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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherNaval Fighters
ISBN-100942612418
ISBN-139780942612417
eBay Product ID (ePID)102968219
Product Key Features
Book TitleGrumman Navy F-111b Swing Wing
Publication Year1999
Number of Pages80 Pages
LanguageEnglish
IllustratorYes
AuthorTommy Thomason
Book SeriesNaval Fighters Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Length11 in
Item Width8.5 in
Additional Product Features
Series Volume NumberNo. 41
SynopsisThe Grumman F-111B was the product of the misguided mind of the Secretary of Defense Robert Strange McNamara in his attempts to streamline military procurement. It was too big and too heavy and was shoved down the Navy's throat as a spin-off of the Air Forces General Dynamics F-111. In the end it failed. It however provided a great service as a development airframe for the Phoenix Missile System and gave Grumman the expertise needed to produce the superlative swing wing F-14 Tomcat which remained in use for almost 40 years.