In the early 1960s, the Air Force came to realize that new, radar-guided surface-to-air missiles such as the Soviet SA-2 could reach its slow, high-altitude bombers. In response, it devised a new ...
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 ...
The Aardvark was the first airplane to incorporate specific design features to make it multirole capable. The F-111 Aardvark’s fuselage could lug bomb loads up to 31,000 pounds and fuel for missions ...
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