The F-14 will indeed answer a pilot’s need for speed. F-14s could reach top cruising speeds exceeding Mach 2. But a more apt question to ask about the Tomcat is whether you fully appreciate ...
However, some pilots loved the fighter, and it proved itself over and over again in combat zones. The Navy gradually replaced ...
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The F-14 Tomcat was a Beast
During the 1950s and 60s, the United States Navy was in an intense rivalry with the Soviet Union. Because of the Soviet ...
The Grumman F-14 Tomcat, famously featured in the 1980s film "Top Gun," was one of the finest naval warplanes ever built.