Subject: Number 111 in the Series--General Dynamics F-111 (12 of 13)

From: [email-masked]
Date: 21 Mar 94 17:16:53 GMT

>From [email-masked]

In 1977, General Dynamics proposed an advanced version of the FB-111A, 
the FB-111H, to compete with the Rockwell B-1 bomber.  The FB-111H was 
quite similar to the proposed FB-111B, with advanced avionics, General 
Electric F101 turbofans, and six underwing stores pylons.  However, it 
had an enlarged internal weapons bay capable of carrying up to 12 
SRAMs.  

A modified version would have had a ten-foot longer fuselage and would 
have carried twelve cruise missiles on underwing pylons plus four 
SRAMs carried internally.  

Since the Rockwell design was the winner of the contest, the FB-111H 
never progressed beyond the study phase.  

Sources:

  United States Military Aircraft Since 1909, Gordon Swanborough and
  Peter M. Bowers, Smithsonian, 1989.

  General Dynamics Aircraft and their Predecessors, John Wegg, 
  Naval Institute Press, 1990.

  Post-World War II Fighters: 1945-1973, Marcelle Size Knaac,
  Office of Air Force History, 1986.

  The American Fighter, Enzo Angelucci and Peter Bowers,
  Orion, 1987.

  F-111 Aardvark--USAF's Ultimate Strike Aircraft, Tony Thornborough,
  Osprey Aerospace, 1993.

  F-111 Aardvark, Hans Halberstadt, Specialty Press, 1992.

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