Welcome to the Updates! If you have visited the site in the past, you will find here what was added since your last visit. The site is regularly updated with infos and photos, as they become available. You can help too by sharing some infos, photos, bits and pieces. Items not used right away are put on files until more infos become available. Questions? E-mail the webmaster!

May 1, 2010: Photos from the 380th MMS have been sent to FB-111A.net by Mark Rea who was a munitions maintenance officer in Plattsburgh from 1987 to 1991. A weapons loading demo during the 1988 and 1990 open house in Plattsburgh AFB. From 1989, the 380th MMS's Giant Sword munitions buildup demo in the 1989 open house in PAFB. And photos from Red Flag 90 with the 380th BW.

April 1, 2010: More photos and infos have been added about the 380th BW in the 1974 SAC Bomb Comp here! Robert Stambaugh was the 380th BW's information officer at the time and participated in the comp. Robert kindly sent us a selection of 300 slides taken in Plattsburgh and Barksdale during the competition. Of which, 110 are posted in Robert Stambaugh's album. Also a photo of Class 85-01 sent by Ed Whitley, has been added in the Hall of Fame.

March 8, 2010: A story about flying in Red Flag from Brian Arnold from the 393rd BS. The story was first published in Combat Crew in 1983. Terry 'Butch ' Kennedy sent us a photo of Class 86-04 a new group photo from the 393rd BS and some pics from his fini flight in June 1990 at Pease AFB, NH. Butch also sent photos from Red Flag 87 in which he participated with the 393rd BS.

February 17, 2010: More photos from the 509th BW have been added. The alert area at Pease AFB and some from the 509th MMS, weapons loading. A new photo of 68-6509 preserved at Whiteman AFB has been added here as well. More photos from the 2009 Reunion can be found here!

New photos from the refurbishing of the F-111 capsule by Tsgt Mike Kaplan. The FB-111 capsule is on display in the 8th Air Force Museum in Barksdale AFB, LA.

February 11, 2010: It is with regrets that FB-111A.net has to inform you that 2 members of the FB-111 family recently passed away. Colonel James Keating (Ret.) died Jan. 8, 2010, after an extended and painful fight against prostate and bone cancer. James was 74. On Feb. 2, 2010, Colonel Wayne Clark (Ret.) passed away at 69 in his home in Charlotte, VT, after a 3 year battle with prostate cancer. Wayne was a SAC bombardier navigator in the B-47, B-58 and FB-111A.

Our condolences to both families for their loss!

February 1, 2010: Heart Gift on Valentines Day. On February 14, 1986, an FB-111A from the 509th BW at Pease AFB, NH. flew a life-saving human heart from Oklahoma to Connecticut for a heart transplant. Capt. David Lefforge, pilot and Capt. Steven Bruger, navigator, both assigned to the 393rd BS, delivered the life-saving Valentine present to a heart patient at Hartford Hospital.

January 26, 2010: The 380th OMS is holding a reunion in Plattsburgh, NY. during the weekend of July 16-18, 2010. Open to everyone from the 380th! More infos here!

January 21, 2010: New photos of 68-0287 have been added. The aircraft is preserved at the Wings Over The Rockies Air and Space Museum in Denver, Colorado.

January 14, 2010: FB-111A.net is now on Facebook! The page is simply a complement to to the site. Updates to the website will be posted there as well and we invite you to join it. Go to Facebook and look for FB-111A.net! You will be able to receive updates to the site directly on your wall! Very easy!

December 18, 2009: Larry Blackwell kindly sent us photos from the 2009 reunion in Fort Worth, Tx. If anybody else have any photos they would like to share on the site, simply e-mail the webmaster! Photos from Colonel Goddard's fini flight at Plattsburgh AFB in 1989 have beed added here as well! New photos have been added on the 528th BS and Simulator page. Happy Holidays to all!

December 08, 2009: In September 1990, the 509th BW said Goodbye to its last FB-111A. Click here to see the list of departures from Pease AFB! Photos and story on converting a 1/72 F-111E into an FB-111A from Hasegawa. Click here!

We also received a large package from Robert Stambaugh who served with the 380th BW in 1974 and 1975. More than 300 color slides! A lot of stuff to spice up the site in the coming months! Does anybody else have a hidden treasure in the attic or basement? Anything and everything on the FBs with the 380th, 509th and else is more than welcome. After all, this website is for you and you can make a difference in making it more interesting for others.