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F-14 RIO recalls when his Tomcat faced alone 5 gutsy F-4s and came out on top
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Cold War Era / F-14 Tomcat / Military Aviation
F-14 RIO recalls when his Tomcat faced alone 5 gutsy F-4s and came out on top
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Dario Leone
Aug 8 2026
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A Life-or-Death Experience: F-14 pilot recalls when he and his RIO had a Tomcat single-engine cat shot
Oct 4 2024
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Steve Petro Petroski with Dave Bio Baranek
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Cold War Era / F-14 Tomcat / Military Aviation
F-14 Tomcat RIO recalls when he and his pilot faced alone 5 gutsy F-4 Phantom IIs and came out on top
Jul 10 2024
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Dario Leone
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Cold War Era / F-14 Tomcat / Military Aviation
Tomcat RIO tells the story of when he and his pilot destroyed a supersonic target drone by means of an AIM-7 fired by their F-14 flying at more than Mach 1
Mar 20 2023
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Dario Leone
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F-14 Tomcat / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation
Tomcat RIO Recalls when He and His Pilot had to Eject from their F-14 because the Arresting Gear Failed when They Landed Aboard the Aircraft Carrier
Feb 18 2023
By
Dario Leone
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F-14 Tomcat / Military Aviation
Tomcat RIO tells the story behind this famed F-14 Cockpit Selfie
Aug 7 2022
By
Dave Bio Baranek
Cold War Era / F-14 Tomcat / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation
A Life-or-Death Experience: Former F-14 pilot tells the story of when he and his RIO had a Tomcat single-engine cat shot
Jul 23 2022
By
Steve Petro Petroski with Dave Bio Baranek
Cold War Era / Military Aviation
The story of the US Navy F-8 pilots that instructed USAF F-4 crews in ACM, beat them during every engagement and made Robin Olds angry
Aug 25 2021
By
Dario Leone
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Osprey Publishing
F-14 Tomcat / Military Aviation / U.S. Navy
F-14 Cockpit Selfie – The Untold Story
Apr 3 2018
By
Dave Bio Baranek
Cold War Era / F-14 Tomcat / Military Aviation
FORMER TOMCAT RIO EXPLAINS HOW A WELL TRAINED F-14 CREW COULD FACE ALONE 5 GUTSY F-4 PHANTOMS
Feb 20 2018
By
Dario Leone
F-14 Tomcat / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation / U.S. Navy
TOMCAT SINGLE-ENGINE CAT SHOT: A LIFE-OR-DEATH EXPERIENCE
Dec 10 2016
By
Steve Petro Petroski with Dave Bio Baranek
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