A damaged F-111 strike jet has made a precision belly landing at Amberley RAAF base after a four-hour drama which began when it lost one of its wheels. The plane's crew emerged from the aircraft seconds after it slid to a halt on Amberley's runway and ran to safety as firetrucks raced to dump foam on the jet. The plane was slowed by an arrestor hook which caught an aircraft carrier-style wire strung across the runway. The plane's aluminium skin created a spectacular shower of sparks as it slowed to a halt. The strike jet, based at Amberley, lost one of its nose wheels on takeoff and circled at high altitude before attempting to land.
ch1ckensays...

They are not transport pilots, tanker pilots or AEW&C pilots, they fly (or did, it's not retired) a combat strike aircraft so calling them glorified drivers is a bit of a cop out. They have to do a lot more than simply "drive" that aircraft.

charliemsaid:

No reason to make up the names of Pilots, these boys aren't SASR, they are just glorified drivers.

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