while eighteen older F-14A models were updated to the D-models, designated as F-14D(R) for rebuild. The Tomcat almost ...
The F-14D "Super Tomcat" remains a legendary aircraft, known for its enhanced capabilities over earlier F-14 variants.
In 1976, the U.S. Navy faced a Cold War emergency when an F-14 Tomcat fell from the USS John F. Kennedy into the North ...
Examining how the iconic F-14 Tomcat and F/A-18 Super Hornet stack up against each other in design, performance, and combat roles in naval aviation.
Tom Cooper reports, “even though the Tomcat performed the air-to-ground role only in her twilight years, the AWG-15 fire-control system of the F-14A Tomcat was always equipped with the ...
The F-14 Tomcat was a twin-engine ... though few involved takeoff and landing from an aircraft carrier. The F-14A was the first model introduced in 1970, and one was involved in a deadly accident ...
The Tomcat's world-class performance ... likely by working around the F-14A's AWG-9 system, for which the last code written was probably in the mid-1980s, Bobbi points out. Even if add-on radar ...
The Grumman F-14 Tomcat is probably the most recognizable fighter jet from the 20th century thanks to 1986's "Top Gun," starring Tom Cruise. The general public got to see the jet's variable sweep ...