March 2010

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News

HEADLINE NEWS
Includes the UK laying the foundations for the wide-ranging Strategic Defence Review with a Green Paper, and the first flight of the Boeing 747-8.

GENERAL NEWS
Dave Willis provides the latest military and commercial news.

UK NEWS COLUMN
Will Britain get drawn into a conflict with Iran over its nuclear ambitions? Tim Ripley examines the possibilities.

US MILITARY NEWS COLUMNS
Robert F Dorr looks at the challenges facing US Army aviation, while Rick Burgess analyses how US naval aviation looks likely to fare in the 2011 US defence budget.

COMMERCIAL NEWS COLUMN
Chris Kjelgaard discusses what the main challenges will be to US airlines in 2010.

Features

RAPTORSKI’S MAIDEN FLIGHT
Piotr Butowski analyses the latest Russian fighter developed by Sukhoi.

21ST CENTURY HAWKEYE
Dave Majumdar visits NAS Patuxent River to get the latest on the US Navy’s E-2D Advanced Hawkeye.

NORTHERN FLIGHTS
Finnair has had to adopt innovative strategies in these hard times. Chris Kjelgaard reports.

PATRIOT RIFLE III
Neil Dunridge visits Hill AFB, Utah, to witness an A-10 AGM-65 Maverick live-fire training exercise.

IBERIAN KAMOVS
Roberto Yáñez and Alex Rodríguez discuss how Russia’s famous Kamov helicopter has broken through into the Western Aviation market.

SNAKE CHARMERS
Ted Carlson explains how the US Marine Corps’ Bell Super Cobra evolved into a respected and sought after asset during combat deployments.

MACEDONIAN HAWKS
Igor Bozinovski reports on the addition of Hip helicopters to Macedonia’s Ministry of Internal Affairs Helicopter Unit.

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