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The F-14D Tomcat Fighter Still Haunts the U.S. Navy

The F-14D Tomcat earned its legend by doing the carrier’s hardest jobs well. -Its digital APG-71 radar paired with long-range ...
Key Points and Summary - The F-14D Super Tomcat was the apex of America’s carrier fighters: a variable-sweep interceptor built to kill Soviet bombers at range with APG-71 radar and AIM-54 Phoenix ...
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 ...
Thanks in part to its 50th anniversary and in part to a starring role in Top Gun: Maverick, the F-14 Tomcat is once again the most famous fighter jet in the western zeitgeist. This is all despite not ...
For months, volunteers at the Cradle of Aviation Museum have diligently restored a U.S. Navy Grumman F-14 D Tomcat — one of more than 700 built on Long Island and the last one ever to fly. The jet, ...
From beginning to end, the mission in Roberts Ridge was a disaster. According to a report written in Aviation Geek Club, the initial mission was supposed to involve a US Special Forces group taking a ...
What You Need to Know: The Grumman F-14 Tomcat, a carrier-based, multi-role fighter developed after the failure of the F-111B, served as one of the most iconic American jets. -Making its first flight ...
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 ...