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Originally Posted by PeterEde
Noticed the ski ramp on the bow Brendan. We don't have an airwing in the navy. Yet 
When the F35 arrives and has been proven successful we'll have a fleet of F35Bs.
But watch this space. |
It's an existing Spanish design, and it was going to cost a gazillion dollars to get the STVOL ski-jump taken off, so we kept it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMAS_Canberra_(LHD_02)