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According to the newspaper, the US Air Force Chief of Staff General John McConnell piloted a F-111A at the French international air show in Le Bourget France of 1967. Aircraft that participated were 65-5701 flying & 65-5702 static display.
Mar 5, 1965 U.S. Air Force's F-111 completes its first supersonic flight at Fort Worth, Texas.

Download sheet showing Air Force Serial Numbers vs General Dynamics Serial Numbers (36Kb zipped pdf)-can be printed out.
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1963 Pre Production Models
Type
USAF S/N
 Location/Remarks
F-111A
63-9766
 First F-111 to fly. Maiden flight 21 December 1964, crewed by Dick Johnson and Val Prahl (GD Test Pilots).
Originally in a white / grey paint scheme.
Preserved at Edwards AFB CA in the AFFTC Museum lot. image Chris Muir
F-111A
63-9767
 Originally bare metal. Test bed for Mk.1 NAV/ATTACK system. First flight 25 February 1965. The first Australian airman to fly in an F-111 was WGCDR J. Fletcher 16 December 1965. WGCDR Fletcher flew with Val Prahl out of GD Carswell. (The Mighty Vark CD-ROM)
In 1966 delivered to Pratt & Whitney to be used as a engine / intake testbed. Led to redesign of translating cowls (Triple Plow I) , then blow in doors (Triple Plow II).
Preserved at Octave Chanute Aerospace Museum Foundation, located at Rantoul MAP, the former Chanute AFB IL (Andy Marden).
F-111A / GF-111A
63-9768
 Pre-production F-111A. 'City of Graham'. Used for ground training at Sheppard AFB after flight test.
Transported by road to Little Creek Naval Amphibious Base, Norfolk VA, and loaded aboard HMAS Kanimbla for shipping to Australia (1995). Transferred to HMAS Tobruk in Sydney and shipped to Brisbane. Road transport to RAAF Amberley. To be used for ground training.
Undercover, and recently painted overall 'Gunship Grey'. Used for training maintenance personnel in such tasks as fuel tank entry procedures. New 82 Wing Technical Training Section tail flash.
See the 82WG TTS Web page hosted here.
(images courtesy of "Max" Walker of 82WGTTS)
F-111A
63-9769
 Originally bare metal. Had spin-recovery parachute fitted during Research Development Testing and Evaluation (RDT&E).
First F-111 with working pivot pylons. Performed a large amount of early aerodynamic and stores compatibility trials. Flew with mock up AIM-54 Phoenix missiles. The aircraft stalled, crashed and was badly damaged on its 229th flight during a low speed flyby during an airshow at Holloman AFB on May 18, 1968. The crew did not attempt ejection and were not injured. (Don Logan from 474thTFWg Roadrunners Reunion). Did not fly again. (Paul Abadesso) (Walter Witherspoon) - Image - Philippe Colin
F-111A / GF-111A
63-9770
 Used to test the M61A1 Vulcan 20mm gattling gun and the electronic warfare systems. Ended service career at Sheppard AFB as a ground trainer. Reported as being preserved at McClellan AFB CA (although I don't know where!). Also reported as on a pedestal at Sheppard AFB, but author Andy Marden believes it was disposed from McClellan AFB. Nose art - City of Duncan

F-111A
63-9771
 At one time was in use by NASA. Spent time at the Dryden Flight Research Facility.
Preserved on pedestal at the front gate of Cannon AFB NM as tail number "27-234" in 1976.
In 1997 Ron VanDerWarker reported that the tail code of 27-234 has been removed and replaced with '27FW' only.
Repainted in August 1997 still kept 27th FW on tail but added 63-9771 on rudder finally! (Jeff & Doc Servo)
F-111A
(pre-production)
63-9772

Name the "City of Frederick" Aircraft involved in weapons testing.
Was on display in 1967 for the Eglin AFB open day
Used for ground training at Sheppard AFB. Seen by author Andy Marden in April 1989, but has been probably destroyed and scrapped in the local dump by 1995. (Keith Snyder)
Rear fuselage section seen whilst 63-9768 was being recovered for the RAAF in 1995.
Forward fuselage section seen by Jim Rotramel at the China Lake Aircraft Survivability Laboratory June 1999.
See images gallery - coutesy of Senior Test Flight Engineer - Herbert C Rose Jr.
63-9772 appears in the - General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark DVD & VHS - see movies page
shows wings loaded with four pylons and missile launcing from bomb bay trapeze.
F-111A / GF-111A
63-9773

Aerial Refuel Test. Used for ground training at Sheppard AFB.
1st image couurtesy of Philippe Collin (FB-111A.net).
Preserved and on display on G Ave in July 1998 (Andy Marden). (Keith Snyder, Ben Marselis)
F-111A
63-9774
 Crashed and destroyed 19 January 1967 at Edwards AFB. Killed was the pilot only MAJ Herbert F. Brightwell. WSO Donovan I. McCance lived. The aircraft was landed short of runway due to the wings being accidentally swept in the wrong direction. The pilot, MAJ Brightwell was not significantly injured in the crash landing, went around to unfasten the right seater. Tragically, the pilot was standing in a pool of JP4 which subsequently ignited and incinerated him.
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F-111A / GF-111A
63-9775
 Was used for ground training at Sheppard AFB. -
The aircraft is stored outside at the US Space and Rocket Centre, Huntsville, Alabama.
Painted with the name - City of Vernnon
1st image courtesy of Wesley Lyons. e
F-111A / RF-111A
63-9776

Prototype and only RF-111A. On display at Mountain Home AFB Idaho as tail number "66-022"
(photo GD)
 image courtesy of Jason Curtis
We received this aircraft off of C-5 delivery at Mountain Home in the late 70's early 80's (cant remember which tour I was on at the time!) with those same crates of wings, stabs, etc. It was cleaned up, a stock A model radome was added and the only compatible A-Burner Cans found was one old TF30-1 Air Force can and a Navy F111 burner can was found to complete the tail section. Next time you see it, look at the cans and you'll see the different nozzle designs. This aircraft had the only RF configuration plus it was the short nose A model, you'll notice the forward bay panels are shorter than the Prod A's and up. Also this was the last F111 with Ejection Seats. It was painted with the tail number of the first F111 lost in Southeast Asia.

Paul Holmes, MSgt Ret
F111 Integrated Avionics Superintendent
F-111A
63-9777
 First F-111 fitted with the ejection module. Aircraft involved in weapons testing. AMARC 29 July 1971.
"MASDC II AMARC" www.go.to/AMARC (by Martyn Swann and Barry Fryer) shows this aircraft sold to Fritz Enterprises, Taylor, Michigan 1 April 97. However the aircraft was scrapped locally at the HVF West yard, Tucson, Arizona.
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F-111A
63-9778

Spent time at the Dryden Flight Research Facility. NASA Transonic Aircraft Technology (TACT) Test Aircraft 1973
(with supercritical wing and reduced aspect ratio)(NASA Photo)

Latter as the Advanced Fighter Technology Integration (AFTI) aircraft in 1986
(with variable camber mission adaptive wing) Preserved at Edwards AFB CA.

All images courtesy of NASA - MORE IMAGES - GO TO NASA GALLERY

3rd image via Philippe Colin - www.FB-111A.net
F-111A
63-9779
 Once thought to be preserved at McClellan AFB, although also reported to be at AMARC 7 December 1972.
"MASDC II AMARC" www.go.to/AMARC (by Martyn Swann and Barry Fryer) shows this aircraft sold to Fritz Enterprises, Taylor, Michigan 1 April 97. However the aircraft was scrapped locally at the HVF West yard, Tucson, Arizona.
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F-111A
63-9780
 Crashed and destroyed 19 October 67 at Jacksboro TX after a total hydraulics failure made the aircraft uncontrollable .
GD contractor crew survived ejection.
Module on display at Wright Patterson AFB Ohio
F-111A
63-9781
 AMARC 29 September 1971. Author Andy Marden reports that this aircraft was removed from the AMARC inventory on 1 April 97 with fate as 'Fritz Enterprises,Taylor MI'.
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F-111A
63-9782
 Delivered to the Air Force on 29 Dec 1966. It was assigned to the USAF Flight Test Center (Air Force Systems Command) , Edwards AFB, CA on 9 Jan 1967. Aircraft involved in weapons testing.
The aircraft was transferred to the Military Aircraft Storage and Disposition Center, Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ on 3 March 1970. On 18 March 1975, it was transferred to the Rome Air Development Center, Griffiss AFB, N.Y.. It was dropped from the inventory as salvage on 31 July 1975. It is currently still in use as a test-bed at Rome Lab.
(source: ELECTRONMAGNETICS AND RELIABILITY DIRECTORATE )
Transferred to RADC, GAFB,N.Y. on 18 March 1975. It arrived at GAFB sometime during the March-June 1975 time frame aboard a C-5A Galaxy. Mounted on pedestal at Newport on 18 September 1975.

The airframe originally an F-111A, was reconfigured into an EF-111A (Raven or Sparkvark) shortly after it arrival at Rome Lab. In late 1975, it was reconfigured to an FB-111 through the addition of wing tip extensions, which are used for ferrying over extended ranges. Electronic counter measures Pods and weapon data links have been evaluated using the F-111 test bed. As an EF-111, the test bed was used in the System Improvement Program.
F-111A
63-9783

Used as pre-production FB-111A.
First flew 30 July 1967. AAR test aircraft.
AMARC 15 December 1971. (Ron VanDerWarker)
"MASDC II AMARC" (by Martyn Swann and Barry Fryer) shows this aircraft sold to Fritz Enterprises, Taylor, Michigan 1 April 97. However the aircraft was scrapped locally at the HVF West yard, Tucson, Arizona.
1st image via USAF Museum website.
   
   
1965 Test Models
1965 Models were test aircraft - including 66-0011 (assigned for FB-111 testing, although not a FB)
F-111A
65-5701
 First flew 12 February 1968 with 65-5702. Handed over to USAF in April 1968.
65-5701 was in the flying display and 65-5702 was in the static, at the 1967/ 8 French International Air Show.
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F-111A
65-5702

AMARC 6 October 1970. Hulk mounted on a engine test rig at FAA Atlantic City NJ (Ron VanDerWarker and Robert Styger). 65-5701 was in the flying display and 65-5702 was in the static, at the 1967/ 8 French International Air Show.
Reported to be one of two aircraft that were the first to leave the USA. Click here to see a short article and photos of 65-5702 as it rests today.
F-111A
65-5703

Crashed and destroyed 11 September 1972 at Edwards AFB during spin tests. (Ron VanDerWarker).
Spin chute failed, aircraft could not be recovered to controlled flight before it passed the altitude safety limit. Crew ejected with aircraft in vertical dive, aircraft remained in 90 degree vertical dive for further 10 seconds until impact, crashed approx. 10 mi. North of Edwards AFB. Crew survived. (Walter Witherspoon)  Piloted by Major Charles P. Winters. Video of spin, ejection and crash still used in aircrew training.
Below link will take you to the website written by Walter Witherspoon . Some small fragments shown of what remained
http://www.xb-70.com/wmaa/f111/
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F-111A
65-5704
 AMARC 11 March 1971. "MASDC II AMARC" www.go.to/AMARC (by Martyn Swann and Barry Fryer) shows this aircraft sold to Fritz Enterprises, Taylor, Michigan 1 April 97. However the aircraft was scrapped locally at the HVF West yard, Tucson, Arizona.
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F-111A
65-5705
 AMARC 7 January 1971.
"MASDC II AMARC" www.go.to/AMARC (by Martyn Swann and Barry Fryer) shows this aircraft sold to Fritz Enterprises, Taylor, Michigan 1 April 97. However the aircraft was scrapped locally at the HVF West yard, Tucson, Arizona.
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F-111A
65-5706
 AMARC 20 March 1971. The forward half of the aircraft was used to rebuild 68-0082.
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F-111A
65-5707
 AMARC 5 January 1972. "MASDC II AMARC" www.go.to/AMARC (by Martyn Swann and Barry Fryer) shows this aircraft sold to Fritz Enterprises, Taylor, Michigan 1 April 97. However the aircraft was scrapped locally at the HVF West yard, Tucson, Arizona.
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F-111A
65-5708
 AMARC 30 March 1971.
"MASDC II AMARC" www.go.to/AMARC (by Martyn Swann and Barry Fryer) shows this aircraft sold to Fritz Enterprises, Taylor, Michigan 1 April 97. However the aircraft was scrapped locally at the HVF West yard, Tucson, Arizona.
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F-111A
65-5709

AMARC 5 January 1972. Remains nearly unidentifiable. Note the capsule is missing.
(photo Jeff & Doc Servo)
"MASDC II AMARC" www.go.to/AMARC (by Martyn Swann and Barry Fryer) shows this aircraft sold to Fritz Enterprises, Taylor, Michigan 1 April 97. However the aircraft was scrapped locally at the HVF West yard, Tucson, Arizona.
F-111A
65-5710
 AMARC 27 June 1975. "MASDC II AMARC" www.go.to/AMARC (by Martyn Swann and Barry Fryer) shows this aircraft sold to Fritz Enterprises, Taylor, Michigan 1 April 97. However the aircraft was scrapped locally at the HVF West yard, Tucson, Arizona.
   
NOTE - Test aircraft - 1965 models plus 66-0011 (assigned for FB-111 testing, although not a FB) 66-0012 training aircraft, but didn't fly after 1969 due to a fire. 66-0013 onwards - operational
 
PRODUCTION F-111A
F-111A
66-0011
 AMARC 30 November 1970."MASDC II AMARC" www.go.to/AMARC (by Martyn Swann and Barry Fryer) shows this aircraft was removed from the AMARC inventory on 2 January 1986 and moved to Calverton NY.
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F-111A
66-0012

On display at Battle Mountain Aviation Park, T NV (Ron VanDerWarker).
Second image - Keith Bass - 2002.
Now removed and transported to a museum
F-111A / EF-111A
66-0013

Did not go on COMBAT LANCER. When it was assigned to the 474th at Nellis AFB, it went to the 4520th CCTS (Combat Crew Training Squadron)429ECS Cannon AFB NM.
1st image by Mike Kaplan
This aircraft was flow to AMARC by LtC. Doug Couture with the 429th's Chief Master Sergeant Greg Weigl on-board.(Greg Weigl)
AMARC photo by Peter Fleming. AMARC 26 May 98.

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F-111A / EF-111A
66-0014
 F-111A 66-0014 was heavily modified for use of testing out the EF-111 ECM package while in the 57th FWW at Nellis AFB.  (Michael Hoover)
429ECS Cannon AFB NM. AMARC 19 May 1998.
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F-111A / EF-111A
66-0015
 429ECS Cannon AFB NM.
AMARC directly from SM-ALC PDM. - AMARC 9 April 1998.
Kept in storage for RAAF.
F-111A / EF-111A
66-0016

Assigned to 428th TFS. HARVEST REAPER jet. COMBAT LANCER aircraft.
(ref: Official 474th COMBAT LANCER History Vol 1)
Assigned 442nd TFTS.
429ECS Cannon AFB NM.
Credited for a Iraqi Mirage F1 kill on 17 January 1991, after flying at an altitude caused the chasing Mirage to impact the ground (trapped him in the 6 o'clock !).
This aircraft is on display at Cannon.
Image1 - Steve Toby.
Image 2 - Bill Spidle.
F-111A
66-0017
 The aircraft was delivered to the USAF on 28 November 1967.
It was modified to HARVEST REAPER configuration and assigned to 4480th TFS ( later reigated as the 474TFW ).
Later assigned to 428th TFS. (ref: Official 474th COMBAT LANCER History Vol 1).
Crashed and destroyed 30 March 1968 during COMBAT LANCER. Sandy Marquardt and Joe Hodges ejected and landed safely. The crew thought they were under enemy fire when the M61 ammo in the wreck 'cooked off' . Believing they were in Laos, the crew began escape and evasion tactics. They were found later in Thailand, only a short distance from the module!! Stabiliser actuator failure. The cause of the aircraft loss was believed to be foreign object ("said to be" a tube of solidified sealant) which became lodged in the pitch/roll mixer assembly of the flight controls. This rendered the aircraft uncontrollable under certain conditions. Callsign: HOTROD 76. Second combat related F-111 loss.
Shortly afterwards, on 8 May 1968(??), a F-111A at Nellis had the identical failure.
Reference: F-111 Success in Action)
The aircraft wreckage was recovered and was buried near 'the big hanger' an Takhli RTAFB. (474th TFWg Roadrunner Reunion)
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F-111A / EF-111A
66-0018

Assigned to 428th TFS. HARVEST REAPER jet. COMBAT LANCER aircraft. (ref: Official 474th COMBAT LANCER History Vol 1)
Flew the first F-111 combat mission on the night of 25 March 1968 piloted by COL Ivan Dethman (Commander, Det 1 428th TFS COMBAT LANCER) with PWSO Capt Rick Matteis,
Vale - Col Ivan Dethman - March 24, at 4:45 PM  - http://www.f-111.net/remembrances.htm

Desert Storm veteran, 429ECS Cannon AFB NM.This aircraft was flow to AMARC by Col.Allen Wickman with the 429th's exchange RAAF engineer, WGCDR Anker Brodersen on-board. (Greg Weigl)
F-111A / EF-111A
66-0019
 Assigned 428th TFS. HARVEST REAPER jet. COMBAT LANCER aircraft. First combat ground abort (due hydraulics).(ref: Official 474th COMBAT LANCER History Vol 1)
Assigned 442nd TFTS.
429ECS Cannon AFB NM. - - 430th-429th-ECS-units "read note pad" - MS Word format also
AMARC 14 April 1998
F-111A / EF-111A
66-0020
 Assigned 428th TFS. HARVEST REAPER jet. COMBAT LANCER aircraft.
(ref: Official 474th COMBAT LANCER History Vol 1)
Assigned 442nd TFTS.
429ECS Cannon AFB NM.
AMARC 28 April 1998.
F-111A / EF-111A
66-0021
 Assigned 428th TFS. Assigned 442nd TFTS.
429ECS Cannon AFB NM.
Was static aircraft on display at USAF 50th Anniversary Airshow at Nellis on 25&26 April 1997.
AMARC 21 April 1998.
1st image - D.M.Vieger - EJECT web site
2nd image - copyright Stephano Caporelli.
F-111A
66-0022
 Assigned 428th TFS. HARVEST REAPER jet. (ref: Official 474th COMBAT LANCER History Vol 1)
Destroyed 28 March 1968 three days after COMBAT LANCER operations started.
Killed were MAJ Henry Elmer (Hank) MacCann and Capt Dennis Lee Graham (PWSO).
POW/MIA REFERENCE #’S---1107-0-02 / 1107-0-01.
Mission target was Chan Hao Truck park at N17 32 11 E 106 29 12. - link to detailed notes
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F-111A/ EF-111A
66-0023
 Assigned 428th TFS. Assigned 442nd TFTS in original F-111A configuration.
Assigned 390th ECS in EF config
F-111A/ EF-111A
66-0024
 Assigned 428th TFS. HARVEST REAPER replacement jet. In theatre 1 April 1968. (ref: Official 474th COMBAT LANCER History Vol 1) Crashed and destroyed 22 April 1968 during Operation COMBAT LANCER, becoming the third and last jet lost during that operation. Neither the aircraft nor crew, (Commander David "Spade" Cooley USN, and Lt. Col. Ed Palmgren), were ever found. Some Combat Lancer crews believed the loss was due to failure of the horizontal stabiliser weld failure ("said to be" same as the cause of the loss of 66-0032). (Don Logan from 474th TFWg Roadrunner Reunion)
Other crews believe that 024 was flown into the ground as the crew of 024 believed they could fly lower at night using 'manual TF' instead of the auto TF. Although 200 feet is the lowest TFR setting, anecdotal evidence suggests that attempts were made to manual TF at 50 feet by interpreting the TF E Scope.
Callsign: TAILBONE 78 (Doc Servo)
Loss co-ordinates: 17 28N 106 37E. POW/MIA Reference # 1139-0-01 / -02 Presumptive finding of death.
(Library of Congress POW/MIA)
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F-111A
66-0025
 Handed over to the USAF 13 February 1968.
Assigned 428th TFS (474th TFW) 15 February 1968.
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F-111A/ EF-111A
66-0026
 Crashed and destroyed 13 March 1984 at Mountain Home AFB.
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F-111A/ EF-111A
66-0027

366th TFW Mtn Home AFB - Yellow tail ( TFS ? ) 429ECS Cannon AFB NM. AMARC 19 June 1998.
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F-111A/ EF-111A
66-0028
 429ECS Cannon AFB NM.
AMARC 20 March 1998.
Image contributed by email ?
NA tail code - 428th TFS 474 TFW
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F-111A
66-0029
 Crashed and destroyed 2:35 PM MDT, 1 September 1971  Van Horn TX.  (Jeff & Doc Servo)
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F-111A/ EF-111A
66-0030

After a mishap on 24 March 1978, was repaired. 429ECS Cannon AFB NM. AMARC 5 May 1998.
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F-111A/ EF-111A
66-0031

429ECS Cannon AFB NM.
AMARC 7 April 1998.
F-111A
66-0032
 Assigned either 442nd TFTS or 4527 CCTS.
Crashed and destroyed 8 May 1968, 60 miles NNE of Nellis.
(This could be the Nellis tail actuator failure jet?)
F-111A/ EF-111A
66-0033

Second EF-111A to the boneyard. (see Memorial page).
AMARC 8 August 1997.
 image by Mike Kaplan
F-111A
66-0034
 Crashed and destroyed 6 June 1975 at Peach Spring AZ.
F-111A/ EF-111A
66-0035
 85TES. - 429ECS Cannon AFB NM. - AMARC 16 September 1997.
1st Image Mike Neil
F-111A/ EF-111A
66-0036
 366th TFW Mountain Home AFB - 429ECS Cannon AFB NM. - AMARC 5 May 1998.
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F-111A/ EF-111A
66-0037

429ECS Cannon AFB NM.
AMARC 20 May 1998.429ECS Cannon AFB NM.Images taken at McClellan AFB after the decision was made to retire the EF-111. At that time 66-037 was then taken off the PDM line and unceremoniously stored outside before shipment to AMARC.
No longer appears on AMARC registry and probably destroyed (2001).
1st image by Roy Shilam at Upper Heyford
2nd image by Mike Shaw.
F-111A / EF-111A
66-0038

Suffered a catastrophic failure to the wing carry through box during a Cold Proof Load Test (ground testing) in Dec 1991 at SM-ALC, McClellan AFB.
Remnants transported by flatbed truck to AMARC on 3 October 1997. (Cedric Mitchell)
AMARC images via Cedric Mitchell
Note the Desert Storm mission markings.
No longer appears on AMARC registry and probably destroyed (2001).
F-111A / EF-111A
66-0039
 429ECS Cannon AFB NM.
AMARC 10 March 1998.

Image courtesy of Christopher L Till, SSgt 31 TES/LGF
F-111A
66-0040
 Crashed and destroyed 23 September 1968.
First flew 17 April 1968, and delivered to the USAF on 1 August 1968.  Crashed while assigned to the 474th TFW after only 16 flights and 35.6 hours total.  The centre of gravity went aft out of limits and pitch authority was lost after a failure of the Foward/Aft pointers on the fuel guage which controls the C of G when the engine feed fuel switch is left in AUTO.  The aircrew of USN Lt. John Nash and RAAF FLTLT Neal Pollock ejected successfully on late finals to Nellis AFB. (info from Don Logan's F-111 Aardvark reference book.)

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F-111A / EF-111A
66-0041
 Second F-111A modified to EF-111A. 429ECS Cannon AFB NM. AMARC 16 September 1997. Flew with the call sign Grumman 67 as a memorial to the loss of F-111B tail # 151973 which was fatal 21 April 1967
F-111A
66-0042
 Crashed and destroyed 12 February 1969. 442 CCTS/TFTS aircraft. Crew Capt Robert Jobe and Capt William Fuchlow (IP) were killed after ground impact. (source - 474th Reunion)
Impacted Mt Pequop, NV which was covered in deep snow. The snow deceived the Terrain Following Radar, by absorbing the TF radar energy, and hence making the mountain invisible to the system. It was a number of months until the crashed aircraft was found
In mid 1998, 29 years after the loss of 66-042 and the two crew, Mark Howes and some dirt biking friends rediscovered the crash site. For some reason or other, the USAF had not followed its normal practise in clearing the crash site. 66-042 still lies on the green and peaceful mountain top that claimed it so many years before. See newspaper articles of the 'rediscovery' of 66-00 42 here
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F-111A
66-0043
 Crashed and destroyed 4 March 1969, 60 miles north of Nellis AFB.
Crew Pilot Maj William Baechle / WSO Maj Edward P. Schmitt
Both crew ejected safely
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F-111A / EF-111A
66-0044

Originally not planned to be modified to EF-111A, until 66-026 crashed.

1st image taken at Randolph AFB (RND / KRND)Texas, May 18, 1981-courtesy Don Gilham
"Last Roll of the Dice" 2nd & 3rd images by Mike Kaplan-

Major Bob 'Zog' Zabel - painted that nose art during operations out of Aviano AB, Italy during Operation Deny Flight.
He was a EWO in the Raven at the time.
F-111A
66-0045
 Crashed and Destroyed 13 May 1982 at Saylor Creek. (Ron VanDerWarker).
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F-111A / EF-111A
66-0046
 429ECS Cannon AFB NM. - AMARC 2 June 1998 .- Kept in storage for RAAF
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F-111A / EF-111A /
GF-111A
66-0047

This jet was a testbed for the System Improvement Program (SIP), an upgrade to the aircraft's jamming subsystem. From 1993-1996 it was stationed at Eglin AFB where it underwent extensive flight testing to validate the program. Although the upgrades significantly enhanced the aircraft's jamming capabilities, the program was scrapped when the announcement came that the EFs would be retired. The last time it flew was in June 1996 from Eglin to Cannon. It was used exclusively as a trainer for maintenance personnel. (Jeff Sloan) -
‘OT’ USAF / 85th TES Aircraft became a GEF-111A ground instruction airframe. October 2001 edition of AirForces Monthly via Julian Gray Moffatt
Click here to see article and photos of 66-0047 at rests today in a Majove desert scrap yard.
1st image courtesy of Wally T Van WInkle
2n d image Jeff Zeitvogel
F-111A / EF-111A
66-0048

429ECS Cannon AFB NM & also 390 ECS 366th TFW Mtn Home AFB 1989
AMARC 1 April 1998
F-111A / EF-111A
66-0049
 First EF-111A prototype. Test fly 10 March 1977.Went back to Grumman in mid-1980 for full upgrade and became the first production Raven.  Left factory on 19 June1981. (MSGT Michael Dugre  366WG Historian)
429ECS Cannon AFB NM. & also the 366th TFW Mtn Home AFB.
AMARCReturned to Mountain Home AFB May 98 to be placed on display in the bases' heritage park.
Also on the Museum page.
1st image DVIC -US DoD
2nd image courtesy of Jason Curtis
F-111A / EF-111A
66-0050
 66-0050 NA 428 TFS 474 TFW Nellis AFB August 1973
429ECS Cannon AFB NM.

2nd image via Adriaan de Graaff
3rd image 27TFW EF-111A-66-0050 Aviano AVB, Italy August 14 1995 LIPA BOSNIA.- copyright Sergio Gava.
AMARC 1 April 1998.
F-111A / EF-111A
66-0051
 First production EF-111A to arrive at Mountain Home AFB (5 Nov 81) (Mike Dugre)
429ECS Cannon AFB NM. - AMARC 26 May 1998.
Kept in storage for RAAF. - EF-111A 66-0051 429th ECS Commanders aircraft shortly before departure to AMARC 1998. - 1st image courtesy of Don Logan
F-111A
66-0052
 Crashed and destroyed 31 July 1979 Mountain Home AFB.(Ron VanDerWarker).
My older brother, Maj. (not Capt., promoted June, '79, listed as such on grave marker at Ft. Sam in San Antonio, Sect.6 Site 1072) Myles D. Hammon was killed in the F-111 crash 31, July, 1979 at Mt. Home AFB while serving as an I.P. (Tail # 66-0052). ( Notes from David Hammon, the brother of the late Maj M.D.Hammon
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F-111A
66-0053

First flew 16 June 1968, and delivered to the USAF on 28 June 1968.
AMARC 19 September 1990. No longer appears on AMARC registry and probably destroyed (2001).
image-Mike Kaplan
F-111A
66-0054
 Crashed and destroyed 13 April 1983 at Mountain Home AFB.
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F-111A / EF-111A
66-0055
 429ECS Cannon AFB NM.
AMARC 12 May 1998.
F-111A / EF-111A
66-0056
 20FW 42nd ECS. 'UH' Crashed and destroyed 2 April 1992 at Barton Hartshorn near Finmere Buckinghamshire UK due to a fuel duct failure. (Doc Servo). No casualties. Pilot. CAPT Jeff Coombe and WSO. CAPT David Gevenish ejected and survived.(Richard Elliott)
1st Image - Kevin Wheeler

2nd photo taken by Tony Rogers at RAF Wyton near Cambridge (UK) on 7 Jul 84.
F-111A / EF-111A
66-0057
 First F-111 to under go Cold Proof Load Test.
429ECS Cannon AFB NM.
1st & 2nd image courtesy of CMSgt Jim Rusch (Ret.) via www.FB-111A.net
3 nd image via Adriaan de Graaff
See 66-0057 images gallery - On display as EF-111A at the USAF Museum Dayton Ohio
http://daytonipms.com/Walks/EF-111/EF-111.htm
F-111A
66-0058
 Assigned either 428thTFTS, 474thTFW.
Crashed and destroyed 7 October 1975 in Nellis ranges, near Indian Springs. (Ron VanDerWarker)( 474th - Reunion).
Killed were MAJ Merle E. Kenney and CAPT Ralph D. Bowles (Jeff & Doc Servo) Callsign TASTY 16.
(Deborah Bowles, sister of Ralph Bowles)
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F-111A / EF-111A
67-0032

429ECS Cannon AFB NM. - AMARC 19 May 1998. image by Mike Kaplan
F-111A / EF-111A
67-0033
 429ECS Cannon AFB NM.
AMARC 14 April 1998.
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F-111A / EF-111A
67-0034

429ECS Cannon AFB NM.
AMARC 28 May 1998.

Robs Kawasaki Web Site 67-0034-42 ECS - RAF MIDDLEHALL 24th May 1985
F-111A / EF-111A
67-0035
 366th TFW Mountain Home AFB 1980 - 429ECS Cannon AFB NM. - AMARC 28 April 1998.
F-111A
67-0036
 Assigned either 442nd TFTS or 4527 CCTS.
Crashed and destroyed 24 April 1972 Nellis AFB. (Ron VanDerWarker).
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F-111A / EF-111A
67-0037
 Assigned to 474 TFW - 428th TFS.
429ECS Cannon AFB NM.
2nd image - AMARC 1 April 1998.2nd image - Air2air
Image courtesy of http://www.mybackoffice.ch/jetsprops/images/EF111_677037CC.jpg - taken October 1997
F-111A / EF-111A
67-0038
 Assigned to 428th TFS. - 429ECS Cannon AFB NM. - AMARC 21 April 1998.
Kept in storage for RAAF.(image Cedric Mitchell)
F-111A / EF-111A
67-0039
 Assigned to 428th TFS. - 429ECS Cannon AFB NM. - AMARC 19 June 1998.
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F-111A
67-0040
 Assigned to 428th TFS. Crashed and destroyed 11 July 1973 Zion National Park, 5 miles N of Springdale UT. (Ron VanDerWarker - 474th - Reunion). A small bird penetrated the right windscreen.  The crew ejected; landed on a steep slope. (info W. John Richardson)
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F-111A / EF-111A
67-0041
 Assigned to 428th TFS.
Assigned to 429th ECS.
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F-111A / EF-111A
67-0042
 Assigned to 428th TFS. - 429ECS Cannon AFB NM. - AMARC 10 March 1998.
F-111A
67-0043
 Assigned to 428th TFS.
Crashed and destroyed 22 May 1969 50 miles NE of Tuba City AZ (474th - Reunion).
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F-111A / EF-111A
67-0044
 Assigned to 428th TFS. - 429ECS Cannon AFB NM. - AMARC 12 May 1998.
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F-111A
67-0045
 Assigned to 428th TFS. - AMARC 21 June 1991
No longer appears on AMARC registry and probably destroyed (2001).
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F-111A / GF-111A
67-0046
 Assigned to 428th TFS. - Was a Ground Trainer. Sheppard AFB
Martyn Swann,  author of MASDC II AMARC (www.go.to/AMARC) saw this aircraft at Brownwood Regional Airport, Texas on 2nd May 1998.  It still wears the 'MO' tail-code and yellow fin stripe.  It is simply parked on the ground next to F-4E 67-0249/GA (black fin stripe) in a fenced off compound.
Now sent to Brownwood Regional Airport, Texas for display. - 2nd image Ron Strong 2004.
F-111A / GF-111A
67-0047
 Assigned to 428th TFS. and then the 366th TFW Mtn Home AFB, Idaho..
Was a Ground Trainer. Preserved at Sheppard AFB
image courtesy of Jeff Zeitvogal
F-111A / EF-111A
67-0048
 Assigned to 428th TFS. - 429ECS Cannon AFB NM. - AMARC 7 April 1998
F-111A
67-0049
 Assigned to 428th TFS, 474th TFW.
Crashed and destroyed 22 December 1969. Was destroyed on Nellis ranges during a rocket delivery recovery, due to a wing carry through box (WCTB) failure causing a wing to completely detach in flight. With the aircraft rapidly rolling out of control close to the ground, the attempted ejection was out of module limits.
The highly experienced crew of Maj Thomas Mack and Maj James Anthony (IP) (one with three DFC) were killed on module ground impact. .
- LINK TO MORE DETAILED NOTES
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F-111A
67-0050
 Assigned to 428th TFS.
AMARC 28 July 1994.
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F-111A / GF-111A
67-0051

Assigned to 428th TFS. & then the 366th TFW Mtn Home.
Ground Trainer. Preserved at Sheppard AFB

Due to be scrapped in 2003 ( plans for restoration pending -Jeff Zeitvogal )

Has been moved to The Tyler Historical Aviation Museum
- see images gallery at museum
- see gallery of demilled 67-0051 before leaving Sheppard AFB

F-111A / EF-111A
67-0052

Assigned to 428th TFS.
429ECS Cannon AFB NM.
AMARC 1 April 1998.
2nd image by Mike Kaplan taken at Upper Heyford
F-111A
67-0053
 Assigned to 428th TFS.
Image - 366th TFW Mountain Home AFB
AMARC 24 July 1991.
No longer appears on AMARC registry and probably destroyed (2001).
Image courtesy of the USAF Defence Visual Iinformation Centre website- DF-ST-85-03469
F-111A
67-0054
 Assigned to 428th TFS. - AMARC 19 June 1991.
No longer appears on AMARC registry and probably destroyed (2001).
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F-111A
67-0055
 Assigned to 428th TFS.
Crashed after mid-air collision with an Aero Commander on 12 November 1974 @ 1804 MST 180NM Northeast of Nellis
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F-111A / GF-111A
67-0056

Assigned to 428th TFS. & then the 366th TFW Mtn Home
Ground Trainer. Preserved at Sheppard AFB
Due for scapping 2003 ( unless it can be saved for restoration )
1st image via Adriaan de Graaff - 366th TFW 389-TFS
2nd image courtesy of Jeff Zeitvogal
F-111A / GF-111A
67-0057
 Assigned to 428th TFS.
Ground Trainer. Ex-Sheppard AFB, now Dyees AFB (Feb 2000). Don Logan (F-111 Aardvark), writes..."67-0057 (A1-102) The aircraft was delivered to the USAF on Nov 13, 1968. On Nov 6, 1969, while assigned to the 474th TFW, 67-0057 experienced a nacelle ejector duct failure. The aircraft was repaired and returned to flying status. Photographed here (sic) in April 1979, the aircraft wore the yellow tail stripe of the 389th TFS. 67-0057 was retired from the 366th TFW at Mountain Home AFB on Aug 31, 1990, having accumulated 2130 flights and 4975.9 flight hours. It was used as a ground trainer at Sheppard AFB."
Recently demiled. (2000)
Demiling is removing all of the items from an aircraft that make it offensive. Such as weapons pylons, black boxes and control boxes for weapons delivery, IFF, chaff and flare, and ECM. The engines are also removed. (Dan Parks)
Updated!! 13 August 1999. The aircraft will be going to Dyees Air Force Base at Abilene Texas for static display.
Updated!! 8 February 2000. 67-0057 left Sheppard AFB, Tx Friday Feb. 4, 2000 for her new home at Dyees AFB, Abilene TX to be put on static display. 0057 came close to being sold for scrap, but thanks to some hard work from the people at Dyees, she now has a new home. Sheppard still has 3 F-111A's/GF-111A's. (67-0047, 67-0051, 67-0056)(Dan Parks)
Updated!! 16 July 2000. 67-0057 to be dedicated an display at Dyees AFB. see http://www.fb-111a.net/ for details.
1st image coresy of Curt Lenz
2nd image cortesy of Ed Hollyfield.

F-111A
67-0058

Assigned to 429th TFS.
Aardvark on a stick. American Legion Blvd, near Mountain Home AFB Idaho.
Scott D Souva wrote 67-0058 ended up on "stick" because the capsule O2 bottle exploded while sitting on the ramp of Mountain Home AFB, ID. I was on duty the night it happened. Fortunately, nobody was hurt! This aircraft was assigned to the 389th Fighter Squadron/Aircraft Maintenance Unit. The aircraft was towed to a hangar and declared unserviceable by the Depot engineers. At this point, practically everything serviceable was raped and pillaged by the three aircraft maintenance units.
Business as usual in the F-111 world.
Image courtesy of the late Bill Hamilton, former 366th TFW pilot.

F-111A
67-0059
 Assigned to 429th TFS.
Crashed and destroyed 4 January 1979 near Murphy Idaho.(Jeff & Doc Servo)
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F-111A
67-0060

The aircraft was delivered to the USAF on 26 November 1968. - The crew ejected successfully with no injuries. (Don Logan from 474th TFWg Roa