When the Australians went to dismantle their fleet of Aardvarks, they encountered a hazardous and potentially deadly material used in the airframe’s construction. The fuselage of the Aardvark was ...

While most American military aircraft are given names that connote athleticism, virility, hostility, or prowess (i.e., ...

When the F-111 first entered service during the Cold War, it became the first platform capable of performing in multiple roles to fly the skies. The “Aardvark” also represented the first production ...

Here’s What You Need To Remember: The designers of the F-111 faced a challenge: they needed a plane that could fly at very high speeds, but still take off or land on a short runway. Using smaller ...

On March 30, 1968, Maj. Sandy Marquardt and Capt. Joe Hodges of the U.S. Air Force were forced to use the escape module of their swing-wing F-111 Aardvark strike jet. The F-111A, which had yet to ...

In real life, the General Dynamics F-111 was a plane that even the U.S. Air Force seemed to forget it operated at times. Heck, even its "Aardvark" nickname was only christened right as the plane was ...

Inch by inch and bolt by bolt, a decommissioned F-111 Aardvark plane is being reassembled at Waukegan National Airport as the centerpiece for a war memorial expected to open this fall. Lake County ...

The Royal Australian Air Force will soon declare the Rafael AGM-142 Raptor air-ground missile operational. Two launch tests in July using a General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark were successful, and two ...

A four-ship formation of Royal Australian Air Force F-111s flies to U.S. ranges in 2006. (U.S. Air Force/Master Sgt. Kevin J. Gruenwald) Burying aircraft is not a new practice. The only standout ...