 | Air Forces Monthly - December 2006 Ref: BACKISSAFM-225
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A round-up of the world's latest news brought to you by AFM and its network of correspondents.
Tacklin' The Taliban
Tim Ripley returns from Afghanistan, where NATO forces had a tough time tackling the Taliban during the summer.
Exercise: Desert Cat
Kevin Wills reports from Jordan, to where the RAF Jaguar force had deployed in early September.
Exercise: Combat in Brazil
South American combat aircraft fight it out during Exercise Cruzex, as Leandro Maldonado reports.
Exercise: Final Thunder
Richard Allnutt visits Eielson AFB, Alaska, for the final Co-operative Cope Thunder exercise.
Aircraft Profile: MiG-31 Foxhound
Guy Martin looks at the 'great defender of the east' which still serves both the Russian and Kazakhstani Air Forces.
New York Snipers
The 174th Fighter Wing, New York Air National Guard has recently put its F-16Cs through a capability upgrade as AFM's Mark Ayton found out.
Air Forces Report: Italian Navy
Italian Naval Aviation is currently going through a period of modernization, as Dr Riccardo Niccoli describes.
EUFOR in Congo
Gérard Gaudin reports on how European troops and aviation assets are working in the Congo.
Bosnia Recce
The EU is funding an Airborne Ground Surveillance and Reconnaissance (AGSR) Detachment at Tuzla in Bosnia, as Marc Arys reports.
Feedback
Readers' letters and views about topics in AFM.
Boneyard Ops
Mark Ayton visits RAF Leeming to find out more about 100 Sqn and its skull and crossbones-emblazoned Hawks.
Showbiz: Indian Air Force Parade Day
AFM's Alan Warnes and Simon Watson visit Air Force Station Hindon for the IAF's 74th Anniversary Parade.
Attrition
Dave Allport keeps us up to date on all the world's military crashes.
Self Defence
In the second part of their look at the evolution of aircraft self-protection systems, Lon Nordeen and John Quigley review the role of the radar-killer.
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