F-111 Aardvark World Famous Aircraft Series

Ikaros Publishing

\u2713For U.S. buyers: All customs duties and fees are prepaid. You WILL NOT be charged any additional fees on delivery. Description\nThank you for visiting the page! Ships with careful packing from Japan.\nThe F-111 Aardvark, the world's first practical variable-sweep wing combat bomber, emerged in the late 1960s as the first operational variable-wing aircraft. To reduce development and operational costs, the U.S. Air Force and Navy decided to use a common airframe, leading to the concurrent development of the A model for the Air Force and the B model for the Navy. However, the B model was canceled by the Navy, and ultimately only the A model was adopted by the Air Force as a combat bomber. With excellent range, the capability for supersonic low-level attack, and the ability to employ precision-guided munitions, the F-111 was deployed in the Gulf War, achieving significant success in ground attack missions. Additionally, in the 1980s, the electronic warfare variant EF-111 Raven als.