Pechs1 wrote:
hobbit- Does anyone have a sujestion as to what would be a good replacment
for
Aussie aging F111? BRBR

F/A-18F

Only if they're going to start building big deck carriers.

http://www.defence.gov.au/raaf/organ...craft/f111.htm
Ferry range in excess of 5500km

http://www.chinfo.navy.mil/navpalib/.../air-fa18.html
Ferry: 1,660 nautical miles (3,054 kilometers)

Why doesn't Australia apply to be annexed?

We need their shipbuilding tech for the LCS class and we need a base in
the area to operate these short ranged ships from.

Then we could just base B-2s instead of F-111s there.

-HJC