Thread: Should we be concerned about China's air capability?

Originally Posted by ramblingboy42

2020 before the fighters are operational.

the fa-18s will definitely be 'aging' by then.

I'n the meantime , does anyone know where the F-111s are buried?

We might need to dig them up.

There is one in Pt Adelaide and another in SA not sure where. There's a website dedicated to each unit, where lost and if still existing where it is.

Originally Posted by ramblingboy42

Now you stop agreeing with me Pickles....it's just not on

They should still be flying.

They could be.

Somewhere previously I wrote a thread or a post on the rebirth capablity of this fabulous aircraft.

But it came down to new toys for the new boys.

At the time just about the whole of the ADF had gone through a complete transformation of top brass and the old bastards were gone....it was open slather for the new brass and the government.

Oh well, in retrospect lots of people are happy they have gone.

Don't know much about the technical stuff, I just heard that they were past their use by date, and that the cost of keeping them in the air was horrendous.
Only seen one flying once, and that was when Karen was doing Free Fall Parachute Jumping at Violet Town which is not far from the Puckapunyal Army base, where there was a big "Exercise" on this particular weekend, involving, amongst other things, the RAAF & their F111s.
Anyway, they must've got word of what was going on at Violet Town, 'cause one of these F111s came over & gave the drop zone a REALLY good look. The pilot had his flaps down, circling us, I reckon He'd have been no more than 150m above the ground, & so close we could clearly see the Pilot & his Raybans (don't know whether they were Raybans of course!),...a real cowboy,...anyway, after his look, he was "gone",....very quickly,......and with a lot of noise!
Pickles.

The new fighter we buy wont have the intercept range that the F-IIIs had.

As the original post showed , if they want to they will be able to get close enough, and they will still be out of intercept range.

Thats in 6 yrs time though.

It's really a bit of a laugh.

Originally Posted by Greatsouthernland

There is one in Pt Adelaide and another in SA not sure where. There's a website dedicated to each unit, where lost and if still existing where it is.

This is F111 # 134 in the Aviation Museum @ Pt Adelaide...

Originally Posted by ramblingboy42

The new fighter we buy wont have the intercept range that the F-IIIs had.

As the original post showed , if they want to they will be able to get close enough, and they will still be out of intercept range.

Thats in 6 yrs time though.

It's really a bit of a laugh.

Combat radius - 2,140km

Interesting.....where in Pt Adelaide is this aviation museum?

one much closer to you RB,, at the air museum at caloundra

also, heres a rendering of the long range version,,

When I was at school we went to Amberley to have a look at the F111, I thought they were the coolest thing.
It must have been when we first got them because I remember seeing Mirages & a Canberra I think at the same time.
They just looked Mean.

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