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Originally Posted by sc_rufctr
Thanks, I didn't know this. We had a bunch of F-111 with the Australian air force.
They've all been retired. The last in 2010.
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The Australian government ordered 24 F-111C aircraft to replace the RAAF's English Electric Canberras in the bombing and tactical strike role.[72] While the first aircraft was officially handed over in September 1968, structural issues delayed the entry into service.[73] The first F-111C was accepted at Nellis Air Force Base on 15 March 1973.[74] The RAAF's first six F-111Cs arrived at Amberley on 1 July 1973, and three subsequent flights of six F-111s arrived on 27 July, 28 September and 4 December.[74] F-111Cs were allocated to No. 1 Squadron and No. 6 Squadron, under the control of No. 82 Wing. In Australia, the F-111 was affectionately known as the "Pig", due possibly to its long nose, terrain-following ability,[75][76] and/or the origins of the word aardvark (i.e. a loanword in English from Afrikaans, in which it originally meant "earth-pig").[77]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Dynamics_F-111_Aardvark