Combat Aircraft -Volume 18 Number 12 December 2017- (ENG)

Combat Aircraft -Volume 18 Number 12 December 2017- America's best-selling military aviation magazine.

IN THE NEWS

Headline News
T-X delayed, Chinese J-20 goes operational and new Hill AFB Lightning II squadron receives F-35As

US News
New prototype aircraft from Northrop Grumman, plus all the latest unit and deployment news

World News
News from Europe and around the globe, including the Hellenic Air Forceandrsquo;s F-16 upgrade plans, plus all the latest military losses

FEATURES

PROWLERandrsquo;S LAST CRUSADE
The Marine Corpsandrsquo; Grumman EA-6B Prowler fleet may be old and nearing retirement, but with just two squadrons remaining, itandrsquo;s still in demand. As VMAQ-2 andlsquo;Death Jestersandrsquo; participates in the Weapons and Tactics Instructor course at MCAS Yuma, Arizona, for the last time, Jamie Hunter and Rich Cooper look at the final chapter of the Prowler

THE BRIEFING
Combat Aircraftandrsquo;s new regular column by Robert Beckhusen, taking a look behind the headlines - this month evaluating the US Air Force pilot crisis

ELECTRIC VIKINGS
Naval Air Station Whidbey Island in Washington State may not receive the attention of some of the more renowned Master Jet Bases, but it is equally important as the home of the naval electronic attack community. Erik Bruijns and Mark de Greeuw meet EA-18G training unit VAQ-129 andlsquo;Vikingsandrsquo;