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Grumman F-14 Tomcat. A U.S. Navy F-14D conducts a mission over the Persian Gulf region in 2005. 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 ...
The Grumman F-14 Tomcat has served with the United States Navy and the Imperial Iranian Air Force, then the Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force [1] after 1979. It operated aboard U.S. aircraft carriers from 1974 to 2006 and remains in service with Iran. In-depth knowledge of its service with Iran is relatively limited.
Years of service. 1987–1994. Rank. Lieutenant. Kara S. Hultgreen[1] (October 5, 1965 – October 25, 1994) was an American naval aviator who served as a lieutenant in the United States Navy and was the first female carrier-based fighter pilot in the U.S. Navy. She was also the first female fighter pilot in the U.S. military to die in a crash. [2]
Summary. A U.S. Navy plane director guides a Grumman F-14A-105-GR Tomcat aircraft (BuNo 160897) from fighter squadron VF-74 Be-Devilers into position over a catapult on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Saratoga (CV-60). VF-74 was assigned to Carrier Air Wing 17 (CVW-17) aboard the Saratoga for a deployment to the Mediterranean Sea ...
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The documented behavior of the Russian Su-35 during this intercept, however, was risky. NORAD's video of the incident shows the US F-16 flying far from a lumbering Russian military aircraft. A Su ...
This clear image of a majestic F-14 Tomcat, at supersonic speeds, streaking across the clear blue sky stopped my heart. I was amazed at the beauty of this picture, and was in awe. Proposed caption An F-14 Tomcat flies over at near supersonic speeds. Articles this image appears in Fighter aircraft, F-14 Tomcat, VFA-31 Creator User:Dual Freq
1989 air battle near Tobruk. On 4 January 1989, two Grumman F-14 Tomcats of the United States Navy shot down two Libyan-operated Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23 Floggers which the American aircrews believed were attempting to engage and attack them, as had happened eight years prior during the 1981 Gulf of Sidra incident.