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F-111 FORT WORTH SWINGER from AIRFORCES MONTHLY boasts 'A highly illustrated history of the F-111 and EF-111A', and it is. Kylie Newton provides this quick read of this iconic aircraft that is well supported with images of the aircraft in various stages of development, deployment, and disposal.

This is partial text from the full article (usually with photos) at https://aeroscale.net/news/f-111-fort-worth-swinger
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Nice book, very useful. size could be bigger and I would have liked to have more text.

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Nice.

For those curious to know why the nickname. It was because:

  1. General Dynamics Plant No. 4, where the aircraft was developed and built, was based at Carswell AFB, near Ft. Worth, TX. It is currently owned by Lockheed-Martin, which is the main assembly plant for the F-35 Lightning.

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  1. They called them “Swingers” because of the swing-wing configuration.