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Old 6th Aug 2006, 05:29
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Magoodotcom
 
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For an RAAF/ADF circa 2016, how bout...

COMBAT
64 x F-35A
36 x F/A-18F

ISR
12 x AP-3C (re-winged)
6 x RQ-4B
8 x MQ-9B (Mariner variant)
6 x I-View systems (3 air vehicles per system)
6 x Scan Eagle systems (4 per)

TRANSPORT
4 x C-17
8 x A400M
8 x A330MRTT (with A330F conversion)
18 x C-130J (6 with tanker hose/drogue pods, and only if LockMart can get its $hit together re spares)
18 x C-27J

ROTARY
12 x CH-47F
48 x MRH-90 TTH
16 x MRH-90 NFH
22 x Tiger
48 x UH-72A (UH-145)

TRAINING/LIAISON
33 x Hawk 127 (MLU'ed)
64 x PC-21 or T-6B
12 x B350
2 x BBJ
3 x B604

A bit more realistic from a manning and budgetry point of view???

Magoo
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