The General Dynamics F-111 “Aardvark,” born from the 1960s TFX program, was a groundbreaking tactical strike aircraft and the ...

W hen it comes to pioneering aircraft in the U.S. military’s history, the F-111 Aardvark arguably takes the cake. The now-retired supersonic, medium-range, multirole combat jet first took to the ...

Having flown both jets, Marrett thinks it was a good idea to cancel the F-111B, and considers F-14s “the best all-around fighter I ever flew.” Becoming the Aardvark ...

F-111 Aardvark, also known as the "Pig," was one of the most effective military jets ever created, so why was this elite fighter jet retired?

The Air Force may have been caught off guard or was just unprepared when President Donald Trump said the next generation ...

U.S. President Donald Trump's vision of a new, twin-engine version of Lockheed Martin's F-35 fighter jet may need to be ...

But if you want our two cents, it's that if there were ever a legacy jet fighter airframe to consider bringing back into service, it's not the Iranian-compromised F-14 Tomcat. It's the Aardvark ...

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 ...

I’m excited to see the latest, greatest fighter jet in the arsenal call Alabama home.” The numbers associated with the F-35 are staggering. Each fighter has a hefty price tag of about $80 million.

Six of the fastest warplanes are from the United States: F-4 Phantom II, F-22 Raptor, F-106, F-14 Tomcat, F-15 Eagle, and the F-111 Aardvark. (see the 30 combat aircraft being built for the U.S ...

However, the fighter jet tested poorly, and several flight tragedies caused by faulty equipment, such as its left wing detaching mid-flight, tarnished the F-111's name early on.