Photo by Dick London.

A8-132 was the eighth F-111 allocated to the RAAF and made its first flight in 1968, not delivered to RAAF at Amberley till July 1973 following storage in the US due to concerns about the type's serviceability. After operating with 1 Sqdn, from 1979 to 1988 it was allocated to ARDU at Edinburgh. The white lower surfaces were added to provide contrast in images of weapons release during trials. It later returned to testing as the prototype for the Avionics Update Program (AUP) and also engine replacement using surplus US stocks. In 2019 SAAM exchanged their preserved F-111 A8-134 for this one.

First flown in 1969 and delivered to the RAAF in December 1973, operated by 1 and 6 Sqdns till retirement in 2010. Repainted in its SEA camouflage, it is one of 12 preserved examples that escaped burial near Brisbane where 23 F-111s remain entombed.

1 Sqn F-111C taxiing to the EOR at RF 07-02?

RAAF F-111C departing off 03L during a Red Flag in the middle of February 2006

Ex-F-111A 67-0112/USAF; delivered to RAAF 15 Jan 1983 and modified to F-111C; retired and located at Amberley dump by Sep 2010; scrapped and fuselage buried at Swanbank landfill side near Ipswich Nov 2011. Photo by Dick London.

Now on display after extensive restoration by the RAAF Heritage team, A8-32 proudly wears its ARDU colours.

A8-125 wears a celebration 1917-2007 tail at the 2007 Avalon Airshow.

Preserved at the Darwin Aviation Museum is F-111C A8-113.

Two months before its crash this F-111 was displayed at RAF Fairford at the International Air Tattoo (IAT) 1993. It crashed near Guyra NSW, Australia on 13th Sept, 1993. Unfortunately both crew on board lost their lives.

Accepted by the RAAF in 01/10/1973. In Service with 1 Sqn. It was also the first RAAF F-111 modified with Pave Tack. Retired on 3rd December 2010. it was repainted in SEA camouflage before becoming a gate guard at RAAF Amberley on 19th December 2010

Part of a group of RAAF F-111C's departing Nellis on a Green Flag change-over

Looking a little bit drab until the RAAF Heritage team can do their work is F-111C A8-142. It flew with both 1 and 6 Squadrons during its active service time.