Combat Aircraft Journal Magazine May 2020 Edición anterior

The May issue of Combat Aircraft leads with our cover story about the B-1B Lancer and USAF plans to radically change the way this fleet conducts business — designed to ensure it stays capable and relevant until the arrival of the new B-21. The issue also includes:

ISRAEL’S AGING WARBIRDS
In the Israeli Air Force, the F-35 and a fleet of new-generation training aircraft contrast sharply with the advancing years of much of the rest of the inventory, as David Weinrich reports

TACKLING MINES
Tom Kaminski explains the current status and planned evolution of the US Navy airborne mine countermeasures role that is currently carried out by the MH-53E Sea Dragon

B-1 UNDER FIRE
Jamie Hunter evaluates US Air Force plans to retire a portion of the B-1B Lancer fleet to better enable it to stay capable until the arrival of the new B-21

FROM MASTER TO LIGHT FIGHTER
Leonardo’s M-346 Master has proven itself as an innovative and capable advanced training aircraft. Riccardo Niccoli details how it is evolving into a useful light fighter-attack aircraft that is offering customers the ability to combine missions in an efficient multi-role platform

US NAVY LOOKS TO THE FUTURE
The US Navy is developing plans for its Next-Generation Air Dominance fighter, which could include a range of systems, as Jamie Hunter explains

TEXAS TEXANS
Mauro Zanotti reports from the Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training at Sheppard AFB, Texas, a unique melting pot for military aviators as various air forces combine to share knowledge and experience in the training of young pilots on the T-6 Texan and T-38 Talon