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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Dec 21, 1970
Page
2
A Senate subcommittee report faults senior Pentagon officials for deceit and mismanagement in the F-111 program calling it a failure and the greatest fiscal blunder. It names Roswell Gilpatric and Robert McNamara among those blamed and cites high level decisions that overrode expert advice.
Washington report says Robert McNamara silent under subcommittee repercussion while Charles Gilpatric disputes the panel’s portrayal. The hearing focused on General Dynamics and the TRS fighter program amid cost-cutting claims and conflicts of interest.
The report details Mr Gilpatric's disqualification from a defense contract decision after becoming Deputy Defence Secretary and the shift of his law firm partner to General Dynamics board. It describes a flagrant conflict of interest and deliberate misdirection to a subcommittee. Problems plagued the F-111 project from 1961 onward with aerodynamics and freight growth challenges. By 1964 the Navy noted serious issues in the F-111B version.
A senior executive of Massing Aviation and Engineering Ltd based in Cootamundra denied reports that the airline will go out of business. He said the firm would likely curtail some lighter services but would continue its main operations.
Wing Commander L R Anderson, one of the RAAF’s most experienced maritime pilots, is to take over as commanding officer of No 10 (Maritime) Squadron at Townsville Queensland from Acting Wing Commander D L Dunstan, posted to the RAAF Staff College, Canberra.
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