Summary and Key Points: In 1991, an F-14 Tomcat from the U.S. Navy’s Ghost Riders squadron experienced a critical in-flight malfunction when its nose cone detached due to a landing mechanism ...

Graphic footage shows the massive ramp strike of a Tomcat in 1993. The footage below was filmed by the Pilot's Landing Aid Television (PLAT) camera aboard Nimitz-class USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72 ...

At min. 2:12 you can see an F-14 recoverying to the flight deck with the basket and part of the cable still plugged to the aircraft’s IFR (In Flight Refueling) probe in 2002, whereas at min. 2: ...

LCDR Joe "Smokin" Ruzicka, the last F-14 Radar Intercept Officer to fly the Tomcat Tactical demonstration, is back to walk us through exactly what it took to strap on a 70k pound F-14 Tomcat in ...

What You Need to Know: The retirement of the F-14 Tomcat has left a significant capabilities gap in the U.S. Navy's ability to counter long-range anti-ship threats, particularly in the face of ...

Development of the F-14 Tomcat began in the 1950s, when the US Navy was looking for a durable interceptor capable of travelling long distances to defend carrier battle ships.

At just shy of 63 feet long and boasting a 64-foot wingspan, the F-14 Tomcat could attain speeds in excess of Mach 1 at sea level and surpass Mach 2.34 at altitude thanks to two General Electric ...

The U.S. sold Iran dozens of its most capable jet—then spent decades chasing the spies and arms dealers smuggling the parts ...

The US Navy has begun the official retirement plan of the last Grumman F-14 Tomcat aircraft carrier squadron, with a final sortie from USS Theodore Roosevelt.. At an as-yet unidentified location ...

People seem to have an infatuation with America’s last non-super carriers, the USS Coral Sea (CV-43) and the USS Midway (CV-41). Both ships soldiered on into the last decade of the 20th century ...