United Kingdom (UK)
Tucano Farewell Part I - Calling time on the ‘Tin Can’
For the Royal Air Force, 2019 sees the retirement of two very different but equally important aircraft types. The Tornado GR4 bowed out in March, while the Shorts Tucano T1 is now into its last months of operation. Derek Bower charts the history of the aircraft that helped to train most of today’s RAF frontline fast jet pilots.
Aerial recce Vulcans and Victors
How did NATO keep tabs on the Soviet Navy in the Cold War? With the radars of the Victor and Vulcan bombers, as Andrew Thomas reveals
RAF Tornado GR1 and GR4 combat operations overview
The Royal Air Force retired its last Panavia Tornado GR4s after an incredible career. Combat Aircraft looks back over a remarkable service record
Handley Page Victor prototype crash and investigation
Andrew Brookes details the catastrophic loss of the Victor B.2 prototype XH668 in 1959
US approves possible Chinook sale to RAF
THE US has granted approval for the UK’s long-expected procurement of additional CH-47F Block II heavy-lift helicopters.
Nocturnal Marvel
Aviation historian Malcolm V Lowe details the development and RAF career of Armstrong Whitworth’s radar-toting Meteor night fighters
Low-Leve Recce
Meteor FR.9 pilots became experts at finding trouble spots, from the Soviet border to Arab rebel strongholds. Andy Thomas explains
Handley Page's proposed civil and military transport Victor variants
For Handley Page, trying to preserve its status as a great independent...