:-)
"Brash" wrote in message
u...
"Glenn" wrote in message
...
Is it actually a gap in our fronnt line defence when it is actually a
strike
aircraft ?

Yes, when it has a powerful deterrent quality.

--
De Oppresso Liber.





"David Bromage" wrote in message
.. .
The RAAF's 35 F-111 warplanes - Australia's front-line strategic
strike
force - could be retired from service from 2006, a decade earlier than
originally planned, if the Government accepts a controversial option
put
forward by the Defence Department. A key issue is whether early
retirement for the long-range F-111s could leave a gaping hole in
Australia's front-line defences early next decade.




http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au...6866971%255E60
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