Aerial Refuelling … The USAF Shows How It’s Done With the confirmation of the McDonnell Douglas F-18 Hornet as the RAAF’s tactical fighter, the need for an aerial tanker fleet for the RAAF has assumed a new sense of urgency. By the end of the decade, the RAAF will have approximately 100 combat aircraft whose

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Where Are They? We apologise to those readers who searched our last issue looking for the TSA-2 story plus the Updates on the FX Fighters and the BAe 146. Lack of space necessitated their return to the hangar at a time when it was too late to alter the cover which bore their inclusion. The

In Through the Back Door: As the 150-seat airliner war heats up two things become obvious. Firstly, the horde of rumoured airframes of a year ago will most probably whittle itself down to two specific aircraft. The Airbus A320 looks set, as does the MDF-100, largely because the 150-seater is crucial to the long-term survival