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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 ...
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The Navy’s F-14 Tomcat Would Be the ‘VHS Fighter’ in 2025

Despite nostalgia fueled by films like Top Gun, a rational analysis shows the U.S. Navy does not truly “miss” the F-14 Tomcat ...
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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

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 ...
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 ...
The National Interest

The F-14 Super Tomcat That Never Was

When Top Gun came out in 1986, the aviation-themed film proved to be such as success in creating interest in naval aviation that the Grumman F-14 Tomcat became almost as much a star of the movie as ...
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 ...
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War Thunder vs Ace Combat 7: Whose F-14 Tomcat Is More Fun To Fly?

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 ...
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 ...
The Aviationist

Iranian F-14 Tomcat crashed last year mistakenly downed by Iranian Air Defense?

In the early morning hours of Jan. 26, 2012, an Iranian F-14A (serial 3-6062 that can be seen here) was scrambled to intercept a ‘UFO’ near the port city of Bushehr in south of Iran. Less than 5 ...