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The General Dynamics F-111 "Aardvark" entered U.S. Air Force service in 1967. It was developed

Photograph by Jamil S. Zainaldin 		General Dynamics F-111 "Aardvark"

The General Dynamics F-111 "Aardvark" entered U.S. Air Force service in 1967. It was developed as a two-seat (side-by-side) fighter-bomber aircraft capable of flying at high speeds at a very low altitude. Among the unique features of this strike aircraft is its variable-sweep wing. Its maximum speed is 1,452 miles per hour.

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