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The F-14 Tomcat Is Missed Due to Its Range: The U.S. Navy currently faces a limitation in its strike capabilities due to the short range of its Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornets, which can fly ...
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The F-14 Tomcat Fighter Was Nearly Replaced

In the 1970s, the U.S. Navy seriously considered replacing its iconic but troubled F-14 Tomcat with a navalized version of ...
Unlike many fighter jets today, the F-14 Tomcat seated two. That's a feature typically reserved for training models of jets, ...
The final member of the Grumman cat family, the F-14 Tomcat, with its signature variable-geometry wings and twin-engine design, became an iconic symbol of the Cold War. Creating the Cat A product ...
You probably know about the F-14 Tomcat from its appearances in the Top Gun franchise, but the fighter jet has been retired for almost 20 years. Here's why.
What You Need to Know: The F-14 Tomcat, renowned for its capabilities, has a notable combat record, though much of its success came from Iran rather than the U.S. Iran’s pilots, flying U.S ...
The F-14, known as the Tomcat, was a marvel of American aircraft engineering. Produced by Grumman Aerospace, the plane had proved, across hundreds of combat engagements, to be an exceptionally ...
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 ...
The Navy used to rely on fleets of A-6 bombers and F-14 Tomcat fighters, both of which could fly to much longer ranges than their successors. The Super Hornet may be a more capable aircraft in ...