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PECIAL ISSUE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE AT 70 In this issue we mark the 70th anniversary of the US Air Force with a series of features showcasing some of the many elements of the worlda€ s greatest air arm. IN THE NEWS HEADLINE NEWS Saab flies Gripen E, Lockheed Martin eyes F-35 block buy and Qatar signs for F-15QA US NEWS F-35s grounded at Luke AFB, Block III Super Hornet approved, plus all the latest unit and deployment news WORLD NEWS News from Europe and around the globe, including the first test flight of the Advanced Hawk, plus all the latest military losses FEATURES a€~LOBOSa€ The F-16s of the 114th Fighter Wing, South Dakota Air National Guard, are among the most instantly recognizable of any unit. They reflect a wing with a proud heritage and keen sense of its current role, as Jamie Hunter describes FIRST NIGHT Mark A. Werkema tells the true story of a memorable night for a fighter pilot in the skies over Baghdad, as seen through his eyes in the cockpit of an F-117 a€~stealth fightera€ a€ January 17, 1991, the first night of the Gulf War a€~BONEa€ SCHOOLHOUSE The B-1B Lancer is one of the US Air Forcea€ s most impressive aircraft. The responsibility for training new aircrews on type falls to one squadron at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas. Ashley Wallace visits the B-1 training school PROJECTING POWER IN THE PACIFIC The US Air Force maintains a continuous bomber presence on the Pacific island of Guam, which is now manned by B-1 squadrons on rotation from the continental US. Jamie Hunter talks exclusively to the commander of this important detachment ALASKAa€ S CUTTING EDGE Held biennially, a€~Northern Edgea€ is Alaskaa€ s premier joint-force exercise, bigger even than the well-known a€~Red Flag Alaskaa€ series of exercises, as Ivan Voukadinov discovers F-35 TURNS AND BURNS IN PARIS At the Paris Air Show in June it wasna€ t just the temperature that was off the scale a€" so was the hype for the F-35Aa€ s first public flying demonstration. Jamie Hunter asks whether it was worth the effort to show the Lightning II turning and burning STRIKING HARD Stephan de Bruijn and Frank CrÃÃ
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