Drewe Manton wrote:
Pooh Bear waxed lyrical
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Why shouldn't a 60's design a/c be scrapped ?


Because it's still in the premier league of strike aircraft and brings
massive capability to a small force. I suppose the USAF better get on
with scrapping all those B-52's and KC-135's and E-3's and E-8's and C-
130's eh? After all, they are *fifties* designs!



Ahh.. but they did have enough sense to get rid of their F-111's - even
found some sucker to buy 15 old ones they had laying around the desert

Which country does Australia reckon it needs 'front-line a/c' to
defend itself from ?


Look at a map, the Pacific rim is literally heaving with potential
threats. But Indonesia is still #1 I'd imagine.



In the unrealistic above event how would ancient F-111s perform ?

Badly.