World News Israel destroys one of Iran’s last remaining F-14 Tomcats — iconic US fighter jet from ‘Top Gun’ By Anthony Blair Published June 16, 2025, 4:28 p.m. ET ...

Additionally, IAF fighter jets are currently striking military infrastructure in central Iran,” the IDF posted on X along with footage of the strikes on the F-14s, an aircraft largely considered ...

Exactly, how it came to operate the F-14, a plane that has been a favorite of aviation enthusiasts since the 1980s, when it appeared in the Tom Cruise film Top Gun, is a complex story.

Iran acquired a total of 79 F-14 Tomcats from the US before the 1979 Islamic Revolution, so Iran had the jets when the Iran-Iraq War started in 1980, with Iran using them in pursuit of air ...

Iranian soldiers take a picture with Winnie the Pooh next to a F-14 fighter jet in an exhibition of achievements and equipment of Iran’s air force in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2015.