The General Dynamics F-111 “Aardvark,” born from the 1960s TFX program, was a groundbreaking tactical strike aircraft and the first production plane to feature a variable-sweep wing. -This design, ...

The F-111 was built around two powerful yet fuel-efficient TF30 turbofan engines with new afterburner technology. A capacious fuselage could accommodate bomb loads of up to 31,000 pounds and fuel ...

The F-111 would return to the stage of world history in 1986, after the bombing of the La Belle nightclub perpetrated by Libyan agents in Berlin killed two U.S. servicemen.

Let’s take a look at the unremembered fighter bomber the F-111. A product of the Cold War and 1960s consolidation, the F111 program suffered from an ever-growing list of requirements and was ...

F-111 Aardvark, also known as the "Pig," was one of the most effective military jets ever created, so why was this elite fighter jet retired?

As a military-hardware order that had been proclaimed the richest in U.S. history, the F-111 fighter-bomber project seemed likely to set more records for hot controversy than cold cash. Air Force ...

The F-14 is designed to roll and turn at supersonic speeds and outshoot planes threatening our fleet. It's the Navy's substitute for the controversial F-111.

However, the fighter jet tested poorly, and several flight tragedies caused by faulty equipment, such as its left wing detaching mid-flight, tarnished the F-111's name early on.