F-14 Tomcat

The F-14 flew 28 times from a ski jump but never achieved maximum take-off capability because of single-engine operating concerns The interesting photo in this post was taken in 1982…

As Desert Shield became Desert Storm on 17 January 1991, one of the top targets was the Al Qa’im Super Phosphate Plant near the Syrian border… Designed by aviation artist…

“The TAO’s voice was several octaves higher than normal and they were going into “warning red, weapons tight”. As we swung our nose in the direction of the vector we…

The F-14 struck the water at about 350 knots and exploded. It was thought that Miller may have been distracted by something in the cockpit… H/T to Marc Wolff, owner…

“I have to wonder what a fully-funded, fully-developed Tomcat would be like (…looks dreamily into space). I’m certain it would’ve had better reliability due to modern electronics and fewer compromises…

In the F-14 cockpit, a combination of failures resulted in a display of the nose gear down. The LSOs did not see the gear up. Taken on Aug. 22, 1994,…

The movie company obtained a modified B-25 from Tallmantz Aviation, with a camera in the tail gunner position. The interesting video in this post features Alan “Shoes” Mullen, one of…

‘As we were in the middle of Afghanistan with not enough fuel to get back to the ship, we put our emergency divert field in Pakistan on the nose,’ Michael…

We now had to figure out just how we were going to land this flying dart because, with the wings back, we had no flaps and or use of our…

With the retirement of the A-6 Intruder, in minimal time, the Tomcat became the premier carrier-based bombing platform with capabilities on par with the Air Force’s F-15E Strike Eagle. The…