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F-111 operational to the end

By Nigel Pittaway

Now in the final months of a 37-year career as the tip of Australia's offensive spear, the RAAF's mighty F-111 will bow out of service this December. Fittingly, Air Force plans to retire the F-111 in style but it will be a sad day when the skies of Southern Queensland are empty of the charismatic jet.

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	This edition of DefenceToday covers maritime power in Australia and introduces the Pacific 2010 International Maritime Conference to be held in Sydney in January 2010. The ambitious Air Warfare Destroyer project is on target, according to Defence, to deliver the first vessel in December 2014. Nigel Pittaway provides an update on the multi-billion dollar program.

Contents of this edition: Pacific Maritime Conference 2010 Sea Power towards 2030 Air Warfare Destroyer update P-8A 'Poseidon' maritime surveillance capability Large amphibious ships - One size fits all? Case for a third LHD Replacing Australia's naval helicopters MRH 90 training takes off Maritime strike capability for the F-35 JSF UAVs in maritime operations Evolving naval anti-ship weapons threat Identification with towed array sensor Autonomous undersea vehicles Shipboard air and missile defence systems Littoral swarm tactics Kiwi ANZAC frigate upgrades Decision time for LAND 121 MILTECH: Modern laser-guided bombs

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