Though the F-111 Aardvark would go on to see combat in a multitude of military campaigns after 1972, a couple of flight tragedies tarnished the F-111's name early on. Specifically, this massive ...

Summary and Most Important Points: The F-111 Aardvark, a pioneering supersonic, multirole jet, served the U.S. Air Force for nearly three decades and the Royal Australian Air Force for four ...

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 ...

But the RAAF's Amberley-based 82 Wing continued to keep the "Pig" flying for another 14 years. Australia started operations with the F-111C in 1973, and retired its last ex-USAF F-111Gs in 2007.

Summary and Key Points: The F-111, nicknamed “Aardvark,” was a groundbreaking aircraft for the U.S. Air Force, debuting in the late 1960s with advanced features like sweep-wing technology ...

It's easy to get the wrong idea about the General Dynamics F-111. Even the U.S. Military seemed to act like the cold and dismissive to it at times.

In 1985, strategist Edward Luttwak opined in The Pentagon and the Art of War, “today, some 20 years after the controversy, the F-111 . . . remains the most valued of all Air Force aircraft.” ...