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General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark: (Schiffer Military History)

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I have been associated with the F-111 since Jan 1970 both as a crew member and a civilian instructor. I am Also the high time USAF F-111 instructor weapons systems oficer, with 2500 hours. This book covers the aircraft in more detail than any I have yet seen and my collection of F-111 books is extensive. I have books that have been sent to me from people in Japan, United Kingdom, Australia and all over Europe and this exceeds them all. Out of 129 F-111A's I have flown 95 of them and out of 94 F-111E's I have flown 76 of them, so I feel sure of myself when I rate this book 5 plus stars and tell you it brings back many memories. Major Wm H. Hamilton, USAF, Ret.

The bulk of the book consists of photographs and short career histories of practically every example built (90% have a photo). The technical description and operational history section are adequate, but I would have wished for more detail in these areas and less endless repetition of basically the same photograph. The production is excellent.

Excellent!! - a "Must Have" book. Don Logan, an ex-F-111A WSO and author of six previous military aviation books has released a superb 320 page pictorial history of the F-111 Aardvark containing more than 740 colour photos. An extraordinary amount of research went into the book. From his own vast collection of photos, as well as assistance from LMTAS, the F-111 Historian Steven Hyre, and from many other contributors around the world during the past few years, Don has been able to present short histories and colour photographs of all but a handful of the 562 F-111 aircraft of all models constructed. All USAF, RAAF, USN, NASA and RAF aircraft are detailed, as well as the oddities such as the FB-111B/C, FB-111H.

This book is well worth the retail asking price of $59.95 USD (and is a steal at Amazons' price).

this a great book about the vark..unfortunately like his previous book, Republic's A-10 Thunderbolt II : A Pictorial History, Don Logan included too many picture of F-111 on the ground.Almost 90% pictures depicted F-111 on the ground with a side view.This make the picture looks like a repetiton.It make the vark looks like a statue rather than a predator in the sky. Nevertheless this book is a good reference for the F-111 enthuasist and fan.

[[ASIN:0764305875 General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark (Schiffer Military His tory. I've been wanting this book since it came out years ago. At $60 I had to hope to find a used copy. I saved $15 by buying it here. I used to work on F111s when I was in the Air Force and this book has everything you'd want to know about them (literally) It had the actual aircraft I worked on, my name would be in their maintenance records. It tells you what happened to each aircraft and how many hours were on the airframe. when it was retired. It tells you the history of where each plane was stationed since new even. It even includes squadron patches- in my case"431st Test & Evaluation Squadron" or as it was named "The Red Devils". If you ever worked on these planes it is a must have book and even a bargain at its original price of $60.