RAAF Hedges JSF Bet With Super Hornet

Credit: AUSTRALIAN DEFENSE DEPT.
Australia is making a surprise move to buy 24 Boeing F/A-18F Super Hornets as interim replacements for its much larger F-111 strike bombers, showing just how nervous it is about Lockheed Martin's F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program. The expected A$3-billion ($2.4 billion) order through the U.S...

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