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| Keywords: General Dynamics F-111B from below c1965.jpg A U S Navy General Dynamics/Grumman F-111B fighter BuNo 151971 from below <br>The F-111B was to be a fleet air defense FAD fighter for the U S Navy fulfilling a naval requirement for a carrier-based fighter aircraft capable of carrying heavy long-range missiles to defend aircraft carriers and their battle groups from Soviet bombers and fighter-bombers equipped with anti-ship missiles General Dynamics lacking experience with carrier-based aircraft partnered with Grumman for this version F-111B suffered development issues and U S Navy requirements changed to an aircraft with maneuverability for dogfighting The swing-wing configuration TF-30 engines AIM-54 Phoenix air-to-air missiles and AWG-9 radar developed for this aircraft were used on its replacement the Grumman F-14 Tomcat The Tomcat would be large enough to carry the AWG-9 and Phoenix weapons system while exceeding the F-4's maneuverability http //collections naval aviation museum/emuwebdoncoms/pages/doncoms/AdvQuery php U S Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No http //collections naval aviation museum/emuwebdoncoms/pages/doncoms/Display php irn 55461 QueryPage 2Femuwebdoncoms 2Fpages 2Fdoncoms 2FAdvQuery php 2011 003 299 004 ca 1965 U S Navy PD-USGov-Military-Navy General Dynamics F-111B | ||||
