This means Aussie Tomcats! (Such as the one attached to this post...)
That's what happened IOTL, its why we bought the DDGs, F111, bloodhound SAM, M113 APC, reversed the decision to make Melbourne a helo carrier among other things.
I'd have the PoD being the way we got jerked around in WW2, and the means to the end being the joint project with Britain. I put this idea out there every now and then, I looked back and it's like a nervous tick with me.
That's for the Navy, dimwit, the RAAF can use the Eagle to it's heart's content...Well, no need for Tomcats actually.
F-15 C will suffice.
And that's a Croatian Tomcat.
Just for that, I'm posting an RAAF Tomcat...
I've never heard of a superpower with a population of 30 million. Maybe 300 million...
Superpower Canada" anyone?
For the Air Force? That's true enough... and I have just the image you're looking for!Look, Tomcats are fine airplanes, but really no need for them, and they can be pretty good replaced with F-15 C.
Something like this isn't good enough for Australia?
It's a cute name but a carrier doesn't canada a superpower make.
TheMann has apparently succeeded...Well, nor I or the Mann, didn't want or suceed to make Australia/Canada s superpower. But it's a good name for TL/discussion, and it attracts a lot of attention.
Just to put things into perspective, IOTL Australia has the worlds 12-14th (depending on who's measuring) largest economy, the closest countries with larger economies are India and China. Australia has the worlds 12-14th (depending on who's measuring) largest defence budget, again you have to look at India and China to find a bigger spender.
Making Australia more powerful isn't too difficult and making it a military giant in South East Asia is also easy since we're pretty much there anyway.