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An F-111E form the 20th TFW at Upper Heyford, UK flys above the cloud cover somewhere over the North Sea.
The General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark is a retired supersonic, medium-range, multirole, combat aircraft. Production models of the F-111 had roles that included attack (e.g. interdiction), strategic bombing (including nuclear-weapons capabilities), reconnaissance, and electronic warfare. Its name "Aardvark" comes from a long-nosed, insect-eating South African animal.
The F-111 was an all-weather attack aircraft, capable of low-level penetration of enemy defenses to deliver ordnance on the target. The F-111 featured variable-geometry wings, an internal weapons bay, and a cockpit with side-by-side seating. The cockpit was part of an escape crew capsule. The wing sweep varied between 16 and 72.5° (full forward to full sweep). The wing included leading-edge slats and double-slotted flaps over its full length. The airframe was made up mostly of aluminum alloys with steel, titanium, and other materials used in places. The fuselage was made of a semimonocoque structure with stiffened panels and honeycomb structure panels for skin. The horizontal stabilizer was an all-moving stabilator.
The F-111 used a three-point landing-gear arrangement, with a two-wheel nose gear and two single-wheel main landing-gear units. The landing-gear door for the main gear, which was positioned in the center of the fuselage, also served as a speed brake in flight. Most F-111 variants included a terrain-following radar system connected to the autopilot. The aircraft was powered by two Pratt and Whitney TF30 afterburning turbofan engines. The F-111's variable-geometry wings, escape capsule, terrain-following radar, and afterburning turbofans were new technologies for production aircraft.
The F-111E was first ordered in 1968. Its first flight occurred on 20 August 1969 and achieved initial operational capability late that year. 94 F-111Es were delivered between 1969 and 1971. Many F-111Es were assigned to the 20th TFW at Upper Heyford, UK until 1991. It saw action during the Gulf War. Some F-111Es received an Avionics Modernization Program and improved TF30-P-109 engines in the early 1990s. All were retired to AMARC by 1995.
RAF Waddington 13/03/2023, FA-102 F-16AM MLU 349 Smaldeel Belgian Air Component, just prior to touchdown on runway 20.
94-0047/SW - Lockheed Martin (General Dynamics) F-16CM Block 50 Fighting Falcon - United States Air Force (USAF)
VIPER Demonstration - special c/s - named "VENOM"
77th FS / 20th Fighter Wing at Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina.
at Toronto Lester B. Pearson Airport (YYZ)
CIAS 2023 performer
17 June 1993, RAF Leuchars
An ex 48th Fighter Wing "F" model performing an overshoot as "Lucky 02" during a deployment of 27th Fighter Wing F-111s from Cannon AFB to RAF Lakenheath in June 1993.
J-616 General Dynamics F-16AM Fighting Falcon Royal Netherlands Air Force RIAT Fairford 21 July 2024. Now withdrawn and preserved, the RNLAF roaded it into the show.
Beauvechain 5 September 1992
An old Belgian F-16A before modernisation to F-16AM standard.
The 350th escadrille (French for squadron) 'Ambiorix' was based at Beauvechain together with 349 smaldeel (Dutch for squadron). The base lays almost exactly on the (language) border between Wallonia and Flanders. 350 was the Wallonian squadron, 349 the Flemish.
350 sm is now based at Florennes together with 1 sm. 349 sm is based at Kleine Brogel with 31 sm.
On 23 March 1999 FA39 crashed near Dinant.
178th Fighter Squadron, North Dakota Air National Guard F-16ADF 81-0782 at Fargo-Hector Field on 15th August 2000.
SABCA / General Dynamics F-16AM Fighting Falcon mqn6H-124/89-0002/B-206
Belgian Air Force (1990/...)
JPO Orange-Caritat
25/05/2019
Manufacturer: General Dynamics (Now Lockheed Martin)
Operator: USAF, 20th Fighter wing (ACC), 77 Squadron, Shaw AF Base, Sumter, SC
Type: F-16C/Ds Fighting Falcon/ Viper (93-0536/SW) multirole fighter
Location: Air Force Base, Moron, Spain.
FA123 General Dynamics F-16AM Fighting Falcon Belgian Air Component @ RIAT 2016, RAF Fairford 11/07/2016
Fokker / General Dynamics F16A Block 20MLU msn80-3632 / L-130
RNIAF (28/04/1983 - ...)
B.A.115 Orange Caritat, 80 ans du 2/5 Iles de France
13/10/2021
With shock waves just visible in in her afterburner, two-seater Belgian Air Force General-Dynamics F-16BM Fighting Falcon 'FB-15' from No.31 Tiger Squadron cleans-up the gear as they blast away for some more dicing with the other participating units in the 2017 NATO 'Tiger Meet' held at Landivisiau
Note Les Pirates Embarqués GIB (Guy In the Back) is wearing a Tiger striped Flying suit and he's giving us the Evil Eye!
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Bath Iron Works, founded in 1884 is a major United States shipyard located on the Kennebec River in Bath, Maine. Print Size 13x19 inches.
General Dynamics F-16AM Fighting Falcon msn82-1011 de 1984
Royal Danish Air Force (25/03/1997 - ..)
JPO Orange-Caritat
25/05/2019
USAF, RDAF.
An F-16C of the 18th AGRS based at Eilson AFB in Alaska passes low level in California while on a training sortie while the jets of the Blue Foxes were temporarily based at Nellis AFB in Nevada
I was wowed with a spectacular firework display on the Brisbane River, beginning with this classic 'dump and burn' by an unidentified RAAF General Dynamics RF-111C Aardvark flyover and ending with another 'dump and burn' pass and thundering vertical climb over the Brisbane CBD fifteen minutes later at the climactic ending of the fireworks - Brisbane River Fire. Location Brisbane Southbank. File: F-111_dump_and_burn01
I had a chance to work on Evan’s awesome F-16C, so I shamelessly added some of my own touches to it, mainly around the canopy and underside. I also slightly changed the proportions, and added a nice Blue Splinter camouflage pattern.
Go tell him how great his model is.
Old render, so excuse the graininess and poor quality.