With the upcoming release of “Tomcat Tales”, Tomcat fans can now look forward to a new film experience that features riveting stories directly from the cockpit with never-before-seen footage from…
“I had eight aerial kills with the Phoenix missile, two kills with the Vulcan M61A gun, and one kill with the MIM-23 Hawk missile that we ended up using on…
“As for my personal experience with it, I must say that I fired eight rounds of Phoenix missiles in total, from different positions and angles, which all hit their targets”…
The museum will receive for restoration and permanent display the last F-14 (BuNo 164603) to ever fly, number 711 of 712 made, from the Grumman Memorial Park in Bethpage. The…
The story behind the F-14-map “Where have all the Tomcats gone” Have you ever wondered what happened to the 712 F-14 Tomcats that were built between 1970 andn1992? Several of…
One of the most complex parts of the F-14 Tomcat testing was firings of AIM-7 Sparrows from stations on the belly of the aircraft. Here is something for all those…
The interesting photo in this post features a damaged F-14A Tomcat from VF-11 (modex AE103) embarked aboard USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67), returning from a mission over Beirut, in 1983. The interesting…
The interesting photos in this post feature the two F-14B Tomcats belonging to US Navy Fighter Squadron 103 which wore the festive Jolly Rogers insignia and earned the nickname “Santa…
‘We were going about 600 knots at 28,000 feet, so it was a loud boom, explosive decompression, and the airplane was damaged, a lot of glass in the cockpit, a…
Even though the F-14 Tomcat was designed for the U.S. Navy, it became one of the most popular fighters in Hollywood history. With its sleek design and impressive maneuverability, it’s…