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Summary and Key Points: The F-14 Tomcat, made famous by the "Top Gun" films, was a formidable air-to-air combat aircraft. Originally designed in the 1970s to defend U.S. Navy carrier battle groups ...

Summary: The Top Gun franchise, especially with the success of “Top Gun: Maverick” (2022), has reignited interest in the original 1986 film and its iconic elements, including the Grumman F-14 ...

Military Supersonic, iconic: The Grumman F-14 Tomcat, the famous ‘Top Gun’ aircraft from the Iraq War. More than 50 years on from its first flight, the iconic fighter jet remains one of the ...

During its three decades in service with the United States Navy the Grumman F-14 Tomcat more than lived up to the role, it was designed for, drawing blood in combat and even getting its moment in ...

Designed to win a war that never happened, the F-14 Tomcat became a warfighter and a legendary Top Gun star. Several decades later, it’s now an endangered species.

The Tomcat had been a staple in the Naval fleet long before "Top Gun" made it a household name, with Grumman supplying the U.S. Navy with F-14s for more than two decades between 1972 and 1992.

The Grumman F-14 Tomcat dominated the skies between 1974 and 2006, as well as pop culture, thanks to the movie "Top Gun." In its time, it was on the bleeding edge of technology, with AIM-54 ...

May 13 is Top Gun Day. Let's celebrate it with two unknown Tomcat stories told by the former F-14 Tomcat RIO Dave “Bio” Baranek. Developed in the late 1960s as a multi-mission fighter, the F ...

Developed in the late 1960s to protect US Navy Carrier Battle Groups (CVBG) from the raids conducted by the Soviet bombers armed with long-range cruise missiles, the F-14 was the best fleet ...

The Grumman F-14 Tomcat was designed to defend carrier battle groups from mass air attacks. The Top Gun star was wildly popular, serving the Navy for three decades.

In light of it being Top Gun Day I think it would be proper to take a look back to see how the true star of the movie, the F-14 Tomcat, could have lived on in various forms far past its 2006 ...