Tag Archives: James Swallow

Pressure Point

Issue Number: 5779

In the darkest days of the Cold War, RAF interceptor crews lived on a knife-edge, knowing that every alert could be the harbinger of nuclear armageddon. Every day, they risk their lives to meet the threat of Soviet attack — the intense pressure pushed one beleaguered lightning jet pilot beyond endurance towards a fatal confrontation! […]

Fallen Sabre

Issue Number: 5761

Inspired by true events…   During the ferocious fighting of the air war in Korea, both Allied and Communist forces were desperate to gain any edge in battle. Soviet-built MiG-15s duelled with American F-86 Sabres in the skies known as “MiG Alley” — and they would stop at nothing to capture an enemy aircraft intact! […]

Duel in the Dark

Issue Number: 5707

In the early years of the Space Race, as the United States of America and the Soviet Union challenge one another for dominance of the ‘High Frontier’, two Air Force astronauts find themselves trapped in a dying space capsule when an out-of-control Russian weapon threatens to spark World War III…   Story: James Swallow Art: […]

Old Dogs

Issue Number: 5531

Known as Operation Folklore, the Air Ministry knew they had to box clever if they wanted to beat the invading Argentinians out of the Falkland Islands. Flying a Canberra under Chilean colours, they would recon the enemy without arousing suspicion. But when the pair operating the aircraft is a reckless, young RAF pilot and the […]

Fog of War

Issue Number: 5297

The last place Private Bill Tasker expected to find himself on his new deployment was at sea — surely that was for the Navy boys? Yet there he was on the top‑secret Blackland Sands sea fort, defending the Thames Estuary from V1 bombs and E-boats. But now it’s thick with fog, he’s lost his pals […]

J-for-Judas

Issue Number: 5273

Courage in the face of disaster — a famous trait of the RAF throughout World War Two. But not in the case of Johnny Bagshott. After condemning his team to a POW camp, can the flighty young navigator work with the devious Hauptmann Hasse to regain standing with his friends… or will he betray them […]

Edge of the Sky

Issue Number: 5245

The Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird spy plane never flew in Russian airspace… officially.
 The Blackbird could reach a top speed of 2,200 mph and a ceiling height of 85,000 ft — enough to see the curvature of the earth. They outmatched everything the Russians could throw at them… except the MiG-31. So when one angry Red sets […]