$151m Planes A 'disaster'

FRESH doubts have been thrown on Australia's most costly military project in history after aviation experts slammed the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter as a "disaster" that lacks power and punch.

Planes Trains And Tourism

Planes trains and tourism

An Old Mate's Fond Memories Of A Loveable Rogue

LAST time I went flying with Geoff Milne, he suspended me upside down, high above north-east Victoria, in a frayed harness in the cramped cabin of his Wirraway, one of three Australian-made World War II fighter planes still flying in the 1980s. He laughed gleefully at the terror he heard from me over his headphones, the waters of Lake Hume, outside Albury-Wodonga, a few thousand feet below our heads.

Fighter Planes? A Pair Of Slippers Would Do The Job

Can anyone explain what exactly an FA-18 Hornet fighter plane thundering across Sydney Harbour is supposed to do in the event of an APEC emergency? Turn sharply and strafe some terrorists on the ground? Blow a suspicious looking aircraft to smithereens above the CBD? Or maybe fly back to Williamtown for reinforcements? Just curious, but it just seems like a good opportunity for the boys to use their toys.

Cost Of Fighter Planes More Than Admitted

THE true cost of each new fighter jet Australia buys from the troubled Joint Strike Fighter program is far higher than the Federal Government and Royal Australian Air Force have made public.

Fighter Boom On As Australia Signs Up

DEFENCE Minister Brendan Nelson will sign a memorandum of understanding to help develop America's futuristic F-35 Lightning Joint Strike Fighter and make another down payment of $60 million during a visit to Washington next month.

Nelson To Put Down $60m On Up-in-air Strike Fighter

DEFENCE Minister Brendan Nelson will sign a memorandum of understanding to help develop America's futuristic F-35 Lightning Joint Strike Fighter during his visit to Washington next month and make another down payment of $60 million.

War Games Expose Frontline Fighter's Battle Weakness

A LEADING defence analyst has queried the value of continuing with the $3 billion upgrade of the F/A-18 Hornet fighter jets after the planes performed poorly during exercises this year in the US.

In This, A Battle Most Uneven, Lebanon Is Paying A Terrible Price In Lives, Losses

LEBANON has no air defences to speak of, no fighter planes or long-range surface-to-air missiles, so the Israeli Air Force can carve it up at its leisure.

Germans Locked Down For Bush Visit

EAST Germany is sealed off again with barbed wire, tanks, warships and fighter planes.

Iron Curtain Descends For Bush's German Visit

EAST Germany is sealed off again with barbed wire, tanks, warships and fighter planes.

Planes That Never Flew

DVD & VIDEO REVIEW: Planes that Never Flew, Siren, 240 mins, G,documentary, 2003 ***

High Tek

Radio Birdman's multi-tasking frontman Dr Deniz Tek talks to Guy Blackman about emergency medicine, fighter jets, learning to paint and recording a new album of hard-core rock'n'roll.

Fighter Jet Costs Are Set To Soar To $18bn

THE most expensive government purchase ever - the planned acquisition of 100 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) jets - faces another cost blow-out as the US Defence Department prepares to complete another review.

'lost' Wwii Fighter Squadron May Fly Again After 60 Years

FOR more than 60 years they've lain silent under deepening snow in Greenland.

$15b Stealth Fighter Jet Order Clear For Take-off

THE most expensive Australian defence project ever - the plan to buy up to 100 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) jets - has received a boost after the US Government decided to maintain the program.

Defence Eyes Huge Planes

THE Australian Defence Force has added several massive transport planes, each of which can carry one of the army's new 60-tonne Abrams tanks, to its Christmas shopping list.

Us Fighter Drops Bomb On Nt Base

A BOMB dropped from a US fighter jet taking part in an exercise in the Northern Territory struck the ground and exploded close to an Australian Deforce Force building.

Shot From A Different Angle

SCENE One: after secret military training, fanatical Muslims board planes to attack the World Trade Centre. Scene two: as explosions rock a street, a fleeing child asks her father: "Is it the terrorists?"

Indonesia Tries Gunboat Diplomacy In Dispute With Malaysia

Indonesia's President has sent warships and fighter planes to a contested area off the Indonesian and Malaysian coasts in his first territorial dispute as the country's new leader.