Summary and Key Points: The F-111 Aardvark was retired in 1998 primarily due to a "maintenance crisis" and the aging architecture of its 1960s-era variable-geometry wings. -Despite being the most ...
As Peter Davies notes in his book, F-111 and EF-111 Units In Combat, both services were looking for an aircraft with similar characteristics, albeit for different mission sets. Both the Air Force and ...