''Air Forces Monthly'' is a military aviation magazine published by

Key Publishing Key Publishing is a magazine publishing company specialising in aviation titles, based in Stamford, Lincolnshire, England. History ''Airliner World'' was launched in 1999. In 2005 it launched '' Airports of the World'', and in the same year ...

, and based in

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, United Kingdom. It was established in 1988. It provides news and analysis on military aviation, technology and related topics. ''The Independent'' claims that "Air Forces Monthly is widely read in the

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and in the defence industry, both in Britain and in the US." In 1997, an AFM report that a military aircraft crash at

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in September 1994 involved a classified

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aircraft prompted denials from the Ministry of Defence and the

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. Sister publications include ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Airliner World'', and ''

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''.

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External links

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List of Air Forces Monthly issues with article index
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