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Wednesday, October 11, 2006

RAAF 'won't need' interim jet


The RAAF has all but ruled out any need for an interim strike bomber to ensure adequate air combat capability between the retirement of the ageing F-111s and arrival of the new F-35 joint strike fighter (JSF).

The deputy chief of the air force, Air Vice Marshal John Blackburn, said the RAAF had considered a range of possible combat aircraft which could be acquired in event that the JSF was delayed.

He declined to say which aircraft had been considered, although the latest version of the RAAF's F/A-18 Hornet, the Superhornet, has been tipped as most likely.

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