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The F-111C is the export version for Australia, combining the F-111A with longer F-111B wings and strengthened FB-111A landing gear. [131] Australia ordered 24 F-111s and, following delays, the Royal Australian Air Force accepted the aircraft in 1973. [ 132 ]
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.
The F-111B was an all-weather interceptor aircraft intended to defend U.S. Navy carrier battle groups against bombers and anti-ship missiles. [25] The F-111 features variable geometry wings, an internal weapons bay and a cockpit with side by side seating.
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 ...
Escape capsule from F-111E. In the 1960s and 1970s, the F-111 and B-1A introduced the method of jettisoning the entire cockpit as a means of crew escape. The crew remains strapped in the cabin, unencumbered by a parachute harness, while 27,000 lbf (120 kN) of thrust from rockets accelerates the module away from the rest of the aircraft. A ...
The Navy is weighing what to do about the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower aircraft carrier, which has been battling Houthi rebel attacks on shipping in the Red Sea for nearly nine months. The service has ...
The General Dynamics–Grumman EF-111A Raven is a retired electronic-warfare aircraft designed to replace the EB-66 Destroyer in the United States Air Force. Its crews and maintainers often called it the "Spark-Vark", a play on the F-111's "Aardvark" nickname.
Two RAAF F-111 aircraft during Exercise Kangaroo '81. In June 1960, the United States Air Force (USAF) issued a requirement for an F-105 Thunderchief replacement. [6] The U.S. Navy began a program to develop a new air defense fighter for use on its large aircraft carriers. [6]