The F-14 struck the water at about 350 knots and exploded. It was thought that Miller may have been distracted by…
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Q&A with a former F-14 Tomcat RIO: Dave “Bio” Baranek answers your questions
by TAGCTeam“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…
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Military AviationU.S. Navy
ADVERSARY! A QUICK LOOK AT THE AIRCRAFT FLOWN BY U.S. NAVAL AVIATORS TO PLAY THE BAD GUYS
by Dario LeoneTo realistically carry out their duty U.S. Navy adversary pilots need the best aircraft to simulate the bandits during DACT sorties…
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Cold War EraF-14 TomcatMilitary Aviation
Soviets never received any (Iranian) Tomcat. But they published this F-14 “booklet” for their top fighter pilots.
by Tom CooperThe Soviets did not need to ‘steal’ or ‘get’ any Tomcats: obtaining quite good intel on the F-14 – from the…
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Aviation HistoryF-14 TomcatMilitary Aviation
You either love it or hate it: why 50 years after its first flight the F-14 Tomcat is still a highly controversial aircraft
by Tom CooperThe F-14 saw much more combat than usually thought: indeed, much more than the other ‘teen fighters’ – including F-15, F-16,…
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Aviation HumorF-14 TomcatMilitary Aviation
Former F-14D pilot tells the story of when Chuck Yeager called his Super Tomcat “the only real fighter” featured at Edwards AFB air show
by Robert JonesThere were plenty of shiny USAF fighters but I knew exactly what he meant. They didn’t count because they were test…
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Cold War EraF-14 TomcatMilitary Aviation
F-14 Tomcat monument unveiled at the National Naval Aviation Museum
by Dario LeoneUnveiled on Nov. 18, 2020, the F-14 monument is placed feet away from a prototype of the same famed jet that…
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Cold War EraF-14 TomcatMilitary Aviation
Phantom Vs Tomcat: RIO who Flew Both the F-4 and the F-14 tells which one was the better fighter
by Dario Leone‘There was a lot to love about those two jets. But alas, technology moves on…,’ Thomas Foster, Former US Navy RIO (Radar…
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Cold War EraF-14 TomcatMilitary Aviation
F-14 RIO who visited the Blackbird’s Roost at Beale AFB tells the story of two memorable SR-71 takeoffs… And that of his Tomcat’s unrestricted climb
by Dario LeoneIn February 1988 the SR-71 community hosted a small conference and invited representatives of the four types of US fighters –…
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Aviation HistoryMilitary AviationU.S. Navy
The Story of the Last Aviator to fly All the Grumman Cats
Commander Glenn Tierney finished his illustrious military career in 1971 having flown every Navy fighter from the Wildcat to the Tomcat. …
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