Originally Posted by Mickj3
The F111 proved a most capable multi roleaircraft and is still in service with the USAF 40/50 years later having seenactive service from the Vietnam war onwards . The Phantom is long gone.
Not quite... The USAF retired the last bomber-version F-111 in July 1996, and the last EF-111 in May 1998.
The only other user in the world, Australia, retired theirs in December 2010.
So the USAF only used the F-111 for 30 years, and the RAAF used them for 37 years (delivered 1973).