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Are you sure about the weapons bay? I thought the F-111B wasn’t going to have the bay because that’s where, with it’s much shorter nose (to allow visibility on approach to the carrier), that’s where all the avionics were going to go.

As I recall, the F-111B avionics bay was just behind the cockpit instead of right in front of the cockpit as in all other versions. What was sacrificed was the saddle fuel tank that was normally there in the other versions, reducing the overall internal fuel of the F-111B vs. the other models.

(added) Yup, here's a comparison:

(added) Yup, here's a comparison:

Cool, thanks!

I've thought that the F-111B would have made a really good A-6 replacement, but wondered where the TRAM (late 70s/early 80s addition to the aircraft) would have gone. Instead of TRAM, the F-111B could probably have used Pave Tack shoved in the weapons bay like the F-111Fs did (assuming it could be cleared for cat shots and arrested landings ... but LANTIRN and LITENING both could, so I don't see why not)