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The F-14 Tomcat is likely the best Navy warplane ever designed. When it was retired in 2006, naval aviators past and present were hit with a pang of regret at seeing the great bird make its final ...
That proposal, although it did not become the F-4 Phantom II, percolated in the aircraft designers’ minds and ultimately became the F-14 Tomcat. This became a truly iconic bird in the 1980s ...
You probably know about the F-14 Tomcat from its appearances in the Top Gun franchise, but the fighter jet has been retired for almost 20 years. Here's why.
The final member of the Grumman cat family, the F-14 Tomcat, with its signature variable-geometry wings and twin-engine design, became an iconic symbol of the Cold War. Creating the Cat A product ...
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 ...