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The F-15 Eagle and F-14 Tomcat: Icons of Air Superiority
Tomcat were two giant steps in military aviation, quite removed from each other by their goals of aerial superiority and ...
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Russia Almost Captured an F-14 Tomcat Like in Top Gun: Maverick
In 1976, the U.S. Navy faced a Cold War emergency when an F-14 Tomcat fell from the USS John F. Kennedy into the North ...
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The F-14 Tomcat: What Made This a Powerhouse Boils Down to 1 Word
Perhaps the F-14 Tomcat’s most revered capability was ... the Navy joined the Air Force in the joint Tactical Fighter Experimental program, or TFX. While the airframe resulting from TFX could ...
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The U.S. Navy's F-14 Tomcat Could Go Into 'Bomber Mode'
like its Air Force contemporary the F-15A-D. Yet, the F-14 was capable of performing an air-to-ground role. Tom Cooper reports, “even though the Tomcat performed the air-to-ground role only in ...
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The World’s First Microprocessor: F-14 Central Air Data Computer
When the Grumman F-14 Tomcat first flew in 1970 ... In 1971, one of the designers of the F-14’s Central Air Data Computer (CADC) – [Ray Holt] – wrote an article for Computer Design magazine ...
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Top Gun in Iran? Don't be scared of the Islamic Republic's F-14s
You may have seen videos of Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force F-14 Tomcat fighters escorting Russian aircraft across Iranian airspace to Syria. Here's why you shouldn't be alarmed. This post is ...
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Why The US Navy Retired The F-14 Tomcat Fighter Jet
The Grumman F-14 Tomcat is probably the most recognizable ... There was an instance in 1973 when a Tomcat shot itself out of the air. A missile didn't release properly and instead launched debris ...
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Air Force
The Department of the Air Force was created with the signing of the National Security Act of 1947. The Air Force’s missions are broken down into Air and Space Superiority, Global Attack ...
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U.S. Air Force F-16 pilot is Miss America 2024
Active duty US Air Force 2nd Lieutenant Madison Marsh, who pilots F-16 fighter jets, was crowned Miss America 2024 this week in an unprecedented result for the storied beauty pageant, which has ...
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F-35 Sets New Record
An Air Force F-35A set a new speed record Aug. 1 when it took to the air as part of a sortie just seven hours after leaving the production facility. The 338th Fighter Wing at Hill Air Force Base ...
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Ebbing Air National Guard Base will become the latest U.S.-based site dedicated to training pilots across the global F-35 Joint Strike Fighter enterprise. The Space Force on Saturday will begin ...
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VX-9 ‘Vampires’ F/A-18F Super Hornet Brandishes Heavy Air-to-Air Loadout During Gray Flag 2024
The heavy loadout, featuring four AIM-174s, three AIM-120s and two AIM-9s, first spotted on "Vandy 1" at the beginning of September, was not a one-off ...