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Even though the AIM-120 was successfully tested on the F-14, the AMRAAM integration into fleet Tomcats was scrapped. Here’s why.

Cold War Era / F-14 Tomcat / Military Aviation

Even though the AIM-120 was successfully tested on the F-14, the AMRAAM integration into fleet Tomcats was scrapped. Here’s why.

Dario Leone

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Here’s why F-14 Tomcat fighter jets preserved in museums could never be restored in flight conditions

F-14 Tomcat / Military Aviation

Here’s why F-14 Tomcat fighter jets preserved in museums could never be restored in flight conditions

Dario Leone

F-14 Tomcat pilot and TOPGUN instructor tells the story of when he nailed a MiG-29 in a 1v1 dogfight

F-14 Tomcat / Military Aviation

F-14 Tomcat pilot and TOPGUN instructor tells the story of when he nailed a MiG-29 in a 1v1 dogfight

Dave Bio Baranek

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Former F-14 RIO tells the story of when he and his pilot pushed their Tomcat beyond the aircraft advertised Top Speed of Mach 2.34

Cold War Era / F-14 Tomcat / Military Aviation

Former F-14 RIO tells the story of when he and his pilot pushed their Tomcat beyond the aircraft advertised Top Speed of Mach 2.34

Dario Leone

"It's time to buzz the tower:" Former F-14 RIO explains how legendary Top Gun tower fly-by scene was filmed

Cold War Era / F-14 Tomcat / Military Aviation

That time Air Traffic Controllers asked to an F-14 pilot to buzz the tower so that they could see for themselves a Navy Tomcat

Dario Leone

Cold War Era / F-14 Tomcat / Military Aviation

US Navy F-14 Pilots explain why a non-RIO must be trained ‘in doing several things’ to fly in the Tomcat back seat

Dario Leone

[Video] When a US Navy F-14 Tomcat Shot Down a USAF RF-4C Phantom II

Cold War Era / F-14 Tomcat / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation

[Video] When a US Navy F-14 Tomcat Shot Down a USAF RF-4C Phantom II

Dario Leone

The F-14 Tomcat posed such a serious threat to the Soviets that once they tried to fish one that fell off the aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy

Cold War Era / F-14 Tomcat / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation

The F-14 Tomcat posed such a serious threat to the Soviets that they once tried to fish one that fell off the aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy

Dario Leone

US Navy F-14 crew members explain how you could land a Tomcat with a full load of six AIM-54 Phoenix missiles on the aircraft carrier

Cold War Era / F-14 Tomcat / Military Aviation

US Navy F-14 crew members explain how you could land a Tomcat with a full load of six AIM-54 Phoenix missiles on the aircraft carrier

Dario Leone

VF-41 Black Aces F-14 Tomcat crew members who took part in Gulf of Sidra Incident recall the shooting down of Gaddafi Sukhoi Su-22M Fitter fighter bombers

Cold War Era / F-14 Tomcat / MiG Killers / Military Aviation

VF-41 Black Aces F-14 Tomcat crew members who took part in Gulf of Sidra Incident recall the shooting down of Gaddafi Sukhoi Su-22M Fitter fighter bombers

Dario Leone

Former F-14 pilot tells the story of when he and his wingman pushed their Tomcats to Mach 1.2 at 1,000 feet at night to outrun Libyan SA-5 Gammon SAMs

Cold War Era / F-14 Tomcat / Military Aviation

Former F-14 pilot tells the story of when he and his wingman pushed their Tomcats to Mach 1.2 at 1,000 feet at night to outrun Libyan SA-5 Gammon SAMs

Dario Leone

Tomcat 4-Libya 0: how two U.S. Navy F-14s shot down two Qaddafi’s MiG-23s over the Gulf of Sidra on Jan. 4, 1989

Cold War Era / F-14 Tomcat / MiG Killers / Military Aviation

Tomcat 4-Qaddafi 0: how two U.S. Navy F-14s shot down two Libyan MiG-23s over the Gulf of Sidra on Jan. 4, 1989

Dario Leone

Dale “Snort” Snodgrass, legendary US Navy F-14 Tomcat pilot, killed in in the crash of a SIAI-Marchetti SM.1019

F-14 Tomcat / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation

Dale “Snort” Snodgrass, legendary US Navy F-14 Tomcat pilot, killed in in the crash of a SIAI-Marchetti SM.1019

Dario Leone

Here’s why the F-14 Tomcat was a true multirole fighter (and not just a fleet defense interceptor)

Cold War Era / F-14 Tomcat / Military Aviation

Here’s why the F-14 Tomcat was a true multirole fighter (and not just a fleet defense interceptor)

Dario Leone

The “ADCOM F-14:” the Tomcat that USAF never bought

Cold War Era / F-14 Tomcat / Military Aviation

The “ADCOM F-14:” the Tomcat that USAF never bought

Dario Leone

F-14A Tomcat Pilot tells the story of the real life Goose and explains how Nick Bradshaw could have survived the flat spin featured in Top Gun Movie

F-14 Tomcat / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation

F-14A Tomcat Pilot tells the story of the real life Goose and explains how Nick Bradshaw could have survived the flat spin featured in Top Gun Movie

Dario Leone

The thrilling story of an F-14 Tomcat TARPS mission flown over Iraqi weapons of mass destruction plant of Al Qa’im during Operation Desert Storm (Captured in a Beautiful Artwork)

F-14 Tomcat / Military Aviation

The thrilling story of an F-14 Tomcat TARPS mission flown over Iraqi weapons of mass destruction plant of Al Qa’im during Operation Desert Storm (Captured in a Beautiful Artwork)

Dario Leone

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