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Grumman’s Super Tomcat 21 — and its ASF-14 evolution — was the company’s 1990s effort to transform the F-14 Tomcat into a long-range multirole...
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Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
The F-14D Tomcat was the most capable fleet defense fighter the U.S. Navy ever flew off a carrier deck. Grumman’s proposal to make it...
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Key Points and Summary – The F-14 Tomcat inspires rare, enduring loyalty because it married long range, a powerful radar, and a two-crew cockpit...
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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 – In the early 1990s, Grumman proposed the ST-21 “Super Tomcat,” a radical upgrade to the F-14. -This hypothetical jet...
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Key Points – The F-14 Tomcat, an iconic US Navy fighter popularized by Top Gun, could have evolved into an even deadlier “Super Tomcat”...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
The boffo box office of Top Gun: Maverick, the long-awaited sequel to the 1986 blockbuster original, has sparked renewed public interest in the legendary F-14 Tomcat. This is understandable since – minor...