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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 ...
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The F-14 Tomcat Fighter Still Haunts the U.S. Navy
Key Points and Summary - The Navy retired the F-14 Tomcat in 2006, closing the book on a fighter that dominated the long-range air-to-air fight and later reinvented itself as a precision striker.
Developed in the late Cold War to counter Soviet threats, including the Tu-95 bomber and long-range anti-ship missiles, the F-14 was the Navy’s answer for a specific set of needs: long endurance, a ...
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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