Aircraft Photo of 63-9767 / 63767 | General Dynamics GF-111A Aardvark | USA - Air Force | AirHistory.net #440777
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:63-9767
Alternate Serial:63767
Military Code:NA
Other Marks:767
Aircraft Original Type:General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark/Raven
Aircraft Generic Type:General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark/Raven
Aircraft Version:General Dynamics GF-111A Aardvark
C/n (msn):A1-02
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
Location
City / Airport:Rantoul - National Aviation Center / Frank Elliott FieldMap
Region / Country:Illinois, United States
Airport Codes:ICAO: -   IATA: -   Local: TIP   Other: -
Collection:Octave Chanute Aerospace Museum
 
Photo Date:11 November 2015
Photo by:Alastair T. Gardiner
Photo ID: 440777
Photo Comment

This Aardvark was built as a F-111A and was accepted into the USAF in February 1965 . It was loaned to General Dynamics to be used as a test bed for the MK-1 NAV/Attack system and thento to Pratt and Whitney as an engine/intake test bed. In December 1969 it was transported by ground to 3345th Maintenance and Supply Group (Air Training Command) at Chanute AFB and re-designated as a GF-111A. By 1974 it was retired and on display at the base, formerly joining the Octave Chanute Museum in 1993. After the museum closed the plane found a new home at the Lake County Veterans Memorial at Waukegan, IL.

This photo is copyright © Alastair T. Gardiner, and may not be used or published in any way without permission.

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