Lead feature, and emblazoned on this month’s magazine front cover, is an overview of Textron's Scorpion jet, which the company continues to develop for a variety of roles ranging from training to light attack.

Other FEATURES focus on the latest fourth- and fifth-generation fighters; the Gripen E, the F-15QA Eagle, the Block III Super Hornet and the F-35 Lightning II; we also cover two tanker aircraft, Boeing's KC-46A Pegasus hurdling toward service entry with the US Air Force and the Airbus A330 Multi-Role Tanker Transport with a series of proposed improvements; the deployment of Aero L-159 ALCAs to Europe by Draken International - the world's largest operator of aggressor aircraft RQ-7 Shadow operations with the US Marine Corps; an overview of Scotland's regional airline Logan Air and Air Baltic's operations with the Bombardier C Series; US Air Force C-130J-30 Super Hercules operations flown by the 61st Airlift Squadron – training, deploying and paratrooping.

Packed with back-to-back news stories and features from cover to cover, no other aviation magazine includes so much in 100 pages.

Make sure to order the forthcoming December issue packed with commercial and aviation stories from around the world and a Boeing 777X supplement with a new style, new layout and new content. Available November 23rd.