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. ...

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.

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 ...

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.

Summary and Key Points: The F-111, nicknamed “Aardvark,” was a groundbreaking aircraft for the U.S. Air Force, debuting in the late 1960s with advanced features like sweep-wing technology ...

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 ...

Repairs to the F-111 –- one of 21 active jets -– are expected to cost hundreds of thousands of dollars. Initially the pelican bounced off the nose before being sucked into an engine.

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.