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F-111 in Vietnam

moon puppy

moon puppy

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I think I'm in on this.

I got that Academy F-111 kit a while back. As usual I haven't done any research on this but I know the F111 was in SEA towards the end of the war.

Do we know if there are any decals for a Vietnam Aardvark?
 
https://www.aviationmegastore.com/?offset=0&sortOrder=1&action=qs

Aviation Megastore shows Australian markings only.
James
 
Ref:

F-111A-SEA.jpg


From http://www.f-111.net

James
 
Woo Terry! That was quick.

Thanks Dave, those are sold out though but it gives me something to work with.

I dig the SEA on black scheme. that was what I had in my minds eye about these.

The one they had at Lowry AFB during training, I think was in this scheme. I was in the SAC shack though, not TAC.
 
Thanks James, check this. I got the Hobby Boss F-111 A. Guess there's some update sets I'll have to get to make this right.
 
Good luck master Bob...

I always thought that only Australian F-111 were active in Vietnam. Guess I was wrong.

Looking Forward to your Aardvark

Cheers

Alex
 
phantom II said:
As far as know, the first F-111's were deployed from Nellis before the airplanes had been completely assessed for combat readiness.

They did not fare well. No idea of the markings.

Cheers, Christian B)
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No not the first round in 68, they were modified and redeployed like '72 I think. Haven't had time to dig in this. got a good 3 day weekend coming up so we'll see what happens. :coolio
 
moon puppy said:
phantom II said:
As far as know, the first F-111's were deployed from Nellis before the airplanes had been completely assessed for combat readiness.

They did not fare well. No idea of the markings.

Cheers, Christian B)
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No not the first round in 68, they were modified and redeployed like '72 I think. Haven't had time to dig in this. got a good 3 day weekend coming up so we'll see what happens. :coolio
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Combat Lancer - 6 aircraft deployed from Nellis AFB. Three were lost in the first month due horizontal stabilizer failure.

F-111.net, if you haven't found it already.

Cheers,
Rich
 
Also from Wiki

September 1972 saw the F-111 back in Southeast Asia, stationed at Takhli Air Base, Thailand. F-111As from Nellis AFB participated in the final month of Operation Linebacker and later the Operation Linebacker II aerial offensive against the North Vietnamese.[55] They also supported regional aerial operations against other communist forces such as Operation Phou Phiang III during the Laotian Civil War in Laos.[citation needed] F-111 missions did not require tankers or ECM support, and they could operate in weather that grounded most other aircraft. One F-111 could carry the bomb load of four McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom IIs. The worth of the new aircraft was beginning to show; F-111s flew more than 4,000 combat missions in Vietnam with only six combat losses.[55]
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Dynamics_F-111_Aardvark#U.S._Air_Force


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Conversion set for F model with some nice looking hardbombs and a pitot tube.

Still not clear what model was in Vietnam. I see the A model was in the first deployment but what about the second in '72?
 
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