It served from 1967 until 1996 – an extraordinary run for a jet that was ... and Operation Desert Storm. The F-111 also carried 750-pound conventional bombs. There was a 20mm cannon for self ...

The F-111 Aardvark’s fuselage could lug bomb loads up to 31,000 pounds and fuel for missions up to 2,500 miles long. When the F-111 aircraft first took to the skies during the Cold War ...

It was designed for a number of roles, including attack, strategic bombing, reconnaissance, and electronic warfare (EW). The F-111 was the first production aircraft to feature variable-sweep wings ...

Approaching the starting point for the bomb run, we were 10 seconds slow ... It had to have been Karma 52, the F-111 that was lost on the raid. Neither of us could afford to dwell on our feelings ...

USAF, Navy and Marines Struck Back at Qaddafi’s Libya for Terrorist Bombing. Their swing-wings ... Dorado Canyon was the shining moment of the F-111’s legacy. The aircraft, originally endorsed ...