General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark - Specifications (F-111F)

Specifications (F-111F)

Data from Miller, Quest for Performance

General characteristics

• Crew: 2 (pilot and weapons system operator)
• Length: 73 ft 6 in (22.4 m)
• Wingspan:
  
  • Spread: 63 ft (19.2 m)
  • Swept: 32 ft (9.75 m)
• Height: 17.13 ft (5.22 m)
• Wing area:
  
  • Spread: 657.4 ft² (61.07 m²)
  • Swept: 525 ft² (48.77 m²)
• Airfoil: NACA 64-210.68 root, NACA 64-209.80 tip
• Empty weight: 47,200 lb (21,400 kg)
• Loaded weight: 82,800 lb (37,600 kg)
• Max. takeoff weight: 100,000 lb (45,300 kg)
• Powerplant: 2 × Pratt & Whitney TF30-P-100 turbofans
  • Dry thrust: 17,900 lbf (79.6 kN) each
  • Thrust with afterburner: 25,100 lbf (112 kN) each
• Zero-lift drag coefficient: 0.0186
• Drag area: 9.36 ft² (0.87 m²)
• Aspect ratio: spread: 7.56, swept: 1.95

Performance

• Maximum speed: Mach 2.5 (1,650 mph, 2,655 km/h) at altitude
• Combat radius: 1,330 mi (1,160 nmi, 2,140 km)
• Ferry range: 4,200 mi (3,700 nmi, 6,760 km)
• Service ceiling: 66,000 ft (20,100 m)
• Rate of climb: 25,890 ft/min (131.5 m/s)
• Wing loading:
  
  • Spread: 126.0 lb/ft² (615.2 kg/m²)
  • Swept: 158 lb/ft² (771 kg/m²)
• Thrust/weight: 0.61
  
• Lift-to-drag ratio: 15.8

Armament

• Guns: 1× 20 mm (0.787 in) M61 Vulcan 6-barreled gatling cannon in weapons bay (seldom fitted)
• Hardpoints: 9 in total (8× under-wing, 1× under-fuselage between engines) plus 2 attach points in weapons bay with a capacity of 31,500 lb (14,300 kg) and provisions to carry combinations of:
  • Bombs:
    
• Free-fall general-purpose bombs
  • Mk 82 (500 lb/227 kg)
  • Mk 83 (1,000 lb/454 kg)
  • Mk 84 (2,000 lb/907 kg)
  • Mk 117 (750 lb/340 kg)
• Cluster bombs
• BLU-109 (2,000 lb/907 kg) hardened penetration bomb
• Paveway laser-guided bombs, including 2,000 lb (907 kg) GBU-10, 500 lb (227 kg) GBU-12 and GBU-28, specialized 4,800 lb (2,200 kg) penetration bomb
• BLU-107 Durandal runway-cratering bomb
• GBU-15 electro-optical bomb
• AGM-130 stand-off bomb