Great video ‘D’, thanks......Though the F-111 was designed for Naval service It seems to me that it never saw carrier duty. [maybe because of that 10` landing profile would make it very hard to keep the deck in sight] although two of them went to the Med. on a carrier once...
After they built it they realized the tail hook wasn’t any good for its weight. Whenever the tail hook was used it would tear up the belly fairing. Also, it was totally mechanical. Once it was down, you had to physically reinstall it.
Since the USAF doesn’t require a tail hook, except in an emergency, they went with the F-111. They Navy went with the F-14.