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The FB-111s were operated by Strategic Air Command from 1969 before conversion to F-111G and transferred to Air Combat Command (ACC) until their retirement in 1993. [104] At a ceremony marking the F-111's USAF retirement, on 27 July 1996, it was officially named Aardvark, its long-standing unofficial name. [103]
Following the F-111s' retirement, 13 of the surviving aircraft (12 F-111Cs and a single F-111G) were preserved in aviation museums and RAAF air bases. The remaining aircraft were buried at the Swanbank landfill site outside of Ipswich, Queensland , between 21 and 23 November 2011.
Carried by the F/A-18 Hornet, F-111C and F-111G Aardvark. GBU-12 Paveway II: United States: Air-to-surface laser-guided bomb: 1982-Current: Carried by the Mirage IIIO and F/A-18 Hornet, F-111C and F-111G Aardvark. GBU-15: United States: Precision guided munition: 1984-Current: Carried by the F-111C and F-111G Aardvark. GBU-16: United States
The drawdown of the RAAF's F-111 fleet began with the retirement of the F-111G models operated by No. 6 Squadron in late 2007. [ citation needed ] The United States had retired the F-111 (it "was nine percent of Tactical Air Command 's fleet but ate up a whopping 25 percent of the maintenance budget", USAF pilot Richard Crandall said) [ 78 ] so ...
Reactivated at Cannon Air Force Base, New Mexico on 2 April 1990 as an F-111G Formal Training Unit squadron for the 27th Tactical Fighter Wing. Reassigned to the 27th Operations Group in 1991 when the wing implemented the USAF Objective Wing organization.
The F-111Gs were used primarily for training, but was scheduled to be supplanted in the training role by the F-111E. This made the F-111G surplus to USAF requirements, and the F-111G began to be transferred to AMARC for storage in 1991 with the arrival of the "E" models with the 428th Tactical Fighter Training Squadron. The last G model was ...
In 1991, the squadron began transferring its aircraft to be modified as F-111G fighter-bombers. With the exception of museum aircraft, the last FB-111 was gone by July 1991, [17] and the squadron was inactivated in September. [18]
In 1991, the squadron began transferring its aircraft to be modified as F-111G fighter-bombers. With the exception of museum aircraft, the last FB-111 was gone from Plattsburgh by July 1991, and the squadron was inactivated. [19]