[Waverunner]

F14 = Same engines as F111 - Just a purpose designed airframe
JSF = another cookie cutter aircraft using 1 engine fromm the F-22 development. ( And not the best part )

[bruinbirdman]

Royal Australian Air Force Retires Its F-111 Fleet

yitbos

[Pentagon Leatherneck]

Another of McNamara’s gifts to the US military.

TC

[SampleMan]

Those ‘same engines’ were very problematic in the F-14A.

Missile technology and ROE did not support the missileer concept. The previous design was for a straight wing loitering aircraft that would simply fire the Phoenix missiles from afar and never engage in close combat. Vietnam experience killed that.

In fact, the F-14’s capability as a fighter was greatly limited by the design requirement to carry six Phoenix missiles.

The trouble in a sense is that no distinction is made between a fighter and an interceptor. The F-14 was an interceptor that could be forced into a fighter role.