General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark

by Peter E. Davies and Anthony M. Thornborough

Book Overview

No project combined radical innovation and political furore quite like the F-111 program. It was intended as the world's biggest, most expensive defence procurement plan when it began in 1962. The aim was 'commonality'; the equipment of the USAF, US Navy and several foreign customers with a single type of fighter. It produced a superb strike aircraft which played a crucial role in three conflicts and was the only aircraft specifically mentioned...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1780966113
• ISBN13: 9781780966113
• Release Date: October 2013
• Publisher: Osprey Publishing (UK)
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.1" x 9.5"