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IN THE NEWS
6 HEADLINE NEWS
COVID-19 hits the military, US Air Force
seeks contracted tankers and rst Qatari
F-15QA makes its maiden ight
Our integrated news and analysis section
includes USAF A-10 plans out to 2040, plus
all the latest Military Losses
LIGHTNING: A NEW STORM COMING?
The F-35 Lightning II program is gathering
pace on a global scale, but will the
COVID-19 pandemic force lower operating
costs for nations in nancial peril? Jamie
Hunter evaluates the current status of the
world’s most costly military program
INSIDE
June 2020 • Vol 21 • No 6
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LIGHTNING DEMO
Rob van Disseldorp meets Capt Kristin
‘BEO’ Wolfe, the 2020 US Air Force F-35A
demonstration team pilot
The Belgian Air Component completed
the latest Baltic Air Policing detachment
in April, the latter portion of which
was conducted under new regulations
bought about by the coronavirus
pandemic, as Jos Schoofs discovered
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‘VIPERS’ ON PATROL
12 NEWS
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SPECIAL REPORT: CRISIS CARRIER
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BACKING BRONCOS
Jon Lake explains how an outbreak of
coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on board the
aircraft carrier USS
Theodore Roosevelt
led to
the ship coming o patrol, the controversial
sacking of its captain, and the resignation of
the acting secretary of the US Navy
Rick Burgess explains the detail behind the
headlines as the US Marine Corps evaluates
organizational changes
As the US Army prepares for the mass
recapitalization of its aviation assets, Khalem
Chapman examines the FLRAA program,
which will provide the service’s next-
generation medium-lift helicopter
Tom Kaminski evaluates the US Army Future
Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft
Erwan de Cherisey meets Colombia’s A-37
‘Dragons’, which have proven their worth on
many occasions over an incredible 40-year
history
Giovanni Colla enjoys exclusive access to one
of the most important strategic hubs of the
Italian Air Force — Trapani air base. Home
of the 37° Stormo and of the 18° Gruppo
equipped with Euro ghter F-2000s, this
base is playing a key role in safeguarding the
Mediterranean
The 1970s-vintage ‘Hind’ is one of the most
widely used rotary-wing gunships of all time.
Alexander Mladenov presents the second part
of his analysis of this rugged and fearsome
attack helicopter’s ultimate con guration —
the Mi-35M
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READY ROOM
Blue Air Training is one of an expanding
number of contractor air support
companies in the US that are helping the
military with its readiness requirements.
Combat Aircraft Journal
meets the
company during operations at Yuma,
Arizona, as it rolled out its new OV-10
Broncos, with photos by Keith Charlot
Jon Lake looks at a ghter that record-
setting ying ace Brig Gen Chuck Yeager
described as ‘magni cent’, but one that
was controversially canceled — the F-20
Tigershark
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TIGERSHARK
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SWEDISH ROAD TRIP
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THE FUTURE OF ARMY ASSAULT
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FARA FACE-OFF
Sweden has taken a very di erent stance
when it comes to the global coronavirus
pandemic and in April the Swedish Air Force
participated in a road operations exercise to
demonstrate how it can maintain readiness
even in times of great stress, as Jerry Gunner
reveals
While Vermont became the rst Air National
Guard unit to receive the F-35, Alabama is
gearing up to be the second. Dick Wels and
Hans Drost visit the 187th Fighter Wing at
Dannelly Field that will receive Lightning
IIs in 2024 as it adds another chapter to the
proud history of the ‘Red Tail Heritage’ of the
‘Tuskegee Airmen’
Piotr Butowski explains how the Russian
aviation industry had fallen into crisis, even
before the coronavirus hit, with production
rates declining signi cantly over recent years
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DRAGONS OVER THE CARIBBEAN
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RED TAILS OVER ALABAMA
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SOUTHERN DEFENDERS
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CUTTING EDGE
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RUSSIAN AEROSPACE COLLAPSE
David Axe’s column looking at the latest
technological developments in military
aerospace
Combat Aircraft Journal’s
trip down
memory lane, this month it’s a Canadian
CF-5 Freedom Fighter
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FLASHBACK
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HYPER ‘HIND’ — PART 2
ON THE COVER
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Your Aviation Destination
The US Navy aircraft carrier
USS
Theodore Roosevelt
has been in the news due to
an outbreak of coronavirus
aboard the ship, and the
controversial dismissal of its
captain.
US Navy/
PO3C Brandon Richardson
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END OF THE ROAD FOR THE RECCE
‘RHINOS’
The Japan Air Self-Defense Force marked the
end of the road for its RF-4 Phantom IIs in
March, a landmark in the gradual retirement
of the mighty ‘Rhino’ in air forces around the
world as Thomas Newdick reports
See
page 95
for full
details
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S COVID 19 SWEEPS across
the planet, bringing whole
countries to a standstill, it is
proving a worthy adversary
to some of the world’s
strongest military powers —
arguably proving to be more debilitating
than the most powerful weapons. While
the military is forced to embrace new
working practices, learning to function
with social distancing measures in
place — not just at squadrons but also in
maintenance facilities and administrative
spaces — life for the military must
continue. If it cannot, then COVID-19 will
prove to be more damaging than many
weapons ever devised.
In a clear indication of how the military
machine can and must continue, the
354th Fighter Wing (FW) at Eielson AFB,
near Fairbanks in Alaska, received its
rst two F-35A Lightning IIs on April
21. It was a clear demonstration of how
production of the ghter is continuing
at Lockheed Martin’s Fort Worth plant in
Texas, plus the e ort to physically ferry
pilots to Texas in order to deliver the
aircraft. Col Benjamin Bishop, the 354th
FW commander, said: ‘Making the rst
aircraft arrival possible has been a long
path, but it’s also just the rst step in a
journey that will continue at Eielson AFB
for decades to come.’ With a total of 54
F-35As scheduled to arrive in Alaska by
December 2021, it’s a process that cannot
a ord to show any signs of weakness.
‘We have a new mission,’ said Bishop.
‘It’s here and we’re going to grow that
mission as we continue to invest in our
people, families and community. We
won’t look back as we pioneer the air
power frontier.’
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The first two
F-35As for the
354th Fighter
Wing at Eielson
AFB, Alaska,
arrived at the air
base on April 21.
USAF/SSgt Zade
Vadnais
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June 2020
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going to press, production and despatch
of our magazine is currently not a ected
by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
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TOM KAMINSKI
CONTRIBUTOR OF THE MONTH
Jamie Hunter,
Editor
E-mail: jamie.hunter@keypublishing.com
T
OM KAMINSKI IS
Combat Aircraft Journal’s
news editor and has
been a valuable member
of the magazine’s team since
the rst issue was published
in 1997. Every month Tom
presents a thorough roundup
of news from around the world,
plus expert analysis of the
major stories, including this
issue’s full details of the Future
Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft
(FARA).
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June 2020
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