AFM 1/2010 C-17_SPAIN EUROFIGHTER_AAC AFGH_AK AGGRESSORS_JORDAN F-16_OSSETIA CMBT_PLAAF

Aircraft in Profile: C-17 Globemaster - Guy Martin describes Boeing’s heavy-hauler.

Your Best Enemy

Alaskan Aggressors, their role and tactics explained by Lt Col Andrew P Hansen.

Air Force Report: Army Air Corps

Tim Ripley examines the structure, order of battle and current operations in Afghanistan.

The South Ossetia War

Russian combat air operations, and losses reviewed by Alexander Mladenov.

Typhoons Over Spain

Ian Harding, Chris Lofting and Keith Chilton witness Spanish Eurofighter operations.

Chilean Choppers

Santiago Rivas outlines Grupo 9’s challenging mission.

Falcon Air Meet 2009: Duels in The Desert

Jordan’s F-16s operate alongside those of the USAF ANG. Stefan Degraef and Edwin Borremans report on the meet.

Exercise: Flying Zoo

Frédéric Lert describes Europe’s new CSAR techniques.

Attrition

AFM’s Dave Allport records the world’s latest military accidents.

Out of the Shadows

Greg L Davis looks at the unusual role of the US Army’s 3-210th Aviation Regiment.

Just a nice pic

A Pakistan Army bird-shooter stands with his gun next to the Qasim runway.

Front cover

Mixing it up! Lt Col ‘Popeye’ Hansen hauls who writes in this month’s AFM hauls his jet into a tight turn, as his colleague Lt Col ‘Spyder’ Ryder pushes off in the opposite direction. john dibbs/plane picture co