• Aircraft:

  General Dynamics F-111C Aardvark

• Reg: A8-125 photos
• Serial #:

  D1-01

• Airline: Australia - Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF)
• Photo Date: Sep 18, 2010
• Uploaded: Oct 23, 2010
• Williamtown Air Force Base - YWLM, Australia

The RAAF will retire the remaining F-111 aircraft in December 2010, after 37 years Service since 1973. The type is being replaced by Boeing F/A-18F Super Hornets. The first F-111 flypast at the RAAF Airshow at Williamtown on 18Sep2010 was done by three aircraft with wings at different sweep angles. Photo shows F-111C A8-125 with wings swept back at 72 degrees, RF-111C A8-126 with wings at 45 degrees, and F-111C A8-135 at rear with wings swept forward at 26 degrees. The F-111 (and its unique Dump and Burn display) is now being consigned to history. It will be missed, especially by aviation photographers!

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Aerial front view of newly delivered F-111Cs A8-125, A8-127 and A8-126 (viewed Left to Right) on the apron at Amberley on 01Jul1973, before the 'Carports' were built

Wal Nelowkin A8-125

1,621 1 0 General Dynamics F-111C Aardvark

Mike Forsberg A8-125

1,935 2 0 General Dynamics F-111C Aardvark

Rear view of RAAF F-111C A8-125 Cn D1-01, carrying an AGM-84A Harpoon missile at Fairbairn on 23May1985

Wal Nelowkin A8-125

3,618 0 0 General Dynamics F-111C Aardvark

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Charlie-Aviationphotography VH-XWQ

341 1 0 Fokker 100

Tzeman Kenny Ho A27-13

324 1 0 British Aerospace Hawk Mk.127 Lead-In Fighter

Hadley H VH-FTS

292 0 0 CAC CA-25 Winjeel

Photographer

Small Attack Jet with Big bite - Close cropped Stbd side view of Italy Air Force AMX International AMX-T aircraft – Registered MM55024, Cn IT001 (First Built) Code AMX-T - on static display at the 1992 SBAC Farnborough EGLF International Airshow on 12Sep1992

Wal Nelowkin MM55024

168 1 0 Alenia/Aermacchi/Embraer TA-11A AMX-T

Close-cropped rear Portside view of USA Air Force McDonnell Douglas F-15C Eagle 84-0025 MSN 936/C328 on static display at Farnborough EGLF on 12Sep1992

Wal Nelowkin 84-0025

123 1 0 McDonnell Douglas F-15C Eagle

Low res close-cropped front Portside view of USA Air Force General Dynamics F-16C Fighting Falcon 87-0242 Cn 5C-503 (Code 86thWG) on static display at Farnborough EGLF on 09Sep1992

Wal Nelowkin 87-0242

139 0 0 General Dynamics F-16C Fighting Falcon