Tornado, and Su-17 all used variable sweep wings—an innovation once seen as the future of air combat. So why did this design ...

The F-14 is designed to roll and turn at supersonic speeds and outshoot planes threatening our fleet. It's the Navy's substitute for the controversial F-111.

Was the Navy’s F-111 Really That Bad? Pentagon leaders insisted that an Air Force fighter-bomber would make a great Navy interceptor. They should have asked the Navy.

F-111 Aardvark, also known as the "Pig," was one of the most effective military jets ever created, ... the F-111 was rejected by the U.S. Navy and replaced by the F-14 Tom Cat.

The F-111 Aardvark, a pioneering supersonic, multirole jet, served the U.S. Air Force for nearly three decades and the Royal Australian Air Force for four decades. -Introduced in 1964, the F-111 ...

Even with help from Grumman, the eventual manufacturers of the F-14, the F-111B was a bloated brick of a machine compared to other Navy fighters. The design didn't even make it out of the 1960s ...

The F-111 Aardvark was the U.S. Air Force’s premier strike aircraft for the majority of the Cold War. It served in practically every conflict from Vietnam forwards, until it was replaced by the ...

The F-111 also received the AN/AVQ-26 Pave Tack targeting pod, a device that combined a laser designator with an IR camera. It allowed the aircraft to self-designate targets for attack with laser ...

The F-111 went through four inlet configurations before the problems in a not very maneuverable aircraft were resolved. The later F-14 -always- had inlet problems with the TF30.