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A simplified, interim variant ordered after the F-111D was delayed, the F-111E used the Triple Plow II intakes, but retained the F-111A's TF30-P-3 engines and Mark I avionics. [ 146 ] [ 147 ] The weapon stores management system was improved and other small changes made. [ 148 ]
Reactivated in 1977 as a General Dynamics F-111A Aardvark training squadron; inactivated 1979. Reactivated in 1981 as an EF-111A Raven electronic warfare aircraft; inactivated 1982. Reactivated in 2004 flying Naval Grumman EA-6B Prowler electronic warfare aircraft. It was inactivated in 2010, being replaced by the 390th Electronic Combat ...
General Dynamics–Grumman EF-111A Raven, the electronic warfare variant; General Dynamics–Boeing AFTI/F-111A Aardvark, a research variant; General Dynamics F-111C, the Australian variant; General Dynamics F-111K, the British variant; Canadair CF-111 Starfighter (F-111, CF-104), the Canadian variant of the F-104
The new wings were installed on the 13th service test F-111A (serial number 63-9778), which had previously been used in the TACT program. [3] In November 1983, the systems for the MAW was powered up for the first time, revealing problems that delayed the program by five months. [4] The MAW of the AFTI/F-111A had four automatic flight modes: [1]
Lockheed F-80C Shooting Star 49-696 [98] Lockheed F-94A Starfire 49-2498 [99] Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15bis 2015357 – Soviet fighter of the Korean People's Air Force defected to Seoul, later flown by Chuck Yeager [100] North American B-45C Tornado 48-0010 [101] North American F-82B Twin Mustang 44‐65162 – configured as an F-82G [102]
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 ...
Download QR code; Print/export Download as PDF; ... General Dynamics–Boeing AFTI/F-111A Aardvark; P. Project Isinglass; R. Martin/General Dynamics RB-57F Canberra
The United States Air Force and Navy were both seeking new aircraft when Robert McNamara was appointed U.S. Secretary of Defense in January 1961. [1] The aircraft sought by the two armed services shared the need to carry heavy armament and fuel loads, feature high supersonic speed, twin engines and two seats, and probably use variable geometry wings. [2]