In a region shaped by sanctions and isolation, Iran’s F-14s are flying reminders of an earlier alliance and of a military forced to rely on improvisation rather than access.
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Why the F-14 Tomcat was designed to avoid dogfights
The F-14 Tomcat became famous as a dogfighter, but its real mission was to prevent close-range air combat altogether. This ...
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Why the F-14 was designed to fight from far away
The F-14 Tomcat is best remembered as a close-in dogfighter, but it was never meant to win turning battles at all. This ...
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How the F-14 Tomcat was Top Dog: A Look at the AWG-9 Radar System
Developed by Hughes through the F-111 program, the AWG-9, mated with the AIM-54 Phoenix, made the Grumman F-14 Tomcat the most deadly fleet defense weapon of its time. Produced by Hughes Aircraft ...
The IDF destroyed two of Iran’s final remaining Cold War-era aircraft—signaling its intent to prevent Iran from regaining control of its airspace. Overnight, on June 16th-17th, Israeli forces ...
In the 1960s, the U.S. military tried to solve two problems with one aircraft. Then-Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara pushed the Tactical Fighter Experimental (TFX) program, hoping to create a ...
Israel‘s air force destroyed at least two rare Iranian F-14 Tomcats in a strike on Tehran International Airport on Monday, footage published by Israel showed. One of the central goals of Israel’s air ...
Israeli forces confirmed the destruction of two Iranian F-14 Tomcats in Isfahan, with the IDF stating they were intended to intercept Israeli aircraft. The F-14s were not in hardened shelters, further ...
The functions that the US Navy built the F-14 Tomcat for—aerial interception of Soviet fighter jets—became irrelevant after the Cold War ended. Most people know the F-14 Tomcat as a Cold War ...
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