The bird featured advanced avionics for ... For the Americans, the F-15E Strike Eagle in the tactical strike role knocked out the need for the F-111. The F-15E is a derivative of the F-15 Eagle ...

Ultimately, by 1984, the Air Force selected the F-15E Strike Eagle over the ... that they needed to create a bird that was as versatile as had been the F-111 Aardvark. It would seem as though ...

The aircraft was retired in 1996 and replaced by the F-15E Strike Eagle. F-111 Aardvark: The Multi-Role Bomber That Redefined Air Warfare Developed to meet a bold United States Department of ...

Replacing its supersonic bomber mission was the B-1 Lancer bomber, which, like the F-111, operated from terrain-hugging fast and low mission profiles. For medium-range precision strike missions ...