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F-111B Was Supposed to Be a Navy Aircraft Carrier Fighter. It Exceeded 80,000 Pounds, Needed a Wingspan 7 Feet Wider Than the Air Force Version Just to Slow Down Enough to Land, and the Navy Walked Away in May 1968.

The AWG-9 could track targets beyond 100 miles and the Tomcat carried six Phoenix missiles for six targets at Mach 2.34. The TF30 engines...

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