Royal Australian Air Force aircraft
Current fleet
F/A-18 Hornet: multi-role fighter for air-to-air and air-to-ground missions
F-111: supersonic long-range strike aircraft
AP-3C Orion: maritime patrol aircraft
C-17 Globemaster: our first heavy transport aircraft
C-130 Hercules: ubiquitous medium transport aircraft
DHC-4 Caribou: versatile tactical light transport aircraft
Boeing 707: air-to-air refuelling tanker and transport
Challenger CL-604: VIP transport for up to 9 passengers
BBJ (Boeing Business Jet): VIP transport for up to 30 passengers
Pilatus PC-9/A: basic training aircraft of the Australian Defence Force (ADF), also used for aerobatics and forward air control
Hawk: initial or lead-in fighter trainer
King Air: versatile aircraft primarily used for training, also used for other transport tasks
Future acquisitions
Wedgetail AEW&C: our first airborne early warning and control aircraft is due early 2007
KC-30B MRTT: the new KC-30B Multi-Role Tanker Transports will replace the Boeing 707s from 2009
F/A-18F Super Hornet: upgraded multi-role fighter will replace the F-111s in 2010
JSF: the Joint Strike Fighter is the most likely aircraft to replace the Hornets and F-111s after 2012