Flight Manual USAF Series F-111F Aircraft; T.O. 1F-111F-1 25 March 1977
Washington DC: United States Air Force, 1977. Presumed First Edition, First printing thus. Three Ring Binder. Three Hole punched. Unpaginated (approximately 1 inch thick, approximately 400 pages). Front cover illustration. Tear at top hole in cover page. Three ring binder is soiled and has some wear. Illustrations Tabular information. Cover has some wear and soiling. This manual is incomplete without T.O. 1F-111F-1-1, T.O. 1F-111F-1-2, and T.O. 1F-111F-1-3. This manual supersedes T. O. 1F-111F-1 dated 23 November 1973; Safety Supplements T.O. 1F-111F-1SS-47, -49, -54, -55, and -62; and Operational Supplements T.O. 1F-111F-1S-48, -53, -57, and -59. Includes a list of effective pages. Table of Contents includes: description & operation, normal procedures, emergency procedures, crew duties, operating limitations, flight characteristics, all weather operation, and Appendix I, performance data (see T. O. 1F-111F-1-1, this appendix is NOT PRESENT in this item), and alphabetical index. The General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark is a retired supersonic, medium-range, multirole combat aircraft. Production variants of the F-111 had roles that included ground attack (e.g. interdiction), strategic bombing (including nuclear weapons capabilities), reconnaissance and electronic warfare. Developed in the 1960s by General Dynamics, the F-111 entered service in 1967 with the United States Air Force (USAF). The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) also ordered the type and began operating the F-111C variant in 1973. The F-111 pioneered several technologies for production aircraft, including variable-sweep wings, afterburning turbofan engines, and automated terrain-following radar for low-level, high-speed flight. Its design influenced later variable-sweep wing aircraft, and some of its advanced features have since become commonplace. The F-111 suffered a variety of problems during initial development. A fighter variant, the F-111B, was not accepted for production. The F-111B was intended to perform aircraft carrier-based roles with the US Navy, including long-range interception.
USAF F-111s were retired during the 1990s with the F-111Fs in 1996 and EF-111s in 1998. The F-111 was replaced in USAF service by the F-15E Strike Eagle for medium-range precision strike missions, while the supersonic bomber role has been assumed by the B-1B Lancer. The RAAF continued to operate the type until December 2010, when the last F-111C was retired. The name Aardvark was derived from perceived similarities of the aircraft to the animal of the same name: a long nose and low-level, terrain-following capabilities. The word aardvark originated in the Afrikaans language, as a contraction of "earth-pig", and this was the source of the F-111's nickname of "Pig", during its Australian service. Crandall described the F-111F as "the Cadillac of the F-111 force". It was the final variant produced for Tactical Air Command, with a modern, but less expensive, Mark IIB avionics system. The USAF approved development of the variant in 1969. It also included the more powerful TF30-P-100 engine and strengthened wing carry-through box. 106 were produced between 1970 and 1976. The F-111F's Mark IIB avionics suite used a simplified version of the FB-111A's radar, the AN/APQ-144, lacking some of the strategic bomber's operating modes but adding a new 2.5 mi display ring. Although it was tested with digital moving-target indicator (MTI) capacity, it was not used in production sets. The Mark IIB avionics combined some Mark II components with FB-111A components, such as the AN/APQ-146 terrain-following radar. The F-111E's weapon management system was also included. The F-model could reach Mach 1.2 at sea level on full afterburner. It used the Triple Plow II intakes, along with the substantially more powerful TF30-P-100 turbofan with 25,100 lbf (112 kN) afterburning thrust, 35% more thrust than the F-111A and E. An adjustable engine nozzle was added to decrease drag. The P-100 engine greatly improved the F-111F's performance. The engines were upgraded to the TF30-P-109 version, later in the 1985–86 timeframe. In the early 1980s, the F-111F began to be equipped with the AVQ-26 Pave Tack forward looking infrared (FLIR) and laser designator system, which provided for the delivery of precision laser-guided munitions and was mounted in the internal weapons bay. The Pacer Strike avionics update program replaced analog equipment with new digital equipment and multi-function displays. Condition: Good.
Keywords: Military Manual, FB-111F, Technical Order, T.O. 1F-111F-1, Normal Procedures, Emergency Procedures, Flight Characteristics, All Weather Operation, Operating Limitations, Crew Duties, Angle-of-Attack, Landing, Weapons, Takeoff
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