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To: Iron head mike

F-111As at Mtn. Home AFB from 1978-81 for me. I did my mourning when the USAF retired the EF-111As in the late 1990s to pay for the F-22.


4 posted on 12/02/2010 3:17:10 PM PST by Yo-Yo (Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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To: Yo-Yo

I was at an air show at Mtn Home in the 90s. 2 of them were warming up on the apron for a half hour, an F-111A and an EF-111A. They had the most piercing, annoying whine as they sat at idle, when they finally rolled out for their show, people cheered because the noise was done. And they cheered again at the show they put on.

A friend watched one crash at Bruneau some time in the 80s. They ejected safely.


11 posted on 12/02/2010 4:45:15 PM PST by eartrumpet
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