Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Maj. Sandy Marquardt, Capt. Joe Hodges sit in the escape module of their F-111A On March 30, 1968, Maj. Sandy Marquardt and Capt.

The F-111 was one of the most advanced combat aircraft of the Cold War. Lockheed Martin notes it was the first production aircraft with variable-sweep wings, while the National Museum of the U.S. Air ...