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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.
Then, in Syria in June 2023, a Russian aircraft came close to U.S. fighters, surveillance aircraft and drones. And in July 2023, a Kremlin fighter jet damaged a U.S. MQ-9 drone when it shot flares ...
2024: 1: Very short take-off and landing transport unmanned aircraft, based on the TVS-2-DTS developed by SibNIA. Sokol heavy striker drone Russia: Jet: Attack/Reconnaissance: Project only. Similar to the General Atomics Avenger [179] [180] Sukhoi Su-75 Checkmate Russia: Jet: Multirole: 2024: Single engine fifth-generation multirole fighter ...
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.
In a statement, the US AFCENT said: “Russian fighter aircraft flew dangerously close to a U.S. MQ-9 drone on a defeat-ISIS mission, harassing the MQ-9 and deploying flares from a position ...
A Russian fighter jet flew “dangerously close” to a US drone over Syria and damaged it with flares, according to the US Air Force, in the latest in a series of incidents between the two ...
September 13, 2023 Romania: Russia: The crew of a Romanian Air Force helicopter identified fragments from a drone between the villages of Nufăru and Victoria, after a Russian attack on the Ukrainian port of Izmail. [17] According to the locals, the drone fell about 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) away from a military unit located in the area. [18]
A Russian fighter jet flew within a few meters of a U.S. drone over Syria and fired flares at it, striking the American aircraft and damaging it, the U.S. military said Tuesday, the latest in a ...