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F111 farewell, 3rd December 2010

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Old 3rd Aug 2010, 19:35
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F111 farewell, 3rd December 2010

I'm certainly not qualified to attend, but others here might be...

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I knew a fellow from college...navigator on a USAF F111 , he was lost on the Libya raid many years ago.

Incredible plane...
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Agreed. We certainly got value out of them, but with 180 hours maintenance for each hour in the air, and sourcing replacement parts from other countries' museums, something had to happen.
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Ahhhh thoughts of USAF ones doing fly-bys at Heathrow late at night.. and lighting the sky! What joy.
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