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A proposed “F-14 21 Super Tomcat” upgrade suggests the Navy could have kept the Tomcat’s speed, range, and two-seat advantage while modernizing it with...
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A proposed “F-14 21 Super Tomcat” upgrade suggests the Navy could have kept the Tomcat’s speed, range, and two-seat advantage while modernizing it with...
Despite being cut off from U.S. parts for decades, Iran’s F-14 Tomcat fleet remains a credible threat due to its blistering Mach 2.3 speed—significantly...
Synopsis: The F-14 Super Tomcat 21 (ST21) was a proposed 1990s upgrade to modernize the U.S. Navy’s F-14 fleet with powerful F110-GE-429 engines, Mach...
Key Points and Summary – The F-14 Tomcat was designed first as a fleet-defense interceptor—built to spot Soviet bombers early, fire AIM-54 Phoenix missiles...
Key Points and Summary – The F-14 Tomcat became an American icon, but its early years were shadowed by a serious propulsion flaw: the...
Key Points and Summary – The AIM-54 Phoenix made the F-14 Tomcat a true long-range interceptor: an active-radar missile built to strike bombers and...
Key Points and Summary – The F-14 Tomcat began as a Cold War fleet-defense interceptor built to stop Soviet bombers at distance, pairing long-range...
Key Points and Summary: During the early days of the war in Afghanistan, the F-14 Tomcat proved its versatility not just as a fighter,...
Key Points and Summary – Born from Cold War fears of Soviet bomber swarms, the F-14 Tomcat gave the US Navy something it had...
Key Points and Summary – This piece revisits the Grumman F-14 Super Tomcat 21, a 1990s proposal to turn the F-14D into a low-risk,...