Issue 259: A New Era
Exploring the RAAF air combat strategy
Australia’s air combat fleet is set for generational change in the next few years with the impending retirement of the F-111 and the upgraded ‘classic’ F/A-18A/B Hornets well into their last decade of service.
Indeed the process is well underway already with the RAAF’s first of 24 Boeing F/A-18F Super Hornets now less than six months away from first flight, while the government is due to soon confirm its selection of the Lockheed Martin F-35A JSF to fulfil the RAAF’s air combat needs from next decade.
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