F-111 Aardvark

FB-111 Pilot recalls when flying at Mach 1.2 at 200 feet during a Red Flag exercise he blew out the windows and a door of a Winnebago type RV that got lost into a restricted area – The Aviation Geek Club

‘My crew chief asked if I wanted him to paint a Winnebago sillouette on the fuselage to record my “kill,”’ Brett Kriger, FB-111 pilot. Note: the featured image of this post shows an F-111F aircraft from the 494th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 48th Tactical Fighter Wing. A picture of an FB-111 flying at low level wasn’t …

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SR-71 Pilot tells the story of when he revealed Blackbird’s True Top Speed – The Aviation Geek Club

‘At some point in the evening, the F-111 guys began to press me, in a good-natured way, for classified information about the SR-71. Probably the most frequently asked Blackbird question is-how high and how fast does it really fly?’ Gil Bertelson, former SR-71 Blackbird pilot. No reconnaissance aircraft in history has operated globally in more …

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F-111 crew members explain why flying the Aardvark at low level with TFR was the BEST way to see the world during the daytime but it was EXCITING in clouds or at night – The Aviation Geek Club

‘Things really got exciting when we flew in clouds or at night over the terrain with TFR,’ Paul Ghiron, former USAF F-111 Aardvark pilot. General Dynamics won the US Department of Defense contract in 1962 to develop a supersonic aircraft under a program called TFX. This airplane, later designated F-111, would be the first in history …

F-111 crew members explain why flying the Aardvark at low level with TFR was the BEST way to see the world during the daytime but it was EXCITING in clouds or at night – The Aviation Geek Club Read More »

KC-135 navigator tells the story of when his Stratotanker towed a badly damaged F-111 Fighter Bomber through the skies of North Vietnam back to Thailand – The Aviation Geek Club

The KC-135 Stratotanker crew verified the location of the distressed F-111 Aardvark and headed north until the two aircraft were in view of each other. The Boeing Company’s model 367-80 was the basic design for the commercial 707 passenger plane as well as the KC-135A Stratotanker. In 1954, the Air Force purchased the first 29 …

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USAF pilot recalls the night’s mission where the terrain-following radar of several F-111 attack aircraft failed to work – The Aviation Geek Club

‘Everyone knew that they had just lost two friends, whose F-111 terrain-following radar system had failed,’ Ron Wagner, former USAF pilot in the Presidential Wing at Andrews AFB. General Dynamics won the US Department of Defense contract in 1962 to develop a supersonic aircraft under a program called TFX. This airplane, later designated F-111, would …

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Combat Lancer: The Debut of the F-111 – The Aviation Geek Club

The F-111A opened its combat career on Mar. 25, 1968 with a night of strikes, beginning with a 500kt, 500ft solo attack that amply showcased the F-111A’s abilities. Advertise In the fall of 1967, PACAF began deployment planning for its first General Dynamics F-111As, the initial Air Force version of the TFX (for “Tactical Fighter …

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