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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

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"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

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

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

Bringing Home the Legends: Carrier Landing in the F-8, F-4, and F-14

Aircraft Carriers / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation

Bringing Home the Legends: Carrier Landing in the F-8, F-4, and F-14

Dave Bio Baranek

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

When U.S. Navy F-14 Tomcats intercepted and forced landing an Egyptian Boeing 737 carrying the Achille Lauro cruise ship hijackers

Cold War Era / Military Aviation

When U.S. Navy F-14 Tomcats intercepted and forced landing an Egyptian Boeing 737 carrying the Achille Lauro cruise ship hijackers

Dario Leone

U.S. Naval Aviator explains how he and his wingman were able to RTB after their F/A-18 fighters collided during air combat training

Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation / U.S. Navy

U.S. Naval Aviator explains how he and his wingman were able to RTB after their F/A-18 fighters collided during air combat training

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

The Story of how US Navy F-14 Tomcat crews learned to score simulated Gun Kills against the lethal 9G capable F-16N (Captured in a Beautiful Artwork)

Cold War Era / F-14 Tomcat / Military Aviation

The Story of how US Navy F-14 Tomcat crews learned to score simulated Gun Kills against the lethal 9G capable F-16N (Captured in a Beautiful Artwork)

Dario Leone

F-15C scores aerial kill from the furthest distance ever recorded by firing an AIM-120 at a BQM-167 drone and brings to memory famous AIM-54 six-on-six missile shot test

Military Aviation / Weapons

F-15C scores aerial kill from the furthest distance ever recorded by firing an AIM-120 at a BQM-167 drone and brings to memory famous AIM-54 six-on-six missile shot test

Dario Leone

The Libyan MiG-23 pilot that fled to a Greek WW II airfield and all the skirmishes between Gaddafi’s fighters and US and French reconnaissance aircraft until early 1981

Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation

The Libyan MiG-23 pilot that fled to a Greek WW II airfield and all the skirmishes between Gaddafi’s fighters and US and French reconnaissance aircraft until early 1981

Dario Leone

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