F-111C last public showing today by RAAF.

What was the point of the dump and burn? I always see pictures of it but never an explanation as to why it's done.

 

I bet Terry is a bit misty eyed today

 

Chas- Yup. Great old bird.

Rob- The RAAF is the only AF is the world to publicly torch in their F-111s. A few of us USAF types may have done it over the years. It actually was not prohibited in the USAF, but nobody wanted to tell their boss they just lit off $5K+ worth of taxpayer fuel.

I flew them for nearly 18 years and over 2000 hours of flight time, including 20 combat sorties in Desert Storm. They always got me home, even the one with the crushed starboard wing and 10,000 lbs of GBU-24s on board.

Taz
Terry Phillips

 

more arcane phrases I have to look up in urban dictionary...

 

The closest I have come to seeing a dump and burn was when this F-15 had a AB malfunction at Nellis in 2006. Unfortunately I missed the shot myself when I lowered my lens when I saw the stream of fuel streaming behind the jet

http://jetphotos.net/viewphoto.php?id=5865221

 

Try this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avro_Vulcan

M

 

Rob- I see POM is now officially not regarded as offensive in Australia. Various references to POM including slang for pomegranate/immigrant and "prisoner of the monarchy". Digger is a much more popular term for Australian soldiers.

The Avro Vulcan was the last of the V bombers: Vulcan, Victor and Valiant of the early cold war years. Its last claim to fame was bombing missions during the Falklands War in the early 80s. I was in the UK at the time flying F-111Fs at RAF Lakenheath and watched the war daily on BBC. We passed every AIM-9L USAFE had to the RAF, who put them to good use with their Harriers.

Taz
Terry Phillips

 

This may help in understanding Rob

http://valuesaustralia.com/australian_values.htm

Also, POM is usually followed by a noun, as in "Pommy b*stard".

Don't call an aussie that.

M

 

My favorite story about Aussies came from WW2 in Egypt when the Aussie and Brits had their backs to the wall in Alexandria. Two Australian soldiers brushed past a British officer on the street in Alexandria without saluting. The British officer pulled them up short and reminded them that they hadn't saluted. One of the soldiers said, " We ain't saluting today, mate!" And they walked off.

 

Rob- Affirmative. They actually did a pretty good job of hitting the runway, considering they were at medium altitude with dumb bombs. Normally doing that to a runway does little good because of all the rapid runway repair capabilities modern AF's have, but there was not much capability on the Falklands. The bombing raid, the longest such mission in RAF history, however, was a complete success because it boosted morale and put the Argentineans on notice that the RAF could easily reach Buenos Aires if they attempted to expand the war.

Funny thing was, the UK was about ready to cede the Falklands to Argentina before the ill-considered invasion. That fell off the table pretty quickly.

Taz
Terry Phillips