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The U.S. Air Force’s F-111 Aardvark Was a Force to Be Reckoned With
The Aardvark is a funny-looking beast with a long snout that hoovers up food with a pig-like body and thick hide to stymie predators. Does this animal remind you of one of the most combat-effective ...
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Was the Navy’s F-111 Really That Bad?
The Air Force, unlike the Navy, was happy with its ground-attack version of the F-111, and over a 30-year career the “Aardvark” flew combat missions over Vietnam, Libya, and Iraq. Several ...
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The Plane with No Name
The Air Force flew F-111s on some 4,000 combat missions ... suggests what an F-111 cockpit is like during combat: "Remit 32 [the aircraft's call sign] had a very experienced pilot paired with ...