F-111 "swing-wing" fighter-bomber

[P.A.F]

no. it also was nuke capable but it mainly fired cruise missiles.

 

[XEROX]

it was used during the cuba crisis right??

 

[XEROX]

Am i right to asume the "F-111" was under development during the same time as the B-2

 

[P.A.F]

i'm not sure but it is sure a old plane now.

 

[XEROX]

It could have to expensive or to complex to develop on a full scale program

 

[gf0012-aust]

The F-111 was originally conceived in the 60's under the TFX programme.

BTW, an RAAF F-111 "shot down" an F-16 in some DACT exercises asgainst the USAF some years ago. The F-111 took the fight down to sea level and had superior deck speed, it managed to turn into the Viper and shoot it on an overshoot. - Not bad for a long range nuke bomber (which is what they were originally designed to carry as well)

The RAAF also looked at the F-111 for it's nuke weapons delivery capability as at one stage Aust was intent on becoming a nuclear power. (officially abandoned in 1972)

 

[gf0012-aust]

Am i right to asume the "F-111" was under development during the same time as the B-2

No. It was developed in the 60's around the same time as the TSR.2 (which was the RAAFs preferred strike bomber option at the time)

 

[gf0012-aust]

no. it also was nuke capable but it mainly fired cruise missiles.

No. Cruise missiles were not part of it's weaps loadout. Mainly freefalls, LGB's etc...

 

[P.A.F]

sorry GF. i was talking about the black bird which is now retired.

 

[umair]

Wrong on that one too PAF.The SR-71 had no role as a bomber/missile carrier.There was however a version(A-12? Gary :help ) which came before the dedicated recon type, configured for a strategic bomber intercept role.(These were later converted to the recon version)

 

[P.A.F]

no umair there was a version of black bird that carried cruise missiles. i remember reading a book on it. try and get more info

 

[umair]

That was not a cruise missile carrying version, it was a "drone" launching version.The blackbird series never carried cruises.

Here, a link detailing all Blackbird versions
http://www.sr-71.org/blackbird/index.htm

 

[XEROX]

But still the development of the F-111 fighter bomber during the 60s/70s did sound Adventurous for that time i suppose ??

 

[umair]

The pics u posted PJ are not of the F-111.Probably someone's concept of a next generation tactical bomber.

 

[XEROX]

so it was not part of the TFX programme??

 

[gf0012-aust]

But still the development of the F-111 fighter bomber during the 60s/70s did sound Adventurous for that time i suppose ??

Yep, if it wasn't for the lessons learnt from the F-111, we never would have seen the F-14 and quite possibly the Russians would not have developed the flipper Migs as well (which were attempts to copy the swing wing concepts embodied in the F-111)

 

[gf0012-aust]

Wrong on that one too PAF.The SR-71 had no role as a bomber/missile carrier.There was however a version(A-12? Gary :help ) which came before the dedicated recon type, configured for a strategic bomber intercept role.(These were later converted to the recon version)

Umair is correct. The A-12 was going to be the interceptor version of the SR-71. It had long range strike and air intercept missiles (no guns).

The nose cone on the A-12 is very different to the SR-71. It is not "chined" into the body.

 

[unknown_3x]

hey guys we don need to discous the weapons in other hands we have to make weapons for our own hand ....so we must make something which is not come first in american or jew or brit mind first .....ok tell me do you ppl think americas f22 raptor or lightning a(lock head make) can be shot down with JF-17 (pak/china) ...naah i don think so coz biggest thret is not india its a jew and american loby for us

Admin: Change your tone or have your posts deleted. Veiled racism won't be tolerated in here.

 

[SABRE]

hey guys we don need to discous the weapons in other hands we have to make weapons for our own hand ....so we must make something which is not come first in american or jew or brit mind first .....ok tell me do you ppl think americas f22 raptor or lightning a(lock head make) can be shot down with JF-17 (pak/china) ...naah i don think so coz biggest thret is not india its a jew and american loby for us

Hmmm.

If u put a dumbass in a F/A-22 Raptor & a Master Fighter pilot in JF-17. JF-17 will probably shoot it down :

 

[unknown_3x]

hey ppl tell me if pakistan is gettin one kool plane from china (ADVANCED STEALTH) fighters ....thay look like f22 raptor and lightning......china have many kool replicas of world famous fighters ...well my point is we need some kool stealth fighters to kick some bad ass in skys :smokingc: