A sweep-wing is a wing that can be moved back and forth, in flight ... for ejecting the two-person crew. Despite ushering in so many new tech features, the F-111’s abilities did harken a ...

such as its left wing detaching mid-flight, tarnished the F-111's name early on. Eventually, the plane's many issues were resolved. The first redesigned F-111 would finally be fully tested and ...

The F-111 notably set a record in 1966 for the longest low-altitude supersonic flight when it flew roughly 172 miles at less than 1,000 feet altitude. Considering the F-111’s impressive ...

The search for the cause of the fire that brought down Swissair Flight 111 on the evening of September ... We know that the crew had declared a Pan, which is a technical problem on the airplane ...