Heres a couple of Australian articles that are Anti F18/ pro f-22, one from Carlo
(suprise surprise), they do make some interesting comments..
Link Carlo
t this point the minister's claims become bizarre. A news release issued the same day contained the statement that "the Government has not asked the United States for access to the F-22 Raptor", thereby confirming that the minister had not requested that the LOEXCOM process be performed to establish whether export is permitted. Another incongruity is that Gordon England, known as an outspoken advocate of the Joint Strike Fighter, is not the party responsible for managing this process. This task falls to the US Air Force.
Link Canberra
Air Marshal Shepherd is, of course, right. It's all in the definition, you see. The Super Hornet is not as good as either the F-15 or the SU 30, the jets that our neighbours in the region are buying. But these are the so-called 4.5-generation fighters. What a fine little linguistic distinction. He should have been a lawyer.
Looks like this story has legs, the choices are on extending the F111 lives or Buying the F18, but with an election at the end of the year it looks like the options are limited.
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