Pictures of Cold War aircraft.

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The outer stores pylons on the F-111 did not pivot, so they could not sweep the wings.
The two outer were preset at 28° the two are full sweep. With outer pylons on takeoff was at full forward (16°) and than pulled back to 28° for travel. The only ones to consistently use the outer pylons were the SAC FB-111 and as the fuel in the outer tanks was drained the tanks and pylons were dropped.
 

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