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GROWING GATWICK Expansion in plane sight? MANCHESTER TRANSFORMED We explore radical new terminal HOW HISTORY IS SHAPING THE FUTURE Bold new proje...

SHIP-BUSTING BRISTOL Detailing Airfix’s re-issued 1/72 Beaufighter TF.X NEW TOOL Kinetic’s 1/48 Harrier GR.3 GAME ON Game of Thrones 1/16 Wight f...

EXCLUSIVE: NIGHT RAIDER We examine Airfix’s newly tooled 1/72 Mosquito B.XVI FREE INSIDE Mosquito B.XVI supplement SUPERCAR, SUPER KIT 1/24 McLar...

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

PERFECT SUNSET As TUI retires the last of its holiday charter favourites, the future of its Boeing 757s lies in cargo and combat CHINESE WHISPER C...

READING The ultimate 160ft ‘OO’ gauge layout revealed COMPETITION Win a Hornby ‘Clan’ worth £200 3D FREIGHT Print your own wagons ROCKET ON TRIA...

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...

RETURN OF THE FIRE GOD First look at Airfix’s new 1 /72 Avro Vulcan NEW TOOL 1/48 Spitfire Mk.I from Eduard ACHTUNG, PANZERKNACKER! 1/32 Henschel...

BALKANS SCOURGE We update Airfix’s re-issued 1/72 Ju 87B-1 Stuka NEW TOOL Special Hobby 1/72 Bf 109E-4 PREVIEW Airfix’s new 1/72 Mosquito B.XVI ...

DE HAVILLAND’S ‘DRACULA’ First look at Airfix’s newly tooled 1/48 Vampire F.3 NEW TOOL Special Hobby’s 1/32 Whirlwind F.1 SEABORNE SUKHOI All-new...

CLASSIC JETLINERS •Tu-134 – Soviet-built workhorse •Delta’s long-lasting DC-8s •Dan-Air’s trijet Boeings WILDCATS ON THE PROWL Battlefield support...

Bravest of the brave The impact of RAF Bomber Command during World War Two should never be underestimated. From beginning to end, it is a tale of c...

COLD WAR RAF: UNTOLD STORIES • Secret Comet missions • Nuclear strike Buccaneers • Blue Steel, Skybolt and the atomic deterrent WHO KILLED YAMAMOT...

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...

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...

THE RAF’S CUTTING EDGE First look at Airfix’s all-new 1/48 Sabre F.4 NEW TOOL Das Werk’s 1/32 Junkers EF-126 THE FLYING BRICK NuNu’s 1/24 Volvo 2...

CHEERFUL ‘CHIPPIE’ First look at Airfix’s brand new 1/48 Chipmunk NEW TOOL Kit Form Services’ 1/24 Bloodhound COMPETITION Win Zoukei-Mura’s 1/48 ...

IT’S ALL GREEK We update Airfix’s re -released 1/48 Bristol Blenheim Mk.I IN-DEPTH PREVIEWS Tamiya 1/48 F-4B Phantom and HK Models’ 1/48 Lancaster...

BASKET-WEAVE BOMBER We take a first look at Airfix’s forthcoming 1/72 Wellington B.II SIXTIES SPORTSTER Aoshima’s 1/24 1968 MGB JARHEAD PLAYBOYS ...

SUKHOI’S SUPREMO Is the Su-35 the ultimate Flanker? PRINCE PHILIP 1921-2021 The people’s pilot RISE OF THE VALKYRIE Tucano titans lead next-gen t...

THIS IS NOT A GAME! The big debate: what is flight simulation? A special two-part report with expert views and your opinions COMMUNITY-BUILT A320 ...

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW MicroProse’s B-17 Flying Fortress: The Bloody 100th and The Mighty Eighth REVIEW PMDG DC-6 for Microsoft Flight Simulator COM...

ROUGH LANDING How St Helena Airport overcame its rocky start EXCLUSIVE Melbourne upgrades inside and out PRESIDENTIAL PLANNING How Heathrow handl...

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...

ROCKETEER FRESCO First look at Airfix’s reworked 1/72 LIM-5 COMPETITION Win Humbrol modelling products DOUGLAS TUTOR 1/32 Stearman PT17/N2S-3 fro...

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...

NUCLEAR ALERT Newly revealed secrets of the Cold War atomic deterrent EVACUATION FROM AFGHANISTAN Not in 2021 — but 1928-29! THE MAN WITH HIS OWN...

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...

OLIVER’S ARMOUR Airfix’s new tool 1/35 Cromwell Mk.IV REVEALED Airfix 2021 releases NEW Airfix’s 1/72 Lancaster B.II AVIATION LEGEND Dora Wings’...

TOMCAT TURNS 50 •Variants Compared • F-14s in US Navy Service • Leading from the Back Seat ‘NEW’ BABY FOR AIRBUS A220 Joins the Family FRANK WHIT...