AirForces Monthly

FLEEING SUDANMilitary airlift saves the dayFRENCH LEAVE AFRICAMore chaos to come?DAVIS-MONTHAN A-10sOn Exercise Green FlagUKRAINE-RUSSIA WAR• Penta...

ITALIAN AIR FORCE AT 100Plotting for the futureAFRICA’S UNDERCOVER WARSUS in the crosshairsWARRIOR SPIRITIndian, Saudi & Finnish jets in the UK...

SWEDEN’S GAME CHANGERImproving the GripenRUSSIA-UKRAINE WAR• F-16s for Ukraine – panacea or distraction?• Lessons learned by the RAF• Ukraine Navy ...

USAF F-35 EXPANSIONThe story so farAFRICAN DRONE WARFAREAnd how the CIA ‘shreds’ top targetsTAIWAN’S F-5 TIGERSFor 60 years the island’s defenderHI...

BALTIC GUARDIANSItalian Eurofighters on alertIN CHINA’S FACEUSAF Pacific Air Command Force ReportEXCLUSIVE INTERVIEWRAF Combat Air Force CommanderU...

FROM STRENGTH TO STRENGTHLuftwaffe Force ReportCHINA ON THEIR MINDSSeventeen European and Asian nations in allied exercise in OzRUSSIA’S INDUSTRY D...

FIGHTING FOR CRIMEA“This Russian War began with Crimea and ends with Crimea – its liberation” - President Volodymr ZelenskyTHE BUFFS ARE BACKB-52s ...

ITALIAN WAYFourth and fifth gen fighter integrationRAF POSEIDON PROGRESS REPORTMore aircraft than trained crew?EUROFIGHTERNext Generation RA...

ALASKAN AIR POWERUSAF’s Fifth-Gen hotspotDJIBOUTI BASE REPORTFrench missions over the Red SeaPREDATOR TWILIGHTProtector UAV next for RAF’s 39 SqnSH...

AIR WAR OVER THE DONBASHelicopter gunships dominate the skiesWATCHING THE RUSSIANSNATO spy planes tracking Putin’s every moveWARTHOGS ON THE PROWLM...

DESIGNED FOR DESTRUCTION Shooting Down Unmanned Jets SUNSET SENTRY RAF Sentry retirement causes short-term AEW&C capability gap SWEDEN’S ISR ...

LIGHTNING OVER THE BALTIC Italian F-35As on Russia watch BUYING BIG Middle East air forces’ modernisation MERCENARY AVIATORS On patrol in Africa ...

DUTCH F-16 SWANSONG Orange Jumper testbed farewell ESCAPE FROM KABUL In-depth coverage of the vital airlift AFGHAN AIR POWER DEMISE 20 years to b...

HEADING INTO CHOPPY WATERS HMS Queen Elizabeth in South China Sea FIGHTING BACK IN ASIA Royal Australian Air Force Modernisation LEAVING AFGHANIS...

TRANSATLANTIC TRICKS US F-35s and Europe’s best fight it out GAZA UNDER SIEGE Israel’s 11-day campaign WARSAW’S WARRIORS Out with the old guard ...

HAIL THE HIND FIVE MORE YEARS FOR NATO’S COLD WAR GUNSHIP? VIGILANT ON ALL FRONTS BRAZILIAN AIRFORCE IN FOCUS FROM LIBYA TO SHADER RAF SENTINEL F...

AXED Tempest trumps all as Defence Review reshapes UK’s strategic ambitions ADIOS TO THE HERC AFTER 47 YEARS Spain bids C-130 goodbye EAGLES AND ...

THUNDER AND LIGHTNING The forecast for Israel’s Air Force SIZE MATTERS Belgium and Luxembourg’s awesome A400M Atlas FREEDOM FIGHTER Spain’s F-5 A...

PHANTOM MENACE Japan’s fearsome F-4EJs retire DESERT STORM 30 Ultimate Air Combat Guide BALKAN FORCE Montenegro’s factory-fresh Bell 412 EPIs LO...

RIPPER! RAAF Hornets shred Aussie skies MEGA MAKEOVER FOR CANADA’S AIR FORCE What is in store for the RCAF? OPERATION BACCARAT French Alps heli e...

Russian Stealth Sukhoi Su-57 super-fighter unleashed Survivors of Desert Storm Four legends still flying Europe’s Hornets The definitive guide D...

REVIEW OF THE YEAR 2020 • Key aircraft developments • Biggest news stories • Best reader photos • Military conflicts • Special schemes and squadron...

Warrior Spirit German Eurofighter is dressed to kill Inside Iran’s 747 Sqn A rare peek at Persia’s tankers Sukhoi S-70 Meet Russia’s next attack ...

Tornado Patrol How the Luftwaffe keeps flying in COVID conditions Il-78M Midas Beauty and a beast Aero L-39NG Albatros Trainer shaped by ex-Eurof...