From its powerful engines to its deadly payload, the F-111 was a weapon of sheer destruction. Join us as we take you on an ...

Key Points and Summary - The F-111 Aardvark, a long and sleek fighter-bomber known for its variable-sweep wings, was one of the most successful aircraft in U.S. Air Force history. -This versatile ...

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 represented ...

Summary and Key Points: The F-111 “Aardvark,” introduced during the Cold War, was a groundbreaking multirole attack aircraft considered by some as the “F-35 of its day.” -Developed to address 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 and ...

The F-111 Aardvark aircraft proved itself to be a dependable mission platform, especially in Operation Desert Storm , when its ability to fly low and fast gave it an advantage. When the United States ...

The United Kingdom’s Royal Air Force decided to keep the classic F-111 Aardvark all the way until 2010, yet the US Air Force retired the aircraft in the 1990s, a nearly 20-year disparity which raises ...

The F-111B was designed to defend the fleet, but only one landed aboard an aircraft carrier, the Coral Sea, in 1968, after the program was cancelled. The controversy swirling around the F-35 joint ...

Everyone sings the praises of the A-10 Thunderbolt II, and rightly so. There's something that's eternally cool about a military attack jet that's built more around its cannon than its wings or engine.

Royal Australian Air Force F-111C fighters from No. 6 Squadron at RAAF Station Amberley, Australia, soar over Nevada during a Red Flag 09-03 mission on March 4, 1993. Australia’s abrupt decision to ...