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The RAAF Base Amberley Air Show, held on the 2/3rd October 2008
was the last display of the F-111 on a miltary base.
 
The Official F-111 Farewell Ceremony
will be held at RAAF Base Amberely 2nd & 3rd December 2010
Contact webmaster if you would like to attend ?
 
The fleet of F-111Gs were retired in September 2007 (A8-272 is now at RAAF Point Cook Museum)
They sit all lined up on an unused section of the runway at Amberley.
The F-111C & RF-111C of #6 Sqn are the last remaining aircraft flying.

Aussie Pig at Red Flag Nov 2004 by Nikyla
Aussie Pig at Red Flag by Nikyla Smith

Wanted - Good photos of Avalon Airshow 2005 Avalon Airshow 2005.

28 February, 2009

It is with regret that
F-111.net announces the passing of one of the pioneers of F-111 operations, Col Ivan Dethman (Ret).
Col Ike Dethman was the charismatic Commander of Det 1 428th TFS which, in 1968, deployed to RTAFB Tahkli (Thailand) for COMBAT LANCER, the first combat operations for the F-111 in the Viet Nam war. Further details on the Remembrances page.


More of Ronald Wong's artwork within...Ronald Wong


YF-111AF-111.net, in association with Crystal Publishing,  is proud to present a CD-ROM product containing the historic flight manuals (dash-1's) of the

YF-111A, F-111B, FB-111A, F-111D,
F-111E and F-111F in text searchable PDF format. See dash-1

PS WANTED - F-111F pg 1-181 thru 1-188 25Mar77 to Change 4 18May79 (missing from the above pub)

BERRYLLIUM ISSUES Chris Bradshaw of the Naval Tankermans Association would like to talk to any F-111 maintenance personnel about personal safety equipment and precautions used when handling or working around Berryllium components. Email webmaster@F-111.net (29 Jan 05).


'Buy a Brick' for the 8th AFB Barksdale Museum. Update to Museums Page. (21 Aug 05)

Canberra F-111 Flypasts From various media outlets: Weather permitting, Sat 13 Aug and Sun 14 Aug will see a number of flypasts of F-111 aircraft in the Australian capital, Canberra. Flypasts will including a night dump and burn on Sunday. Flypasts are for the 60th Anniversary of Victory in the Pacific (VP Day) marking the end of WWII. Other aircraft in the Sunday flight pagent include a Spitfire, Mustange, Hudson, Catalina, Meteor, Vampire, and Canberra. (9 Aug 05).

F-111 Deseal Reseal Report Released by the Australian Defence Force - Study of Health Outcomes in Aircraft Maintenance Personnel. "The results of the Health Study point to an association between exposure to chemicals used in the F-111 Deseal/Reseal programs and a number of adverse health outcomes presenting in some personnel who were involved in these programs." Link to Report (27 Oct 04).

F-111s FLying at Nellis Once Again. RAAF F/A-18s and F-111s have arrived at Nellis AFB for RED FLAG (22 Oct 04). Photos wanted!!

Emasculating the RAAF, RAAF F-111s Face Early Retirement. see Flight International May 2004

Is the JSF Right for Australia? Pt1 - F-35 vs F/A-22
See April 2004 Australian Aviation magazine!!

DivX MPEG4 Music Videos (and new links to Matt's videos) here.


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Another Aussie DoD F-111 Video
(3.8MB mpg)

STRIKE FORCE MERGE
HISTORY - 1 - 2
JJ McKENZIE 70's Gallery
30th Anniv MERCHANDISE

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