Super Tomcat 21: The Advanced Jet That Could Have Outperformed the Super Hornet Designed to incorporate the air combat ...

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.

The Grumman F-14 Tomcat, a revered U.S. Navy fighter, famously became one of the few aircraft to shoot itself down. During a test on June 20, 1973, an AIM-7 Sparrow missile launch went awry, causing ...

When you're flying faster than the speed of sound near ... bringing the platform into the 21st century. The F-14 Tomcat might be a relic of the past found primarily in museums these days, but ...

There was that sexy airplane too, the Grumman F-14 Tomcat: A twin engine ... As you can see from the video above, they're still flying today. Sort of. Iran's purchase may have saved the F-14 ...

His choice of airframe was the venerable F-14 Tomcat, complete with wings that swing out for landing and swing in for high-speed flight. This isn’t just taking off-the-shelf receivers and ...

By: Janina Lamoglia, Oct. NAVAL AIR STATION NORTH ISLAND, Calif. — Fleet Readiness Center Southwest (FRCSW) has been a pillar ...

Before 1962, the Phantom was known by two different names but a change in naming conventions saw it designated the F-4.

For this trillion-dollar-plus investment we get a plane far slower than a 1970s F-14 Tomcat, a plane with less ... will allow peer enemies flying faster, aerodynamically superior planes to get ...

FRCSW managed to push the Legacy F/A-18’s service hours well beyond its original 6,000-flight-hour expectation, with some ...

When the Grumman F-14 Tomcat first flew in 1970, it was a marvel. With its variable-sweep wing, twin tail, and sleek lines, it quickly became one of the most iconic jet fighters of the era — and ...