‘My crew chief asked if I wanted him to paint a Winnebago sillouette on the fuselage to record my “kill,"’… Read More
‘At some point in the evening, the F-111 guys began to press me, in a good-natured way, for classified information… Read More
‘Things really got exciting when we flew in clouds or at night over the terrain with TFR,’ Paul Ghiron, former… Read More
The KC-135 Stratotanker crew verified the location of the distressed F-111 Aardvark and headed north until the two aircraft were… Read More
‘Everyone knew that they had just lost two friends, whose F-111 terrain-following radar system had failed,’ Ron Wagner, former USAF… Read More
The decision to dispose of the F-111 aircraft in this manner incurred the displeasure of the nation’s aviation enthusiasts. The… Read More
The F-111 opens its combat career. In the fall of 1967, PACAF began deployment planning for its first General Dynamics… Read More
23 F-111 aircraft were buried at the Swanbank landfill site outside of Ipswich, Queensland, between Nov. 21 and 23, 2011.… Read More
F/EF-111 crews were not prepared for air-to-air engagements, however, their aircraft lacking the manoeuvrability to engage in that sort of… Read More
Even the stealthy F-117A ‘Wobblin' Goblin' benefited from EF-111A’s help as the Nighthawk was not undetectable by radar, although its… Read More
One of the most challenging missions of Operation Desert Storm in 1991 was flown on Jan. 27 after Iraqi troops… Read More
Using PAVE Tack targeting pods combined with LGBs, the F-111 Aardvarks took out over 1,500 Iraqi armored vehicles. By contrast… Read More
The Italian F-104s scrambled to inspect the USAF armada approaching western Sicily around midnight from Apr. 14 to 15, 1986… Read More
The F-111F 70-2389 (callsign 'Karma 52'), the sixth aircraft on Bab al-Aziza target, vanished in unexplained circumstances. On Apr. 14,… Read More
"Do you realize the Australians have a bomber that can put a bomb through that window on to the table… Read More
"If I had been superstitious at all, I probably wouldn't have flown the mission at all. Every one of the… Read More
Given that bombers were the focus in the 1940s and 1950s, the facility earned a nickname among locals that endures… Read More
