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F-111 operational to the end
By Nigel Pittaway

Now in the final months of a 37-year career as the tip of Australia's offensive spear, the RAAF's mighty F-111 will bow out of service this December. Fittingly, Air Force plans to retire the F-111 in style but it will be a sad day when the skies of Southern Queensland are empty of the charismatic jet.
Defence Today - June 2009
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Defence Today

Following the release of the Defence White Paper both Defence and Industry are back on track with projects that will equip and sustain Australia's armed forces. In a special interview the Chief of Defence Capability, Rear Admiral Matt Tripovich outlines broad plans to enhance ADF capability and support Australian industry in winning defence projects.
Contents of this edition:

> Outcomes of the Defence White Paper
> Regional strategic trends - China's influence
> Defence + Industry Conference - Preview
> White Paper released, next the DCP
> F-35 Lightning II Australian industry impact
> Naval NH 90 for Australia
> Fixing the national skills shortage
> Future heavy lift rotor craft in the battlespace
> Realism in urban combat training
> Air support for patrol boat operations
> Helicopter combat survivability
> Military aviation simulators and training
> New developments in rotary-wing UAVs
> Avalon Air Show wrap
> Hard road for New Zealand's Defence industry
> Signals intelligence - Australian perspective
> Protecting Australia's maritime borders
> Soviet SAMs target the West
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