FAREWELL TO A ‘CLASSIC’ ERA FOR AIR COMBAT CAPABILITY

After more than 30 years of dedicated service to the Royal Australian Air Force, Australia’s fleet of McDonnell Douglas (now Boeing) F/A-18A/B Classic Hornets has been farewelled, to make way for the fifth-generation Lockheed- Martin F-35A Lightning II fighter. The aircraft were from No. 75 Squadron, based at RAAF Base Tindal, near Katherine in the