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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...

When an F-111 of the Royal Australian Air Force did a belly landing

The loss of the aircraft's port main wheel soon after takeoff was the cause of the incident In the video in this post, a Royal...

The F-111 Aardvark

For the bulk of the Cold War, the F-111 Aardvark served as the U.S. Air Force's premier strike aircraft. From Vietnam onward, it participated...

The F-111: A versatile aircraft that can handle any mission

One of the first things pilots always point out is that no matter how bad the weather, the F-111 will get you there. The...

The only F-111 lost during Operation El Dorado Canyon

The sixth aircraft on the Bab al-Aziza target, an F-111F 70-2389 with the callsign "Karma 52," mysteriously disappeared On April 14, 1986, at 5:13 p.m.,...

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Navy F-8 Crusader pilot recalls escorting Soviet bombers

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The F-15 that broke eight Time-to-Climb World Records

F-15A The F-15A Eagle is an all-weather fighter designed to...

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