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A fleet of Russian-build Su-35 Flanker fighters could make the United States work harder and force the acceptance of somewhat greater risk — but...
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A fleet of Russian-build Su-35 Flanker fighters could make the United States work harder and force the acceptance of somewhat greater risk — but...
Iran unveiled the Qaher-313 as a stealth fighter in 2013, but no manned flight was confirmed before the design returned as a naval drone.
The Shah bought the F-14 to stop Soviet MiG-25 overflights, giving Iran the AWG-9 and Phoenix system no other foreign air force possessed. Iran...
The U.S. Navy fired three Phoenix missiles in combat and scored no credited kill. Iranian crews used the same F-14/AIM-54 combination to defend oil...
After the US Navy retired the F-14 in 2006, investigators found sensitive Tomcat components were still entering public surplus sales. Iran remained the only...
The F-14D left the Navy while it was still fighting — a final combat sortie over Iraq in February 2006, the retirement ceremony seven...
The F-15N Sea Eagle was faster, nimbler, and cheaper to run than the Tomcat. It couldn't carry the one weapon the Navy actually needed.
For four decades Iran kept the world's last F-14 Tomcats flying under an embargo meant to ground them. In March, Israel said it finally...
In 1956, a Navy test pilot named Tom Attridge did something no one thought possible: he shot himself down. Diving past the speed of...
Landing a jet on an aircraft carrier at night, on a pitching deck in bad weather, is something many Navy pilots say frightens them...