while eighteen older F-14A models were updated to the D-models, designated as F-14D(R) for rebuild. The Tomcat almost ...

A comprehensive report on this event is available HERE. The single F-14A Tomcat (U.S. Navy Bureau Number 160334, Iranian serial number 3-6006) performed only on the pre-show arrival day.

The Tomcat's world-class performance ... likely by working around the F-14A's AWG-9 system, for which the last code written was probably in the mid-1980s, Bobbi points out. Even if add-on radar ...