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Yes paying off the F111 is the end of an era in Australian aviation. I had very little to do with them. Possibly worked on some of their IFF. I was supposed to have a couple of F111's and Mirages do a bombing run on the old Trinity Bay dredge back in the early 80's. I m not sure if I got the F111's but the Mirages did the bomb runs. I was ground control (as a civvy) on HMAS Warnambool.
When I was at Amberly 6 Squadron flew Canberra's and Lincolns. Major Stoner USAF was the CO at the time. Watched him land a canberra with no nose wheel. He scratched the paint but little else. He was a real nice guy. He gave me a lift back from Brisbane one night after leave. I had a good long chat with him and his wife before he told me who he was. ACR's did not hobnob with majors.
Barry
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