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After the UK canceled its order for the F-111K in 1968, components for the 48 F-111Ks in production were reused on the FB-111A. [172] [173] Deliveries began in 1969 and ended in 1971. [174] The FB-111A had a redesigned aft fuselage, longer F-111B wings for greater range and load-carrying ability, and a maximum speed of Mach 2.
The General Dynamics–Boeing AFTI/F-111A Aardvark is a research aircraft modified from a General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark to test a Boeing-built supercritical mission adaptive wing (MAW). This MAW, in contrast to standard control surfaces , could smoothly change the shape of its airfoil in flight.
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.
in the FB-111A/F-111G subsection, "They were retired in 2007" (refering to Australia's F-111Gs); in the EF-111A Raven subsection, "U.S. Navy and Marine EA-6B Prowlers took on the electronic warfare role for the Air Force";
The FB-111A was the all-weather strategic bombing version of the F-111, intended as an interim successor to SAC'x B-52 Stratofortress and Convair B-58 Hustler. The group was stationed at Carswell, as the FB-111A were being produced at the huge General Dynamics plant, also known as Air Force Plant #4 in Fort Worth, and it shared the main runway ...
In 1972, a FB-111A Aardvark landed at the airport after the pilot mistook the runway for the airport as being the nearby Plattsburgh Air Force Base. [4]
[16] [17] The squadron was located just across the runway from the General Dynamics Fort Worth Plant and became the first USAF unit to fly and become operational with the General Dynamics FB-111A. Its primary mission was the training of all FB-111 aircrews for SAC, but it maintained a combat ready force as well. [17]
The squadron reactivated as a General Dynamics FB-111A Aardvark strategic bomber squadron in 1970 when aircraft became part of SAC's nuclear deterrent force. It was inactivated in 1990 with retirement of that weapons system.