Military Aviation Single Issues

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...

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...

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...

AIRBUS ACTION R&D lifts off at Flightlab TURNING JAPANESE EVTOL developers head east US TAKEOVER Lockheed tightens grip on Europe TACTICAL P...

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...

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

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 ...

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

Long-Range Aviation Russia’s strategic bombers Singaporean air power Punching above its weight Wings of Gold Making naval aviators Italian Typho...

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-...

FUTURE FORCE RAF’s 2040 vision POSEIDON ADVENTURES P-8 eyes up NATO powers BLADE RUNNERS Rolls-Royce Testbed 80 ’COPTER CLASS Leonardo’s new US ...

The January 2020 issue is suitably ‘winter themed’ for our readers in the northern hemisphere, with a lead story on the new confrontation between R...

GULF GAMBIT CAN MIDDLE EAST’S BIG 3 GET US FLYING AGAIN? ORANGE APPEAL EASYJET EXEC TELLS ALL DIGI PASSPORTS COVID CURE-ALL OR SMOKESCREEN? MADE...

ROTARY REBIRTH Bell goes back to its roots with the V-280 FRONTLINE FLYING Protecting crews from COVID-19 DREAMLINER NIGHTMARE Boeing’s new head...

LONG LIVE THE QUEEN! THE 747 PLIES ON BIRDSTRIKE BATTLE HOW TECH TACKLES DEADLY THREAT NEO HOPES FOR AIRBUS A330-800 ENTERS SERVICE FRESH LIGHTN...

TRAIL BLAZING F-35 fronts USAF future force BLINDED BY THE LIGHT Combatting laser strikes MAKE OR BRAKE Boosting stopping power PIPISTREL Batty ...

WORLD EXCLUSIVE: X-PLANE SPECIAL ISSUE SUPERSONIC COMEBACK NASA & Lockheed Martin’s quest to stifle the sonic boom THE X 59 FILES • Why it ha...

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...

F-35 SPECIAL ISSUE: 27 PAGES OF INSIGHT AND ANALYSIS Ultimate Weapon: What makes the F-35 Lightning II so formidable? ‘More like a Tesla’ USAF pi...

Anthony Pecchi’s extraordinary capture of an Uzbek Air Force Su-25 Frogfoot unleashing a salvo of S-24 heavy unguided rockets against a ground targ...

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

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

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 ...

Plenty has changed since our last update on the Royal Jordanian Air Force in October 2018 and, for this month’s issue, AFM was granted an exclusive...

SMOOTH LINES THE HX50: HIGH TECH MEETS HIGH CLASS UNMANNED AMBITION TEHRAN EYES REGIONAL POWER BREACH OF THRUST RUSSIA’S ENGINE SHORTFALL SPACE ...

Last year marked Peru’s centenary of military aviation and February AFM pays tribute to the Peruvian Air Force with an extensive Force Report, incl...

FIT FOR A FIGHT? J-20 VERSUS F-35 AS ASIA GOES FIFTH-GEN HAWAIIAN HYBRIDS ELECTRIC TRIALS IN MAUI SKIES RAF CUTS DEFENCE REVIEW HITS HERCS AND TY...

2021: A SPACE ODYSSEY AIR-LAUNCH ROCKET PRIZE IN UK SIGHTS SOFIA 747 SERVICING NASA’S FLYING TELESCOPE THE ELITE FLEET MEET THE NAVY’s COMMANDO F...

The March issue of Combat Aircraft Journal features the SR-71 Blackbird on the cover of our US and Global edition to herald a fascinating feature f...

TIGER! TIGER! TIGER! 50 Years of the Tiger meet A3 Poster EXCLUSIVE CANADIANS ON GUARD Iceland QRA PAKISTAN NAVY UNDER ATTACK! TURKISH DELIGHT! ...

ARABIAN FLIGHTS Gulf air combat success SABER THRUST The cutting edge of electronic warfare AIRCRAFT REFURB The pros and cons CRASH BARRIERS Kee...

GRIPENS ON GUARD THAI FIGHTERS’ UNIQUE MARITIME MISSION NORTHERN FLIGHTS CANADIAN CARRIERS TAKE ON WORLD'S TOUGHEST MARKET MERLIN RETURNS NAVY HE...

SPIN CYCLE Gyrocopters are back! SWISS PRECISION How Helvetic beat COVID CIRCLE OF LIFE Aircraft scrappage GROWING PAINS Evolving the AN-70 PIC...

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

The December 2018 edition of Combat Aircraft includes a feature article covering the 36th Fighter Squadron ‘Fiends’ as it celebrates its centenary....