The first, emotional segment of the video shows VF-14 Tophatters Tomcats over New York. The cool video in this post features…
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No Kill like a Guns Kill! Remembering Joe “Hoser” Satrapa, the F-14 Driver who scored two simulated gun kills on two USAF F-15s for two times in the same mission
by Dario LeoneHoser quickly bagged two gun kills, maneuvering through missile ranges until he was close enough to trigger his 20 mm cannon.…
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Man on A Missile: Former Blue Angels CO explains why the Team chose the A-4 Skyhawk to Replace the F-4 Phantom
by Dario Leone“The overall weight reduction was significant. We ended up with an airplane that weighed 11,300 pounds [dry] and we had an…
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Tom Cruise Pissed the Whole TR Off: USS Theodore Roosevelt crew slams the actor for his arrogant behavior during Top Gun Sequel filming
by Dario LeoneThe aircraft carrier crew has been ordered to not look at Tom Cruise or to talk to him As we have…
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The iconic F-14 Tomcat Returns aboard a U.S. Navy Aircraft Carrier for Top Gun: Maverick
by Dario LeoneThe F-14 in these photos is aboard USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) Taken at San Diego on Feb. 14, 2019 the interesting…
“I thought about my family a lot. I felt that if I was reduced to counting the bricks in the cell,…
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Tomcat Down in Iraq, Part I: the CSAR Mission that rescued F-14 Driver Lieutenant Devon Jones
by Dario Leone“I had a moment of panic there. But, hey! the A-10s have those huge cannons. They opened up with their 30-mike-mike.…
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The “ADCOM F-14:” the Tomcat that USAF never bought
by Dario LeoneStudies indicated 170 “ADCOM F-14 Tomcats” could provide the same level of Defense as 290 F-15 Eagles Taken at the Grumman…
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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
by Dario LeoneAfter returning to the carrier, both the F-14s received single FLOGGER ‘kill’ markings above the nose MODEX, although these were removed…
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The true story behind this VF-103 F-14’s TARPS IR photo showing Egypt Air Boeing 737 carrying the Achille Lauro hijackers after landing at Sigonella
by Dario Leone‘As the Boeing 737 landed, two lights out USAF C-141s landed behind him and turned their lights on as they rolled…