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Thursday, April 25, 2013

Last F111 fighter-bomber on show in Wollongong


Australia's last operational F111 fighter-bomber has been moved from Queensland to Illawarra Regional Airport, but it won't be flying out.

The Royal Australian Air Force decommissioned the aircraft in 2010 and it is now on long-term loan to Wollongong's Historical Aircraft Restoration Society (HARS).

F111 project leader Tony Abela says that the RAAF offered several of the bombers to museums around Australia.

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