Key Points and Summary - Born for Cold War fleet defense, the F-14 Tomcat paired swing-wing agility with the AWG-9 radar and AIM-54 Phoenix to hunt bombers at range and still dogfight up close. -A ...

Key Points and Summary - Cut off from U.S. spares after 1979, Iran kept its 79 F-14 Tomcats flying via improvisation, cannibalization, and sourcing—then used them to shape the air war. -'With the ...

Iran is the only country that still has the iconic US-made F-14 Tomcat aircraft in service. Amid its relentless strikes on Iran, Israel shared footage of it hitting two of them. The jet was famously ...

The famous 2-seater F-14 Tomcat has found a permanent resting place in the hearts and minds of US Navy personnel and countless other aviation enthusiasts. The airframe became known for its advanced ...

The F-14 platform was the US Navy’s long-range, high-endurance interceptor able to better defend larger carrier battle groups. Earlier this summer, Iran’s small fleet of remaining F-14 “Tomcat” ...

WASHINGTON -- The Pentagon sold more than a thousand aircraft parts that could be used on F-14 fighter jets -- a plane flown only by Iran -- after announcing it had halted sales of such surplus, ...

The Israel Defense Forces announced that it destroyed three Iranian F-14 fighter jets in strikes on central Iran on Saturday. “The IDF struck F-14 fighter jets belonging to the Iranian Armed Forced in ...

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