Born for Cold War fleet defense, the F-14 Tomcat married variable-sweep wings with the Hughes AWG-9 radar and AIM-54 Phoenix to swat bombers at 100+ miles while staying nimble for dogfights. -Early ...

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Top Gun: Maverick is a blockbuster movie that made us fall back in love with the Grumman F-14 Tomcat all over again. So much so that any military flight video game worth talking about suddenly ...

Earlier today, I was out doing some grocery shopping, and I just had to visit the diecast aisle before leaving the store. I bumped into a father and son moment, and they were each picking out their ...

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 missiles. -The D-model fixed ...

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The Question—Was the F-14 Tomcat Retired Too Early? The F-22 Raptor, known for its speed and advanced capabilities, wasn’t the first U.S. fighter to achieve Mach 2.0; the F-14 Tomcat, introduced ...

The Grumman F-14 Tomcat dominated the skies between 1974 and 2006, as well as pop culture, thanks to the movie "Top Gun." In its time, it was on the bleeding edge of technology, with AIM-54 Phoenix ...

The historic Navy F-14 Tomcat jet fighter in front of a vacant office building in Bethpage will be moved to the Cradle of Aviation Museum in Uniondale, officials said. The F-14’s fate had been ...