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Description
| Manufacturer: | General Dynamics | |
| Base model: | F-111 | |
| Designation: | F-111 | |
| Version: | B | |
| Nickname: | Aardvark | |
| Designation System: | U.S. Air Force | |
| Designation Period: | 1948-Present | |
| Basic role: | Fighter | |
Specifications
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Known serial numbers
Recent comments by our visitors
| douglas Reynolds , CA | I had the distinct honor of flying in the f-111B as second seater, as an employee of Grumman...experimental flight test at both Bethpage, N.Y. and Edwards AFB.
My recollection was there were five aircraft produced, one of which was sent to Hughes Aircraft for Phoenix missle testing and was lost. The serial numbers were 151970 thru 151974 04/17/2008 @ 12:02 [ref: 20592] |
| Gary Schreffler North Potomac, MD | Greetings from a former USS Midway (CV-41) sailor and SH-3H Sea King crewman/swimmer.
I have the original General Dynamics 16mm color film of the carrier tests that were conducted on USS Coral Sea (CVA-43) on 8/6/68. I converted it over to digital and made a DVD. Anyone interested can contact me. Gary talachan@verizon.net 03/11/2008 @ 13:04 [ref: 19958] |
| Harry , WA | I was just at shephard AFB for Jet eng mishap class about 3 months ago. They have a f-111 sitting derelict on the ramp it is all pretty much there with the exception of the engines TF-30 111+ I used to work on these aircraft engine mechanic at RAF Lakenheath England. The aircraft at shepard is awaiting its final verdict. 03/01/2007 @ 00:36 [ref: 15713] |
| Jon Burke Citrus Heights, CA | I was an avionics specialist at McClellan AFB from 1981 to 1995. There was a F111B parked in the weeds on the west side of the Base for many years. Sometimes we canned parts off of it. The Short nose and mid avionics compartment was really different from the others. I don't think any of it is still there after the base closure and conversion. 08/10/06 08/10/2006 @ 20:41 [ref: 13850] |
| Iron Duck , OTH | The USN variant was the F-111B, but the later USAF SAC variant was the FB-111A. These were retired from SAC as the B-1B was introduced and were then converted to become the F-111G. 05/20/2006 @ 02:00 [ref: 13332] |
| Joe Tepera , TX | My first job in the aero-space industry was with General Dynamics/Ft Worth working on the F111 project. The original F111B was the Navy variant. There were four Navy variants built. One of these endded up with NASA as a test bed. An integrated GD/FW and Grumman engineering team designed the aircarft. MacDonnell designed the crew compartment. Grumman had the task of building the aft fuselage section in Bethpage, Long Island, MacDonnel built the crew compartment in St Louis, Mo. GD/FW built the wings and forward fuselage in Fort Worth, Texas. The assemblies were joined together at the Fort Worth plant. Texas Instruments supplied the terrian following radar.
It was only later, if I recall correctly, the F111B designation was adopted by the Air Force for the bomber variant. The Navy plane had a shorter nose so as to improve carrier landing vision and longer wing span. The F111A, the original Air Force variant had a shorter wing span and a longer nose. The Air Force soon adopted the Navy's longer wing span. 02/23/2006 @ 18:52 [ref: 12598] |
| Ben Uffen Sassenheim, OTH | I thought the only living F111B (152715) resides in California (China Lake).. As a great F111 fan who has seen 80% of all F111s built, I N E E D to see this one !! 05/19/2005 @ 14:43 [ref: 10268] |
| Ben Uffen Sassenheim, OTH | I thought the only "living" F111B resides in California (Palm Springs/29 Palms).. As a great F111 fan who has seen 80% of all F111s built, I N E E D to see this one !! 05/19/2005 @ 14:40 [ref: 10267] |
| Tom , GA | My father in law is a retired Lt.Cnl. from the USAF and a bombadier on the F-111B. I am trying to locate memorabilia
from that aircraft. Can you help. I live in Ga. Thanks. 12/15/2004 @ 11:56 [ref: 8871] |
| Liu Jian Hong Kong, China, OTH | I must applaud the extraordinary courage and bravery to the test pilots of this F-111B variant 04/09/2004 @ 00:46 [ref: 7182] |
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