The F-111B was designed to defend the fleet, but only one landed aboard an aircraft carrier, the Coral Sea, in 1968, after the program was cancelled.

The F-111B, having been modified to meet Navy mission requirements, was deemed too heavy for carrier operations and the contract was canceled in April 1968.Subsequently, the Navy inaugurated a new ...

The Tomcat was designed to be much less of a pig than the 88,000 pounds fully-loaded F-111B. But even so, at 74,350 lb (33,725 kg) fully loaded, it was no featherweight either.

F-111 Aardvark, also known as the ... Like the F-35, the F-111 would also have several models to serve its multiple goals, including the F-111A, F-111B, and F-111C.

The potential for evolving the already successful Phantom became especially attractive as high-end combat aircraft programs of the '60s began to sputter, namely the Navy's F-111B. Enter the F-4(FV ...

-These engines, inherited from the canceled F-111B program, were prone to compressor stalls and flameouts, limiting the Tomcat’s agility and increasing maintenance demands.

When the F-14 Tomcat first entered service, it was powered by a pair of Pratt & Whitney TF30 engines that had been designed for the F-111B, which was more multi-role bomber than fighter.

As a military-hardware order that had been proclaimed the richest in U.S. history, the F-111 fighter-bomber project seemed likely to set more records for hot controversy than cold cash. Air Force ...

"The F-14 Tomcat is an American supersonic, twin-engine, two-seat, twin-tail, variable-sweep wing fighter aircraft. The Tomcat was developed for the United States Navy's Naval Fighter Experimental ...