In the 1960s, the U.S. military tried to solve two problems with one aircraft. Then-Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara pushed the Tactical Fighter Experimental (TFX) program, hoping to create a ...

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VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — It's been called "the coolest plane ever built," immortalized in "Top Gun." After 36 years of service, the U.S. Navy F-14 Tomcat was retired in September 2006. 13News Now was ...

The F-14 Tomcat is best remembered as a close-in dogfighter, but it was never meant to win turning battles at all. This breakdown explains how the aircraft was designed around long-range interception, ...

The Grumman F-14 Tomcat, an iconic Cold War–era fighter jet immortalised by Hollywood’s Top Gun, has long been retired by every air force in the world — except one. Iran remains the sole operator of ...

Israel’s strike on two grounded F-14s deals a symbolic blow to Iran’s aging air force, further straining its ability to maintain Cold War-era jets without US parts. A pair of Iranian-operated Grumman ...