Combat Aircraft Journal November 2018

Combat Aircraft’s November 2018 edition leads with a superb showcase of the US Air Force’s 422nd Test and Evaluation Squadron at Nellis AFB, which flies and tests all fighter aircraft types in the inventory and featuring exclusive aerial imagery.

The issue also has industry reports on the Bronco II, the F-15X and the new engine upgrade proposals for the US Army’s helicopter fleets. Scott Wolff brings us his second column ‘Ops Desk’ on the Wisconsin ANG, plus we have the first of a series of features on the popular Tornado, as the RAF prepares to retire its jets in 2019. Joe Copalman brings us the first in a two-part feature looking at early US Marine Corp STOVL operations with the AV-8A, plus VFA-34’s last F/A-18C deployment as the classic Hornet bows out of Navy service and part two of Tony Holmes’ F-14 Tomcat ejection story.