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General Dynamics F-111E 'Aardvark'

Description
Notes: F-111A with modified air inlets.
  Manufacturer:General Dynamics
  Base model:F-111
  Designation:F-111
  Version:E
  Nickname:Aardvark
  Designation System:U.S. Air Force
  Designation Period:1948-Present
  Basic role:Fighter

Specifications
  Length: 73' 6" 22.4 m
  Height:17' 1.5" 5.2 m
  Wingspan: 63' 19.2 m
  Empty Weight: 46,172 lb 20,939 kg
  Gross Weight: 70,000 lb 31,746 kg
  Max Weight: 98,850 lb 44,829 kg

Propulsion
  No. of Engines: 2
  Powerplant: Pratt & Whitney TF30-P-3 (A/B 18,500 Lb)
  Thrust (each): 9,800 lb 4,444 kg

Performance
  Cruise Speed: 685 mph 1,103 km/h 596 kt
  Max Speed: 1,452 mph 2,338 km/h 1,263 kt
  Ceiling: 57,000 ft 17,373 m

Known serial numbers
67-0115 / 67-0124, 68-0001 / 68-0084

Examples of this type may be found at
MuseumCityState
Hill Aerospace MuseumHill AFBUtah
Museum of AviationWarner Robins AFBGeorgia
Pima Air & Space MuseumTucsonArizona
USAF Armament MuseumEglin AFBFlorida

F-111E on display

Hill Aerospace Museum

Museum of Aviation

Pima Air & Space Museum

USAF Armament Museum
 


 

Recent comments by our visitors
 Mike
 , OTH
Rrrrrrrrrrrrr J.
Shoot me your email address and maybe we can have a beer when I get back to the states sometime.
scofinsky@btinternet.com
03/28/2011 @ 05:41 [ref: 37125]
 Wayne Swiers
 Rockwell, NC
MA troop at UH 78-81. My first assignment (and my wife's, also an MA troop) and one of my fondest in a two-plus decade career. Complicated a/c system (red balls for fwd equipment hot lights daily) but if you learned it you could fix just about any other aircraft a/c system. From 111Es to A-10s - what a change. Miss those birds despite the many hours spent cussing the engineers who designed an aircraft around the a/c and pressurization systems.
03/24/2011 @ 06:33 [ref: 37019]
 R.J.
 Wichita Falls, TX
Mike, if you go to Duxford, you will see my name on 67-0120. Hope you are doing well. Holla back...RJ
01/20/2011 @ 17:08 [ref: 35826]
 Tom Tigner
 , MI
I was a cc on tail # 68-062 in the 79th at upper heyford 83thru86 (the yellow tails) aka the fighting tigers ! I followed that bird to many places and and enjoyed working on her awesome plane,awesome memories !
12/17/2010 @ 05:04 [ref: 34357]
 Bill (Bunny) Hare
 Joplin, MO
I was the CC on 68-068 (sick eight) and 68-029 from 1980-1984. pictures of either one of those birds are sure hard to find. If anyone has any please feel free to send them too me, it would be much appreciated. They were sure good times. If life were only that simple now. lol
06/10/2010 @ 11:29 [ref: 26578]
 Michael Scofinsky
 Lakenheath, AZ
I was the last Crew Chief on 68-0020. I launched it from Upper Heyford a long time onto its new home of Hill AFB Utah. I love seeing old pictures of it. If anyone has any good ones send them to my email address. I am back in England now on my last assignment before I retire and only wish that I could have had it go to Duxford instead of Utah so I could visit it a lot more. Hello to all of my Upper Heford friends and family.


Ski

Mike Scofinsky
03/28/2010 @ 10:58 [ref: 25938]
 John Deal
 Soddy Daisy, TN
I was the crew chief on 68-041 & 68-029 at Heyford in the 77th from 1985-1989. Glad to see I'm not the only one that misses those jets and the good old days.
02/03/2010 @ 17:58 [ref: 25677]
 John Richards
 Glastonbury UK, WY
Hi

I live in the UK and now having turned 60, I am interested in trying to tie up (for any aircraft) Nose art/Mission Marks/Individual aircraft names with tail numbers. I wonder if any ex F-111 crew can help me fill in any details please? I've put Wyoming as my state as otherwise I cannot send!!!!

Thanks

John
04/06/2007 @ 03:38 [ref: 16110]
 John Richards
 Glastonbury UK, WY
Hi

I live in the UK and now having turned 60, I am interested in trying to tie up (for any aircraft) Nose art/Mission Marks/Individual aircraft names with tail numbers. I wonder if any ex F-111 crew can help me fill in any details please? I've put Wyoming as my state as otherwise I cannot send!!!!

Thanks

John
04/06/2007 @ 03:37 [ref: 16109]
 John Richards
 Glastonbury UK, WY
Hi

I live in the UK and now having turned 60, I am interested in trying to tie up (for any aircraft) Nose art/Mission Marks/Individual aircraft names with tail numbers. I wonder if any ex F-111 crew can help me fill in any details please? I've put Wyoming as my state as otherwise I cannot send!!!!

Thanks

John
04/06/2007 @ 03:36 [ref: 16108]

 

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