While most American military aircraft are given names that connote athleticism, virility, hostility, or prowess (i.e., Lighting, Raptor, Poseidon, Thunderchief, Mustang, Apache, Talon, and Sabre), ...

Article Summary and Key Points: The F-111 Aardvark was a revolutionary Cold War-era aircraft, renowned for its speed, payload capacity, and adaptability. Featuring the world's first variable-sweep ...

Let’s take a look at the unremembered fighter bomber the F-111. A product of the Cold War and 1960s consolidation, the F111 program suffered from an ever-growing list of requirements and was limited ...