Let’s take a look at the unremembered fighter bomber the F-111. A product of the Cold War and 1960s consolidation, the F111 program suffered from an ever-growing list of requirements and was ...

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Delivery of the F-111 to the Royal Australian Air Force was held up until General Dynamics could iron out a fatal flaw in the wing pivot design. Trump and Putin agree on 'energy and infrastructure ...

The F-111’s development began in 1961 as then-Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara – who hailed from Ford Motor Company – wanted to apply automobile manufacturing ideas like different models from ...

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Its maximum range is 3,632 miles. The F-111 could accommodate an M61 Vulcan 20mm cannon and 24 conventional bombs in the internal bay or nuclear weapons. It could carry a variety of mission-specific ...

The F-111 served admirably, completing 3.2 successful strike missions for every unsuccessful strike mission; the F-111s success ratio was better than any other strike aircraft that the US used ...

The F-111 was the first production aircraft to feature variable-sweep wings, which allowed it to adjust its wing configuration based on mission requirements. The F-111 replaced several aircraft in ...

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.

In the annals of military aviation history, few aircraft can claim as controversial and impactful a legacy as the General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark. Known affectionately as “The Aardvark” and informally ...