Headline News - X-47B wins Navy UCAS contract ? Advanced Hawkeye flies ? Typhoons intercept 'Bear' ? KC-30 comes together
World News - UK future carrier announcement ? Austrian Typhoon delivered ? Canada gets C-17 ? India seeks new maritime patroller. PLUS! Special reports on the Indian AF's Su-30MKI deployment to the UK and the US Marine Corps' recent embarkation of HMS Illustrious
Front Line - Robert F. Dorr looks behind the military aviation headlines in our hard-hitting regular column
From the Hot Seat - In our feature from the inside of military aviation, TSgt Stephen Chapis describes life on an EOR (End of Runway) shift with the District of Columbia ANG
The Next Generation - Although it's still secret, clues are emerging as to the Sukhoi T-50 design for Russia's PAK FA next generation fighter requirement. Piotr Butowski investigates
Power Parade - The recent flypast over Moscow to mark the Russian AF's 95th anniversary was the biggest such event for some years. Piotr Butowski was there
Putin's New Strength - Holger Miiller and Stefan Biittner analyze the strategic importance of recent Russian long-range bomber sorties
"Warthogs' Forever - There is no better replacement for an old A-10 than an upgraded A-10. Rick Llinares updates us on the status of the A-1 OC program, with new air-to-air photos
Greyhound Track - The role of the US Navy's Carrier On-board Delivery (COD) aircraft, the venerable C-2A Greyhound, never gets less important or punishing. Report and stunning photography by Ted Carlson
Defenders of Ecuador - Ecuador is one of the smaller countries of South America, yet, in spite of its size and poor economic situation, the country has at its disposal a small but capable air force. Rogier Westerhuis reports
Sabres down under - When the Royal Australian AF needed a new fighter, it turned to the superb F-86 Sabre, but developed its own version, as Jim Grant describes
Super Cruise - Gert Kromhout reports from the French Navy aircraft carrier FNS Cftor/cs de Gaulle as the last standard of Super Etendard upgrade comes into service
Chariots of Fire - The Hellenic AF operates what most consider to be the most capable F-4 Phantom Us in the world, in the shape of its modernized F-4E AUPs.Jamie Hunter just had to go and see them...
Photo Gallery: Smoke Trails - Heralding publication of the new book 'Smoke Trails', these images byJamie Hunter and Katsuhiko Tokunaga depict some of the F-4 Phantom Us still in service today
MICs at MAKS - The recent MAKS 2007 airshow in Moscow provided a chance to see some of the latest MiG fighter developments ? and for Katsuhiko Tokunaga to photograph them
Flight Sims and Books - We give our verdicts on a selection of new military aviation flight sim add-ons and books

Front cover: BEAR ON THE PROWL: This stunning new shot of a Russian AFTu-95MS 'Bear-H' is the perfect cover image to accompany our Russian coverage in this issue. As the nation seeks to regain something of its former military strength, plenty of Western fighter pilots are now getting close-up views of this mighty bomber: