1. One-for-One.
- Author
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Perrett, Bradley, Warwick, Graham, and Barrie, Douglas
- Subjects
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FIGHTER planes , *AIR power (Military science) - Abstract
The article focuses on the efforts of the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) to lobby for an order of 100 Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning aircraft. It notes that an initial Australian order is expected after the release of a defense white paper in 2009. Air Marshal Mark Binskin, chief of the air force, argues that the F-35 will be part of an integrated airpower system on which the country could not improve. It states that an order is needed in 2009 if deliveries are to begin by 2012 or 2013.
- Published
- 2008