What is a FA-18 Super Hornet fighter jet ... F is two-seat — entered fleet service in 2001, replacing the F-14 Tomcat, which retired in 2006, according to AeroTime. It was a major upgrade ...

Summary and Key Points: The F-14 Tomcat and F/A-18 Super Hornet are iconic U.S. Navy aircraft, with the former prominently featured in the original Top Gun and the latter in the sequel Top Gun ...

Because the F-35 would usurp the Tomcat's role, a plane many armchair av-geeks despise, less than a decade later. Oh, jeez, we wonder how these people will react to the F/A-18 Super Hornet going dodo.

That September, the Tomcat was retired from U.S. service in favor of FA-18E/F Super Hornet. As for the Tomcat’s Phoenix missile, only three were ever fired in combat by the American F-14s ...

Last week, the U.S. Navy took delivery of the first two examples of the latest model of its F/A-18, the Block III Super ... 1,600 nautical mile-capable F-14D Tomcat, the aircraft it replaced ...

Navy officials said the F/A-18 is the current replacement for the F-14 Tomcat. Also, about 20 years ago the Navy was interested in acquiring a Navy variant of the F-22 through what was called the ...

The Grumman F-14 Tomcat is probably the most recognizable fighter jet from the 20th century thanks to 1986's "Top Gun," starring Tom Cruise. The general public got to see the jet's variable sweep ...

A defense official confirmed an F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter jet crashed ... replacing the F-14 Tomcat, which retired in 2006, according to AeroTime. It was a major upgrade across the mission ...