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Grumman pitched the ST-21 in the early 1990s as either a new-build jet or a remanufactured F-14, as the Navy looked for a way...
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Grumman pitched the ST-21 in the early 1990s as either a new-build jet or a remanufactured F-14, as the Navy looked for a way...
The TF30 wanted smooth, straight airflow, which it got on the F-111 but not on a fighter pulling hard turns at high angles of...
The F-14 was built to stop Soviet bombers and cruise missiles before they reached the carrier. A pilot and a radar intercept officer could...
On January 5, 1999, two U.S. Navy F-14 Tomcats from USS Carl Vinson fired AIM-54 Phoenix missiles at Iraqi MiG-25s over Operation Southern Watch....
The F-14 'Super' Tomcat would have had increased range thanks to new engines. And yet, no stealth and high cost ended that dream.
The US military flew thousands of F-4 Phantoms over the years. And yet, many experts forget, Iran bought 225 of these tough warplanes and...
The Navy’s swing-wing F-14 Tomcat fighter outlived the US Navy that retired it. It did not outlive the country that bought it as an...
France embargoed Israel in 1967 and took its main aircraft supplier away overnight. By 1974 the Israeli Ministry of Defence was asking Washington for...
The Shah bought the F-14 Tomcat because he wanted something that could reach Soviet reconnaissance aircraft at long range, and paid roughly $2 billion...
The Pratt & Whitney TF30 began in 1958 as a proposal for a short-haul jet airliner. It ended up in the F-14 Tomcat because...