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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.

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Our contributing authors and photographers are the very best in the business. Whenever and wherever the Defence Forces and Defence Industry are engaged in Australia's defence capability then our journalists will be there.
 
Dr Carlo Kopp
Dr Carlo Kopp has been writing about military aerospace, air warfare strategy and missile technology for more than 20 years. His work has been published worldwide and is regularly commissioned to submit detailed papers on military doctrine and tactics. He is widely regarded to be one of Australia's best military theorists and information warfare theorists. Dr Kopp has extensive industry experience and is a qualified pilot.
Nigel Pittaway
Born in the United Kingdom, Nigel has been involved with aviation and defence matters for more than 30 years.
Beginning a writing career with the prestigious World Air Power Journal in the late 1990s, he has contributed to numerous publications around the world, as a freelance journalist, photographer and contributing editor. Nigel's area of expertise is primarily military aerospace capabilities, especially weapon platform development.