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Between the original Top Gun movie in 1986 and its sequel, Top Gun: Maverick in 2022, 36 years passed. It now appears that we...
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Between the original Top Gun movie in 1986 and its sequel, Top Gun: Maverick in 2022, 36 years passed. It now appears that we...
Having dominated the unfriendly skies for the Navy from 1974 to 2006, the variable-sweep “swing wing” plane was meant to protect US carriers and...
We all remember the iconic scene in the first “Top Gun” film. Maverick, played by Tom Cruise, tells his Radar Intercept Officer (RIO), “Sorry,...
The Air Force Almost Bought the F-14 Tomcat. Grumman Built One in ADCOM Colors. It Never Happened. In recent weeks, U.S. and Israeli strikes...
F-14 Pilots Were Forced to ‘Fly the Engine’ — Managing Throttle Inputs Carefully Instead of Fighting the Enemy The iconic F-14 Tomcat evolved into...
The F-14 Tomcat Shot Down 5 Enemy Aircraft and Never Lost a Single Jet in Air-to-Air Combat Thanks to the blockbuster Top Gun film...
The End of the Tomcat: Why Operation Epic Fury is Grounding Iran’s F-14 Fleet As part of the ongoing strikes against Iran, dubbed Operation...
Harrison Kass, a senior defense writer and former Air Force pilot trainee, evaluates the high-stakes development of "Top Gun 3" at Paramount Pictures. Following...
As of March 4, 2026, the fifth day of Operation Epic Fury and Operation Roaring Lion, the "Persian Tomcat" appears to be facing its...
A spur-of-the-moment detour to the Aviation Museum of Kentucky (AMK) on the grounds of Blue Grass Airport proved to be a great lesson in...