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29th January 2013, 09:10 AM
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That, the fact that no one else could have possibly afforded to buy, upgrade, and operate them. Plus there are some (not many) common systems with the F-14s still operated by Iran...
Only about half the F-111 was buried (none shredded), and many of these were G models which hadn't flown and had been stored in the open for years. At least a dozen Pigs have been allocated to museums. 
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10th February 2013, 03:42 PM
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That was part of it, but I think the F-14-commonality played a big part too. The F-111Gs were de-nuked before we got them - even the astro-nav system was removed.
Basically, if the F-111s couldn't be displayed in a museum with the appropriate level of security as approved by the Commonwealth, they had to be either returned to the US, stored in a Commonwealth facility, or destroyed. Initially the only museums that were going to be able to get them were those on bases (e.g Point Cook, Amberley, Edinburgh), but this was relaxed. As the cost of disassembling them and removing some of the more toxic substances was more than the scrap metal value, the decision was taken to bury them. I think the burial site is also fenced off and security monitored. Last edited by A McLaughlin; 10th February 2013 at 03:48 PM.
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