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Old 16th Mar 2011, 04:22
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Fris B. Fairing
 
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Don't get me started on the Mirages!

Defence are citing three reasons why civilian museums can't have an F-111.

1. Asbestos
2. Demil costs
3. US Govt end user restrictions.

All of these can be overcome where there is a will to do so. It seems that these reasons are just a smokescreen to hide the objections of a small minority within the RAAF who think that only their museums are good enough to have F-111s (and I'm not referring to the RAAF's museums themselves).

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