tsunami tragedy

PLUS! Special reports on the Libyan crisis and Lakenheath F-15Es in Sardinia

29 FRONT LINE
Our hard-hitting regular column by Robert F. Dorr

30 BOEING WINS KC-X
The USAF has finally awarded a contract for a new aerial tanker. On February 24, it was announced Boeing had beaten European rival EADS in the competition to build 179 new tankers. David Axe and Jon Lake evaluate the outcome of this fascinating procurement project

34 NIMROD R1 REPRIEVED
As Combat Aircraft closed for press, growing rumors suggested that the out-of-service date for Britain’s signals intelligence Nimrod R1s, planned for March 31, 2011, would be delayed. Jon Lake reviews how a continuing need for the capabilities of the Nimrods has arisen

38 Fight Club
Andy Wolfe flies with the USAF Weapons School exclusively for Combat Aircraft, while Jamie Hunter meets key members of the school whose imperative it is to ensure that Air Combat Command’s airmen are kept at the top of their game

46 HYPER VIPERS
Though all F-16s share a common configuration, and look very similar, the Fighting Falcon has been dramatically developed and improved over the years. Jon Lake details the Block 50 variants and beyond, also known as the ‘Hyper Vipers’
INCLUDES FREE 6-PAGE F-16E CUTAWAY PULL-OUT POSTER

58 ADIÓS MIRAGE
A new version of Dassault’s classic fighter was introduced to Latin America from 1978, with the arrival of the powerful Mirage F1 in Ecuador. For more than three decades, these jets spearheaded the Ecuadorian AF’s air defense capabilities, as Santiago Rivas reports

62 WINGS OF GOLD
As a tribute to the Centenary of Naval Aviation we feature Tyson V. Rininger’s fabulous photograph of the world’s only flying SB2C Helldiver flying on formation with a retro-painted F/A-18C Hornet from VFA-122 ‘Flying Eagles’

64 EAGLE RESURGENT
David Axe evaluates how the remaining fleet of USAF F-15C Eagles are now toting advanced actively scanned radars to allow them to work in concert with ‘silver bullet’ F-22 Raptors

68 BRAWLER NATION
In one violent year in Afghanistan, the US Army’s Task Force Brawler changed the face of US Army aviation forever. John R. Bruning reports from the front line exclusively for Combat Aircraft

76 AERO INDIA 2011
When the country in possession of the world’s fourth-largest air force hosts an international aerospace exhibition, it is bound to attract international attention as Dr Andreas Zeitler discovered. Additional reporting by Robert Hewson

81 LEAN AND MEAN
Igor Salinger attended the recent ‘Ušće’ 2011 display exercise in Belgrade that saw Serbia showcase a smaller, all-professional air force

84 LONG LIVE THE PERSIAN SEA KING!
With a third Sea King refurbished and re-delivered to the Iranian Navy Babak Taghvaee looks at the eventful history of the ASH-3D In Iranian service

88 TORNADO F3 FROM THE COCKPIT
As the curtain comes down on the Tornado F3’s illustrious service with the Royal Air Force, Ian Black remembers the early days of Tornado Air Defence Variant operations

97 CUTTING EDGE
Combat Aircraft’s new monthly column reporting from the front line of aerospace technology, by David Axe

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