If you saw Top Gun, then you saw the F-14 Tomcat and likely wonder if its wings really fold like that. The answer is yes, but ...
T he Grumman F-14 Tomcat is a supersonic, twin-engine, variable sweep-wing, two-place strike fighter that personifies technological advancement and strategic need. Emerging in the late 1960s and ...
The Grumman F-14 Tomcat, a revered U.S. Navy fighter, famously became one of the few aircraft to shoot itself down. During a test on June 20, 1973, an AIM-7 Sparrow missile launch went awry, causing ...
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 ...
There was that sexy airplane too, the Grumman F-14 Tomcat: A twin engine, swing wing, carrier-borne fighter built to chase off the Russkies. What you may not remember is that we sold Tomcats to Iran.
The Grumman F-14 Tomcat is probably the most recognizable fighter jet from the 20th century thanks to 1986's "Top Gun," starring Tom Cruise. The general public got to see the jet's variable sweep ...
Volunteer Bernie Jellig, 71, a retired NBC editor from Huntington, said: “This was pretty much the Grumman F-14 Tomcat of 1918. You’d gone from the Wright Brothers to this in 15 years.” ...
Examining how the iconic F-14 Tomcat and F/A-18 Super Hornet stack up against each other in design, performance, and combat roles in naval aviation.
One veteran quoted Plato, the ancient Greek philosopher of the Classical period, and another quoted the U.S. Constitution.
The Soviet planners who oversaw the program wanted a new fighter capable of going up against American fourth-generation jets like the McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle and Northrop Grumman F-14 Tomcat.
Rice said his father worked on notable projects, such as the The Grumman F-14 Tomcat and the Apollo Lunar Module, originally called the Lunar Excursion Module. “We had models of those things ...