Key Points and Summary on F-111: The General Dynamics F-111 "Aardvark" was a revolutionary multi-role strike aircraft renowned for its long range, high speed, and massive payload—the largest of any US ...

As a military-hardware order that had been proclaimed the richest in U.S. history, the F-111 fighter-bomber project seemed likely to set more records for hot controversy than cold cash. Air Force and ...

Summary and Key Points: The F-111 Aardvark was the world's first production variable-sweep-wing aircraft — a Cold War bomber built to fly fast and low after Soviet surface-to-air missiles made ...

U.S. Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall announced in June that the service’s Next-Generation Air Dominance program has entered engineering and manufacturing development. This transition from the ...

As Peter Davies notes in his book, F-111 and EF-111 Units In Combat, both services were looking for an aircraft with similar characteristics, albeit for different mission sets. Both the Air Force and ...

The definitive F-111F sported engines with thirty-five percent more thrust, an upgraded radar and a Pave Tack infrared targeting pod that allowed crew to identify targets on the ground and hit them ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: While the F-111 has been retired, a similar aircraft remains in use today. The Russian Sukhoi Su-24 Fencer was conceived shortly after the F-111, and is remarkably ...