A Funeral Unlike Any Other On November 21, 2011, convoys of trucks arrived at a landfill in Queensland, Australia. Their ...
The F-111 Aardvark wasn’t just fast—it was revolutionary. With variable-sweep wings, terrain-following radar, and a fully ejectable cockpit, this Cold War marvel pushed the boundaries of what military ...
The General Dynamics F-111, better known in Air Force circles as the Aardvark, was a supersonic, medium-range, multirole combat aircraft that served not only the U.S. Air Force, but the air forces of ...
Often called upon to perform missions across significant distances, the F-111 had a large fuel capacity and efficient turbofan engines. The General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark was ahead of its time, ...
In the 1960s, the U.S. military tried to solve two problems with one aircraft. Then-Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara pushed the Tactical Fighter Experimental (TFX) program, hoping to create a ...