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Half of Australian Super Hornet Buy Wired For Growler Conversion

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Thursday, July 16th, 2009

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ST LOUIS--Australia is acquiring 12 F/A-18F Block II Super Hornets wired with the capability of being converted to EA-18 G Growler airborne electronic attack platforms. Boeing [BA] recently unveiled the first of 24 Super Hornets being purchased for the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). "We are wiring the last 12 aircraft to be capable to be converted to Growlers," Air Marshal Mark Binskin, the chief of the Royal Australian Air Force, said here yesterday. "Whether we continue down the Growler…

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