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Cover story

Protecting the Modern Day Aviator

Air Armor Tech has taken a revolutionary concept, inflatable
protection, and made it possible to protect a $500,00 flight helmet
while still being able to deflate and then store in the small confines
of a cockpit, shop or shipping container.
FEATURES
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The Air Power Journey: Dropping in the Right Eagle Shooters -
An Overview Direction Hornets 4 : Eagles 0

FEATURE CYBER SECURITY FIXED WING
20 Control of the Air: A futuristic 46 Aerial threat: why drone hacking 49 Defence
view could be bad news for the 55 Air Force Cadets
SPACE military 56 On The Radar
30 Women in Space HISTORY 60 Books
34 Australia and NASA’s Artemis 42 Bomber Command still flying 65 Relocation
mission high in Lincoln 74 Back Page

CONTRIBUTING WRITERS
AUSTRALIAN AIR Darren ‘Buster’ Crabb, Blaine “Rock” Australian Air
Power Today
Tompkins, Phil Hawkes, Pathfinder,
POWER TODAY RAAF News, Defence Connect, Eamon live at the
Edinburgh Air
Hamilton, Andrew Spence Show
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