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The F-111 Aardvark: This Resilient Plane is Properly Named

While most American military aircraft are given names that connote athleticism, virility, hostility, or prowess (i.e., ...
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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 ...
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F-111 Aardvark

Here’s What You Need to Know: While shorter ranged aircraft are far cheaper to maintain and use, the F-111 struck a weird medium between the tactical strike aircraft and the strategic... Here’s What ...
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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 ...
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The F-111 Aardvark Was a Much Better Ground Strike Jet Than the A-10, Let Us Prove It

Everyone sings the praises of the A-10 Thunderbolt II, and rightly so. There's something that's eternally cool about a military attack jet that's built more around its cannon than its wings or engine.
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Why The US Air Force Retired The F-111 Aardvark Fighter Jet

The F-111 Aardvark aircraft proved itself to be a dependable mission platform, especially in Operation Desert Storm , when its ability to fly low and fast gave it an advantage. When the United States ...
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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 ...