F-111G's retired.
 

I believe that the F-111G's were officially retired last week.

It was kept very quiet though... there wouldn't be an election on would there?;)

Yeh right?

Whats going to replace them now? Or do we have a black hole...

I thought the G model was here for the longer haul....:hmm:

Where is SWING WING with some inside knowledge?

J

The Pig will be missed by all Australians:{

I wish I could afford one as a private two seater:ooh:

They are secretly being painted up in QANTASLink colours!:ok:

Confirmed! :{ (mate works at RAAF Amberley)

Last flight a couple of weeks ago!

I think Im going to cry! :{

It's just the G models. We still have the F111C flogging around.

Wasn't there an F111 that had an emergency landing a few weeks ago? (closest one I can find is at Brisbane in August but I thought was a more recent one).

Maybe they discovered they aren't worth fixing anymore and just decided to get rid of them.

I suppose, who is going to attack us in the next year or two?

"Who is going to attack us in the next few years"

Famous last words.

F111G's weren't being used as front line A/C so the retirement isn't a big issue.

F111C's
 

As Keg said, we still have the F111C's.......

No problems for next two years...
 

Can someone please remind me, exactly what the agreed standard advance notification of attacking another country or it's interests?

Is it normally pre-briefed in the 10 year White Paper?

Well, old c***face got a fair bit of notice before Dubya turned up in Iraq, didnee? :ok:


(both times!) :p

Oh and as a side note, I believe it the last Iraquie flight took place a few weeks ago too. :(

Aren't the Iraqis still flying? Or do you mean something else?

Ohh....

My understanding is that the RAAF wanted to keep flying 'em for a couple of years yet, with them being maintained so reliably under the current Boeing maintenance contract and all, but the government has been convinced by someone to get them retired now!
The word is that they have never been as reliable as they have been of recent times!

Cheers....Err, I think!

Strange
 

Strange things happen. The Nomad was specially built for the military, and they used that machine for a long time. But when the blackhawks arrived the nomad suddenly became dangerous for the army to fly.
It's still safe for civilians though.

But when the blackhawks arrived ..

.. think it was more a case of the mission requirements had altered and Army needed more speed to do a higher proportion of communications flying .. to get rid Nomad in the normal way would have taken too long .. so out with the knives and Kingairs weren't too far away ..

Don't think that it had much to do with the Blackhawk, though ..

Do you mean Iroquois, as in the helicopter?:confused:

Three F111s overflew YWKI last friday afternoon (about 14.30 approx, I think) heading aound 300 degrees. I won't take a guess at the altitude but they were'nt all that high.

'C' models then obviously.

Pigs not in space
 

I don't think they were retired a few weeks ago. One had an engine fire overhead Amberley last week. They may have been grounded pending the outcome of the investigation into that incident but the "informed" word is they will be around until 2010

Yes the Iroquois was made non-operational (as in no more flying) nearly 2 weeks ago - they did a flyover at Enoggera (funnily enough where 16BDE (Avn) is....) and buzzed over the top of us at Brisbane Airport (we all waved from the hangar with their replacements in it....)

Two words: Super Hornet.....