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The story of the US Navy F-14 Tomcat that intercepted a Concorde during Operation Desert Shield

Cold War Era / F-14 Tomcat / Military Aviation

US Navy F-14 Tomcat RIO tells the story of when he and his pilot intercepted a Concorde during Operation Desert Shield

Dario Leone

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The story of the US Navy TARPS-equipped F-14 Tomcat that took a photo of its own GBU-12 heading for its target

F-14 Tomcat / Military Aviation / Weapons

The story of the US Navy TARPS-equipped F-14 Tomcat that took a photo of its own GBU-12 heading for its target

Dario Leone

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Did you know? On the first day of Desert Storm at least 12 Iraqi Fighters (including 4 MiG-29s) ran away instead of fighting US Navy F-14 Tomcats

F-14 Tomcat / MiG Killers / Military Aviation

Did you know? On the first day of Desert Storm at least 12 Iraqi Fighters (including 4 MiG-29s) ran away instead of fighting US Navy F-14 Tomcats

Dario Leone

Did you know the F-14 Tomcat was meant to be ‘Bombcat’ from the beginning of its development?

Aviation History / Cold War Era / F-14 Tomcat / Military Aviation

Did you know the F-14 Tomcat was meant to be ‘Bombcat’ from the beginning of its development?

Are Russians hunting to fish the wreckage of the UK F-35B that crashed last week like they did with that of a US Navy F-14 that fell off the aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy in 1976?

Aircraft Carriers / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation

Are Russians hunting to fish the wreckage of the UK F-35B that crashed last week like they did with that of a US Navy F-14 that fell off the aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy in 1976?

Dario Leone

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

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 the US Navy F-14 Tomcat that intercepted a Concorde during Operation Desert Shield

F-14 Tomcat / Military Aviation

The story of the US Navy F-14 Tomcat that intercepted a Concorde during Operation Desert Shield

Dario Leone

Former KC-135 Pilot tells the story of When his Stratotanker Refuelled the Tomcat Crewed by Famous F-14 RIO

Cold War Era / F-14 Tomcat / Military Aviation

Former KC-135 Pilot tells the story of When his Stratotanker Refuelled the Tomcat Crewed by Famous F-14 RIO

Dario Leone

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

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