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The F-14 Tomcat’s Engine Nightmare
For those pilots, there will never be a Navy plane as great as the F-14 Tomcat. Come to think of it, given the extraordinary ...
It worked. Russia halted its flights. Then came the Islamic Revolution. The 129 Iranian F-14 pilots and radar intercept officers trained in America along with Iranian maintenance technicians found ...
Dave Berke, a retired Top Gun instructor, rates the action scenes in "Top Gun" and "Top Gun: Maverick." He talks about being an effective wingman, piloting an F-14, firing missiles, effectively ...
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 ...