What You Need to Know: Introduced over 50 years ago, the F-14 Tomcat was once the pinnacle ... Ultimately, Northrop Grumman and McDonnell Douglas were selected as finalists and Grumman was awarded ...

Notable examples of American planes with nicknames include the F-14 Tomcat (the "Turkey"), the F-16 fighter ... with machines like the Boeing CH-47 "Chinook" and the McDonnell Douglas AH-64 "Apache" ...