The monument will remember the iconic Grumman’s fighter jet as well as those who gave their lives flying it and those…
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Photo Sequence shows F-14A Tomcat Engaging Barricade during Emergency Landing aboard USS Kitty Hawk
by Dario LeoneThe recovery was successful; no injuries were sustained during the F-14A Tomcat emergency landing. Taken on Jun. 30, 1984 the photo…
Stenciled on the tails of VF-1’s Wichita 103 were the words “El Coyote”. This Tomcat scored the first recorded air-to-air kill…
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EXCLUSIVE: FORMER TOPGUN INSTRUCTOR PRESENTS THE ORIGINAL ARTICLE THAT INSPIRED LEGENDARY TOP GUN MOVIE
“Moving up to the F-14 Tomcat meant crossing the magic line that separates the men from the boys, like first-time sex,…
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BYE-BYE BABY…! REMEMBERING THE F-14 TOMCAT LAST COMBAT TRAP
by Dario LeoneThe decision to incorporate the Super Hornet and decommission the F-14 was mainly due to high amount of maintenance required to…
