https://padlet.com/nickgraham654/711l4w09vdzz Nicholas Graham en-us 2019-03-26 15:29:34 UTC 2025-05-09 22:22:26 UTC hello@padlet.com nickgraham654 https://padlet.com/nickgraham654/711l4w09vdzz/wish/349541756 Removable M61 20mm cannon
Capacity up to 9 bombs or 31,500 lbs. 
Can carry 500 lb, 1,000 lb, 2,000 lb, and 4,800 lb bombs of types including: Laser Guided, Penetration, Cratering, electro-optical, and the B61 nuclear bomb.
FB-A111: AGM-69 SRAM Thermonuclear missile.

]]> 2019-04-08 15:04:03 UTC https://padlet.com/nickgraham654/711l4w09vdzz/wish/349541756 nickgraham654 https://padlet.com/nickgraham654/711l4w09vdzz/wish/349541873 The F-111 had served with the United States and Royal Australian Air force from the late 1960's up to 2010. With F-111 in Australian service, it became the fastest and longest range combat plane in South East Asia.
Being the first plane with variable wing design, the F-111 was the direct predecessor to  B-1 Lancer and the F-14 Tomcat.
Due to its longish nose the Royal Australian Air force nicknamed the F-111 as "Aardvark", coined from a historical West Germanic language in South Africa, which directly translates to earth-pig.]]> 2019-04-08 15:04:16 UTC https://padlet.com/nickgraham654/711l4w09vdzz/wish/349541873 nickgraham654 https://padlet.com/nickgraham654/711l4w09vdzz/wish/349542014 The F-111 most notable ability was its variable wing design that could transition the plane from low and high speed performance.
The F-111 was technologically advance and could carry a multitude of ordnance, equivalent to 4 F-4 Phantoms or 8 B-17 bombers. The F-111 was also nuclear capable. ]]> 2019-04-08 15:04:33 UTC https://padlet.com/nickgraham654/711l4w09vdzz/wish/349542014 nickgraham654 https://padlet.com/nickgraham654/711l4w09vdzz/wish/349542416 Developed by General Dynamic, the F-111 development phase had spanned from 1950's from the concepts of variable wing designs to the mid 1960's following the U-2 incident, when the f-111 flew its first flight. ]]> 2019-04-08 15:05:16 UTC https://padlet.com/nickgraham654/711l4w09vdzz/wish/349542416 nickgraham654 https://padlet.com/nickgraham654/711l4w09vdzz/wish/349542699 The F-111 had not seen combat until 1973, due to the test crash of 3 F-111 from a horizontal stabilizer defect. The 347th Tactical Fighter Wing conducted bombing missions using the F-111 in Operations of Phuo Phiang III, Line Backer, and the Laotian Civil War. Unlike other aircraft, the F-111 could operate in most weather and did not require fuel tankers. Of the 4,000 combat missions, only 6 F-111 were lost in combat.]]> 2019-04-08 15:05:51 UTC https://padlet.com/nickgraham654/711l4w09vdzz/wish/349542699 nickgraham654 https://padlet.com/nickgraham654/711l4w09vdzz/wish/349542766 66 F-111 alone had dropped 80% of Laser Guided Bombs of the War. Also, the F-111 scored kills on 1,500 Iraqi Armored fighting vehicles and tanks.
The F-111 was credited with a ration of 3.2:1 for successful to unsuccessful missions.]]> 2019-04-08 15:05:59 UTC https://padlet.com/nickgraham654/711l4w09vdzz/wish/349542766