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F-111 Aardvark – General Dynamic’s Variable Swept-Wing Attack Aircraft

AUTHOR – John Gourley

PUBLISHER – Schiffer

FORMAT – Hardback

PAGES – 128

PUBLISHED – 2021

ISBN – 978 0 7643 6128 9

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Category: Product ID: 10232

Description

The General Dynamics F-111 was one of aviation history’s most promising planes when it came out in the early 1960s. Despite a rocky service career, political changes in how the military acquired its weaponry, and the addition of too much new technology, the plane provided a credible frontline deterrent to NATO in the Cold War era and was used to great effect in the Vietnam War and Operation Desert Storm. Many of the challenges faced by putting the F-111—with all of its new systems—into service are now accepted as a normal outfit in modern fighter aircraft. The F-111 had a lot of bad publicity, but in the end the F-111 did its job extremely well. Although the Navy did not accept the F-111B model, the Grumman F-14 Tomcat became a success, resulting in large part from the F-111B experience and tests it did accomplish with the radar and missile systems. Illustrated throughout with colour and b&w photographs and diagrams.

 

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