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Excerpt from follow-up report in Australian Aviation site (credible) follows. BTW Butterworth ceased to be a RAAF base quite some years years ago, although dets still swing through, and whatnot. Very little RAAF kit and kaboodle there, and most of the few pers around are HVA folks. Won't be...

Yes.

According to the Daily Mail the T26 frigate can do Mach 3.  ;D

Oh, just give the powers-that-be a chance............ Once upon a time I thought nothing - repeat, nothing - would top the USAF tanker project for weapons-grade dumbity, but I hereby happily concede that I was just a tad premature in that judgment.

Single-ship deployments end in second half of next year, although unknown what plans are in place for CTF150 commitments, et al.

Not bad! Even more food for thought is the fact that RAN just shoved its first task group on patrol since most people in this forum were born. The last was Indian Ocean Deployment 1980, when a mate of mine went for an unscheduled swim from his Skyhawk when the carrier catapult went u/s. Now...

The official shipbuilding plan and industrial policy was announced by the gov't the other day. By my reading of several sources, it's pretty good. At last, an end to stop/start/stop/start production and too many yards scrambling for insufficient work to maintain critical mass. First, a very...

Official Bolt From The Blue TM Kiwi govt has asked US about buying four P-8s. Talking about being knocked over by a feather...... :o

Pentagon has released a vide, here - https://youtu.be/mVihLVKkLyY

Tried to find an extant thread re Discovery but nothing came up. Admin, please move this to such a place if you know of one! A good mate of mine is driving Lears for AA, and having a blast. We spoke some time ago about contracting offshore red air for domestic RAAF support, but uniforms and...

RAAF F-35s hit homeplate at Amberley for the first time. This worth watching (just over 2mins) - https://youtu.be/ksHcfnQB3Ws

Funnily enough, the Swedish govt has no idea of what he's talking about, and has requested clarification. For those who aren't up to speed on this, Trump claimed that there had been a terrorist attack in Sweden. He possibly meant Sehwan, a mere 3270 miles from Stockholm. In Pakistan.

Well said, Sir! Made me laugh.  :D That should be a bumper sticker.  :nod:

From Canberra Times letters page....

Yes. The final UK-USA paperwork was signed by both SECDEFs a few weeks ago.