Originally posted by Sandman302:
Upgrades are good and all but when we have to keep grounding the F111's they are starting to cost too much, but the problem is that the F35 dosent offer anywhere near the range/strike capability of the F111, so unless the RAAF gets some new type as well as the JSF, we wont have a decent strike A/C.
A few B-1B bombers would certainly replace em... the indo's wouldent like it tho

They had a fit when we got the F111's in the 1st place (had enough range to bomb Jakarta)
Sandman, the B-1 makes maintenance of the Pig look like a breeze by comparison, if what I've heard is true!
The RAAF doesn't need a strike aircraft capable of hitting Jakarta, it needs a decent strike aircraft to accompany the F-35s in defending Australia.
Gedankens right, I was a resident in Melbourne for 4 years, amen to the claim of being the world's most liveable city. I would assume you know Napoleons and Hylands in the city right Sandman?