The Northrop Grumman F-14 fighter jet is perhaps most ... The AIM-54 was a heavy weapon.” While the Tomcat, equipped with the formidable Phoenix missile, was a very powerful airframe at the ...

This range constraint is concerning as China's anti-ship ballistic missile technology advances. Historically, the Navy relied on aircraft like the F-14 Tomcat, introduced in the 1970s, which ...

“All missile test shots were critical,” he recalls ... The concept would eventually be designated the F-14 Tomcat. McNamara resigned his position in February 1968, and the controversial ...

When the Grumman F-14 Tomcat first flew in 1970, it was a marvel. With its variable-sweep wing, twin tail, and sleek lines, it quickly became one of the most iconic jet fighters of the era — and ...

After 36 years of service, the U.S. Navy F-14 Tomcat was retired in September 2006. 13News Now was there at Naval Air Station Oceana to document the aircraft's final flight, as Hampton Roads bid ...

By late 1978, 284 Phoenix missiles were also delivered ... reported about the Iranian Tomcat pilots. “In the 1990s, a number of observers declared the F-14 and AIM-54 to be an ‘expensive ...