F-111 - Sweat Shirt Victor K.2 Tanker BAE Harrier GR9A

BAE Harrier GR9A

the RAF took it on as a low level strike aircraft

anti-ship and nuclear deterrant

RAF Bomber Command was active from 1936 to 1968 with attached squadrons of the RCAF

Hurricanes and Spitfires followed prior to the jet age which saw the Gloster Meteor entering service

F-111 - Sweat Shirt Victor K.2 Tanker BAE Harrier GR9AGeneral Dynamics F 111 Aardvark The F 111 entered service in 1967 as an interdictor, fighter bomber and strategic bomber. The F 111 pioneered new technologies such as variable sweep wings, afterburning turbo fan engines and terrain following radar for low level tasks at high speed. Having served in Vietnam and the Gulf war the Aardvark retired in 1996. The Royal Australian Air Force continued to use the aircraft up until 2010.