ON THE COVER: John Dibbs gets his camera in close to the Fighter Collection’s F6F-3 Hellcat over the English Coast. The aircraft is painted in USMC colors as flown by Lt. Alex Vraciu of VF-6 aboard USS Intrepid (CV-11) in mid-1944. FEATURES:Test-flying the Hellcat;Taming the “Wooden Wonder”;Jug Ace;Riff Raff;Last Man Out. REGULARS: Editorial;In Theater: What they wore;Gallery: Me 163 Komet;Tailview

FEATURES: Storm Bird - Anna Yegorova, Soviet Sturmovik pilot, An American Hero - In the cockpit with Bud Anderson, Pacific Warrior - Dauntless dive-bombers deliver under fire, Going for Broke - Brenner Pass: Cutting the German Jugular, Star Power - Big-screen names who have served

FEATURES: Keeping ’Em Flying - The new generation of warbird pilots, restorers and mechanics 28, Bader’s Hurricanes - Double amputee fighter ace Douglas Bader and his Battle of Britain Hurricanes, Satan’s Angels Ace - Tales from a P-38 pilot in the South Pacific, KC-46A Pegasus - Next generation aerial refueler, Starfires Over Korea - F-94 pilots tangle with MiGs

FEATURES: Aerial Assault - The day Fortress Europe fell, Little Friends Over the Beach - The fighters get down and dirty, Pilot’s View - D-Day from the cockpit, Impossible Target - Why did so many paratroopers miss the drop zone on D-Day?, Shot Down Over Normandy! - RAF Spitfire pilot survives D-Day invasion, Silent Missions - The glider gang behind the lines

FEATURES: The Mission, the Honor, and the Thrill - In the cockpit with the pilots who fly the USAF Heritage Flight and U.S. Navy Legacy Flight Demonstrations, Killer Cameras - Recon missions in the ETO, The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly - Flying the Grumman OV-1 Mohawk in Vietnam, Double Ace! - Navy pilot chalks up 16 kills in Wildcats & Hellcats, Bristol Bulldog Flies Again - Master builder Ed Storo recreates the classic British fighter, Straight-Wing Heroes, F-84 pilots battle—and beat!—the MiG-15, REGULARS - Editorial,  Gallery: DL-1 Lockheed Vega 66 ‹ Tailview

FEATURES: Devil Dog Tigercat - Inside Grumman’s twin-engine piston fighter, Knockout Punch! - B-25 combat strafers in the South Pacific, Jet Age Warrior - A perfectionist in the most dangerous game, Lightning Strikes! - Pacific combat in a P-38

FEATURES: Backstreet Brawler- A young man, his Hurricane and the Battle of Britain, Killer Corsair - Albert Wells, Death Rattlers Ace, Banshee Wail! - Flying Skulls over Burma, American Beauty - “Forgotten Fifteenth” top-scoring, Fw 190 Sturmböcke - The Luftwaffe’s “Battering Rams” against the USAAF heavy bombers, Zero: Myth, Mystery, and Fact - A test pilot compares the A6M5 Zero to U.S. fighters, Operation Lusty - How Watson’s Whizzers brought Luftwaffe trophy birds home

FEATURES: Adventures in a Wairapa Wild Cat - A New Zealand P-40 warrior racks up the kills, Ejecting from a Hawker Hunter - Roderick Kurtz punches out after an encounter with a USAF F-35, Messerschmitt Me 109 - Thrilling tales of aerial supremacy, General Curtis LeMay - Strategic Air Command Creator & Commander, Noorduyn Norseman - Canada’s rugged, fabric-covered workhorse, In Theater: A Good Landing is One You Can Walk Away From

FEATURES : Sabre-Rattling - Flying F-100s and F-86s in Korea, “Gentlemen, You Had a Race … ?” - The end of the Reno Air Races, Spitfire Spy over China - Unauthorized, high-risk photo-recon missions, Payback - B-25s settle the score on the Rising Sun, Flying the Roc! - Stratolaunch test pilot Evan Thomas on flying - the world’s largest operational airplane, Forgiveness - Lt. Gen. Richard Reynolds on crashing a, Gallery: BA Swallow Slab-sided floater, Keep the A-10 Flying!

Rise of the Phantom, Dams Raid, Mustangs over Normandy, A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing, Editorial, Classics: “America” Flies Again - Restoring the Curtiss Seaplane, Gallery: Howard DGA GH-2 - The “Big Blue Freeloader” earns its keep, America’s Last Ace

FEATURES: Marauder Mission Through Hell, “Chippy’s” Cloverleafs, Adventures of a Sabre Ace, Tricolor Ace, Who’s Afraid of the Dark?, REGULARS : Editorial, In Theater, Gallery: Travel Air A-6000A, Tailview

FEATURES: The Last Combat, F-117s Over Baghdad, The Original “Old Crow”, Flying for “Devotion”, First Bridge, REGULARS: Editorial, Gallery: Fairchild 24, Tailview

FEATURES: Ruthless Jug Jockey, Quick Draw McGraw, FM-2 Wildcat action in the battle of Leyte Gulf, Marvelous Mustangs, Pilots of the 78th FG trade in their P-47s for P-51s—and love them!, Ivans & Indians, Early Channel Battles, Samurai Survivor, Bombing the Bombers, Dark Blue, Ruff Stuff, In Theater: The Fighting 56th

FEATURES: Risinger Raid, Desert Comanches, Flying History into the Future, Bombing in the Beast, Annihilator 23's Six-Hour Fight, Gallery: Timm N2T-1, In Theater: Alaskan Miracle Bird

ON THE COVER: Flight Lieutenant Andy Preece brings Spitfi re Mk.Vb AB910 of the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight close to the cameraship above RAF Coningsby, UK. FEATURES: Combat Veteran, Stinson SR5A Reliant, Covert Lightning, Breitling Dials Up a Unique Formation, A Month Like No Other,

On The Cover: Nighthawk! Under cover of darkness, Britain’s Hawker Hurricane hunts for prey; Other Features: FEATURES: High-Time Hog Driver: Inside the cockpit with Lt. Col. John Marks, the Air Force’s most experienced A-10 pilot; Aerial Refueling with a Drone: In the cockpit with the first aircrew ever to refuel in flight from an uncrewed tanker; Dive-Bombing Mustangs: The forgotten A-36;  Electric Flight Takes Off: A bright future for cleaner, quieter, next-gen power; GALLERY: Taylor Aerocar; TAILVIEW:  An interview with Jimmy Doolittle

On The Cover:  REACH: A C-17 aircrew’s dramatic flights during the fall of Kabul; Additional Features: Winds of Fate: Mustang pilots fly rocket attacks over Iwo Jima; That’s Close Enough! Captain Tom Dwelle’s DFC-winning mission to save an Army convoy; Sturmovik Killer!Top scoring Fw 190 ace Otto "Bruno" Kittel;  Spirits in the Sky: B-2 Stealth Bombers can do it all—unseen! Gallery: The Forgotten Stinson: Model A Tri-motor: Tailview: First Victory By Col. C. E. “Bud” Anderson

PEARL HARBOR 80th ANNIVERSARY ISSUE: The Heroes, Facts, and Figures; DEFENDING THE FLEET:  Heroic Response to the Surprise Attack; 
Pearl Harbor: A Tomahawk flies again;  Bronco Bravery: Captain Steve Bennett, Captain Mike Brown & the Medal of Honor; Lightnings to Spitfires: A lifetime as a fighter pilot; Long live the BUFF: Celebrating 70 unbelievable years of B-52s; In Theater: Already flying before Pearl Harbor

Mustang Ace of Aces: Major George E. Preddy; Straight Wings vs. Swept Wings
F-84 Thunderjets & MiG-15s over Korea; Rare Bear: The wrecked F8F-2 Bearcat that became Air Racing’s winningest Unlimited racer; SR-71 Blackbird: Faster than a speeding bullet!;  Fleet Finch: The classic Canadian trainer; 
ON THE COVER: High above the Florida landscape, Lee Lauderback flies Kermit
Weeks’ “Cripes A’ Mighty” Mustang for John Dibbs’ camera.  The polished
metal and paint scheme accurately represent George Preddy’s 352nd FG
WW II mount. With over 5,000 hours in Mustangs, Lee is considered to be
the world’s “highest time” P-51 pilot.


The Battle of Britain’s Best Fighter: Spitfire and Hurricane vs. Bf 109; Flying the Bf 109 in Combat: Luftwaffe ace Hans-Ekkehard Bob recounts his experiences; ON THE COVER: Bud Granley brings the business end of the legendary Bf109E to bear on its quarry. This is an E-3 version of Messerschmitt's classic fighter and is part of the Flying Heritage and Combat Armor Museum's collection; Lethal Lancer
Bad-to-the-bone B-1B bomber; Trolling for SAMs Flying an F-4D decoy mission in Vietnam; Hellcat Ace “Mac” McWhorter splashes Zeros

ON THE COVER: Avro Lancaster B1PA474, of the Royal Air Force Battle of Britain Memorial Flight, descends on the camera of John Dibbs with bomb bay doors open, just as it would have 80 years ago over the skies of Axis occupied Europe.  This is is one of only two airworthy Lancasters in the world and is painted to represent a 460 Squadron RAAF aircraft that flew with the unit in 1943; Remembering the
Bomber Boys: Behind the Scenes of the “Lancaster” Feature Documentary; M-9 Reaper: The world’s most feared drone; The Cost of Recon: RA-5 Vigilante in Vietnam; Kamikaze Killers: Marine Corsair pilots dominate the Pacific; Zemke's Wolfpack: The 56th Fighter Group racks up the kills


FIVE-GUN FURY! Lt. Floyd Fulkerson: P-38 Wingman to the Aces; The Growler:
Boeing’s electronic attack weapon, the EA-18G Growler: The ALQ-99 jamming system is the Growler's main weapon of choice;  The iconic North American Aviation X-15:  Space Age Pioneer: The experimental X-15 carried the first human into the weightless realm above. The X-15 epitomized small and fast by setting unofficial records of speed (4,520 mph) and altitude (354,200 feet), which remain formidable today; Rampant Raiders: April 25, 1967, VA-212 tests the A-4 to the limit after sustaining damage from an SA-2 SAM in the skies near Haiphong; Impossible Odds:  He hoped the Jug was as tough as they said it was! With nowhere to run or hide, Lt. Sutcliffe would have to hold steadfast against all odds and fight his way upward through his German pursuers and escape to the safety of the clouds—or die trying!; The N3N-3: The Trainer Used by George H.W. Bush at Training Squadron 11 in Corpus Christi, TX in 1943.

FEATURE: Spitfire with a Punch: Royal Air Force fighter in Polish colors; F-35B Lightning II: Semper Fi; Defender of the Reich: WW II as seen by a Luftwaffe Ace; Thunderchief at War: The F-105’s down-and-dirty war in Vietnam; Yellow Scorpions: P-51 Mustangs rule the skies in China; Gallery: WACO "Super Sport" S3HD: A Golden Age King.

ON THE COVER: Roaring right above John Dibbs's camera lens is Mike George's "Worry Bird," a beautifully restored P-51 Mustang and combat survivor of the 339th Fighter Group that was stationed in England during WW II. "Worry Bird" is currently hangared at the Air Combat Museum in Springfield, Illinois.; In This issue: One Lucky Bastard! Tales from an ETO Mustang pilot, By Lt. William “Mac” MacClarence, U.S. Army Air Corps (Ret.), as told to Doug DeCaster;  Kittyhawk Jungle Rescue P-40 gets a new lease on life;  The F-5: An American Tiger; Bomber Crew Chronicles: B-17 crewmen remember their German missions; The Marines’ Last Dogfight: The Corsair was one tough bird

Hurricane Force: Group Captain Billy Drake: A Gentleman and an Ace Flying Hawker Hurricanes; Merlin Magic: The legendary Rolls-Royce Merlin 12-Cylinder Engine: One of the Primary Keys to the Success of the Hawker Hurricane was ; Terrific Tiltrotor: Driving the V-22 Osprey; On Canvas: Jim Dietz's "On The Night Before" Art Print; Restoring a Classic Canadian Staggerwing; First Kills!: North American Aviation F-82 Twin Mustangs in Operation During the Korean War; Bail Out at 70,000 Feet: A U-2 pilot hits the silk at the edge of outer space

Sole Survivors: A Pilot and His Marine Corp Mitchell; Duleing in the Fast Lane: A Mustang Pilot Nails His Prey; Butcher Bird vs. Hellcat & Corsair: A Test Pilot Recalls; Macchi 202 vs. P-38L: An Italian Fighter Pilot Tangles with a Lightning; Memoirs of a Japanese Fighter Pilot: The Last-Ditch Efforts of the Squadron of Aces; 

P-51 Mustang: American Icon; Flying the North American P-51 Mustang: A Triple Ace Reports From the Cockpit; Mustang Vs. Thunderbolt: a 78th Fighter Group Combat Pilot's Inside Analysis; Battle of the Superfighters: F-14D Tomcat vs. F/A-18E/F Super Hornet; Tog Gun: Maverick: The Iconic '80s Aviation Action Classic Returns to Thrill a New Generation; The Secrets of Truk Lagoon: Project Recover Locates Three Missing World War II Aircraft; Magnificent Monocoupe: The 110 Special

Aviation's Living History:  The Museums and Tours that are Keeping Warbirds Alive and Aloft: Including Sun 'n Fun Aerospace Expo, Thunder Over Louisville, 30th Annual WWII Weekend- A Gathering of Warbirds, EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, USN Blue Angels, USAF Thunderbirds; Eyes in the Sky: An Inside Look at the Smithsonian's National Air & Space Museum's Modern Drone Collection; Flying the Bf109: How Does it Fly and How Does it Compare with Other WWII Fighters?; The Geico Skytypers: The Family-Run Business That Changed the Skywriting Industry Forever!; First Raid to Blechhammer: Escaping and Evading in Southwest Slovakia; Flying Backseat in a Texan

The Battle of the Bulge Air War: Night Fighter's in the Battle of the Bulge: Exclusive Interviews and Photos From the 422 Squadron's Pilots and Crews; Jugs Over the Battle of the Bulge: P-47D Thunderbolts;  Battle of Britain: Summer 2020 Will Mark 80 Years Since the British Royal Air Force and Nazi Germany's Luftwaffe Fought the World's First Great Air Campaign; Flight Journal's Annual Holiday Gift Guide: 22 Most-Wanted Presents for Aviation Enthusiasts, Zero: Myth, Mystery, and Fact: A Test Pilot Compares the A6M5 Zero to U.S. Fighters; Great Day for a Fighter Pilot: Captain Kelly Gross Battle an Me262 Over the Reich

Spitfire! Elliptical Elegance: Flying and Evaluating the Legendary Seafire Mark III: Beautiful Fighter - Aerodynamic Excellence; Untold Story: How the USAF Won the Korean War but Couldn't Tell Anyone; The Ploesti Refinery Bombings: Flying Low & Lethal in the Liberators; Fighting Falcon, Restless Raptor: The Forgotten Story of Lt. Paul Baer- Was He America's First Air Combat Ace from WWI? Martha's Vinyard's Workin' WACOS.

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