Always wondered about the ventral weapons bay and how it kept losing its load on cat shots. Whole string of weapons and fuel tanks coming out the back of an aircraft being catapulted off an aircraft carrier tends to make people a little shaky. I've always heard that the weapons release maneuver was less that accurate as well, not that "not a shack " is a miss with these weapons is an issue!
An Australian F-111 fighter aircraft taking off during PITCH BLACK 84, a joint U.S., Australian and New Zealand exercise,
Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia, 22 April 1984.
a Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Mirage III-D (French designed) aircraft as it takes off from RAAF Base Darwin during
the joint Australian-New Zealand-U.S. Exercise PITCH BLACK '84, 22 April 1984.
An Australian F-111 fighter aircraft taking off during PITCH BLACK 84, a joint U.S., Australian and New Zealand exercise,
Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia, 22 April 1984.