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

-Primarily serving as a bomber, the F-111 could deliver 8,000 pounds of bombs over 1,500 miles without refueling. ... It also pioneered the use of after-burning turbofan engines. ...

Revolutionary Design. The F-111 was built around two powerful yet fuel-efficient TF30 turbofan engines with new afterburner technology. A capacious fuselage could accommodate bomb loads of up to ...

Was the Navy’s F-111 Really That Bad? Pentagon leaders insisted that an Air Force fighter-bomber would make a great Navy interceptor. They should have asked the Navy.

The F-111 Aardvaark, also known as the "The Pig," served for thirty years in USAF service, and with the Royal Australian Air Force for over a decade more, with the type finally being retired in 2010.

The General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark was a low-altitude strike plane born out of a shotgun wedding between competing Air Force and Navy requirements—with Defense Secretary McNamara as the ...

It's easy to get the wrong idea about the General Dynamics F-111. Even the U.S. Military seemed to act like the cold and dismissive to it at times.

The F-111 was the first production aircraft to use variable-geometry (“swing”) wings. NGAD may be the first production aircraft to use variable-bypass Adaptive Engine Transition Program (AETP ...

Australia's fleet of 15 F-111 strike bombers has been grounded after an engine fire forced one aircraft to make an emergency landing in Singapore last week.

AUSTRALIA'S fleet of 15 F-111 strike bombers has been grounded after an engine fire forced one aircraft to make an emergency landing in Singapore last week.

The F-111, with its two engines almost flush against the sides of the fuselage, in the beginning had problems at some speeds; boundary-layer air from the fuselage became too turbulent and caused ...