The United Kingdom’s Royal Air Force decided to keep the classic F-111 Aardvark all the way until 2010, yet the US Air Force retired the aircraft in the 1990s, a nearly 20-year disparity which raises ...
-While its listed top speed was Mach 2.65, anecdotal evidence from a former F-111 Weapons Systems Officer reveals the fighter-bomber could fly much faster. -The true limit was not engine power but the ...
Key Points and Summary - General Dynamics’ F-16XL was a radical F-16 derivative for the SCAMP/ETF push to replace the F-111: a lengthened fuselage and a vast cranked-arrow delta wing that boosted ...