Flight International and the RAAF F-111 1989

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"who cares about 115,000 pound/hr fuel flow when you are not paying!"

One of those Aircrew Interview Youtube stories was about an RAF Nav who did an exchange with the RAAF on the F-111.
It was a few years ago since I have seen it, but I recall him saying:
a) Friday was bombing day;
b) You could hear the 2,000 pounders detonating;
c) On the last flight of his tour, the aircraft went unserviceable; it seemed there was some sort of agreement about how many hours he would fly and he had about 4 to go. So the CO told him "take that one, it's full of fuel, don't come back with any fuel in it".
So fuel must have been free!