Talk:McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II in Australian service

97203 loss

Lake 1992 sugest that under the terms of the lease agreement Australia paid £2.7 million compensation for the crashed aircraft. The article is not that clear where it mention the lost P-3 and I presume that this payment wasnt made but the article needs a tweak to clarify what actually happened. MilborneOne (talk) 09:52, 21 July 2012 (UTC)

The article notes that the cost of the F-4 was written off against that of an Australian P-3. The source doesn't give a dollar figure, but notes that it was a favourable exchange for the US. There wasn't a financial transaction (and Australia had long-since stopped using pounds by the early 70s). Regards, Nick-D (talk) 10:07, 21 July 2012 (UTC)

In response to this edit, is the source talking about $US 54 million or $A 54 million? Nick-D (talk) 10:10, 21 July 2012 (UTC)

Good question the book doesnt make it clear but as it was published in the UK and US it possibly be American Dollars. Other figures in dollars are $34 million for the two-year lease and $12 million for subsequent years if the lease was extended, not sure why the pound figure but as a British book I suspect it may be British pounds. MilborneOne (talk) 10:21, 21 July 2012 (UTC)

24 or 23?

Repairs to the RAAF's F-111Cs were undertaken from late 1971, and all 24 were accepted on 15 March 1973

However, one had already crashed. Had it been replaced, hence 24, or should the figures be 23? Hamish59 (talk) 17:29, 24 July 2012 (UTC)

Dont think any of the F-111s had crashed before 1973. MilborneOne (talk) 18:43, 24 July 2012 (UTC)

My apologies, MilborneOne, I was confusing F111s and F4s. Sigh. Hamish59 (talk) 10:55, 29 July 2012 (UTC)

wrong picture

The picture labeled "Two of the RAAF's F-4E Phantoms at RAAF Base Edinburgh in 1971" shows a pig, not a F-4. Pleas fix it — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vmaldia (talk • contribs) 02:04, 13 February 2016 (UTC)