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Description
| Notes: F-111A with modified air inlets. | ||
| Manufacturer: | General Dynamics | |
| Base model: | F-111 | |
| Designation: | F-111 | |
| Version: | E | |
| Nickname: | Aardvark | |
| Designation System: | U.S. Air Force | |
| Designation Period: | 1948-Present | |
| Basic role: | Fighter | |
Specifications
| Length: | 73' 6" | 22.4 m | |
| Height: | 17' 1.5" | 5.2 m | |
| Wingspan: | 63' | 19.2 m | |
| Empty Weight: | 46,172 lb | 20,939 kg | |
| Gross Weight: | 70,000 lb | 31,746 kg | |
| Max Weight: | 98,850 lb | 44,829 kg | |
Propulsion
| No. of Engines: | 2 | ||
| Powerplant: | Pratt & Whitney TF30-P-3 (A/B 18,500 Lb) | ||
| Thrust (each): | 9,800 lb | 4,444 kg | |
Performance
| Cruise Speed: | 685 mph | 1,103 km/h | 596 kt |
| Max Speed: | 1,452 mph | 2,338 km/h | 1,263 kt |
| Ceiling: | 57,000 ft | 17,373 m | |
Known serial numbers
Examples of this type may be found at
| Museum | City | State |
| Hill Aerospace Museum | Hill AFB | Utah |
| Museum of Aviation | Warner Robins AFB | Georgia |
| Pima Air & Space Museum | Tucson | Arizona |
| USAF Armament Museum | Eglin AFB | Florida |
F-111E on display
Hill Aerospace Museum | Museum of Aviation | Pima Air & Space Museum | USAF Armament Museum |
Recent comments by our visitors
| Mike , OTH | Rrrrrrrrrrrrr J.
Shoot me your email address and maybe we can have a beer when I get back to the states sometime. scofinsky@btinternet.com 03/28/2011 @ 05:41 [ref: 37125] |
| Wayne Swiers Rockwell, NC | MA troop at UH 78-81. My first assignment (and my wife's, also an MA troop) and one of my fondest in a two-plus decade career. Complicated a/c system (red balls for fwd equipment hot lights daily) but if you learned it you could fix just about any other aircraft a/c system. From 111Es to A-10s - what a change. Miss those birds despite the many hours spent cussing the engineers who designed an aircraft around the a/c and pressurization systems. 03/24/2011 @ 06:33 [ref: 37019] |
| R.J. Wichita Falls, TX | Mike, if you go to Duxford, you will see my name on 67-0120. Hope you are doing well. Holla back...RJ 01/20/2011 @ 17:08 [ref: 35826] |
| Tom Tigner , MI | I was a cc on tail # 68-062 in the 79th at upper heyford 83thru86 (the yellow tails) aka the fighting tigers ! I followed that bird to many places and and enjoyed working on her awesome plane,awesome memories ! 12/17/2010 @ 05:04 [ref: 34357] |
| Bill (Bunny) Hare Joplin, MO | I was the CC on 68-068 (sick eight) and 68-029 from 1980-1984. pictures of either one of those birds are sure hard to find. If anyone has any please feel free to send them too me, it would be much appreciated. They were sure good times. If life were only that simple now. lol 06/10/2010 @ 11:29 [ref: 26578] |
| Michael Scofinsky Lakenheath, AZ | I was the last Crew Chief on 68-0020. I launched it from Upper Heyford a long time onto its new home of Hill AFB Utah. I love seeing old pictures of it. If anyone has any good ones send them to my email address. I am back in England now on my last assignment before I retire and only wish that I could have had it go to Duxford instead of Utah so I could visit it a lot more. Hello to all of my Upper Heford friends and family.
Ski Mike Scofinsky 03/28/2010 @ 10:58 [ref: 25938] |
| John Deal Soddy Daisy, TN | I was the crew chief on 68-041 & 68-029 at Heyford in the 77th from 1985-1989. Glad to see I'm not the only one that misses those jets and the good old days. 02/03/2010 @ 17:58 [ref: 25677] |
| John Richards Glastonbury UK, WY | Hi
I live in the UK and now having turned 60, I am interested in trying to tie up (for any aircraft) Nose art/Mission Marks/Individual aircraft names with tail numbers. I wonder if any ex F-111 crew can help me fill in any details please? I've put Wyoming as my state as otherwise I cannot send!!!! Thanks John 04/06/2007 @ 03:38 [ref: 16110] |
| John Richards Glastonbury UK, WY | Hi
I live in the UK and now having turned 60, I am interested in trying to tie up (for any aircraft) Nose art/Mission Marks/Individual aircraft names with tail numbers. I wonder if any ex F-111 crew can help me fill in any details please? I've put Wyoming as my state as otherwise I cannot send!!!! Thanks John 04/06/2007 @ 03:37 [ref: 16109] |
| John Richards Glastonbury UK, WY | Hi
I live in the UK and now having turned 60, I am interested in trying to tie up (for any aircraft) Nose art/Mission Marks/Individual aircraft names with tail numbers. I wonder if any ex F-111 crew can help me fill in any details please? I've put Wyoming as my state as otherwise I cannot send!!!! Thanks John 04/06/2007 @ 03:36 [ref: 16108] |
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