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IN 2015
Interview with Lt Gen Jon Davis
The Marine Corps may be the smallest of the US military
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James Deboer talks with Lt Gen Jon Davis, the US Marine
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KING STALLION
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maiden flight of the Sikorsky CH-53K King Stallion, which is
set to revolutionize Marine battlefield heavy-lift.
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September 2015
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Alexander Golz and Dietmar Fenners provide images
from exercise ‘Anatolian Eagle’
IN THE NEWS
06 Headline News
F-35B completes readiness checks
ahead of initial operating capability,
Dassault delivers rst Rafales
to Egypt
New bomber decision delayed, EA-6B
Prowler retired by US Navy and all the
latest unit news
26
The Massachusetts Air National Guard is a proud
yer of the F-15C Eagle. As well as deploying
around the world, it is heavily committed to
defending the homeland. Jamie Hunter reports,
with images by Jim Haseltine
DEFENDERS OF THE STATES
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Cristian Schrik visits 2’nci Ana Jet
Üs Komutanlığı (2nd Main Jet Base
Command) at Izmir-Çiğli, home to 122
Filo ‘Akrepler’ (122 Squadron ‘Scorpions’)
THE TURKISH TRAINER
08 US News
18 Europe News
22 World News
80
A400M deliveries resume, Belgium
completes Middle East mission
First Iraqi F-16s delivered to Balad, plus
all the latest military losses
Daniele Faccioli, Alberto Celsan and
Giovanni Colla report on Romanian
LanceR operations at Câmpia Turzii
LANCERS IN
TRANSYLVANIA
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UNIT REPORT: THE
QUIET PROFESSIONALS
The 352nd Special Operations Wing is US
Air Force Special Operations Command’s
European airborne hub. Jamie Hunter
ies with the units that support all kinds
of clandestine missions and short-notice
calls to action
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INSIDE AMARG
Known by several di erent names
over the past half-century, the Tucson
desert adjacent to the runway at
Davis-Monthan AFB has long been
recognized around the world as a place
of fascination for aviation enthusiasts
and history bu s alike. Jake Melampy
explores this incredible boneyard
Over the past three decades
the Sikorsky SH-60B Seahawk
has been a true anti-submarine
workhorse for the US Navy.
Ted Carlson/Fotodynamics joins its
last US Navy operators —
HSL-60 ‘Jaguars’
FAREWELL
BRAVO SEAHAWK!
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AIR POWER REVIEW:
UKRAINIAN AIR FORCE
AT WAR
Earlier this year the Ukrainian Air Force
opened its doors to a small group of
journalists and photographers from
across Europe for a brie ng on the
current status of the air arm. Alexander
Golz and Stefan Fax were among the
chosen few allowed exclusive access
PLUS
News Report on the F-35 ‘dog ght story’
and Robert F. Dorr’s Front Line column
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GLORY DAYS:
‘BLACK KNIGHTS’ RULE
In the rst of a two-part feature, Tony
Holmes details the work of veteran F-14
squadron VF-154 ‘Black Knights’ during
Operation ‘Iraqi Freedom’ in 2003
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A Turkish Air Force F-4E 2020 tucks
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Alexander Golz
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CUTTING EDGE
Combat Aircraft’s
monthly column
reporting from the front line of
aerospace technology, by David Axe
www.combataircraft.net
September 2015
COMBAT
EDGE
This photo:
A Kawasaki P-1
goes through its paces at the
Royal International Air Tattoo.
Jamie Hunter
ON
PATROL
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September 2015
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FIND US ON
CONTRIBUTOR
PROFILE
TONY HOLMES
A
Western
Australian by
birth, Tony
Holmes was a
published
aviation
author by the
age of 20.
Moving to
England in 1988 to further his
career, he has run the aviation book
list for Osprey Publishing ever
since. Aside from being a regular
contributor to numerous aviation
journals across the globe, Tony has
also written more than 50 books and
edited a further 300 in the past two
decades. A veteran of 25 aircraft
carrier embarks across the globe, he
was presented with the Contributor
of the Year award for 2004-05 by the
US Navy’s Tailhook association —
he is the only non-American to have
received this prestigious prize.
I
Back in the game
T ISN’T OFTEN that one sees an all-new
aircraft type for the first time. So, the
appearance of two Kawasaki P-1s at July’s
Royal International Air Tattoo at RAF
Fairford, UK, was extremely welcome.
The Japan Maritime Self-Defense
Force (JMSDF) rarely ventures abroad, but the
invitation to come to the UK comes at a time
when all eyes are on the potential for Britain to
acquire a new maritime patrol aircraft (MPA).
There have been regular recent reports of
NATO MPAs being called upon to help patrol
UK waters to react to potential submarine
incursions. With such high levels of attention
being placed on the current air policing and
quick reaction alert missions, it is easy to see
why there is renewed emphasis on the MPA
role around the UK’s shores.
The RAF retired its last Nimrod maritime
patrol aircraft in 2010, leaving a gaping
capability gap. Five years on, the participation
of the P-1s in both the static and flying displays
at Fairford was no coincidence. JMSDF VADM
Makoto Sato is quoted as saying, ‘we hope
we can show the P-1’s high manoeuvrability
and low-level capabilities to Europe and the
world’. He added: ‘The P-1 has been developed
especially for Japan’s national security
environment, with a magnetic anomaly detector
[for tracking submarines].’
The UK maintains Project ‘Seedcorn’, with
numerous personnel embedded in exchange
postings with allied MPA communities,
notably with the growing US Navy P-8
Poseidon fleet. It is easy to see how most
would view the Boeing platform as a natural
choice for the UK; however, a competition is
highly likely, and hopefully all contenders,
including the charismatic P-1, will be
judged on merit and potential for this very
important mission.
Jamie Hunter,
Editor
E-mail: jamie.hunter@keypublishing.com
www.combataircraft.net
September 2015
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