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The F-14 Tomcat Fighter Had the Wrong Engine

The F-14 Tomcat married a superb airframe to the wrong engine. Inherited from the F-111, Pratt & Whitney TF30s were prone to ...
National Security Journal on MSN

The F-14 Tomcat Fighter Was ‘Notoriously Difficult and Costly to Keep Operational’

Although an icon, the F-14 Tomcat was plagued by “legitimate flaws” that made it a “logistical nightmare” for the Navy. It ...
The National Interest

The F-14 Tomcat Fighter Could Have Become a ‘Bomber’

Summary and Key Points You Need to Know: The F-14 Tomcat, a renowned U.S. Navy fighter linked to Top Gun, was originally designed to defend carrier groups against Soviet bombers. -After the Cold War, ...
autoevolution

Could the F-14D Tomcat Have Been Effective on a Modern Battlefield? Let's Discuss

Okay, so the Grumman F-14 Tomcat is one of if not the most recognizable naval fighter aircraft in history. People gush over it as if it was the biggest travesty of the 21st century when it was ...
WTKR

Marking 50 years since the first F-14 Tomcat flight

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. - It has been 50 years since the first flight by a storied member of Naval aviation history: the F-14 Tomcat. On December 21, 1970 the first Full Scale Development Grumman F-14A ...
The National Interest

F-14 Tomcat: Top-Gun Movie Star and Time-Tested Warplane

For fans of the 1986 film “Top Gun,” the real stars of the film weren’t Tom Cruise or Val Kilmer – and perhaps the highlight of last year’s “Top Gun: Maverick” wasn’t even seeing Cruise pilot the ...
Newsday

Restored F-14 Tomcat now resting its legendary wings at the Cradle of Aviation Museum

A legendary F-14 Tomcat, its sleek, silver wings set back, poised for flight, now rests outside the Cradle of Aviation Museum in Uniondale, its permanent home after months of restoration by volunteers ...
Yahoo

Iran's F-14 Tomcats are the last of their kind. Israel's been blowing some of them up.

Iran is the only country that still has the iconic US-made F-14 Tomcat aircraft in service. Amid its relentless strikes on Iran, Israel shared footage of it hitting two of them. The jet was famously ...
KENS

Nineteen years ago, the Navy bid farewell to F-14 Tomcat, star of original 'Top Gun' movie

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — It's been called "the coolest plane ever built," immortalized in "Top Gun." After 36 years of service, the U.S. Navy F-14 Tomcat was retired in September 2006. 13News Now was ...
autoevolution

Another Revolution Could Reveal the Secrets of the Elusive Iranian F-14 Tomcat

Iran might be on the precipice of a profound change. Recent protests in response to suspicious deaths of Iranian women in police custody have left the country's leadership in disarray. The country ...
WVEC

Dedication ceremony held for Oceanfront monument honoring U.S. Navy's retired F-14 Tomcat fighter jet

A recently installed Oceanfront monument honoring the F-14 Tomcat fighter jet was officially presented to the City of Virginia Beach. A dedication ceremony was held Thursday at the Naval Aviation ...
Kotaku

F-14 Tomcat

F-14 Tomcat is a port of Absolute Entertainment's 1994 SNES game Turn and Burn: No-Fly Zone with some GBA exclusive content. It features a multiplayer mode between other systems and a brand new ...