AARDVARKS GO EXTINCT – LAST FLIGHTS OF THE F-111

AARDVARK GO EXTINCT - LAST FLIGHTS OF THE F-111

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High-speed, low-level passes, tight formations, and the glow and roar of the flaming “dump-and-burn” procedure marked the final flight of the F-111 over the skies of Australia in December 2010. For 43 years the needle-nose, swing-wing plane was relied upon for all-weather, all-terrain interdiction and tactical strike bombing for the U.S. Air Force and Royal Australian Air Force. Its two-man crews flew over Vietnam, supported NATO’s priorities during the Cold War, completed the longest combat...

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