"Prowlus" wrote in message
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"hobbit" wrote in message
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Does anyone have a sujestion as to what would be a good replacment for
Aussie aging F111?


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Didn't the australian goverment already commit to purchasing the "Jack
of all Trades Fighter" as a Hornet and Aardvark sucessor?

JSF is what the government has thrown some money at but they have been
careful not to commit outright to it (where's the signed contract?).
Australia will most likely get the JSF to replace the F/A-18's (probably 75)
and argue that all the new UAV/UACV or stand-off capabilities will be
sufficient to replace the F-111.

As it stands now, F-111s will be retired in 2010 (to save dollars). Guess
when the JSF is planned to be available for Australia? Try 2012, assuming
some of the interested *non*-partners don't do some US political arm
twisting to get in first (which is already rumoured).


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