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General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark

The General Dynamics F-111 began as the TFX, a fighter-bomber the Air Force wanted. The National Museum of the US Air Force says the Defense Department combined that need with a Navy requirement for an air superiority fighter in 1960, and the Navy's F-111B was later canceled. Its wings sweep forward for takeoff and back for speed. The Air Force's F-111A first flew in December 1964, and 566 F-111s of all series were built. The type did not get the name Aardvark officially until it retired in 1996. One version is listed, the F-111A.

The variants side by side