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Subscribe and save A subscription to AirForces Monthly offers great savings on the cover price. Comment AFMa€ s opinion on the hot topics in military aviation. Britaina€ s spies in the skies Tim Ripley looks at the Royal Air Forcea€ s ISTAR (Information, Surveillance, Target Acquisition and Reconnaissance) Force status, operations and its prospects. a€~Ikea€ strikes US Navy airpower has played a crucial role in Operation Inherent Resolve in Iraq and Syria, most recently underpinned by the presence of USS Dwight D Eisenhower (CVN 69). Ioannis Lekkas joins the embarked Carrier Air Wing 3 a€~Battle Axea€ to discover how crews notched up an impressive sortie tally to help support missions countering so-called Islamic State (IS). Nordic mountaineers For many years the helicopter crews of the Flygvapnet (Swedish Air Force) have practised flying in mountainous terrain during deployments to Abisko in the extreme north of Sweden. Jan JÃÃ
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In the February of AirForces Monthly our cover story looks at the final retirement of the US Air Force QF-4E Phantom II, with exclusive air-to-air photos from the retirement event.Our UK air power report looks at the Royal Air Forcea€ s ISTAR fleeta€ s current status, operations and future prospects.The also includes an exclusive photo report from the last days of the Uruguayan Air Force IA-58 PucarÃÃ
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