Key Points - The General Dynamics F-111 "Aardvark," born from the 1960s TFX program, was a groundbreaking tactical strike aircraft and the first production plane to feature a variable-sweep wing.

The F-111 Aardvark was the U.S. Air Force’s premier strike aircraft for the majority of the Cold War. It served in practically every conflict from Vietnam forwards, until it was replaced by the F-15E ...

In the 1960s, the U.S. military tried to solve two problems with one aircraft. Then-Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara pushed the Tactical Fighter Experimental (TFX) program, hoping to create a ...

PLATTSBURGH — About 350 former FB-111 pilots, navigators and crew members landed in Plattsburgh for the fifth FB-111 Swing Wing reunion. “Everyone here was stationed here at one point. This was the ...

PLATTSBURGH "" About 350 former FB-111 pilots, navigators and crew members landed in Plattsburgh for the fifth FB-111 Swing Wing reunion. "Everyone here was stationed here at one point. This was the ...