The Grumman F-14 Tomcat is an American carrier-capable supersonic, twin-engine, two-seat, twin-tail, all-weather-capable variable-sweep wing fighter aircraft...
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General Dynamics–Grumman F-111B was a long-range carrier-based interceptor aircraft planned as a follow-on to the McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II for...
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Intruder and E-2 Hawkeye and in the 1970s with the Grumman EA-6B Prowler and F-14 Tomcat. Grumman products were prominent in several feature movies including...
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the time, the Grumman F-14 Tomcat was the Navy's primary air superiority fighter and fleet defense interceptor. Cheney described the F-14 as 1960s technology...
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The Grumman F-14 Tomcat has served with the United States Navy and the Imperial Iranian Air Force, then the Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force after 1979...
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technology program, the Grumman F-14 Tomcat. It did not have a long-range radar or the long-range missiles used by the F-14. The F-15N-PHX was another proposed...
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retirement, its precision strike mission was initially taken over by the Grumman F-14 Tomcat equipped with a LANTIRN pod. As a result of the fair-weather limitation...
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Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcons have been used to simulate later generation Soviet fighters such as the MiG-29. The now-retired Grumman F-14 Tomcat was...
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air-to-air missile (AAM), carried in clusters of up to six missiles on the Grumman F-14 Tomcat, its only operational launch platform. The AIM-54 Phoenix was...
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On 4 January 1989, two Grumman F-14 Tomcats of the United States Navy shot down two Libyan-operated Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23 Floggers which the American...
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tracking drug smugglers. The type was commonly used in conjunction with Grumman F-14 Tomcat fighters; monitoring airspace and then vectoring Tomcats over...
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fighter/interceptor aircraft, including the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23, Grumman F-14 Tomcat, and the Panavia Tornado ADV. From the 1980s onwards, the development...
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ed. (1998). Grumman F-14 Tomcat: Shipborne Superfighter. Aerospace Publishing. p. 85. Lake, Jon; Hewson, Richard (Summer 1996). "Northrop F-5". World Air...
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which reset the F-# sequence. The term typically includes the Grumman F-14 Tomcat, McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle, General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon...
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similar to the F-111. The U.S. Navy's role intended for the F-111B was instead filled by another variable-geometry design, the Grumman F-14 Tomcat. The first...
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The Grumman F6F Hellcat is an American carrier-based fighter aircraft of World War II. Designed to replace the earlier F4F Wildcat and to counter the...
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The Grumman Long Life Vehicle (LLV) is an American light transport truck model designed as a mail truck for the United States Postal Service, which has...
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large US fourth-generation jet fighters such as the Grumman F-14 Tomcat and McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle, with 3,530-kilometre (1,910 nmi) range, heavy...
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Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II A balloon of the soviet Vega probes to Venus, the first aircraft flown in another planet Grumman F-14 Tomcat fighter...
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(Persian: فضلالله جاویدنیا) is an Iranian retired fighter pilot and a Grumman F-14 Tomcat flying ace during the Iran–Iraq War. During the war, he established...
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The Grumman F9F/F-9 Cougar is a carrier-based jet-powered fighter aircraft designed and produced by the American aircraft manufacturer Grumman. It was...
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The Grumman F11F/F-11 Tiger is a supersonic, single-seat carrier-based fighter aircraft designed and produced by the American aircraft manufacturer Grumman...
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(Persian: فریدون علیمازندرانی) is an Iranian retired fighter pilot and a Grumman F-14 Tomcat flying ace during the Iran–Iraq War. Mazandarani claims 16 aerial...
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powerful TF41 for the A-7D, as did the USN, for its similar A-7E. The Grumman F-14 Tomcat with the TF30-P-414A was underpowered, because it was the Navy's...
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operationally, but was a direct predecessor of the AIM-54 Phoenix used on the Grumman F-14 Tomcat. In the early 1950s, the United States Air Force developed requirements...
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in tandem with the company's F100. The F401 was intended to power the Grumman F-14 Tomcat and Rockwell XFV-12, but the engine was canceled due to costs...
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Self-Defense Force List of F-15 losses, Japan Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era Grumman F-14 Tomcat McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet Panavia...
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its research paved the way toward the later General Dynamics F-111 and Grumman's own F-14 Tomcat. The Navy's interest in the variable-geometry wing was...
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The Grumman G-44 Widgeon is a small, five-person, twin-engined, amphibious aircraft. It was designated J4F by the United States Navy and Coast Guard and...
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buy McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagles, a key component in U.S. air-defense technology. Iran was already receiving the Grumman F-14 Tomcat, and this demonstrated...
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