AIR FORCES MONTHLY 2009/04

RAF Future Weapons System
Jon Lake provides a personal view of the status of some of the current and future weapon systems of the RAF.

A New Way of Business
Cary Wetzel reports on deployment of the MH-60R helicopter with carrier Air Wing 9 on the USS John Stennis.

Air Force Report: Battlin' For Bangladesh
AFM's Editor Alan Warnes travels to Bangladesh to see how its air force operates in a region where a crisis is never too far away.

A Greek Gem
Ian Harding, Chris Lofting and Richard Gennis visit Agrinion Air Force Base in Greece, where some classic Hellenic Air Force jets are in storage.

Six Of The Best: The Cargo Kings
Robert F Dorr selects his top six US military airlifters.

Bush War Mirage
Former South African Air Force (SAAF) Mirage F1AZ pilot Dick Lord looks at the acquisition of the type by the SAFF and recounts his experiences of flying it in the Bush War.

Feedback
Readers' views and comments.

Attrition
AFM's Dave Allport keeps us up-to-date with the world's military aviation crashes.

Fear The Reaper!
Paul Ridgeway goes behind the scenes at Creech Air Force Base, Nevada, to look at US Air Force operations with the MQ-9 Reaper UAV.

Just A Nice Pic
A Bangladesh Air Force PT-6 taxies in after another training sortie at Matiur Rahman.