How Iran bought the F-14 Tomcat in the 1970s and kept it flying for decades through war, sanctions, and improvised ...
Key Points and Summary - Fifty years after its 1974 debut, the F-14 Tomcat's philosophy still defines air superiority. -Its "unmatched" 1,841-mile range and, most importantly, its AN/AWG-9 radar ...
Thus far, the F-14 Tomcat’s primary role—fleet air defense—has yet to be fully replicated by any of its successors. In September 2006, the United States lost its need for speed. That was the year that ...
Utilized during the Cold War, the Grumman F-14 Tomcat was a reliable and highly effective defense fighter jet. Thanks to its weapons systems and variable-sweep wing design, the two-engine Tomcat had ...
How the US ensured that F-14 parts woudn't end up in enemy hands.
Designed for fleet air defense, the F-14 was armed with a potent long-range missile and, with a powerful new radar, could ...
Iranian F-14 fleet attacked at a base in central Iran believed to host all the remaining F-14s in Iranian service. Early in the morning on Mar. 8, 2026, the IDF announced that Iranian Air Force F-14 ...
The functions that the US Navy built the F-14 Tomcat for—aerial interception of Soviet fighter jets—became irrelevant after the Cold War ended. Most people know the F-14 Tomcat as a Cold War ...