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March 2015

Features
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Hellfire Meets Predator
How the drone was cleared to shoot.
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Last of the Great Flying Boats
Why the Convair Tradewind was a beautiful, versatile, fast failure.
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Any Mission at Mach 2
A tribute to McDonnell’s masterpiece fighter jet.
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UAV U.
How to train the next generation of pilots—who will never take to the skies.
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Astrophysical Fitness
You think gravity wears you down? Try 12 months without it.
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The Final Flight of Extortion 17
It was the deadliest helicopter crash in the history of U.S. special operations. Why did it happen?
Departments
Soundings
A Solar System in a Grain of Sand
Soundings
U.S. Debut at Chinese Airshow
Technically Speaking
Buff Everlasting
Above & Beyond
When the Lander Found the Comet
Flights & Fancy
De-Icing the Canadian Air Force Way
In the Museum