THE HON. JASON CLARE MP
MINISTER FOR DEFENCE MATERIEL
Wednesday, 20 October, 2010
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More Super Hornets on the way
The Royal Australian Air Force will have more firepower with another three Super Hornet fighter jets
to be delivered by the end of the year.
Minister for Defence Materiel Jason Clare said the three additional aircraft would add to the fleet of 11
Super Hornets already here in Australia.
“Super Hornets are on-schedule and under budget,” Mr Clare said.
“They will add to the fire power of our Air Force, taking our air capability to the next generation of
fighter plane.”
Mr Clare also released footage of the first test firing of the air-to-ground Joint Standoff Weapon
(JSOW C) outside of the United States.
“This weapon was dropped from one of our new Super Hornets,” Mr Clare said.
“The glide weapon has a range of up to 100 kilometres
and provides a precision strike capability
against hardened targets, such as bunkers.”
The Super Hornets conducted two firings of the JSOW C at the Woomera Test Range against two
separate hardened concrete targets between 30 August and 15 September 2010.
Both targets were successfully destroyed and all test outcomes were achieved.
“This is a significant milestone. It means that Super Hornets are on track to become operational later
this year,” Mr Clare said.
“The arrival of the Super Hornets marks an important transition for the RAAF, who will decommission
the final F-111 squadron after four decades of service.”
The F-111 squadron will be farewelled in the first week of December at RAAF Base Amberley.
Media note: Vision will be pooled to Parliament House this afternoon
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