-While its listed top speed was Mach 2.65, anecdotal evidence from a former F-111 Weapons Systems Officer reveals the fighter-bomber could fly much faster. -The true limit was not engine power but the ...

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 ...

Key Points and Summary - The F-111 Aardvark, a long and sleek fighter-bomber known for its variable-sweep wings, was one of the most successful aircraft in U.S. Air Force history. -This versatile ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...