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How the US Air Force’s F-111 Aardvark changed air warfare forever

The F-111 Aardvark pioneered a variety of new technological innovations for the US Air Force—and proved that they could be ...
National Security Journal on MSN

How the F-111 “Pig” Gave Australia Its Most Fearsome Strike Jet

The American-built F-111 Aardvark became an unlikely Australian icon. -Adopted by the RAAF in the 1970s and nicknamed the “Pig,” the swing-wing bomber brought Mach-2 speed, deep-strike range, Harpoon ...
The National Interest

F-111 Aardvark: The ‘Whispering Death’ Warplane

The United States Air Force’s supersonic, multirole jet, the F-111 Aardvark, had an inauspicious start in the 1960s, but it ultimately evolved into a lethal platform. In fact, it was such a useful ...
The National Interest

The F-111 Aardvark Almost Killed a World Leader

Here's What You Need to Remember: While the F-111 has been retired, a similar aircraft remains in use today. The Russian Sukhoi Su-24 Fencer was conceived shortly after the F-111, and is remarkably ...
Time

Aircraft: Takeoff for the F-111

As a military-hardware order that had been proclaimed the richest in U.S. history, the F-111 fighter-bomber project seemed likely to set more records for hot controversy than cold cash. Air Force and ...
Aviation Week

Opinion: How The F-111 Sets A Precedent For NGAD

U.S. Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall announced in June that the service’s Next-Generation Air Dominance program has entered engineering and manufacturing development. This transition from the ...
Yahoo

F-111 Aardvark's Crew Escape Module Ejected The Whole Cockpit

On March 30, 1968, Maj. Sandy Marquardt and Capt. Joe Hodges of the U.S. Air Force were forced to use the escape module of their swing-wing F-111 Aardvark strike jet. The F-111A, which had yet to ...