Re replacment of Australian F111

Does anyone have a sujestion as to what would be a good replacment for
Aussie aging F111?


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

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

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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

"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?


There's nothing available or on the horizon that can do the job of the
F-111.

Stupid question #479: Is there any reason to replace the Oz F-111s?

IOW, what is (was) the mission of these now-ancient critters?

--
Mike Kanze

"Idealist: One who, on noticing that a rose smells better than a cabbage,
concludes that it will also make better soup."

- H. L.Mencken


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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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Perhaps our American friends would lease us a dozen B1's


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Depends entirely on what missions Australia need carried out: ASW, A2A, CAS,
ECM, ESM, SIGINT, etc.

WDA

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Does anyone have a sujestion as to what would be a good replacment for
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hobbit wrote:

Does anyone have a sujestion as to what would be a good replacment for
Aussie aging F111?

Their own study says only new F111's work do the job.


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Jim

carry on




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"Mike Kanze" wrote in message
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Stupid question #479: Is there any reason to replace the Oz F-111s?

IOW, what is (was) the mission of these now-ancient critters?

Well in the mid 80s, at least one squadron did photo recon.

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"gizmo-goddard" wrote in message
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"Mike Kanze" wrote in message
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Stupid question #479: Is there any reason to replace the Oz F-111s?

IOW, what is (was) the mission of these now-ancient critters?

Well in the mid 80s, at least one squadron did photo recon.

They've done heaps of missions since then, most of which aren't public. That
doesn't mean they have literally attacked or bombed anything but they did
the mission they were asked to and achieved the desired result.

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