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

From: [email-masked]
Date: 21 Mar 94 17:16:56 GMT

>From [email-masked]

On February 1, 1967, the Royal Air Force ordered 46 F-111K strike 
fighters and four TF-111K proficiency trainers.  These were intended 
to fill the gap left by the cancellation of the BAC TSR-2.  The 
F-111Ks were assigned RAF serials XV902/947, but they were also 
assigned the USAF serial numbers 68-0152/0158, 68-0181/0210, and 
68-0229/0238.  The TF-111Ks were assigned RAF serials XV884/887, with 
equivalent USAF serials being 67-0149/0152.  

However, the Royal Air Force order was cancelled at the beginning of 
1968, the reason being given that they were much too expensive.  

When the RAF order was cancelled, two TF-111Ks were almost ready.  
They were taken over by the USAF, which designated them YF-111A and 
intended to use them for tests.  Their serial numbers were 
67-0149/0150.  However, these planes were never actually completed.  

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.

  Modern Air Combat, Bill Gunston and Mike Spick, Crescent Books, 1983.

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