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Monday, 9 August 2004
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Mr Price asked the Minister representing the Minister for Defence, upon notice, on 15 June 2004:

(1) When were FA18 aircraft first brought into service in the RAAF.

(2) Has the Defence Science and Technology Organisation (DSTO) been tasked to develop a program to combat corrosion for the aircraft; if so, when; if not why not.

(3) Has the DSTO been tasked to develop an ageing program for the FA18 similar to that for the F111; if so, when; if not, why not.


Fran Bailey (Minister for Employment Services and Minister Assisting the Minister for Defence) —The Minister for Defence has provided the following answer to the honourable member's question:

(1) 4 May 1985.

(2) Yes. July 1993.

(3) Yes. The DSTO has provided science and technology support, including research on ageing issues, to the Tactical Fighter System Program Officer for the F/A-18 since 1984 and continues to do so.