Key Points and Summary - The F-14D Tomcat earned its legend by doing the carrier’s hardest jobs well. -Its digital APG-71 radar paired with long-range missiles gave the fleet a “long arm.” -Under the ...

Key Points and Summary - The F-14D Super Tomcat was the apex of America’s carrier fighters: a variable-sweep interceptor built to kill Soviet bombers at range with APG-71 radar and AIM-54 Phoenix ...

Okay, so the Grumman F-14 Tomcat is one of if not the most recognizable naval fighter aircraft in history. People gush over it as if it was the biggest travesty of the 21st century when it was ...

Thanks in part to its 50th anniversary and in part to a starring role in Top Gun: Maverick, the F-14 Tomcat is once again the most famous fighter jet in the western zeitgeist. This is all despite not ...

What You Need to Know: The F-14D “Super Tomcat” remains a legendary aircraft, known for its enhanced capabilities over earlier F-14 variants. Introduced in 1991, it boasted advanced radar, targeting..

The final member of the Grumman cat family, the F-14 Tomcat, with its signature variable-geometry wings and twin-engine design, became an iconic symbol of the Cold War. A product of the “Grumman Iron ...