Hunh, nearly 30 years ago I was taught that the F-14 was the first swing-wing combat aircraft, but I can see there've been a few holes in my parochial education.The F-111 was the first swing-wing aircraft in the US inventory, and the design was supposed to be used by the AF, Navy and Marines.
I don't know if the AF has gone the same way as the Navy, but today's carrier aircraft are nowhere near as capable as their 1970s predecessors (range, speed, payload). However they're a lot more reliable and much easier to maintain, and the theory is that carrying fewer smart bombs is better than lugging heavy dumb ones. All we sacrificed was endurance and the ability to absorb battle damage.
But an older shipmate still bemoans replacing the F-4's heavy-duty airframe with lighter alloys, and I'm sure that someone out there is still pissed off that propellers have been replaced by jets...