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The F-111 Aardvark Was a “Bomb Truck” in the Skies
The F-111 Aardvark’s fuselage could lug bomb loads up to 31,000 pounds and fuel for missions up to 2,500 miles long. When the ...
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The F-111 Aardvark: This Resilient Plane is Properly Named
Why? Because the F-111 was jam-packed with brand new technologies, most notably, the sweep-wing. The sweep-wing is exactly what it sounds like it would be: a wing that can sweep back and forth on ...