Initially developed only for the Fleet Air Defense, the F-14 eventually evolved into an appreciated ... An F-14A of the VF-211 “Fighting Checkmates” during Operation Southern Watch.

The last product of the Grumman was the F-14 Tomcat which was not only one of ... 0:21 you can see this F-14A from Checkmates of the VF-211 landing aboard the USS Enterprise (CVN-65) without ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

In three decades of service, American F-14s tallied only five air-to-air kills. Indeed, the F-14 tallied more kills on screen, in the two Top Gun films. The F-14 is featured so prominently in 1986 ...

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 ...

“The left side of the lead Libyan aircraft lit up with a big flame as the missile motor ignited,” recounted Lieutenant Larry “Music” Muczynski, one of the two F-14 Tomcat pilots. That ...

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 ...

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 ...