The final member of the Grumman cat family, the F-14 Tomcat, with its signature variable-geometry wings and twin-engine ...

During the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq War, Iran’s US-made F-14 Tomcat fighters were a crucial asset, using their powerful AWG-9 ...

The Israel Defense Forces has released dramatic footage of its air force destroying two of Iran’s last remaining F-14 Tomcats ...

The F-14 and the Need for Speed The Americans did put their F-14 fleet to use in air-to-air combat. In 1981, two F-14s from VF-41 shot down two Libyan Su-22 fighters over the Gulf of Sidra in the ...

“The left side of the lead Libyan aircraft lit up with a big flame as the missile motor ignited,” recounted Lieutenant Larry “Music” Muczynski, one of the two F-14 Tomcat pilots. That ...

As we know, after 36 years, the F-14 Tomcat was finally retired in September 2006. The aircraft had still a great potential to be exploited in the following years, however it was becoming ...

Summary and Key Points: In 1991, an F-14 Tomcat from the U.S. Navy ... Edwards skillfully managed to land the Tomcat by dumping fuel to lighten the aircraft and catching the arresting cable ...

and feature the names of those lost flying the aircraft. F-14 Tomcat Monument Association Artists’ depiction of one of the F-14 Tomcat memorials. The F-14 Association will eventually raise three ...

now occupies F-14 Tomcat Plaza. It sports a Felix the Cat cartoon logo to signify its nickname. Parton said the aircraft “had accumulated 4,436 flight hours and 1,281 catapult launches off ...

At roughly 62 feet long and 64 feet wide, there were a lot of things the "Big Fighter" F-14 ... Tomcat intentionally into a spin, while it was also against the rules. The Tomcat was an honest ...