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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.
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.
With the Tornado ADV still some years from operational service, the RAF purchased 15 second-hand former U.S. Navy F-4J aircraft, chosen from among the best stored at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base and upgraded to a level almost equal to the F-4S. Although they were officially designated as the Phantom F.3, this was rarely used, instead being ...
The video was posted on Reddit four months ago, before the drones were seen in several states throughout the country. The post indicated the drone is an agriculture drone. The post indicated the ...
After the attack on Bila Tserkva on Wednesday, the ministry reported shooting down nine more of the drones in the country’s south. It shared an image of the drone’s wreckage, which appears to ...
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.
E.T., drone home. When it comes to the mysterious drones — said to be the size of SUVs — buzzing New Jersey and panicking residents, experts say there are only a few possible explanations:
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