[immadashell]

I'm reminded of what John Boyd, arguably the best fighter pilot ever, had to say about the F-111, “Strip the wings off it, paint it yellow, and use it as a flight-line taxi.” The F-35 may be a very expensive alternative.
Oh, by the way, we should add a couple more active A-10 Warthog squadrons while we're at it.

[ClearCase_guy]

Colonel John Boyd — great American!

[mkjessup]

I agree and concur with Colonel Boyd on the F-111, I’m not a test pilot but I recognize common sense when I see it. The F-111 was a waste of tax money and it’s primary purpose was to feed the ego of that rotten sonuvabitch Robert McNamara.

[dljordan]

“Oh, by the way, we should add a couple more active A-10 Warthog squadrons while we’re at it. “

I thought I read that they had destroyed the tooling.

[Sequoyah101]

but it was a much bigger taxi!

It was also a great bomber but not even close to being a good multipurpose airplane.

I’ve heard pilots who should know say that they would rather get in an F-111 for an all weather mission to anywhere than any other airplane they could choose. One declared it an absolute beautiful beast!