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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 Secretive Super Tomcat 22 That Promised Speed, Stealth, and Power

Before the F/A-18 Super Hornet, Grumman envisioned a future Tomcat: the ST-21 and later the fictionalized ST-22—an aircraft ...
The National Interest

Super Tomcat 21: The Ultimate F-14 Tomcat Fighter for U.S. Navy Aircraft Carriers

Summary and Key Points: The F-14 Tomcat, made famous by the movie “Top Gun,” was a beloved Navy warplane known for its superior speed, range, and missile capabilities. -However, the Navy replaced it ...
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Iran's F-14 Tomcats are the last of their kind. Israel's been blowing some of them up.

Iran is the only country that still has the iconic US-made F-14 Tomcat aircraft in service. Amid its relentless strikes on Iran, Israel shared footage of it hitting two of them. The jet was famously ...
The National Interest

Warm Up Your F-14 Tomcat and Aircraft Carrier: Top Gun 2 Coming in 1

After decades of wondering what happened next to Maverick, a Top Gun sequel was officially confirmed in 2015. In a year’s time, the long-awaited Top Gun 2, Top Gun: Maverick, will make its way into ...

Sixty-Five Years of Air Dominance: A Chronological History of U.S. Fighter Jets

Over the past 80 years, the air forces of the world have ripped through the skies in five generations of jet fighters. The common denominator of all five generations is the jet engine, an invention so ...
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Pictures: US Navy performs last aircraft carrier flights of Grumman F-14 Tomcats

The US Navy has begun the official retirement plan of the last Grumman F-14 Tomcat aircraft carrier squadron, with a final sortie from USS Theodore Roosevelt. At an as-yet unidentified location in the ...