Australia’s Air Defence Future
ADFRAS Submissions, 2006
Peter Inglis’ submission to the Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Inquiry into Australian Defence Force Regional Air Superiority, 2006
- Timeline of the inquiries
- Censoring the voice of the citizenry
- Comparison of F-111 and F-35
- Gatekeepers revealed - hoist on their own petard - and unashamed
- For in-depth information on these matters go to www.ausairpower.net.
- Australian Federal Govenment page on the two Senate inquiries into Australia's future: http://www.aph.gov.au/house/committee/jfadt/adfair/index.php - 404 error, web page has gone
F-22A. This is the aircraft Australia should be acquiring from our ally, the USA.
Japan has already done so!
Selling us the F-22 is the most cost-effective way for Australia to go forward.
Benefits to the USA:
- Have an effective ally down here in the Air Defence regime
- Have commonality in logistics (parts/maintenance etc) for when they deploy here
- Sell us a better jet!
- Restart the F-22 program for their own air defence (it was shelved to make the case for needing the F-35).