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The General Dynamics F-111 “Aardvark,” born from the 1960s TFX program, was a groundbreaking tactical strike aircraft and the ...
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 ...
PLATTSBURGH "" About 350 former FB-111 pilots, navigators and crew members landed in Plattsburgh for the fifth FB-111 Swing Wing reunion. "Everyone here was stationed here at one point. This ...
It’s enough to make anyone believe in miracles. On Jan. 30, 1981, a $10.5 million FB-111A jet bomber plummeted directly toward the most densely populated section of Portsmouth. Roughly 2,500 ...
These aircraft included the B-57 Canberra, the F-105 Thunderchief (more of a heavy fighter-bomber configured into a medium bomber role), and the FB-111 Aardvark, a large interceptor that proved ...
In 1986, a U.S. Air Force FB-111A ferried a heart transplant from Oklahoma to Connecticut in two hours to save a patient. Check out our latest YouTube videos. Watch here 🎥 ...
The F-111 was an oustanding aircraft by its size, weight, swing wings and escape module. We had the chance to have at Plattsburgh AFB until 1996 two squadrons of FB-111A ...