F-111 Aardvark, The Aircraft that Defined an Era

Get NordVPN’s 2 year plan + four months extra included here: https://nordvpn.com/curiousdroid It's risk-free with Nord's 30-day money-back guarantee! The F-111 started out as a cost-saving aircraft to work for both the USAF and the US Navy but ended up being rejected by the Navy, however, it went on to be on of the most trusted assets for the USAF for the next 30 years and its advanced design inspired a generation of high-performance swing-wing fighters and bombers in the US, Soviet Union, and Europe over the next 2 decades. This is the story of the F-111 Aardvark. To give one off tips and donations please use the following : https://www.buymeacoffee.com/curiousd... or paypal.me/curiousdroid   / curiousdroid   This video is sponsored by https://nordvpn.com/curiousdroid Written, Researched and Presented by Paul Shillito Images and footage: Images and footage : General Dynamics, USAF, US Navy, RAAF, RAF, Grumman And as always a big thank you also goes out to all our Patreons :-) Eριχθόνιος JL Adriaan von Grobbe Alex K Alipasha Sadri Andrew Gaess Andrew Smith Bengt Stromberg Brian Kelly Carl Soderstrom Charles Thacker Daniel Armer erik ahrsjo Florian Muller George Bishop II Glenn Dickinson inunotaisho Jesse Postier John & Becki Johnston John A Cooper Jonathan Travers Ken Schwarz L D László Antal Lorne Diebel Mark Heslop Matti Malkia Patrick M Brennan Paul Freed Paul Shutler Peter Engrav Robert Sanges Ryan Emmenegger Sirrianus Dagovax stefan hufenbach Steve Ehrmann Steve J - LakeCountySpacePort tesaft Tim Alberstein Tyron Muenzer