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The F-111B's nose was 8.5 feet (2.59 m) shorter as the aircraft could fit on existing carrier elevator decks, and had 3.5-foot-longer (1.07 m) wingtips to improve on-station endurance time; it also carried an AN/AWG-9 Pulse-Doppler radar to guide its AIM-54 Phoenix missiles.
The General Dynamics–Boeing AFTI/F-111A Aardvark is a research aircraft modified from a General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark to test a Boeing-built supercritical mission adaptive wing (MAW). This MAW, in contrast to standard control surfaces , could smoothly change the shape of its airfoil in flight.
F-111B, BuNo 151970 in flight over Long Island, New York, in 1965. The Air Force F-111A and Navy F-111B variants used the same airframe structural components and TF30-P-1 turbofan engines. They featured side by side crew seating in an escape capsule as required by the Navy, versus individual ejection seats. The F-111B's nose was 8.5 feet (2.59 ...
These aircraft were delivered to the service in 1982 and were subsequently converted to F-111C standard. [ 1 ] In 1992 the Australian Government decided to purchase up to 18 ex-USAF F-111Gs in order to extend the type's service life. 15 F-111Gs were eventually acquired, and they were delivered to the RAAF during late 1993 and early 1994.
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Specifications are for EF-111A except where noted. Data from The Great Book of Modern Warplanes [23] General Dynamics F-111 "Aardvark" [24] Modern Fighting Aircraft [25] General characteristics. Crew: Two: pilot and electronic warfare officer; Length: 76 ft 0 in (23.17 m) Wingspan: 63 ft 0 in (19.2 m) spread, 32.0 ft (9.74 m) swept
The vessel measures just over 800 feet and weighs 24,000 tons — far smaller than modern flattops like the Nimitz-class carriers, which measure more than 1,092 feet with a full-load displacement ...
The General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark is a U.S. jet fighter-bomber aircraft. F111 ... Grumman F-111B, the navy carrier variant; General Dynamics–Grumman EF-111A ...