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FEATURES GULF AIR POWER 2013 Free-spending, strategically-located and with various potential threats in close proximity, the six member states of the Gulf Co-operation Council operate some of the most sophisticated combat aircraft in service anywhere in the world. Jon Lake examines how the eyes of the leading fighter manufacturers are firmly back on the Gulf 10 YEARS OF TYPHOON The Eurofighter Typhoon has been in service for 10 years, but just how much it has evolved in that time is open to debate. Combat Aircraft assesses the typea€ s progress and future potential SPECIAL REPORT: CAPABLE EAGLE With shrinking budgets, it is an absolute necessity to forge strong strategic partnerships towards making an efficient, capable global response when the call to arms comes. Rich Cooper reports from the recent a€~Capable Eaglea€ exercise FUJI FIREPOWER Gordon Arthur attends the Japan Ground Self-Defense Forcea€ s two-hour action packed extravaganza, showcasing its vehicles and helicopters in a live-fire format PAKISTANa€ S AMAZING MIRAGES The Dassault Mirage III/V in Pakistan Air Force service is one of the most fascinating fighter stories. As the delta-winged fighter approaches half a century in PAF service, Alan Warnes reveals how the air arm has scoured the world for these classic fighters WILDCATS ON THE PROWL Neil Pearson embarks the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower to join the F/A-18C Hornets of Strike Fighter Squadron One Three One (VFA-131) a€~Wildcatsa€ , and finds an aircraft keeping pace with its younger sibling, the Super Hornet SETTING THE NEW a€~GOLD STANDARDa€ The Royal Air Forcea€ s No IV(R) Squadron at RAF Valley flies the BAE Systems Hawk T2 in the advanced flying training role. As Jamie Hunter reports, the training being conducted there is world-leading GLORY DAYS: COMBAT LANCER A Warren E. Thompson classic that looks at the troubled early development of the F-111 and its first combat deployment in Vietnam CUTTING EDGE Combat Aircrafta€ s monthly column reporting from the front line of aerospace technology, by David Axe GLOBAL HAWK UNDER FIRE Once billed as the solution to the US Air Forcea€ s high-altitude surveillance needs, the Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk has run into increasing trouble. Rick Lavere considers the progress made by the UAV to date, and examines its future prospects. Northrop Grumman EXERCISE REPORTS MOUNTAIN ROUNDUP 2013 The skies over southern Idaho saw an increase in flying activity from October 2-16 as assets came together for the 2013 edition of Exercise a€~Mountain Roundupa€ . Joe Zerbe was there SHAHEEN II An exclusive report by Combat Aircraft on the Pakistan Air Forcea€ s visit to Hotan in western China, where it became the first air force to work with the PLAAF in a full-scale combat exercise ARCTIC CHALLENGE 2013 Marco Dijkshoorn joins the a€~Arctic Challengea€ Exercise (ACE) and finds a Nordic Air Meet a€~on steroidsa€ NEWS HEADLINE NEWS South Korea re-opens fighter content, Boeing to end C-17 production and Romania opts for second-hand F-16s US NEWS US outlines procurement priorities, QF-16 makes first unmanned flight and all the latest F-35 news UK NEWS VC10 and C-130K both bow out of Royal Air Force service WORLD NEWS New aircraft for Afghanistan, Chinaa€ s J-15 a€~Flying Sharka€ faces criticism and Mirage F1s bound for Argentina EUROPE NEWS Dutch F-35 plans detailed, Belarus upgrades its MiG-29s and Block 4 Rafales delivered
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