F-111 & EF-111 Units in Combat

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 Автор: Peter Davies, Rolando Ugolini
Издательство: Osprey Publishing
Серия: Osprey Combat Aircraft 102
ISBN: 978 1782003472
Год издания: 2014
Язык: English
Cтраниц: 98
Формат: True PDF
Размер: 3,6 MB

The General Dynamics F-111 was one of the most technically innovative designs among military aircraft, introducing the variable-sweep wing, terrain-following radar, military-rated afterburning turbofan engines and a self-contained escape module among other features. Designed as a cost-saving, multi-role interceptor, naval fighter and strike bomber, its evolution prioritised the latter role and it became the USAFs most effective long-range strike aircraft during three decades of service. Rushed into combat in Vietnam before some of its structural issues were fully understood, the type suffered several early losses and gained an unfairly negative reputation that dogged it for the rest of its career, and restricted funding for more advanced versions of the design.

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