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By Webmaster-Au - David de Botton
Download sheet showing
AF SN# vs GD SN# (36Kb pdf)
Also
see gallery of RAAF F-111's by Lenn Bayliss
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1 SQN 82nd
Wing RAAF Amberley - image Lenn Bayliss S / N 154. 67-0109. USAF Delivery 15/07/69; 'NC' 430 TFS/474 TFW 2nd image courtesy of 82nd Wing RAAF Base Amberley - Operation Pitch Black 2002 |
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1 SQN 82nd
Wing RAAF Amberley - image from 82nd Wing 1st image - Australian Commonwealth Department of Defence |
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82nd Wing RAAF Amberley |
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1 SQN 82nd
Wing RAAF Amberley - images Lenn
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F-111C |
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82 Wing RAAF
Amberley image by Lenn Bayliss |
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Modified
by GD for the RAAF to RF-111C. Arrived at Amberley 22 August 1979. |
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F-111C |
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Crashed
and destroyed 13 September 1993 near Guyra NSW during night simulated
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F-111C |
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Crashed and
destroyed 2 April 1987 near Tenterfield NSW during night simulated
attack. FATAL. Marker indicating
the crash site. - MEMORIAL
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F-111C |
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82 Wing RAAF Amberley. 1st image courtesy of Lenn Bayliss
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F-111C |
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82 Wing RAAF Amberley. Images by Lenn Bayliss |
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F-111C |
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82 Wing RAAF
Amberley. 1st image by Lenn Bayliss |
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F-111C |
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82 Wing RAAF
Amberley. |
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Crashed and destroyed
29 September 1977 after bird strike (pelican) through canopy at Evans
Head Air Weapons Range NSW. Ejection unsuccessful as out of parameters.
FATAL. Killed were SQNLDR John Holt and FLTLT A.P. 'Phil' Noordink. Call sign Falcon 32.82 Wing RAAF |
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Amberley.Modified by 3AD to RF-111C See images by Anthony Hicks Avalon Air Show |
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F-111C |
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82 Wing RAAF
Amberley. image - on tarmac with armament fitters loading AGM84 missiles, RAAF Amberley: 30/4/1988 Images courtesy of RAAF Base Amberley 82 Wing Photographic Unit |
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Crashed and destroyed
28 April 1977 near Armidale NSW. Aircraft engine fire resulting from a ruptured bleed air duct. This set off the engine fire warning system but in fact burnt through the inner skin into a fuel tank. (Brian Hampton) Both crew survived ejection. Crew were USAF CAPT W.H. Baker and FLTLT D.A. Clarkson. Module at Amberley. |
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Crashed and destroyed
24 August 1979 at Ohakea New Zealand after double engine failure on
takeoff due water ingestion (prior to 'chimed' nose wheel tires.). Both crew survived ejection. Module used in the F-111 software facility at Amberley. Although the airframe was totally destroyed, both engines were recovered, refurbished, by the RAAF and returned to operational service.The first refurbished engine test flight was flown by the Nav who had ejected from A8-137. He was not informed of the significance of the the test flight until after he returned from the mission.(info Gordo). |
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82 Wing RAAF Amberley - 1st image by Steve Power |
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Crashed and destroyed
28 January 1986 into the sea near Moruya NSW at night during simulated
attack. Crew included exchange USAF WSO. FATAL. Killed were FLTLT Stephen M. Erskine and CAPT Gregory S. Angell. Callsign Buckshot Colt 1 |
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Crashed and destroyed
25 October 1978 in Auckland harbor New Zealand after fire. Both crew survived ejection. Both crew members now 'Star' rank. Module refitted as an AUP F-111C and used extensively for Public Relations events. Image of salvage via Ivan Dominikovich. |
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First production
AUP aircraft. Test flew at RAAF Amberley 27 Feb 1996. |
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F-111C
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82 Wing RAAF
Amberley - Modified
by 3AD to RF-111C. Tuesday the 18th of July 2006 at approximately 2.00pm On departure the portside Mn Lndg Gr wheel fell off. Pilot Peter Komar, 29 and navigator Flight Lieutenant Luke Warner, 31 The bellyflop landing was the first performed by an F-111 in its 33 years of service with the RAAF. The 29-year-old pilot had only graduated from the F-111 training course two weeks ago, but his 32-year-old crew member is considered one of the most experienced F-111 navigators. Both crewmen who made a spectacular belly-landing in an ageing F-111 jet said they were more nervous facing the media yesterday than they were during their dangerous wheels-up return to earth. The pilot, Flying Officer Peter Komar, 29, and navigator Flight Lieutenant Luke Warner, 32, landed their RAAF jet safely at Amberley air base west of Brisbane on Tuesday after a wheel fell off during take-off. Flying Officer Komar has only 70 hours' flying experience and graduated from the F-111 training course only a fortnight ago. Both he and Flight-Lieutenant Warner knew they had a serious problem after personnel in the control tower told them the wheel had separated from the aircraft and hurtled down the runway. They circled for three hours to burn off their full load of fuel. While experienced RAAF pilots tried out landing scenarios on an F-111 simulator, the two crewmen aboard the bomber cracked jokes. The decision was made to come in low and slow with an arrester hook extended to catch a cable stretched across the runway, a technique similar to that used for landing on aircraft carriers. That worked perfectly — cutting the aircraft's speed from 139 knots to nothing in barely a second — and the two walked away unharmed, despite what they describe as a "pretty solid jolt". With their hearts racing, the pair leapt from the jet as it came to rest in a shower of sparks. Fire engines blasted it with foam to stop it from catching fire. The aircraft suffered only superficial damage and almost certainly can be repaired. But the pilot admitted that it could have blown up. .The pilot stayed in the cockpit for a few extra seconds to shut the engines down. Both men will be back in the air next week. "The sooner the better." image courtesy of Lenn Bayliss |
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82 Wing
RAAF Amberley.1st
image courtesy of RAAF - taking part in Excersize Arhnem on the
20th May 2004 |
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F-111C
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82 Wing RAAF
Amberley. Modified
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82 Wing RAAF Amberley. |
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82 Wing RAAF Amberley. 1st image at RAAF Nowra NAFB by Tony Paton 2nd image by Lenn Bayliss |
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