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N THE NEWS Headline News T-X delayed, Chinese J-20 goes operational and new Hill AFB Lightning II squadron receives F-35As US News New prototype aircraft from Northrop Grumman, plus all the latest unit and deployment news World News News from Europe and around the globe, including the Hellenic Air Forcea€ s F-16 upgrade plans, plus all the latest military losses FEATURES PROWLERa€ S LAST CRUSADE The Marine Corpsa€ Grumman EA-6B Prowler fleet may be old and nearing retirement, but with just two squadrons remaining, ita€ s still in demand. As VMAQ-2 a€~Death Jestersa€ participates in the Weapons and Tactics Instructor course at MCAS Yuma, Arizona, for the last time, Jamie Hunter and Rich Cooper look at the final chapter of the Prowler THE BRIEFING Combat Aircrafta€ s new regular column by Robert Beckhusen, taking a look behind the headlines a€ this month evaluating the US Air Force pilot crisis ELECTRIC VIKINGS Naval Air Station Whidbey Island in Washington State may not receive the attention of some of the more renowned Master Jet Bases, but it is equally important as the home of the naval electronic attack community. Erik Bruijns and Mark de Greeuw meet EA-18G training unit VAQ-129 a€~Vikingsa€ HEROES IN TRAINING: PART ONE Rich Cooper embeds with the US Navya€ s Training Air Wing One at NAS Meridian, Mississippi, to report on the process of training future naval aviators and hear how the service is coping with the T-45a€ s challenges at a hard time for the community BULGARIAN HORSE From July until early November, Italian Air Force Eurofighter F-2000s flew alongside Bulgarian MiG-29s at Graf Ignatievo air base. Giovanni Colla and Remo Guidi joined them to see NATOa€ s Enhanced Air Policing mission UNMANNED AMBITION The countdown is on for the US Navy to field its first operational carrier-based unmanned aerial vehicle, the MQ-25 Stingray. Its first job will be to refuel other carrier aircraft. Robert Beckhusen explores the complicated legacy behind one of the MQ-25 contenders: the Northrop Grumman X-47B THE FIGHTING FIRST As the Republic of Singapore Air Force gears up to celebrate its golden jubilee during 2018, one of its squadrons has plenty of reasons to cheer. Roy Choo reports on 140 Squadron a€~Ospreysa€ READINESS IN RESERVE With Marine Corps aviation currently in the middle of across-the-board transitions from a€~legacya€ equipment to new or upgraded aircraft, Joe Copalman evaluates how these changes are impacting the Corpsa€ reserve wing, the 4th MAW COMBAT BADGERS Truax Field Air National Guard Base is home to the 115th Fighter Wing, part of the Wisconsin ANG. The winga€ s 176th Fighter Squadron has been equipped with the F-16C/D since 1993, as Frank CrÃÃ
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