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To: naturalman1975

Replaced by cruise missiles.


2 posted on 03/13/2011 4:30:55 PM PDT by screaminsunshine (34 States)
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To: screaminsunshine
Replaced by cruise missiles.

Replaced temporarily by F/A-18Fs, eventually to be replaced permanently by F-35As.

Neither aircraft can duplicate the F-111C's payload and range, however. The closest one can come to replacing the F-111C is with the F-15E Strike Eagle, which is what the USAF did.

7 posted on 03/13/2011 4:35:52 PM PDT by Yo-Yo (Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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