Iran’s possession of American-made F-14 Tomcat jets, decades after they were retired by the US Navy, remains one of the most curious stories in military aviation. These fighter aircraft were ...
Key Points and Summary - The Navy retired the F-14 Tomcat in 2006, closing the book on a fighter that dominated the long-range air-to-air fight and later reinvented itself as a precision striker.
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Israel’s strike on two grounded F-14s deals a symbolic blow to Iran’s aging air force, further straining its ability to maintain Cold War-era jets without US parts. A pair of Iranian-operated Grumman ...
The Israeli Air Force has just released footage showing the destruction of two F-14 Tomcats (likely non-operational) on the ground. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) have released footage showing ...
The functions that the US Navy built the F-14 Tomcat for—aerial interception of Soviet fighter jets—became irrelevant after the Cold War ended. Most people know the F-14 Tomcat as a Cold War ...