I think we all hear you RHINO RIDER-VW - please turn off your Caps Lock next time. People only remember the F-111s that flew from the UK but most of the a/c involved in the raid came from carriers. Which one were you embarked in?
For
Operation EL DORADO CANYON in 1986, the US Navy launched 14 A-6E Intruders and 6 A-7E Corsairs from the carrier
USS America plus 6 F/A-18 Hornets from the carrier
USS Coral Sea (both in the Mediterranean) to bomb radar and anti-aircraft sites in Benghazi before attacking the Benina and Jamahiriya barracks in Tripoli. Two of the A-6Es were forced to abort the mission but all 26 a/c returned to their carriers safely after dropping 72 x 500 lb bombs and firing 12 Shrike and 36 HARM anti-radar missiles.
In the same raid, 18 USAF F-111F Aardvarks (with admittedly larger bomb loads) had to fly from the inconveniently placed aircraft carrier HMS
United Kingdom and route around France, Spain and through the Straits of Gibraltar because France, Spain and Italy denied overflight rights and use of their bases
(never happens, right?). This added 1,300 miles (2,100 km) to the trip each way and 6-7 hours flight time demanding astronomical AAR
(28 tankers). Only eight of the 18 F-111Fs hit the correct targets. Five were forced to abort the mission and one was shot down.
Top cover was provided by several F-14 Tomcats and four E-2C Hawkeye airborne C2 and AEW a/c, all flying from carriers.