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.

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 ...

The Grumman F-14 Tomcat is probably the most recognizable ... There were no Tomcats in the air by the end of 2006 flying the ...

It doesn't have the high profile of the F-14 or F-16, but the F-101 Voodoo fighter jet is an important stepping stone in ...

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

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

The relationship between pilot gender and aircraft safety is shaped by various factors and is more nuanced than it may seem.

For the past two years, Seattle-area artist Myron Curry has created larger-than-life paintings at Dick Scobee Field featuring ...

In a September 1965 test, a YF-12 successfully launched a quarter-kiloton atomic missile, from an altitude of 75,000 feet at ...

Famous pilots like Chuck Yeager achieved ace status flying Mustangs ... the 135:4 kill ratio of the F-14 Tomcat (sorry, Top Gun fans), or the 76:1 kill ratio of the F-16 Fighting Falcon.

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 Atlantic. With the Tomcat’s advanced AIM-54 Phoenix missile and AGQ-9 radar ...