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RAAF Super Hornets get $35 million upgrade

Washington, Usa - The RAAF's ageing F-111 bombers will retire soon after 2010

The Federal Government will spend $35 million rewiring its soon-to-be-delivered Super Hornets so that in the future they can be upgraded to include electronic warfare capabilities, Defence Minister Joel Fitzgibbon said. Under plans launched by the former Coalition Government, the RAAF's ageing F-111 bombers will retire soon after 2010. The RAAF's current fleet of F/A-18 Hornets will remain...

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Rome, Italy, 02/27/2009 18:16
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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