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Key Points and Summary – The F-14 Tomcat became a Cold War and pop culture icon, but it spent most of its career shackled...
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Article Summary and Key Points – The F-14 Tomcat and F-16 Fighting Falcon were built for different wars inside the same Cold War. -The...
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Article Summary – The F-14 Tomcat was built to defend U.S. carriers from Soviet bombers with long-range radar and Phoenix missiles, not to duel...
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Key Points and Summary – The F-14 Tomcat, iconic in U.S. Navy service, actually saw its most intense combat not with America, but in...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – The F-14 Tomcat married a superb airframe to the wrong engine. Inherited from the F-111, Pratt & Whitney TF30s...
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Key Points and Summary – Although an icon, the F-14 Tomcat was plagued by “legitimate flaws” that made it a “logistical nightmare” for the...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – Fifty years after its 1974 debut, the F-14 Tomcat’s philosophy still defines air superiority. -Its “unmatched” 1,841-mile range and,...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – ‘One Mission’ – The “Super Tomcat 21” (ST21) was an ambitious 1990s Grumman proposal to save the F-14 by...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – The Navy retired the F-14 Tomcat for five intertwined reasons: crippling upkeep (tens of maintenance hours per flight hour...