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    BUNA VIPER TQS MISSION PACK 5 ry re Ween SUL Rae LU Ga WNL) MONTHLY USNS Deadly Flankers Every type e Every location e Every Unit Watching Gaza eee kee) ea Seu PS iy British F-35B ULCesy ey aey CoM) Su-35 ieee LGic lacie sits Wea weapons instructor faa Dutch ‘ ad Reapers Riel \ Europe’s (ead ee & , a ERR og PLAY NOW FOR FREE me = WARTHUNDER. Ta Ce vies Oro MO Qf. Pd be Bera Somos Bess Bxooxsenesxis ———S+_ a Testing AGE skis in tho UK recent saw Fronch Rafale, USAF F-35As and RAF Typhoons (and Brish F-SSBs not seen here) deploy tothe bolt-hole at RAF Leeming as part of Exerose Arce Ment Crown Copyright Shaping the future We ‘ year 2028 has been, ending with two major wars being fought in Ukraine and Israel, where air power has been playing its part. Even if they are willy citferent confit. Israel has air euperorty, providing the ability to protect troops on the ground, allowing the ‘reedom to move around Gaza. As a result, the battle in Gaza wil hopefully end soon. Nether Ukraine or Russia can do that and its ‘a complete stalemate. ‘Yes, Irae! wil eliminate the Hamas leadership, but in thelr place wil come new leaders ready to avenge the loss of their loved ones in recent weeks, While winning the battle, Israel wil not win the \war - diplomacy and poitics wil have to resolve that one. This appears to be the only rout lft for the war ia Ukraine, which has ‘evolved into an attrtion war, as nether side appears to be making headway. Atition \wartare has been defined as “the sustained process of wearing down an opponent so 2s to force ther physical colapse through continuous losses in personnel, equipment dtr - Moca tary ation: Son Loe ‘Group Ear ot rae Aon res eos str em Charan ‘asta tary Ear: Deve por ‘estat ary Eto: en Sar sk ‘Group Proucton Eta bau oor Desi tsay Cot oy Oa, Ma Fae ‘Mat Esco, tte ar ‘eertong Are Man Nea of See ane Maretg Suz aor Copesot Art ene blared an month [ive oct, contacto Sreuaton Manager subroneypuoistingcom: ‘tamaton Media Sani, worn Key. Aero {and supplies or to an extent that thei will to fight collapses’ ‘The biggest lesson NATO learnt this year is to step up its agile combat employment (ACE) skis — deploying to bare bases, with as litle support as possible just as we have seen in Ukraine. In November, another major [ACE exercise (Atlantic Trident) took place in the UK, because as the French detachment ‘commander sald: “This know-how was in our {genes during the Cold War and we are now working on this again.” For more, see Ace in the hole, page 86-87, ‘As par of ts ACE training, and a wider tral to defend major cities, the Gorman Air Force deployed three Eurofighters during late November to Hannover airport, a8 part of Exercise Hannover Shield During my many visits tothe Pakistan Air Force (PAF), | witnessed its tactical needs to disperse fighters from most of ts combat ‘squadrons to other bare-bases in many different envronmants, because unlike Russia the threat from neighbouring India never went ‘away. Packing up everything and moving to ‘anor potato prs oration ‘ites Mon S34 055.709) USPS6119, es th Roy hing i, PO BO 10, ‘Sovkwoesescew nc codes rie pace ony 138 Pontes Su rs ranges aor Non. ‘cipro ae mad ay aig Ae nere atacing ot alt sp The Eto hogy ore contrbuon AF. Pee {a forward operating base isn't easy by more than ten squadrons isnot easy, but that has been perfected by the PAF. Back in 2010, | was privileged to witness the AP's premier ACE dl, Exercise High Mark, last for more than two manths ~ 80 once NATO has perfected is one or two-week test for single unit, it might consider two to three ‘month deployments to civiian bare-base airports that are empty most ofthe tet |Ihope you enjoy our ten-page Flanker feature an incredible mult-role combat aivratt and Undoultedly a Russian jet that NATO is quite rightly wary of A huge payload, with alot of fuel and some very capable weapons. Finally, the AirForces Monthy team would like to wish all our readers @ Happy New Year! ‘Alan Warnes Group Editor at Large Contact tho team at fsfiontarernmenthy.om {fe sunet our tems and condton, neh regu ‘ened iho proce reheatywabon Ky Ieher Same 03cm) nse ines pa Uk Te ae reo ee" ‘au 44 4700 S72 Wana wom ay Ae ‘Sopmararton is, 2 Paya aon EOTA SPR “rset contents ot Arrorese Wor © copra an apart maybe eoroauces ey torso on {ny fomet eer ester wou he ry pemisen Next Issue Ci eueur erm ey enuary 2026.) 3 ora eet Cn ed one) ere a eet) Perret erat a) eve etree) ee neu eee ore eeve ey be CT eRe ret instalment of our monthi feature looking Sree ee eens ACE in the hole eee eres Ee ee ae gee Sr eee eee Ree) Le em etna the French detachment at RAF Leaming Sr reel cagA ee en Et ete Peer a tency Pas See aes recent miltary aviation mishaps from around cer) Next Issue eer ay oe ee ROU cme) Se renee ne aa ced ee ee Tree Rang Lo eer en remit Ponte eae ere eerie eee rrreerin) Sie nae ees Watching the terrorists Sees surveillance and reconnaissance ascats have Porro coer rtd peace anaes arenas rua AC) Arcee eRe ha eee cau noe Pears tere ud acy ete ee eee ey Syria over the past few years. 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Poe Rea ery Ce retro peace ee eee re on tice any pete pean ret menemeat rd Eerie er ere ay paar eee eee Pope and pepe Pacer oe ree nr ee in eck perc) ee td Re rene eee neat a Borstal otk about hs Sea Safar et TT LRA See vl Worth £449.99 each 1 9 Offered by our fiends perronees eed Cicer Seo page INA dramatic announcement on November 28, the Iranian Defence Minister, Brig Gen Mohammad Reza Gharaei Ashtian, said the agreement between Iran ang Russia over the procurement of Su-35SE Flanker-E mutt-role fighters forthe Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force (\RIAF) was back fn, but addes that the ration wil also acquire Mi-28NME Havoo attack helicopters forthe army {viation branch of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Land Forces iRcc-LF} ‘The new arms sale agreement comes after Russia's Minister of| Defence, Sergey Shoigu, made an official visit to Tehran in September for negotiations regarding the procurement of Iranian Fateh-110 and Zolfaghar short-range ballistic missile forthe Russian Armed Forces and @ eee eee Headlines lran to buy Su-35SEs, Mi-28NMEs renegotiation of ran’s cancelled acquisition of the Su-a5SEs initially destined for Egypt. Deliveries of the type to ran were expected to begin earlier in 2023, but in duly the ranian defence minister announced that the nation had pulled ut of the deal Later, the Commander in- Chiat of the IRIAF, Brig Hamid Vahect, revealed that Russia's refusal to transfer the knowledge required to conduct domestic maintenance land avernaul work on the aircrat, combined with its refusal to sel certain weapons ~ such as R-S7M (AA-13 Axehead) aicto-air missiles and Khibiny (L175V) electronic countermeasures pods ~ was the reason behind the cancellation of Su-35SE procurement, (For more ‘etails about the intial deal's cancellation, soe ‘AFM, October 2023, 48 52) Babak Taghvace Pee en nen ne te eens LER Sore te soreness 1n 2021, two AH-1J instructor plots from the IRCG-LF's Army Aviation branch flew with {his pre-production RUAP M-2ONM (RF-1489/70 Rec). AI Nase” PLT oTPICYed by the firm's 20006 wil ook ike in Luftwaffe service, Note thatthe aircraft fs equipped wits AGM. WREST au ‘on its underwing pylons, as wall a the Seab EW solution on ts wiogtios | path i rE - aa [AIRBUS DEFENCE and Space announced on November 29 thatthe Budget Commitoe of ‘the German Bundestag (Federal Government) had recently approved the frm to convert 15, Luftwaffe (German Air Force)-operated Eurofightor EF-2000s to Ek-standard, providing the selected mult-role fighters with adetional ‘electronic combat (EK) capabilites. ‘According to Airbus, the 18 aircraft selected for conversion wil bbe equipped with an unspecified transmitter location and sel protection system from Saab, as well as An electronic combat- Configured variant of the Eurofighter that has been pploneered by Airbus the EK is scheduled to bbe NATO-certities by 2030 and will be used to ‘place the Luftwatte's ageing fleet of Tornado EOR strike aircraft in the suppression/destruction ‘of enemy air defence (GEADIDEAD) role. AGM-88 Advanced “With Saab's transmitter AAnti-Radiation Guided cation gystem and the Missiles (AARGMs) from AARGM from Northrop Northrop Grumman. ‘Grumman, the Eurofighter While Airbus did not_ EK willbe able to detect, disclose the system that localise and disable Saabs providing fer anti-aircraft radars. the EK conversion, it _In addition, the Saab Is likely o be the latest solution has jammers that Generation of the Arexis improve the Eurofighter's lactronic warfare (EW) self-protection,” the firm system, which is currently said ina press release. Germany to equip EF-2000s for ECR duties While the move thas gained German parliamentary approval ‘and has been confirmed fas the successor to the Tornado ECR - ‘beating competition from Boeing's EA-18G Growler ‘and an option to procure ‘more F-35A Lightning lis~a formal contract {forthe conversion has yet to be signed but is ‘expected to be inked by tho end of 2023, airbus Is currently working with the Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support (GAAINBW), the Luftwaffe land the German ‘Armed Forces Avlation Office to produce a detailed schedule for the integration of EK solutions on the 15. F-20008, uses wor Key. Aero fo banking news stores Ena the nous tam at edtarsa reesmonthiy.com Russia using MiG-35 jets against Ukraine? ‘SERGEY KOROTKOV, Designer General at the United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) - a subsidiary of Russia’ state-owned Fostec State Corporation ~ has, claimed that the MiG- 235 Fulerum-F has been

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