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Contents Listing - Articles & Features in this issue
S AIR FORCE 2014 Robert F. Dorr opens Combat Aircrafta€ s detailed overview of Americaa€ s air force with a review of the current status of USAF procurement. In the following pages Tom Kaminski provides a detailed look at units, bases and aircraft at a time when challenges have never been bigger for the worlda€ s greatest air force Features A NEW AIR WAR OVER SYRIA Tom Cooper analyses the widely differing reports about the activity of the Syrian Arab Air Force (SyAAF) in the Syrian civil war during recent months SPECIAL REPORT: JAPANa€ S FUTURE FIGHTER Mitsubishia€ s prototype of the Advanced Technology Demonstrator-X (ATD-X) was rolled out on July 12. Andreas Rupprecht investigates how a maiden flight of the aircraft can be expected later this year PILOT PROFILE: THE BLUE ANGELS Ken Neubeck talks to LCDR Nate Barton, Blue Angel 3, to find out how the US Navy Blue Angels are back in action after sequestration all but wiped out their attendance at airshows during 2013 INDUSTRY REPORT: THE CASE FOR THE GROWLER With renewed questions about the service entry timeline of the F-35C Lightning II and the future importance of electronic attack platforms, Brad Elward evaluates continued efforts to keep the Super Hornet and Growler production line open beyond 2016 BEST OF ENEMIES With news that the US Air Forcea€ s 65th Aggressor Squadron at Nellis AFB is to de-activate on September 26, 2014, Rens van Rijn and Dennis Vink/PHODOCU make a timely visit to the Nevada base to take a look at the 57th Adversary Tactics Group in action SPECIAL REPORT: a€~AVIADARTSa€ GOES INTERNATIONAL As reported in last montha€ s issue, the latest phase of the a€~Aviadarts 2014a€ joint exercise involved participants from Russia, Belarus and China. Anatoliy Shevchenko reports GLORY DAYS: FIRST WITH THE FALCON As the pioneering US Air Force F-16 unit in Europe, the 50th Tactical Fighter Wing at Hahn AB, Germany, found itself in the vanguard of forces ranged against the Warsaw Pact. Ben Dunnell recalls this famous winga€ s a€~Vipera€ era, and recounts how it was also one of the first casualties of post-Cold War cuts GERMAN EUROFIGHTERS GO MULTIÃ
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