Custard, No I don't care to meet you, I don't rate PONTIs.. You might be drinking for free, but it will be by yourself.
The F111 was, is and will be our 'Big stick' for years to come. This dinosaur as you call it has modern avionics, modern weaponry (for us) and better pilots then you can ever hope to be based on your level of SA from your comments. A level of SA akin to that of The IRAQI IADS.
Sancho, I think, summed it up perfectly.