Gourley Legends of Warfare Aviation F-111 Aardvark General Dynamic's Variable-Swept-Wing Attack Aircraft Kampfjet

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Category: Legends of Warfare
Manufacturers: Schiffer Verlag

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John Gourley
Legends of Warfare Aviation
F-111 Aardvark
General Dynamic's Variable-Swept-Wing Attack Aircraft

The General Dynamics F-111 was one of aviation history's most promising planes when it came out in the early 1960s. Despite a rocky service career, political changes in how the military acquired its weaponry, and the addition of too much new technology, the plane provided a credible frontline deterrent in the Cold War era and was used to great effect in the Vietnam War and Operation Desert Storm. Many of the challenges faced by putting the F-111--with all of its new systems--into service are now accepted as a normal outfit in modern fighter aircraft. Although the Navy did not accept the F-111B model, the Grumman F-14 Tomcat development program was significantly assisted by prior radar and missile system testing on the F-111B airframe. The F-111 was a hugely powerful aircraft and carried devastating weaponry, but was phased out by the USAF in the mid-90s, largely due to crippling maintenance costs. The aircraft remained in Australian service until 2010

Englischer Text
267 sw- und Farbfotos
128 Seiten
Hardcover
Format: 23.11 x 1.78 x 23.11 cm

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