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The Grumman F-14 Tomcat is an American carrier-capable supersonic, twin-engine, two-seat, twin-tail, all-weather-capable variable-sweep wing fighter aircraft. The Tomcat was developed for the United States Navy 's Naval Fighter Experimental (VFX) program after the collapse of the General Dynamics-Grumman F-111B project.
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The F-14 Tomcat was primarily designed to defend the U.S. Navy's fleets from airborne threats, using its AWG-9 radar and the long-range AIM-54 Phoenix missilesfor against bombers carrying.
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The Grumman F-14 "Tomcat" was the quintessential United States Navy (USN) fleet defense interceptor of the latter Cold War years. Its existence was brought about largely due to the demise of the failed F-111B initiative, a carrier-based version of the large General Dynamics F-111 "Aardvark" swing-wing fighter-bomber.
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Grumman F-14A Tomcat. In February 1969, the U.S. Navy selected Grumman Aerospace Corporation to produce a new fighter for air superiority, fleet air defense and precision strike capability against ground targets. That fighter became the F-14 Tomcat, last in a long line of Grumman cats for the Navy. The F-14's first flight was on December 21.
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F-14A Tomcat VF-33 Starfighters / Tarsiers , AB201 / 19428 / 1982. The AWG-9 was extremely versatile: it had six basic working modes (four of which were pulse-Doppler), with 19 transmission channels for pulse-Doppler search signals, of which 6 were for guidance of AIM-54 missiles, and 5 for A1M-7s.
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Taking The F-14A Tomcat On Cruise For My First Time. From chasing down SR-71 Blackbirds to having an engine explode beneath him, the life of a young Tomcat pilot at the height of the Cold War was.
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The F-14 Tomcat is the most iconic Cold War US Naval fighter, next to the McDonnel Douglas F-4 Phantom. It is also a replacement for the F-4 Phantom and the failed F-111B, incorporating the lessons and experiences acquired during Vietnam as well, like the F-15 Eagle.
The F14A Tomcat aircraft assigned to the commanding officer of Fighter Squadron 41 (VF41) is
Grumman F-14A Tomcat The F-14 Tomcat was the United States Navy's premier air superiority fighter beginning in the mid-1970s and served ongoing roles into the 21st century.
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The Heatblur Simulations F-14A/B Tomcat aims to simulate this iconic aircraft as a high-fidelity module for DCS World. This module is the culmination of several years of research, coding and modelling. Key features of the DCS: F-14 Tomcat include: Simulation of both the A and B models of the Tomcat.
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F-14 Tomcat Sources of Aircraft Drawings Current Aircraft Inventory A-6 Intruder AH-1W Super Cobra and UH-1N Huey AV-8B Harrier II C-12 C-130 Hercules C-2A Greyhound C-20D/G Gulfstream III/IV.
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An F-14 carries four AIM-54 Phoenix missiles under its fuselage, along with AIM-7 Sparrows and AIM-9 Sidewinders on wing hardpoints. (PF-[aircraft]/Alamy) The Tomcat was built around an enormous super-missile, the AIM-54A Phoenix, which weighed almost half a ton, was 13 feet long and 15 inches in diameter and cost half a million dollars to fire.
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First introduced in the mid-1970s, the F-14 "Tomcat" would become one of the most iconic American jet fighters of all time. After a distinguished career, the F-14s fame would perhaps reach.
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At just shy of 63 feet long and boasting a 64-foot wingspan, the F-14 Tomcat could attain speeds in excess of Mach 1 at sea level and surpass Mach 2.34 at altitude thanks to two General Electric.
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It saw considerable duty in the Gulf War, Iraq and Afghanistan. The last F-14 retired from active service with VF-213 in 2006. The Museum's F-14A (Bureau Number 157984) is the fifth Tomcat produced and was one of the prototypes used in the early testing of the aircraft. It is the first F-14 Tomcat ever placed on public display. SPECIFICATIONS
Grumman F14A Tomcat USN supersonic jet fighter
fighter aircraft U.S. Navy F-14 Tomcat undergoing a spin test at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base in California, c. 1980. See all videos for this article F-14, two-seat, twin-engine jet fighter built for the U.S. Navy by the Grumman Corporation (now part of the Northrop Grumman Corporation) from 1970 to 1992.