 As of 2015 the Australian Defence Force was seeking to dispose of them during 2016.Both helicopters were buried at the Shoal Bay Landfill site near Darwin during 2016.Australian F-111s were bombed-up at the base ready to attack Indonesian forces and command systems during the tension in 1999 during the establishment of East Timor's independence and the deployment of the Australian-led International Force for East Timor.