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bookworm_020
03-14-11, 06:02 PM
What a waste! All the excuses are just a smoke screen. Heck! They even have a B-52 on display in Australia and they can't give one F-111 to the Australian War Memorial!:nope::nope::nope::nope::nope:

http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/national/iconic-f-111s-to-be-sold-as-scrap/story-e6freooo-1226020717321

Why give two back to the US when we can't even keep them for display????
Platapus
03-14-11, 06:15 PM
That does seem strange.
Geno_Mariner
03-14-11, 06:34 PM
Man, I'm not happy about that.... I'd have liked to go and see the F-111 if the AWM was able to take it in... :wah:
It is ridiculous that the US can take two but the rest getting shredded.
Ducimus
03-14-11, 07:20 PM
The iconic planes, that never fired a shot in anger but spent years entertaining crowds

If memory serves correctly, we used them to bomb Libya. I think one got shot down, not sure.
TorpX
03-15-11, 05:56 AM
If memory serves correctly, we used them to bomb Libya. I think one got shot down, not sure.
They were used in Vietnam and Desert Storm as well. They meant none of their F-111's fired any shots in anger, I suppose.
papa_smurf
03-15-11, 05:58 AM
Why not put in a bid yourself, and put in in the back garden(if you got one):D.
TarJak
03-15-11, 07:38 AM
Might just do that. I reckon I could squeeze it in somewhere.
http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-photos/photos/3/3/0/0952033.jpg
Jimbuna
03-15-11, 01:40 PM
Probably a similar outcome awaits the Harrier unless a museum has already made a successful bid/overture I'm unaware of.
CCIP
03-15-11, 01:45 PM
Probably a similar outcome awaits the Harrier unless a museum has already made a successful bid/overture I'm unaware of.

I think we should all write Arnold the ex-Governator to make a bid for one. :88)
Jimbuna
03-15-11, 05:09 PM
He could probably afford to buy one of each :yep:
bookworm_020
03-16-11, 09:29 PM
Why not put in a bid yourself, and put in in the back garden(if you got one):D.

Love to have one, but the council would be a real killjoy!:nope:


They were used in Vietnam and Desert Storm as well. They meant none of their F-111's fired any shots in anger, I suppose.

No but a couple of aircraft purchased as replacements/spare parts did have battle damage from their service with the US. One did achieve fame of doing a mock bomb run on the offices of a federal member of parliament who said something bad about the air force.... alas, they didn't drop a bomb!:cry:
TorpX
03-17-11, 01:28 AM
One did achieve fame of doing a mock bomb run on the offices of a federal member of parliament who said something bad about the air force.... alas, they didn't drop a bomb!:cry:

Well, a memorial would be most befitting then. :DL
bookworm_020
03-17-11, 06:21 PM
Well, a memorial would be most befitting then. :DL


The plane or the politician?:hmmm:
TorpX
03-17-11, 08:28 PM
The plane and pilot, of course.
bookworm_020
03-18-11, 07:14 PM
The plane and pilot, of course.


For missing the opportunity? :hmmm: