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General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark Escape Pod at Dumfries F-111E. 67-0120 – American Air Museum, Imperial War Museum Duxford, Duxford, England. The last F-111E from 20th Tactical Fighter Wing in the UK. It was directly transferred from USAF service at RAF Upper Heyford to the museum in late 1993, prior to the base closure in 1994. [188]
Of the nine F-111s targeting Bab al-Azizia, only three placed their GBU-10 Paveway II bombs on target. [21] One F-111 was shot down by a Libyan SAM over the Gulf of Sidra [24] and one F-111's bombs missed the barracks, [21] striking diplomatic and civilian sites in Tripoli, and narrowly missing the French embassy. [26]
The General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark used cabin ejection, where both side-by-side seats were in a single 3000 lb (1360 kg) capsule. [2] Three of the four Rockwell B-1A prototypes also used cabin ejection. They had a single capsule "roughly the size of a mini-van" [3] for all four crew members.
The General Dynamics F-111C (nicknamed the "Pig") is a variant of the F-111 Aardvark medium-range interdictor and tactical strike aircraft, developed by General Dynamics to meet Australian requirements. The design was based on the F-111A model but included longer wings and strengthened undercarriage.
Designed in parallel with the F-111 "Aardvark", which was adopted by the Air Force as a strike aircraft, the F-111B suffered development issues and changing Navy requirements for an aircraft with maneuverability for dogfighting. The F-111B was not ordered into production and the F-111B prototypes were used for testing before being retired.
Production of FlightPathTV commenced in March 2007 at the Australian International Airshow in Geelong, Australia.The film crew then traveled to the Wide Bay International Airshow in Queensland, Australia, the Classic Fighters show in Blenheim, New Zealand, the Warbirds Over Wanaka in Wanaka, New Zealand, the Reno Air Races in Reno, Nevada, Pearl Harbor, the Imperial War Museum Duxford in ...
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.
The General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark is a U.S. jet fighter-bomber aircraft. ... "F-111" (song), a 2003 song by 'Cold Chisel' off the album Ringside (Cold Chisel album)