Is the Royal Australian Navy trying to get a Aircraft Carrier?

bookworm_020 · 08-30-07, 11:28 PM

There has been some interesting news reports in the last couple of weeks about the decision to purchase the spainsh landing craft ships for the Royal Australian Navy.

They have the option of puting a ski jump on the fron of the ship enabling them to operate V/STOL aircraft. It was raised at one stage the RAAF should change some of it's order for the F-35A aircraft to F-35B's.

With the report of RAAF pilot's undertaking carrier landing and takoff's in the U.S.A., one has to wonder if the Australian Navy has a dream to get back into carrier operations for the fist time since 1983.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canberr...mphibious_ship

http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/...program-02213/

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au...37-601,00.html

08-30-07, 11:28 PM	#1
bookworm_020 Navy Seal Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Sinking ships off the Australian coast Posts: 5,966 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	Is the Royal Australian Navy trying to get a Aircraft Carrier? There has been some interesting news reports in the last couple of weeks about the decision to purchase the spainsh landing craft ships for the Royal Australian Navy. They have the option of puting a ski jump on the fron of the ship enabling them to operate V/STOL aircraft. It was raised at one stage the RAAF should change some of it's order for the F-35A aircraft to F-35B's. With the report of RAAF pilot's undertaking carrier landing and takoff's in the U.S.A., one has to wonder if the Australian Navy has a dream to get back into carrier operations for the fist time since 1983. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canberr...mphibious_ship http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/...program-02213/ http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au...37-601,00.html __________________ "There is always one person in any organization who knows whats going on, That person must be fired"