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In
the early 1960's the Air Force was looking for a tactical
fighter-bomber and the Navy a new air-defense fighter.
Secretary of Defense McNamara combined the two requirements in one
set of specifications. Eventually, the Navy bowed out going
with the F-14 Tomcat instead.
The first flight of the F-111A was in 1964
with production aircraft entering service in 1967. This
swing-wing aircraft was capable of exceeding Mach 2. It's
typical mission was low-level penetration to bomb tactical targets.
Over 560 were built for the U.S. Air Force, Royal
Air Force and Royal Australian Air Force. The F-111 was
unofficially nicknamed the "Aardvark". |
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| Specifications
(F-111F) |
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Designations |
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 | Type: Bomber (I don't care what the
designation says) |
| Engines: two 25,100 lb (111.6 kN)
afterburning thrust Pratt &
Whitney TF30-P-100 turbofans |
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| F-111: U.S. Air Force
"fighter" |
| RF-111: Reconnaissance version |
| FB-111: Fighter-Bomber |
| EF-111: ECM version, named Raven,
also known as Sparkvark |
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Stuff
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Display Model
1/48 scale
Mahogany |
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CD-ROM
F-111 Aardvark and EF-111 Raven
Hundreds of images |
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