F-111 - Sweat Shirt Victor K.2 Tanker Alcock and Brown landed their

Alcock and Brown landed their aircraft in a bog near Clifden

RAF Bomber Command was active from 1936 to 1968 with attached squadrons of the RCAF

The purpose of the association was to establish aeronautical research and development

The US Army Air Service was formed by order of President Woodrow Wilson in 1917 as the US entered the First World War after which the United States Army Air Corps was formed in 1926 as part of the United States Army as a result of legislative changes in the War Department

Hurricanes and Spitfires followed prior to the jet age which saw the Gloster Meteor entering service

F-111 - Sweat Shirt Victor K.2 Tanker Alcock and Brown landed theirGeneral Dynamics F 111 Aardvark The F 111 entered service in 1967 as an interdictor, fighter bomber and strategic bomber. The F 111 pioneered new technologies such as variable sweep wings, afterburning turbo fan engines and terrain following radar for low level tasks at high speed. Having served in Vietnam and the Gulf war the Aardvark retired in 1996. The Royal Australian Air Force continued to use the aircraft up until 2010.