If the Air Force - Australian Government can't afford to keep them flying, I doubt whether Temora can too.
I think that one of the main "maintenance" reasons, as opposed to "operational" reasons and "political expediency", that the F-111 has been retired is the fact that the engine spares were rapidly running out due to the much earlier retirment of the USN F-14.
Will we ever see a supersonic, swing-wing military aircraft again once the B-1B's retire?
I bet the Indonesian Government are happy again......an Aussie pig can't suddenly appear out the side of a thunderstorm over Jakarta in the middle of the night and ruin their nasty plans anymore.
Well done to the men and women of our F-111 force.
