General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark - Wikipedia
The FB-111A was a strategic bomber version of the F-111. The USAF's Strategic Air Command needed an interim bomber due to the Advanced Manned Strategic Aircraft program proceeding slowly and …
General Dynamics F-111A Aardvark - National Museum of the USAF
In 1960 the Department of Defense combined the USAF's requirement with a Navy need for a new air superiority fighter. The USAF's F-111A first flew in December 1964, and the first production models …
General Dynamics FB-111A Aardvark - Wings Over The Rockies
The museum displays the FB-111A version, which was specially designed as a strategic bomber, carrying nuclear weapons at high speed and over long ranges. Seventy-six of this model were built to …
General Dynamics FB-111A | This Day in Aviation
Dec 21, 2025 · A further development of the F-111A, the FB-111A, made its first flight at Carswell on 13 July 1968. It used the larger wing of the F-111B, with stronger landing gear, an enlarged bomb bay …
General Dynamics FB-111A - aircraftinformation.info
The FB-111A was the all-weather strategic bombing version of the F-111, intended as an interim successor to the B-52 and B-58 of the Strategic Air Command. It was initially developed as Weapon …
FB-111A “Aardvark” - SAC Aerospace Museum
The General Dynamics FB-111 was SAC’s medium-range bomber, capable of flying at supersonic speeds at 200 feet above the ground and at twice the speed of sound above 35,000 feet. It was the …
FB-111 United States Nuclear Forces
In December 1966, General Dynamics was awarded a contract to develop a strategic version of the F-111 fighter-bomber. The FB-111A was planned to replace the B-58 and to have the mission flexibility …
F-111 and FB-111 Aardvark - Airplanes Online
The USAF's F-111A first flew in December 1964, and the first production models were delivered to the USAF in 1967. However, the Navy's F-111B program was canceled. In all, 566 F-111s of all series …
That time an Air Force FB-111A bomber delivered a heart transplant
Aug 26, 2022 · In 1986, a U.S. Air Force FB-111A ferried a heart transplant from Oklahoma to Connecticut in two hours to save a patient. The Air Force FB-111A Aardvark was designed to fly low …
F-111 Aardvark: The Story of America’s Ground-Hugging ... - MSN
The FB-111A was a strategic bomber variant developed for the USAF Strategic Air Command. It had increased load-carrying capacity and range and used the SAC Mark IIB avionics suite.