Combat Aircraft Journal Magazine

Combat Aircraft Journal is North America’s best-selling military aviation magazine. Renowned for its in-depth coverage of the world of military avi...

Combat Aircraft Journal is North America’s best-selling military aviation magazine. Renowned for its in-depth coverage of the world of military avi...

A DEADLIER HOGThe ever-evolving A-10HIGH DESERT OPERATORSNew Mexico State ReportIT’S THE MAFIA!First assigned instructor pilots at Sheppard AFBF-35...

US NAVY CARRIER STRIKEModernizing for new threatsPACIFIC F-35s US increases allied integrationRAFALES ON DETACHMENT• In Jodhpur, India• Baltic Air ...

KADENA EAGLESBeginning of the endNEVADA STATE REPORTTop guns and mysteriesTAIWAN’S QUANDARYA lack of air-to-air missilesB-21 GOES PUBLICUSAF’s sixt...

LIGHTNING STRIKESThe F-35’s ever-increasing biteMILE HIGH MILITIA Doing it differently in ColoradoTHREE BIG STATESMissouri, Montana and Nebraska re...

FREE 2023 CALENDARPLUS:BOLSTERING NATO’S FRONT LINEPutin’s menace deepensTEXAS RANGERSVMGR 234’s busy KC-130J tankersUK’S EXERCISE COBRA WARRIORWhe...

CHINESE SABRE-RATTLING… after Pelosi leaves TaiwanUSS KEARSARGE IN FINLANDAmphibious assault ship on Nordic opsE-6B MERCURY ON THE RISEKeeping in t...

TUCSON’S VIPER UPGRADERSNew block US ANG/R F-16 trainingEXCLUSIVERussia’s anti-air defense missing in Ukraine warEUROPE’S MIGHTY PUNCHERSFighter su...

UNDER FIREUSAF Command wants A-10s out (again)NORTHERN LIGHTNINGS Italian F-35As on air defense duties in IcelandLOUISIANA STATE REPORTFeaturing th...

OREGON’S BIG EAGLE FLEETANG F-15s defending the Pacific NorthwestKENTUCKY STATE REPORTUS Army aviation in strengthBELGIAN F-16sStingers on patrolU-...

FIGHT’S ON! With Key West’s Sun Downers60 AND SPECIALSecretive USAF Boeings soldier on over UkraineITALY’S WILD WEASELSTornado ECR radar predatorsU...

FIGHTER PROFILES: STRIKING UKRAINERussia’s Sukhoi fightersUSS TRIPOLI HOSTS F-35Bs US Marine Corps test ‘Lightning Carrier’ conceptSTATE REPORTIlli...

STATE REPORT: GUARDIAN ANGELSRaptors ready to defend HawaiiIRANIAN F-5sTehran readies refurbed fightersRUSSIA-UKRAINE WAR REPORTS• US axed MiG deal...

RUSSIA-UKRAINE CRISIS - NATO PREPARES WITH: • More F-16s in Baltics • B-52s in UK • USS Harry Truman carrier in Med GEORGIA STATE REPORT Wings ove...

HOT ’N’ HAZY Atlantic action on Florida’s east coast MIGHTY DRAGONS OF IRAN Iranian Air Force F-7s GOING DUTCH IN TEXAS 40 years of joint NATO je...

FLORIDA FLYERS Gulf Coast on guard – Part 1 HEAVY HITTING HORNETS USMC’s Red Devils deployments IRAN IRRITATED Prepping for regional adversaries ...

FIFTH-GEN FORCE Upgrading US Navy carrier air wings COMING IN HOT! Gripen live-fire gunnery US ARMY AVIATION 2030 Future vertical lift pushes the...

END OF USMC AV-8Bs IN SIGHT VMAT-203 to disband DWINDLING GUARDIANS French Air Force Mirage 2000-5s AGILE COMBAT EMPLOYMENT IN ASIA PACIFIC Fight...

STEALTH FIGHTER STILL ON THE JOB FORTY YEARS OF F-117 OPS FROM TEACHERS TO TOUGH GUYS ARGENTINA’S TUCANOS ON LIVE-FIRING CAMP MALI ON THEIR MINDS...

RAZORBACK COUNTRY ARKANSAS STATE MILITARY AVIATION REPORT HUMMER REVOLUTION E-2C/D HAWKEYE ON SHOW RUSSIA’S SHORTLIVED SU-27 FLANKER FEW UPGRADES...

DEADLY RAPTOR ARE THERE ANY EQUALS? THE LAST TRACKERS 60 YEARS OF ARGENTINA’S NAVY OPS ARIZONA’S MILITARY AVIATION UP CLOSE UFO TASK FORCE INVES...

AMERICA’S LAST FRONTIER ALASKA STATE REPORT ALL THE PRESIDENT’S MEN JOE BIDEN AND ENTOURAGE IN UK RIDING WITH THE RAIDERS USMC’S COMBAT READY KC-...

NEW SERIES ALABAMA STATE REPORT: DIXIELAND’S AIR POWER CANADA’S AURORA FIGHTING ILLEGAL FISHING TO SINKING SUBMARINES ALLIES OF ATHENS FRENCH JET...

VFA-25 PACKS A PUNCH! ‘FIST’ SUPER HORNETS BUZZ SAN FRANCISCO STINGER THE POTENT AC-130W HERC GUNSHIP JOLLY GREEN II SURVIVABLE AND LETHAL CSAR H...

F-35: ANGEL OR DEVIL? THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY OF THE JSF PROGRAM ALASKAN FORCE EIELSON AFB’S ARCTIC F-35As BIG MACH B-1B – EVERYONE’S FAVO...

BEAST MODE SUPERAGILE VIPERS, DEADLY BY DESIGN SIDEWINDER HOW SMART MISSILES BECAME THE ULTIMATE AIR-TO-AIR WEAPON RAF MILDENHALL’S 351ST USAF AI...

FILL ’ER UP THE FINE ART OF AIR-TO-AIR REFUELING CALIFORNIA DREAMIN’ MARINE UNIT SWAPS HORNETS FOR LIGHTNING IIs COLOSSUS RUSSIA’S VAST AN-124 TR...

DESERT STORM 30 SIXTY THREE PAGES OF COMBAT ACTION FROM THE GULF WAR TORNADO LEGEND IRAQ ICONS STILL FLYING TODAY FLYING HIGH THE U-2’s RECON WAR...

TOMCAT IS 50! 24-PAGE F-14 SPECIAL FEATURING… • EVOLUTION OF THE TOMCAT • IRAN’S TOMCATS • ULTIMATE TOMCAT GALLERY PUNCHING OUT THE RISE (AND FALL...

FANGS OUT! TALONS, RAPTORS, VIPERS, F-35s & HORNETS SHRED WISCONSIN'S SKIES ICONIC SR-71 BLACKBIRD SUPERSONIC SPY PLANE NORTHROP GRUMMAN’S MQ...

HOT STUFF! THE 3600°F WORLD OF INFRARED COUNTERMEASURES THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE P-8A – A SUBMARINER’S WORST NIGHTMARE TRUMP'S INCREDIBLE FLYING V...

VIPER STRIKE JAPAN’S MITSUBISHI F-2 IS AN F-16 WITH ADDED BITE WORLD-RECORD F4 SURGE OPERATION 127 PHANTOM SORTIES IN A SINGLE DAY HEAVY HUSTLERS...

FIGHTER FUTURE USAF SETS OUT AMBITIOUS NEW AIRCREW TRAINING PLANS F-117 NIGHTHAWK ‘DESERT STORM’ AIRFIELD ATTACKS ‘DEATH RATTLERS’ LAST CRUISE FO...

The July 2020 issue of Combat Aircraft Journal is a Super Hornet special. It features VFA-122, which is the US Navy’s west coast training unit. The...

The June issue of Combat Aircraft Journal features a cover story on the Coronavirus pandemic and the impact on US Navy carrier operations — specifi...