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The F-14 primarily conducted air-to-air and reconnaissance missions with the U.S. Navy until the 1990s, when it was also employed as a long-range strike fighter. [3] It saw considerable action in the Mediterranean Sea and Persian Gulf and was used as a strike platform in the Balkans, Afghanistan and Iraq until its final deployment with the United States in 2006.
The Grumman F-14 Tomcat is an American carrier-capable supersonic, twin-engine, two-seat, twin-tail, all-weather-capable variable-sweep wing fighter aircraft.The Tomcat was developed for the United States Navy's Naval Fighter Experimental (VFX) program after the collapse of the General Dynamics-Grumman F-111B project.
A Malaysian MiG-29 in formation with a U.S. Navy F-14 Tomcat. Malaysia received a total of 18 MiG-29s. Two were lost to separate crashes in 1998 and 2004, and six were retired in 2010 to save on maintenance costs. The remaining ten MiG-29 aircraft were retired in 2017. Royal Malaysian Air Force
A Russian jet harassed and collided with a U.S. drone over the Black Sea Tuesday, forcing the U.S. to bring the MQ-9 Reaper down in international wars, said the U.S. military.
A 23 Squadron Phantom FGR.2 in the Falkland Islands, 1984 U.S. Navy Grumman F-14 Tomcat and a British Phantom FGR.2 during Desert Shield. This photo shows the many design differences between these two generations of combat aircraft
On 22 September 1987, a US Air Force RF-4C Phantom II was shot down by a US Navy F-14 Tomcat during training NATO Exercise Display Determination 87 over the Mediterranean. The RF-4C was conducting a simulated attack on USS Saratoga when the F-14 pilot became confused and launched a live AIM-9 Sidewinder. The RF-4C crew ejected and were recovered.
A specialized Canadian firefighting plane that was grounded in Los Angeles after it struck a dronehas been repaired and may be back in the skies on Tuesday, California fire officials said.. The CL ...
Declassified footage shows the moment a Russian fighter jet crashed into an American drone in the Black Sea on Tuesday, 14 March. The American military had to bring down the surveillance drone ...