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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. 79 F-14’s were delivered ...
While the crew was attempting to restart the engine, the aircraft rolled inverted and sank 125 km E of Cagliari, Sardinia. Two pilots and one aircrewman were rescued. A second aircrewman was lost with the aircraft. 21 December Imperial Iranian Air Force Lockheed C-130H Hercules 5-8536 crashed during approach in bad weather to Shiraz, Iran.
A Prototype Tomcat, Grumman F-14-01-GR Tomcat, 157980, suffered a hydraulic fluid leak on its second flight. The crew attempted return to the Grumman plant at Calverton, New York, but lost flight controls just before crossing the airfield threshold. Both crewmembers ejected as the airframe plunged into woods short of the runway.
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.
Tunisair inaugurates service on the Tunis–London route, using a leased Boeing 707. April 2 – United States Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Iceal "Gene" Hamilton is the only survivor of the six-man crew of his EB-66 Destroyer after a North Vietnamese Army S-75 Dvina ( NATO reporting name "SA-2 Guideline") surface-to-air missile shoots it down ...
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A third credit rating agency, Moody’s Investors Service, has retained its top AAA credit rating for US securities for now but lowered its outlook last year on the US government debt from "stable ...
They are the third and fourth of five kills scored by F-14s during the Tomcat ' s career in U.S. Navy service. [1] Two French television journalists are arrested for trying to plant fake bombs – each consisting of a package containing molding clay, an alarm clock, wires, and the message "Congratulations! You have found our phony bomb!"