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Did the United States truly lose any capability by retiring the F-111? Here's What You Need to Remember: While shorter ranged aircraft are far cheaper to maintain and use, the F-111 struck a weird medium between the tactical strike aircraft and the strategic bomber. That medium allowed it to serve admirably during the Cold War, and the design should not be discounted as a weird compromise. The F-111 Aardvark was the U.S. Air Force’s premier strike aircraft for the majority of the Cold War. It served in practically every conflict from Vietnam forwards, until it was replaced by the F-15E St...

Over 500 Built: How the F-111 Aardvark Smashed Into the History Books This plane was very innovative, but ultimately it was the Air Force and not the Navy that really took a liking to it. Conceived as an exercise in bureaucratic compromises, the F-111 Aardvark served for three decades as a unique blend between a strategic bomber and tactical strike aircraft. In the early years of the Cold War, the U.S. Air Force prioritized the development of strategic bombers and speedy long-range escorts to accompany them. When the Soviets responded with a slew of new surface-to-air missile systems, the Air...

You are not going to frighten us with your bombs of your weapons. we are not afraid. >> now we have the voice of what we believe is moammar gadhafi. we have no way of knowing that that is actually colonel gadhafi speaking. the words, of course, are the translation. the symbolism of the golden first crushing the f-111 goes back to the 1986 ronald reagan bombing of libya when they strafed the country and killed more than 100 people. only one aircraft was down oed in that particular attack, one u.s. aircraft, and that's always been the symbol, that sculpture that you're seeing on the scene. and s...