jer me nije bilo 7 dana.....stavit ču sad.......

Australian government told on Tuesday that the country will acquire 24 F/A-18E/F Super Hornets and their equipment from Boeing. The deal is worth of $4,6 billion. These will fill the cap left by the existing 71 less capable F/A-18A/Bs and the Vietnam era F-111s that are expected to retire from service in 2010.

Australian’s Defence Minister Brendan Nelson told that Australia is still commited to the JSF program and said that the Super Hornets are interim combat system while waiting for the 100 F-35 Lightning II planes on order. Mr. Nelson also told that Australia will not accept any risks on defense during the transition to the F-35. So the Super Hornets are for maintaining the potent and admitted capabilities of the Australian Air Force to the next decade and beyond.

Australia is very close ally for the USA and is a part of the JSF development program which made its first test flight in December. Australian government expects to get its first JSF fighter (the F-35) in 2013. “The JSF is the most suitable aircraft for Australia’s future combat and strike needs,” Nelson told.

svi nešto kupuju, samo srpsko vazduhoplovstvo krpi i opravlja .

Pa imaju para ljudi, ne mozemo mi da se ekonomski merimo sa njima.

samo me interesuje od koga se australija brani.

Па добро,није баш да се расипају,ево нису још ни повукли Ф111 из употребе,а као што пише,празнина између садашњег састава и будућих Ф35 који ће очигледно бити окосница АРВ биће попуњена Супер Хорнетима...Озбиљна,јака и велика земља која размишља на тему безбедности и онда када непријатељи нису на видику...

5 милијарди да попуне празнину.

И према овоме ти кршеви коштају око 200 милиона по комаду. 

Od domorodaca koji su opasno naostrili kiwije!

hahahahaha !

Australia confirms AIM-9X selection for Super Hornets!

Australia has confirmed that its Boeing F/A-18F Super Hornet acquisition will include the purchase of the Raytheon AIM-9X Sidewinder short-range air-to-air missile, and potentially also Raytheon's ATFLIR targeting pod.

"We are going to go with the US Navy-common AIM-9X," says Gp Capt Stan Roberton, head of Australia's Super Hornet programme office.

"We are very happy with [MBDA's] ASRAAM and the capability that is bringing to our legacy [F/A-18A/B] Hornets, but the driver is to stay USN-common with the weapons and keep this a very low risk but high-end capability."

Decisions on whether Australia's planned fleet of Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighters will be fitted for AIM-9X rather than ASRAAM are still to be made, with trade studies continuing. "We are still considering AIM-9X and ASRAAM," said Air Vice Marshal John Harvey, head of Australia's JSF acquisition programme office, speaking during last week's Australian International Air Show at Avalon, near Melbourne.

Noting that the Super Hornet will be acquired with the AIM-9X, Harvey said: "We also see some advantages in ASRAAM, potentially with longer range than AIM-9X, and are trying to work out how that would fit in the mix for JSF."

Roberton said no decision has been made on whether to integrate the Royal Australian Air Force's new Lockheed Martin AGM-158 JASSM cruise missiles with the Super Hornet fleet, which will enter service from early 2010 (Flight International, 13-19 March).

The move will be considered by early next year as part of a broader strike study for the Australian Defence Force, but Roberton said the Super Hornet/JASSM combination "is not unlikely".

The RAAF has already conducted initial cost studies through the USN, he said, while Lockheed confirmed that it has discussed the integration effort with Australian defence authorities.

The need to maintain commonality with USN Super Hornets could also prompt the RAAF to equip its 24 aircraft with the ATFLIR targeting pod, despite having previously selected Northrop Grumman to supply its current F/A-18A/Bs with the Litening II system.

Kao sto rece iljushin, svaka ozbiljna zemlja ima ili planira da ima jak odbrambeni sistem. Kad su pitali generale iz Danske, Norveske i Svedske zasto imaju tako jake oruzane snage, kada za tim nema realne potrebe. Ovi su rekli, u pravu ste, sada ili za 5 godina, ali sta ce biti za 10... to nam niko ne moze garantovati.