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To: sukhoi-30mki

Um ... F-111 (Aardvark) from ye olde days of Robert “Whiz Kid” McNamara. So called “variable” sweep-wing.


15 posted on 08/08/2017 3:27:37 AM PDT by jamaksin
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To: jamaksin

The F-111 turned out to be a very capable platform, and many pilots loved it...not the worst fighter ever (as a proxy for saying it was a piece of crap airframe)

I spoke to an Aussie at Oshkosh on year, and he raved about the plane, of which they had a bunch.

It just wasn’t a good air superiority fighter, but it was a fine platform.


18 posted on 08/08/2017 4:50:24 AM PDT by rlmorel (Those who sit on the picket fence are impaled by it.)
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