(Photo: U.S. Navy) In 2001 the F-14As of VF-14 “Tophatters” and VF-41 “Black Aces” were embarked on USS Enterprise on their last cruise with the Tomcat. They were on the closest carrier to ...

It shows the final seconds of an F-14A Tomcat, BuNo 159843 “NH-111 ... commanding Fighter Squadron 51 (VF-51), in the cockpit of a Grumman F9F-5 Panther BuNo 125228 hit the ramp during ...

The F-14 Tomcat, an iconic US Navy fighter popularized by Top Gun, could have evolved into an even deadlier “Super Tomcat” ...

U.S. Navy//Getty Images A F-14 Tomcat assigned to VF-14 lands on the USS Theodore Roosevelt, 1999. A laser guided bomb is visible underneath the cockpit. The combination of the long-range AWG-9 ...

The F-14 Tomcat is one of military aviation’s most ... In 1981, two F-14s from VF-41 shot down two Libyan Su-22 fighters in ...

F/A-18 Hornets and Super Hornets from VFA-25, VFA-113, VFA-22 and VFA-115 were also modified with ROVER capability for the first deployment of the USS Ronald Reagan in 2006. ROVER capability was ...

This was the longest serving F-14 Tomcat in the U.S. Navy. Much of her early career would be spent training nugget Tomcat crews in both the east and west coast Fleet Readiness Squadrons ...

The F-14 Tomcat was a Cold War fighter first deployed ... Heavily based on the design of the F-14, Macross’ designers clearly fashioned the VF-1 as a homage to Grumman’s fighter, taking ...

On the other hand, I was simply amazed at how many people loved the Tomcat. It has to be one of the most popular planes in the history of aviation. There's the P-51 Mustang, the SR-71 Blackbird ...

On April 18, 1995, a VF-21 F-14 Tomcat was blown off the flight deck of "Indy" by another Tomcat that was about to depart. The Tomcat pilot and RIO (Radar Intercept Officer) successfully ejected from ...

Somewhere in the Pacific Ocean, April 15, 2002: An F-14 Tomcat from VF-154 snags an arresting wire as it touches down on the flight deck of the USS Kitty Hawk. With this touchdown, several days of ...