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The F-111 Tactical Strike Aircraft of the General Dynamics Aerospace, which developed the F-16 Fighting Falcon years later, was made under the USAF and US Navy requirements in the 60s, that served well into the 1990s.
F-111 Tactical Strike Aircraft called the Flying Pig
It was developed with an emphasis on the medium-range, multi-purpose tactical strike aircraft, which came from the TFX (Tactical Fighter X ) with specifications from the Army and Navy. During the Cold War, the plane filled the niches of a smaller tactical strike bomber, electronic warfare, reconnaissance missions in then-Soviet Bloc territories, reported Airforce Technology.
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