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The F-14 Tomcat U.S. Navy Fighter Has A Message for Any Military On Earth

Born for Cold War fleet defense, the F-14 Tomcat paired swing-wing agility with the AWG-9 radar and AIM-54 Phoenix to hunt ...
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The F-14 Tomcat Fighter Still Haunts the U.S. Navy

The Navy retired the F-14 Tomcat in 2006, closing the book on a fighter that dominated the long-range air-to-air fight and ...
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Could the F-14D Tomcat Have Been Effective on a Modern Battlefield? Let's Discuss

Okay, so the Grumman F-14 Tomcat is one of if not the most recognizable naval fighter aircraft in history. People gush over it as if it was the biggest travesty of the 21st century when it was ...
The National Interest

Fact: The F-14 Tomcat Once Served as a Strike Aircraft

Here’s What You Need to Know: The Tomcat has an impressive record. The F-14 Tomcat was designed to defend the U.S. Navy’s fleets from practically every airborne threat. While it packed long range ...
The National Interest

The F-14 Super Tomcat That Never Was

When Top Gun came out in 1986, the aviation-themed film proved to be such as success in creating interest in naval aviation that the Grumman F-14 Tomcat became almost as much a star of the movie as ...
San Diego Union-Tribune

Navy retires its last F-14D Tomcat jet after 36 years of service

U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman DanielA. Barker On its final flight, an F-14D Tomcat, flown by Lt. Mike Petronisand Lt. Danny O’Hara of Fighter Squadron Three One (VF-31), ...
WVEC

Dedication ceremony held for Oceanfront monument honoring U.S. Navy's retired F-14 Tomcat fighter jet

A recently installed Oceanfront monument honoring the F-14 Tomcat fighter jet was officially presented to the City of Virginia Beach. A dedication ceremony was held Thursday at the Naval Aviation ...
Newsday

Restored F-14 Tomcat now resting its legendary wings at the Cradle of Aviation Museum

A legendary F-14 Tomcat, its sleek, silver wings set back, poised for flight, now rests outside the Cradle of Aviation Museum in Uniondale, its permanent home after months of restoration by volunteers ...
The Aviationist

Two unknown F-14 Tomcat wing sweep stories to celebrate Top Gun Day

May 13 is Top Gun Day. Let’s celebrate it with two unknown Tomcat stories told by the former F-14 Tomcat RIO Dave “Bio” Baranek. Developed in the late 1960s as a multi-mission fighter, the F-14 Tomcat ...
Los Angeles Times

Navy’s F-14 Tomcat Jets End Combat Deployment

The U.S. Navy has ended combat deployments for the F-14 Tomcat fighter jet, the plane glamorized in the movie “Top Gun.” The last of the jets will be flown into retirement in September. Six hundred ...
GameSpot

F-14 Tomcat update

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Majesco has released new information on and screenshots from F-14 Tomcat for the Nintendo Game Boy Advance. In the game, players take control of an ...