Article Summary and Key Points: The F-111 Aardvark was a revolutionary Cold War-era aircraft, renowned for its speed, payload capacity, and adaptability. Featuring the world's first variable-sweep ...

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 ...

F-111: Not What the Pentagon Intended Interestingly, the F-111 was originally intended as a fighter for both the United States Air Force and the United States Navy. It cost $75 million in 1964 (or ...

The F-111 Aardvark’s fuselage could lug bomb loads up to 31,000 pounds and fuel for missions up to 2,500 miles long. When the F-111 aircraft first took to the skies during the Cold War ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Not wing fatigue, but a procedural error was the reason an F-111 failed a test that led to the ...

Alex Slitz/Daily News People applaud as he F-111F fighter bomber is unveiled during the 2013 Aviation Heritage Park Hangar Party at the Bowling Green-Warren County Regional Airport, Saturday, June ...