King of the skies?

RDoug said:
I was indeed at LN during the F-111F era. Indeed, I was there for the transition from the F-4D to the F-111F. Fine aircraft by that time (1977), but it sure was a piece of junk before they got the bugs worked out of it. The F-111 dropped more ordinance during Desert Storm than all other aircraft combined, if I recall correctly, and the LN F-111F was used to bomb Libya in 1986.
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The details of the '86 mission are indeed interesting in terms of the exceptionally long route the LN F-models and UH EF's had to take around Spain, all because France wouldn't allow overflight. Apparently, one of the reasons the F-117 came out of the black world a couple years later was due to the fact that they would've been good for the mission, but none of the planning staffs and commanders knew it existed.
 
Skåning said:
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Beautiful. Not masculine enough.
 
MikeD said:
The details of the '86 mission are indeed interesting in terms of the exceptionally long route the LN F-models and UH EF's had to take around Spain, all because France wouldn't allow overflight. Apparently, one of the reasons the F-117 came out of the black world a couple years later was due to the fact that they would've been good for the mission, but none of the planning staffs and commanders knew it existed.
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One of the Capt's here at QX took part in Operation Ghost Rider (the mock raid). He love the F-111...800kts, solid IMC at 200ft and the airplane was rock steady.
 
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