1965’de bütün proje iptal edilerek iki tane hariç bütün uçak gövdeleri imha edildi. Politik tercih daha sonraları F-111 olarak adlandırılacak TFX projesinden yana konuldu:

In the late 1940s English Electric started planning a replacement for the Canberra. It was in 1956 that requirements were put forward for such a replacement by the Ministry of Supply. To build this new plane British Aircraft Company (BAC) was formed from the amalgamation of English Electric and Vickers.

The specification for a sophisticated high performance tactical strike reconnaisence aircraft called TSR-2 was issued in  1956 to replace the Canberra and ultimately the V Force (Canberra was considered as TSR-1). The aircraft had to fly at treetop height for long distances, furthermore it had to operate from short unprepared grass fields, and finally performance had to be superior, (particularly at low level) to any contemporary aircraft. It was also able to carry nuclear bombs within the bomb bay located in the fuselage. The BAC response to this specification was a shoulder winged aeroplane with a very long fuselage powered by two Bristol Olympus turbojets. A sophisticated flap blowing system gave the aircraft a superb STOL capability, and the aircraft was equipped with the worlds most advanced terrain following radar system. Cost overuns and delays mostly due to the marriage of an untried and revolutionary airframe with a new and untried engine was the bane of the TSR-2's short existence and the aircraft became the subject of great poltical and public controversy in the early 1960's.