Following successful trials
at Nellis AFB, the USAF decided to deploy a group of F-111A's to SEA
under the Ops name of Combat Lancer. The Harvest Reaper mods that
were done to the aircraft had proven to be successful during testing and
the USAF was eager to put these to work during the Vietnam conflict.
This subject was pretty
tough to get references on. Twobobs had originally had the idea to
do this sheet over two years ago but just couldn't get all the
references for these aircraft. To the rescue came some great guys
that you're used to seeing on the newsgroups and discussion boards.
Don Logan, Jim Rotramel, Frank Baehre and Stephen Thrum all played a
part in getting this project off the ground. Don Logan was
particularly helpful since he had actual photographs of most of the
aircraft when they returned to Nellis AFB. Jim Rotramel provided
information on the mission as well as weapons loadouts and Frank Baehre
who is a former Aardvark driver provided Twobobs with Tech Order
references for all the stencil markings on the aircraft. Stephen
Thrum, you all know him! He's the man behind Scaledown which
produces all kinds of aftermarket items for the 111.
On to the sheet.
There are enough markings for one complete aircraft with some extra tail
markings and IFR markings thrown in for you folks that have extra
national insignia and stencils laying around. All the serial
numbers for all the A/C that deployed for Combat Lancer are represented
on the sheet.
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