Of course, the Navy would probably assert that the Tomcat would be useless against today’s A2/AD threats. After all, the plane was designed to repel attacks at a distance from the Tu-16 and Tu-22M.

More than 50 years on from its first flight, the iconic fighter jet remains one of the most iconic aircraft in the world.

After 36 years of service, the U.S. Navy F-14 Tomcat was retired in September 2006. 13News Now was there at Naval Air Station Oceana to document the aircraft's final flight, as Hampton Roads bid ...

Before the U.S. Navy retired the F-14 Tomcat, it was the premier bomber hunter. Its after-burning turbofan engines –whether General Electric or Pratt & Whitney's power plants– let it exceed ...

Snodgrass and the pilots agreed to fly together. The Navy provided the Tomcat, and Snodgrass flew with the Kalamazoo team in their second performance. It was a powerful moment for the crowd ...

Tomcat designers were not going to repeat that mistake. “In those days, [the Navy] wanted high-altitude maneuverability,” says Tom Lawrence, a NAVAIR aerodynamics expert who evaluated this ...