m, correct. The short answer is that for many years now the RAAF have been anticipating an order of a total of 100 F-35As. There are several threads about this topic. The very long thread here:
http://www.f-16.net/f-16_forum_viewtopic-t-12631.html
mentions the possiblity that you mention but it was 'howled down' by 'some in the know' however I'll never say never myself.
What I anticipate is that once the big flat decks start visiting Australian capital cites and once USMC F-35Bs pay the LHDs a visit our country will wonder why we also do not have F-35Bs. In that case it is still unlikely that those LHDs would operate F-35Bs however in far furture we may see another LHD or two or even a spare CVF for that purpose. How likely that is depends on so many factors. If you are interested in the Fixed Wing Carrier world that ended in the early 1980s for the RAN FAA then just head to the website in my signature:
www.a4ghistory.com Most of the videos at:
http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=bengello#g/u were put there by moi with the help of the chap who updates that site.
Many ex-A4G pilots went to the RN FAA to fly SHARS in the early 1980s when the 'fixed wing folded' - that was after my time there in the early 1970s in the heyday of that era with 2 batches of A4Gs arriving along with the S-2s to revive the fixed wing FAA that is today long been gone as mentioned. Good photo of a packed HMAS Melbourne on this page:
http://www.f-16.net/f-16_forum_viewtopi ... rt-15.html
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