@ Riverside, CA
September 2022
Made an overdue return trip to see the large collection at the March Field Air Museum. First flown in 1968, the FB-111A was a strategic bomber version of the F-111 intended as an interim asset for the Strategic Air Command (replacing the B-58 Hustler). Besides the strengthened landing gear, increased fuel capacity, longer wings and fuselage, the FB-111A was equipped with new avionics to perform as a nuclear-armed strategic bomber. 76 FB-111A’s were delivered to the USAF before production stopped in 1971. The museum’s FB-111A served in the Strategic Air Command until retirement in 1991.