F-111: The Jet That Lit the Sky, Delivered Hearts, and Died in a Landfill
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F-111: The Jet That Lit the Sky, Delivered Hearts, and Died in a Landfill
From fiery fuel dump stunts and heart transplant heroics to a tragic maintenance scandal and one last bombing run on a drug ship, the F-111’s twilight years were anything but boring. Australia gave the jet a second life—only to later bury it in toxic silence. This is the strange, explosive, and oddly poetic final chapter of the Aardvark.
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