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CARRIER POWER Serious questions are being voiced over the UK's carrier project; in this issue Jon Lake evaluates just what the new carriers will mean for British air power. FRONT LINE Our hard-hitting regular column by Robert F. Dorr GLOBAL REACH ON A SHOESTRING Jon Lake evaluates the UK's Carrier Strike program that many believe may threaten to distort UK defense spending and risk the ability to maintain a balanced air force AIR POWER OVER LIBYA: THE FINAL ANALYSIS What began as a multi-national mission to enforce a no-fly zone to protect Libyan civilians from Col Gaddafi's forces ended last October 31 with the collapse of the Gaddafi regime. David Cenciotti assesses what worked and what didn't in the air war against Gaddafi SLOVAK FIGHTER TOWN Cees-Jan van der Ende flies with the Slovak AF for a stunning report on its MiG-29s and L-39s - both of which are stationed at the former Soviet air base of Sliac TRAINING TOWN TEXANS The T-34C Turbo Mentor has long served as an excellent platform for teaching new Naval Aviators. Ted Carlson/Fotodynamics heads to NAS Whiting Field, Florida, to see the replacement trainer in action, the Hawker Beechcraft T-6B Texan II JUNGLIES IN THE SNOW Neil Pearson joins the Royal Navy's 'Clockwork' detachment in northern Norway during the Commando Helicopter Force's winter training regime, and previews Exercise 'Cold Response THE LAST OF THE 'FOXBATS' Most are long-retired, but a handful of MiG-25 'Foxbat' reconnaissance jets remains active in Russia, as Ivan Voukadinov reports MARINE ROTORS OVER HELMAND In the second part of our coverage of US Marine Corps air assets in Afghanistan, Neil Dunridge joins the rotary-wing transport contingent of the busy 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing (Forward) - 2nd MAW (FWD) - at Camp Bastion in Helmand Province KANDAHAR PHOTO FILE A photo report from Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, one of the busiest air bases in the world and which hosts a fascinating variety of types supporting the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) mission KANDAHAR KING AIRS A photo report on the often secretive range of Beech King Air-based special mission aircraft currently operating in the skies of Afghanistan as part of ISAF taskings 'IMMELMANN' LOOKS TO THE FUTURE Alexander Golz and Stefan BÃ
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