"matt weber" wrote in message


US lost several in VN in the first deployment, probably due to TFR
failures, but since no bits and pieces were ever found...

Not true. They never recovered the first or third aircraft lost on the
initial Combat Lancer deployment, but the second aircraft was located and
retrieved. They ultimately traced the loss to a structural failure in the
stabilator at low level. Not the fault of the radar at all.

http://afmuseum.com/friends/journal/frj_242.html

I believe EF-111A's were used in First Gulf War, but I suspect the
last time they carried weapons was probably over Libya..

AFAIK, the EF-111s never carried weapons (unlike their EA-6B counterparts).

USAF F-111s definitely dropped weapons in Gulf War 1. They were much
praised for "tank-plinking" with 500-lb laser-guided bombs, in addition to
their usual interdiction/deep attack missions.

http://www.afa.org/magazine/perspect.../1093tank.html

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