The carrier-based F-111 raises the question of whether adapting a land-based tactical bomber could deliver the promised naval aircraft savings. The proposed saving depended on sharing an aircraft between the Navy and Air Force. Carrier requirements are said to have reduced parts commonality with the land-based version to less than 20 percent. The Navy's opposition to the aircraft is part of the criticism of imposing it as a way to save money. The F-14 is mentioned as the eventual outcome of the wider sequence, with early F-14 problems left as a separate subject.
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The commonality problem in a carrier-based F-111
The naval F-111 example examines how adapting a land-based aircraft for carriers could undermine expected parts commonality.