Article Summary and Key Points: The F-111 Aardvark was a revolutionary Cold War-era aircraft, renowned for its speed, payload capacity, and adaptability. Featuring the world’s first variable ...

-Primarily serving as a bomber, the F-111 could deliver 8,000 pounds of bombs ... The General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark was a multi-role aircraft designed to meet the U.S. Department of Defense's ...

The F-111 was one of the earliest joint-service aircraft, meant to fulfill both the U.S. Air Force’s requirement for a swing-wing strike bomber and the U.S. Navy’s requirement for a long-range ...

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 ...

Pentagon leaders insisted that an Air Force fighter-bomber would make a great Navy ... A series of compressor stalls marred the F-111 test program, tarnishing the aircraft’s reputation among ...

Though early growing pains saw a diminished reputation for the F-111 Aardvark, it would go on to be one of the safest military bombers of all time, maintaining a 0.015 loss rate with only 77 ...

Melinda Andersson grew up obsessed with the F-111 fighter bomber, and is now the caretaker of the last one ever to switch off its engines and the envy of plane fanatics across the country.

An additional 76 FB-111 bomber variants were built, and 42 of the fighters were rebuilt as EF-111 electronic attack models. ... The F-111 was an oustanding aircraft by its size, ...

F-111 Aardvark: The Multi-Role Bomber That Redefined Air Warfare. ... (CV-66), launched fourteen A-6E strike aircraft and twelve F/A-18 and A-7 strike support aircraft.