F-111 Aardvark는 미국 공군이 자랑하는 최강의 장거리 전투폭격기이다.
8.4~12톤 가까운 각종 일반폭탄, 유도폭탄, 핵폭탄을 탑제할 수 있고 4.5톤의 페이로드에서도 연료탱크없이 무려 2,000km에 달하는 작전행동반경을 가진 전천후 침투용 공격기이다.
F-111 Aardvark 스펙
Primary Function
Multipurpose tactical fighter bomber.
Contractor
General Dynamics Corporation.
Power Plant
F-111A/E, two Pratt & Whitney TF30-P103 turbofans.
Thrust
F-111A/E, 18,500 pounds (8,325 kilograms) each with afterburners;
F-111D, 19,600 pounds (8,820 kilograms) with afterburners;
F-111F, 25,000 pounds (11,250 kilograms) with afterburners.
Length
73 feet, 6 inches (22.0 meters).
Height
17 feet, 1 1/2 inches (5.13 meters).
Wingspan
63 feet (19 meters) full forward; 31 feet, 11 1/2 inches (11.9 meters) full aft.
Speed
F-111F -- Mach 1.2 at sea level; Mach 2.5 at 60,000 feet.
Ceiling
60,000-plus feet (18,200 meters).
Range
3,565 miles (3,100 nautical miles) with external fuel tanks.
Weight
F-111F, empty 47,481 pounds (21,367 kilograms).
Maximum Takeoff Weight
F-111F, 100,000 pounds (45,000 kilograms).
Armament
Up to four nuclear bombs on four pivoting wing pylons, and two in internal weapons bay. Wing pylons carry total external load of 25,000 pounds (11,250 kilograms) of bombs, rockets, missiles, or fuel tanks.
20 CBU-52
20 CBU-59
20 CBU-71
8 CBU-87
8 CBU-89
20 MK-20
4 BL-755
Unit cost $FY98
[Total Program]
$75 million.
Crew
Two, pilot and weapon systems officer.
Date Deployed
October 1967.
Inventory
None, retired in 1996
[formerly Active force, 225; ANG, 0; Reserve, 0]
In all 563 F-111s in several variants were built.
