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Because of the high maintenance time required for every flight hour, [116] the F-111's retirement began with the F-111G models operated by No. 6 Squadron in late 2007. Twenty-four Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornets were procured as an interim replacement as the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II program was delayed.
One F-111 was shot down by a Libyan SAM over the Gulf of Sidra [24] and one F-111's bombs missed the barracks, [21] striking diplomatic and civilian sites in Tripoli, and narrowly missing the French embassy. [26] All three F-111s assigned to Sidi Bilal released their GBU-10 bombs on target.
To address stall issues in certain parts of the flight regime, the F-111's engine inlet design was modified in 1965–66, ending with the "Triple Plow I" and "Triple Plow II" designs. [11] The F-111A achieved a speed of Mach 1.3 in February 1965 with an interim intake design.
An Iraqi MiG-23 fired a R-24T missile at an F-111 Aardvark on a bombing run and scored a hit, although the bomber made it safely back to base. Another similar incident occurred with the same Iraqi interceptor several minutes later, this F-111 also made it back to base despite the severe damage [citation needed] to the aircraft. This is Iraq's ...
The aircraft from Carrier Air Wing- 3 engaged five drones, marking the first successful naval engagement of a hostile drone with an air-to-air missile, one of the documents said.
The General Dynamics–Grumman EF-111A Raven is a retired electronic-warfare aircraft designed to replace the EB-66 Destroyer in the United States Air Force.Its crews and maintainers often called it the "Spark-Vark", a play on the F-111's "Aardvark" nickname.
The footage, believed to taken from a terminal inside the Ronald Reagan National Airport, captured the moment of impact between AA Flight 5342 and the Army Black Hawk helicopter at about 9 p.m.
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