The Tomcat crews watched as the excited Egyptian crew (and perhaps the terrorists) ran to either side of the airliner to…
Cold War EraMilitary Aviation
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Cold War EraF-14 TomcatMilitary Aviation
Tomcats Surprise! F-14 Fighters Led US Navy Effort to Intercept the Egyptian Boeing 737 Carrying Achille Lauro Cruise Ship Hijackers
by Dario LeoneThe Boeing 737 touched down on the runway of NAS Sigonella at 0015 on Oct. 11, as three F-14s circled overhead,…
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Cold War EraMilitary Aviation
Libyan MiG-23 pilot remembers a memorable dogfight with U.S. Navy F-14 Tomcats
by Dario Leone“I pushed my throttle to full dry power while my aircraft went through the vertical and pointed at the Tomcats while…
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Cold War EraLosses and Aviation SafetyMilitary Aviation
This U.S. Navy F-4 has been shot down by a U.S. Navy F-4 (flown by a USAF exchange pilot)
by Dave Svajda“At first I thought we had had a mid air, then I saw our airplane crashing into the water and I…
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F-14 TomcatMiG KillersMilitary Aviation
What Should’ve been the F-14 Tomcat’s First Air-Air Kill of Desert Storm
Remembering that there could be no friendly aircraft north of his F-14, Glaze cut the range to the target down to…
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F-14 TomcatMilitary AviationU.S. Navy
THE LAST “AGGRESSOR” DAYS OF VF-74 BE-DEVILERS F-14 TOMCATS
by Dario LeoneVF-74 Be-Devilers F-14B Tomcats proved to be an extremely effective aggressor, providing capabilities akin to those of the Su-27 and MiG-31…
