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The F-14 Tomcat Fighter Still Haunts the Navy

Key Points and Summary – The F-14 Tomcat was built for a specific Cold War nightmare: long-range Soviet bombers and cruise missiles hunting U.S. carriers. -With huge internal fuel, smart external ...
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The F-14 Tomcat Fighter Has a Clear Message for Any Navy on Earth

The Grumman F-14 Tomcat may be a Hollywood icon, but its most impressive combat record belongs to Iran, not the United States ...
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Could the F-14D Tomcat Have Been Effective on a Modern Battlefield? Let's Discuss

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 ...
The National Interest

How the Legendary F-14 Tomcat Transformed into the F-14 “Bombcat”

Key point: The F-14 Bobcat was an improvement that allowed for different capabilities. The F-14 Tomcat was designed to defend the U.S. Navy’s fleets from practically every airborne threat. While it ...
The National Interest

Fact: The F-14 Tomcat Once Served as a Strike Aircraft

Here’s What You Need to Know: The Tomcat has an impressive record. The F-14 Tomcat was designed to defend the U.S. Navy’s fleets from practically every airborne threat. While it packed long range ...
The Aviationist

Two unknown F-14 Tomcat wing sweep stories to celebrate Top Gun Day

May 13 is Top Gun Day. Let’s celebrate it with two unknown Tomcat stories told by the former F-14 Tomcat RIO Dave “Bio” Baranek. Developed in the late 1960s as a multi-mission fighter, the F-14 Tomcat ...
WTKR

Marking 50 years since the first F-14 Tomcat flight

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. - It has been 50 years since the first flight by a storied member of Naval aviation history: the F-14 Tomcat. On December 21, 1970 the first Full Scale Development Grumman F-14A ...
Newsday

Restored F-14 Tomcat now resting its legendary wings at the Cradle of Aviation Museum

A legendary F-14 Tomcat, its sleek, silver wings set back, poised for flight, now rests outside the Cradle of Aviation Museum in Uniondale, its permanent home after months of restoration by volunteers ...
WVEC

Dedication ceremony held for Oceanfront monument honoring U.S. Navy's retired F-14 Tomcat fighter jet

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 ...
YDR

F-14 TomCat navigator's name, aircraft in museum

James Cunningham and his Navy F-14 Tomcat. York countians are known for earning their own piece of history seemingly everywhere. Rick and Jeanne Cunningham e-mailed that observation recently with an ...
Task & Purpose

Looks like the F-14 Tomcat may have more than just a cameo in ‘Top Gun 2’

Since the sequel to the 1986 action flick (and wildly successful Navy recruitment tool) Top Gun, was announced, there’s been a lot of speculation on what Top Gun: Maverick will be about when it ...
Los Angeles Times

Navy’s F-14 Tomcat Jets End Combat Deployment

The U.S. Navy has ended combat deployments for the F-14 Tomcat fighter jet, the plane glamorized in the movie “Top Gun.” The last of the jets will be flown into retirement in September. Six hundred ...