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The F-14 Demo, which beat that of the F-15, sold the Tomcat to Shah of Iran
“The F-14 crew caught a detail in the weather briefing and flew that 95 knots pass into a shear-wind (opposed to the F-15A-pilot), and...
F-14 pilot recalls when he and his RIO had a Tomcat single-engine cat shot
The Tomcat
Designed in 1968 to take the place of the controversial F-111B, then under development for the Navy’s carrier fighter inventory, the F-14 Tomcat was designed with...
A former US Navy F-14 pilot recalls odd UFO sightings while flying the Tomcat
UFO sightings
Have you ever wondered what odd objects pilots see in the sky?
With a unique vantage point and have reported seeing a variety of...
The F-15N Sea Eagle, the navalized version of the F-15 Eagle that never was
US Navy’s search for an advanced carrier-based air superiority fighter
In an effort to support the Department of Defense's goal of commonality with the Air...
Landing a Tomcat with a full load of 6 AIM-54 Phoenix missiles on the aircraft carrier
The AIM-54 Phoenix
The AWG-9 weapons control system and P&W TF30 engines were used by the F-14A Tomcat, which was built in 1968 to replace...