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How the US Air Force’s F-111 Aardvark changed air warfare forever

The F-111 Aardvark pioneered a variety of new technological innovations for the US Air Force—and proved that they could be ...
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The F-111 Aardvark Almost Killed a World Leader

Here's What You Need to Remember: While the F-111 has been retired, a similar aircraft remains in use today. The Russian Sukhoi Su-24 Fencer was conceived shortly after the F-111, and is remarkably ...
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The F-111 Aardvark: This Resilient Plane is Properly Named

While most American military aircraft are given names that connote athleticism, virility, hostility, or prowess (i.e., ...
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The F-111 Aardvark: A Flying Transformer With a Two-Man Escape Pod

Packing cutting-edge technologies and pioneering design elements, the General Dynamics F-111 “Aardvark” was among the most ambitious aviation programs of its era. Even the plane’s humble ejection ...
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The F-111 Aardvark: One of the Most Dynamic Planes of the Modern Era

Here’s What You Need To Remember: While the F-111 has been retired, a similar aircraft remains in use today. The General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark was a low-altitude strike plane born out of a shotgun ...
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F-111 Aardvark's Crew Escape Module Ejected The Whole Cockpit

On March 30, 1968, Maj. Sandy Marquardt and Capt. Joe Hodges of the U.S. Air Force were forced to use the escape module of their swing-wing F-111 Aardvark strike jet. The F-111A, which had yet to ...