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Why the F-111 Aardvark was very tedious to maintain
The F-111 Aardvark
The F-111 Aardvark was an all-weather attack aircraft capable of low-level penetration of enemy defenses to deliver ordnance on the target. Additionally,...
SR-71 pilot tells when he revealed Blackbird’s true top speed
‘At some point in the evening, the F-111 guys began to press me, in a good-natured way, for classified information about the SR-71. Probably...
Combat Lancer: The F-111’s first flight
On March 25, 1968, the F-111A began its combat career with a night of strikes, starting with a 500kt, 500ft solo attack that fully...
A former F-111 WSO recalls his Operation Linebacker II ejection over North Vietnam.
“If I had been superstitious at all, I probably wouldn’t have flown the mission at all. Every one of the previous F-111s lost had...
Operation El Dorado Canyon, a long-range F-111 strike mission that destroyed Libyan terrorist training camps
Operation El Dorado Canyon, the Air Force's longest combat mission flown by a tactical aircraft at the time, was hailed as a triumph
On April...