Ultimately, however, the Navy program was nixed but the Air Force forged ahead to develop what would become the F-111. Nicknamed for ... carry the M61 Vulcan 20mm cannon within its internal ...

The F-111 was retired by the U.S. Air Force in 1998. The F-111 was created in the 1960s to help establish American air dominance by producing a multi-role supersonic combat aircraft capable of ...