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- First flight
- 21 December 1964; 61 years ago (1964-12-21)
- Introduction date
- 18 July 1967; 59 years ago (1967-07-18)
- Manufactured
- 1964–1976
- Manufacturer
- General Dynamics
- National origin
- United States
- Number built
- 563 (total); 76 (FB-111)
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Overview
- Fighter-bomber
- Attack Attack aircraft
- Interdiction Air interdiction
- Strategic bombing Strategic bomber
- Reconnaissance Aerial reconnaissance
- Electronic warfare Electronic-warfare aircraft
- African animal Aardvark
- General Dynamics
- Robert McNamara
- TFX Program
- Variable-sweep wings Variable-sweep wing
- Afterburning Afterburner
- Turbofan
- Terrain-following radar
- Low-level Nap-of-the-earth
- Carrier-based Carrier-based aircraft
- Fighter Fighter aircraft
- Interception Interceptor aircraft
- United States Navy
- F-111B General Dynamics–Grumman F-111B
- FB-111
- EF-111 General Dynamics–Grumman EF-111A Raven
- Electronic warfare
- United States Air Force
- F-111C General Dynamics F-111C
- English Electric Canberra
- Royal Australian Air Force
- Vietnam War
- Gulf War
- International Force East Timor
Development
- 1960 U-2 incident
- CIA
- U-2 Lockheed U-2
- Surface-to-air missile SA-2
- Strategic Air Command
- RAF Bomber Command
- Boeing B-47 Stratojet
- V bomber
- Low-level penetration Terrain mask
- Radar
- Tactical Air Command
- Interdiction
- Republic F-105 Thunderchief
- NASA
- Soviet Soviet Union
- Short takeoff-and-landing
- Fleet air defense
- Carrier battle groups Carrier battle group
- Antiship missiles Antiship missile
- F-4 Phantom II McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II
- Subsonic Subsonic aircraft
- Douglas F6D Missileer
- XF10F Jaguar
- High-lift devices High-lift device
- Payloads Payload
- Secretary of defense United States Secretary of Defense
- Tandem
- Side-by-side seating
- Radar operator Naval Flight Officer
- Boeing
Design
Operational history
- Nellis Air Force Base
- 428th Tactical Fighter Squadron 428th Fighter Squadron
- Initial operational capability
- 474th Tactical Fighter Wing
- Afrikaans
- Takhli Air Base Takhli Royal Thai Air Force Base
- Operation Linebacker
- Operation Linebacker II
- Operation Phou Phiang III
- Laotian Civil War
- Above ground level
- 347th Tactical Fighter Wing 347th Rescue Wing
- Khmer Republic
- Case–Church Amendment
- Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base
- Mayaguez incident
- 509th Bombardment Wing
- Pease Air Force Base
- Tinker Air Force Base
- Bradley International Airport
- Libya
- Operation El Dorado Canyon 1986 United States bombing of Libya
- 48th Tactical Fighter Wing 48th Fighter Wing
- 20th Tactical Fighter Wing 20th Fighter Wing
- RAF Lakenheath
- RAF Upper Heyford
- GBU-28
- Tank plinking
- Air Combat Command
- RAAF Base Amberley
Variants
- Avionics
- General Electric
- Texas Instruments
- Litton Litton Industries
- Inertial navigation
- EF-111 Ravens EF-111 Raven
- United States Air Force Museum National Museum of the United States Air Force
- Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
- Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group
- Davis-Monthan Air Force Base
- Glass cockpit
- 27th TFW
- Cannon AFB
- Boundary layer
- Rockwell Autonetics Rockwell International
- Doppler radar
- Multi-function displays Multi-function display
- Sperry Sperry Corporation
- Moving target indication
- Continuous-wave radar
- Semi-active radar homing
- BAC TSR-2
- Anglo-French Variable Geometry Aircraft AFVG
- Devaluation
- Pound Pound sterling
- Advanced Manned Strategic Aircraft
- B-52 Boeing B-52 Stratofortress
- Landing gear
- Digital computers Digital computer
- Star tracker
Operators
- Australia
- United States
- 27th Tactical Fighter Wing 27th Special Operations Wing
- Cannon AFB Cannon Air Force Base
- 428th Tactical Fighter Training Squadron
- 481st Tactical Fighter Squadron
- 522d Tactical Fighter Squadron 522d Fighter Squadron
- 523d Tactical Fighter Squadron 523d Fighter Squadron
- 524th Tactical Fighter Squadron 524th Special Operations Squadron
- 366th Tactical Fighter Wing 366th Fighter Wing
- Mountain Home AFB Mountain Home Air Force Base
- 389th Tactical Fighter Squadron 389th Fighter Squadron
- 390th Tactical Fighter Squadron 390th Fighter Squadron
- 391st Tactical Fighter Squadron 391st Fighter Squadron
- 429th Tactical Fighter Squadron 429th Electronic Combat Squadron
- 430th Tactical Fighter Squadron 430th Electronic Combat Squadron
- 442nd Tactical Fighter Training Squadron
- United States Air Forces in Europe
- 55th Tactical Fighter Squadron 55th Fighter Squadron
- 77th Tactical Fighter Squadron 77th Fighter Squadron
- 79th Tactical Fighter Squadron 79th Fighter Squadron
- 492d Tactical Fighter Squadron 492d Fighter Squadron
- 493d Tactical Fighter Squadron 493d Fighter Squadron
- 494th Tactical Fighter Squadron 494th Fighter Squadron
- 495th Tactical Fighter Squadron
- 340th Bombardment Group
- 4007th Combat Crew Training Squadron
- 380th Bombardment Wing (Medium) 380th Air Expeditionary Wing
- Plattsburgh AFB Plattsburgh Air Force Base
- 528th Bombardment Squadron
Aircraft on display
- RAAF Museum
- Point Cook, Victoria
- Museum of Moscow Aviation Institute Museum of Moscow Aviation Institute?action=edit&redlink=1
- Ru Музей Московского авиационного института
- Moscow
- American Air Museum
- Imperial War Museum Duxford
- Duxford
- England
- Royal Air Force Museum Cosford
- Air Force Flight Test Center Museum
- Edwards AFB
- Palmdale, California
- Waukegan National Airport
- Waukegan, Illinois
- Octave Chanute Aerospace Museum
- Chanute AFB
- Rantoul, Illinois
- Clovis, New Mexico
- Sheppard AFB
- Wichita Falls, Texas
- United States Space and Rocket Center
- Huntsville, Alabama
- Mountain Home AFB
- Idaho
- AFTI F-111 General Dynamics–Boeing AFTI/F-111A Aardvark
- Battle Mountain, Nevada
- Brenham, Texas
- Brownwood Regional Airport
- Brownwood, Texas
Specifications (F-111F)
- Aspect ratio Aspect ratio (aeronautics)
- Airfoil
- NACA 64-209.80 NACA airfoil
- Zero-lift drag coefficient
- Zero-lift drag coefficient area:
- Pratt & Whitney TF30-P-100
- Afterburning turbofan
- Thrust/weight Thrust-to-weight ratio
- 20 mm (0.787 in) 20 mm caliber
- Gatling cannon Gatling gun
- Air-to-surface missile
- AGM-130
- AIM-9
- General-purpose bombs General-purpose bomb
- Mk 82 Mark 82 bomb
- Mk 83 Mark 83 bomb
- Mk 84 Mark 84 bomb
- Mk 117 Mark 117 bomb
- Cluster bombs Cluster bomb
- BLU-109 BLU-109 bomb
- Paveway
- GBU-12
- BLU-107 Durandal
- Runway
- GBU-15
- B61 B61 nuclear bomb
- B43 nuclear bombs B43 nuclear bomb
Notable appearances in media
Bibliography
- ISBN ISBN (identifier)
- ISSN ISSN (identifier)
- Air Enthusiast
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Extracted RDF-like relationships with confidence and source. The table includes structured facts and lower-confidence contextual relations.| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
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| General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark | First flight | 21 December 1964; 61 years ago (1964-12-21) | 1.00 | infobox |
| General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark | Introduction date | 18 July 1967; 59 years ago (1967-07-18) | 1.00 | infobox |
| General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark | Manufactured | 1964–1976 | 1.00 | infobox |
| General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark | Manufacturer | General Dynamics | 1.00 | infobox |
| General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark | National origin | United States | 1.00 | infobox |
| General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark | Number built | 563 (total); 76 (FB-111) | 1.00 | infobox |
| General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark | Primary users | United States Air Force (USAF) Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) | 1.00 | infobox |
| General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark | Retired | USAF: F-111F, 1996; EF-111A, 1998 RAAF: F-111C, 2010 | 1.00 | infobox |
| General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark | Status | Retired | 1.00 | infobox |
| General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark | Type | Attack aircraft, strategic bomber (FB-111), reconnaissance, electronic warfare (EF-111 Raven) | 1.00 | infobox |
| General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark | Variants | General Dynamics–Grumman F-111B General Dynamics F-111C General Dynamics–Grumman EF-111A Raven General Dynamics F-111K General Dynamics–Boeing AFTI/F-111A Aardvark | 1.00 | infobox |
| General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark | is a | retired | 0.90 | text |
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