IN THE AUGUST ISSUE (on sale July 10, 2008)

• Treated like Royalty!
  Peter Foster takes to the air and joins the Queen’s Birthday Flypast to get a very special view of a very particular day.
  
  
• Airshow reports
  Biggin Hill, Kemble, Pratica di Mare are highlighted on this months feature.

• Russia revelations
  The Editor takes a close-up look at the changing strategy for Russia’s revitalised Air Force and examines upgrade plans for the bomber force.

• Electric lite
  We examine an astounding possibility that aircraft might be built to stay in the air for up to five years but is it really possible?

• Typhoons in the Tyrol
  Ian Harding reports on the introduction of the Typhoon into Austrian air defence operations, but there is a sting in the tail!

• High stakes as India seeks new fighters
  A view from inside Russia as India widens its options for upgrades and new aircraft to support an expanding defence requirement.
  
  
• The American Connection 1957-60
  Barry Wheeler concludes his look at US Air Forces Europe in the late 1950s, highlighting a period of expansion as missiles and push-button warfare dominate the deterrent.
  
  
• Aviation Paintings 2008
  As the Guild of Aviation Artists gets ready to open its annual exhibition in London we take a look at some of the more interesting subjects that caught our eye.

• London airport – Pt 3
  In the final part of our history of Heathrow we preview the shape of London airport to come with the imminent building of Heathrow East.
  
  

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Russian revelations: the agenda

On June 9 a pair of Russian Tupolev Tu-95 Bear strategic bombers took off from their base at Engels-2 in central Russia on a routine patrol flight over the Arctic Ocean. Nothing so very extraordinary in that, you might think. But hidden behind this very ordinary activity was a decree signed on August 18, 2007, by then president Vladimir Putin for a resumption of flights across the Pacific Ocean, the Atlantic Ocean and across the Arctic region on a routine basis for the first time in 15 years. The Editor has been to the frozen wastes, and to the Far Eastern zones of Russian Air Force operations to see what is going on

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