Final flameout heralds the last year of the ‘Pig’
There can be few finer sights in aviation than a General Dynamics F-111 bomber demonstrating the “dump-and-burn” routine.
There can be few finer sights in aviation than a General Dynamics F-111 bomber demonstrating the “dump-and-burn” routine. And here this week enjoy every second of it, for it could well be the last time you have the chance to witness the spectacle. The Royal Australian Air Force is retiring its F-111s in early December, and the Singapore Airshow is the final hurrah for the type outside its homeland. After 37 years of sterling service Down Under, the “Pig” will fly no more.
The RAAF’s No. 6 Squadron is the last unit to fly the type, its sister unit at RAAF Amberley, No. 1 Squadron having already begun conversion to the Boeing F/A-18F Super Hornet, with the first of the new jets set to arrive in March.
