To: naturalman1975
Replaced by cruise missiles.
To: naturalman1975
WTF?
F-111s flew in VIET-FRIGGING-NAM !!!
Am I nuts on this?
3 posted on
03/13/2011 4:31:46 PM PDT by
SJSAMPLE
To: naturalman1975
The F-111 was unique in that it's fuel dump nozzle was nestled between the TF30 afterburners. This was a feature of all F-111s, but as far as I know only the RAAF did the infamous "dump and burn" at airshows.
4 posted on
03/13/2011 4:33:12 PM PDT by
Yo-Yo
(Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
To: naturalman1975
Who cares about asbestos on a plane being displayed? How are people going to come in contact with it? This is stupid and more examples of how illogical Big Gov't is. With such a small number of these planes they should all be displayed.
5 posted on
03/13/2011 4:33:14 PM PDT by
Lazlo in PA
(Now living in a newly minted Red State.)
To: naturalman1975
The USAF museum has one.
In the spring of 1968 the USAF operationally tested the F-111A in Southeast Asia with mixed success. In 1972, after correcting early problems, the USAF returned the F-111A to Southeast Asia for Operation Linebacker II, where it conducted very effective night strikes against North Vietnamese targets. The F-111A on display is marked as it appeared in 1972-1973 when assigned to the 474th Tactical Fighter Wing during Linebacker II.
14 posted on
03/13/2011 4:49:32 PM PDT by
TSgt
(Colonel Allen West & Michele Bachman - 2012 POTUS Dream Team Ticket!)
To: Army Air Corps
To: naturalman1975
To: naturalman1975
To the memories of Air Force Captains Fernando L. Ribas-Dominicci and Paul F. Lorence, downed in action against Libya, 1986.
RIP
19 posted on
03/13/2011 4:58:22 PM PDT by
onedoug
(If)
To: naturalman1975
These fly by wire, high speed, low altitude fighter/bombers killed a dear friend, the computer apparently didn’t have the required information to keep it from hitting a hillside.
21 posted on
03/13/2011 4:59:26 PM PDT by
gorush
(History repeats itself because human nature is static)
To: naturalman1975
I supplied equipment to General Dynamics, Fort Worth for the F-111/TFX swing-wing which was a dual purpose craft that McNamara’s “Whiz Kids” insisted be used by both the Navy and USAF. The Navy found they were too heavy for carrier operations and had to be extensively modified. Spent hours in that plant watching them being built. Even though they were not all that successful, still sad to see them scrapped out.
24 posted on
03/13/2011 5:31:50 PM PDT by
Dick Bachert
(2012 CAN'T COME SOON ENOUGH FOR ME. HOW ABOUT YOU?)
To: naturalman1975
Our F-14s were cut up and sold for scrap and now they are doing this to another swing wing. What gives?
26 posted on
03/13/2011 5:56:56 PM PDT by
Jack Hydrazine
(It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
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