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F-111 & EF-111 Units in Combat (Paperback)
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F-111 & EF-111 Units in Combat (Paperback)
Series: Combat Aircraft
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The General Dynamics F-111 was one of the most technically
innovative designs among military aircraft, introducing the
variable-sweep wing, terrain-following radar, military-rated
afterburning turbofan engines and a self-contained escape module
among other features. Designed as a cost-saving, multi-role
interceptor, naval fighter and strike bomber, its evolution
prioritised the latter role and it became the USAF's most effective
long-range strike aircraft during three decades of service. Rushed
into combat in Vietnam before some of its structural issues were
fully understood, the type suffered several early losses and gained
an unfairly negative reputation that dogged it for the rest of its
career, and restricted funding for more advanced versions of the
design. However, in Operation Linebacker in 1972 the F-111 flew
4000 nocturnal under-the-radar missions, delivering, with
unprecedented accuracy, many decisive blows that would have
resulted in heavy losses for any other attack aircraft.
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