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The 'Maverick Act' could lead to the US flying F-14D Tomcat fighter jets again

The F-14D Tomcat may not have the modern-day prestige of fifth-generation fighter jets like the F-35 Lightning, the world's most advanced fighter jet — but it does have its own claims to fame. Not ...
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Mike Barnett makes the case for the F-14 Tomcat as his favorite jet

Mike Barnett looks back at seeing the F-14 Tomcat in Top Gun and explains why the aircraft became his favorite fighter jet. He also covers its Grumman Aerospace design and its role as a Navy air ...
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Pueblo aircraft museum adds F-14 Tomcat, completes fighter jet trio

With the addition of an F-14 Tomcat, the Pueblo Weisbrod Aircraft Museum is now the only Colorado museum with an F-14 Tomcat, F-15 Eagle, and F-16 Fighting Falcon.
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Finally, the F-14 Tomcat Is Coming to War Thunder, Here's Why It's Huge

If you asked the average Ace Combat or War Thunder player where they think F-14 Tomcat was built, they'd probably say the foundries of aviation Valhalla. Specifically to be the sexiest warplane ever ...
KRDO

F-14 Tomcat fighter jet arrives at Pueblo Weisbrod Museum after viral trip

A simple question of curiosity is why the Pueblo Weisbrod Museum now has it's long awaited F-14 Tomcat fighter jet to add to its ...
Koimoi

Tom Cruise Returns With Retired Fighter Jet F-14 Tomcat In Top Gun: Maverick & The Reason Is Legit!

The new “Top Gun: Maverick” trailer features the F-14 Tomcat, the supersonic fighter jet that shared as much screen space as Tom Cruise in the original 1986 film, “Top Gun“. The United States Navy, ...
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DIYer Recreated His Own F-14 Tomcat For $38K - It's Small, But Fast

One aircraft model maker spent over $38,000 building a very accurate F-14 Tomcat RC model aircraft and it looks just like the real thing (only smaller).
The National Interest

F-14 Tomcat: The Jet the Navy Has Never Been Able to Fully Replace

The report notes that both the Super Hornet and the F-35C are severely challenged by new enemy fifth-generation fighter aircraft such as the Russian-built Sukhoi T-50 PAK-FA and Chengdu J-20. While ...
The National Interest

The F-14 Tomcat Fighter Never Had a Real Enemy to Fight

If there is a combat plane made popular by a movie, it has to be the F-14 Tomcat. “Top Gun”, starring a young Tom Cruise, debuted in 1986. The Navy allowed Hollywood to shoot the movie onboard one of ...
Rutland Herald

Navy retires Tomcat jet

NAVAL AIR STATION OCEANA, Va. — When Navy Lt. Cmdr. David "Supafly" Faehnle flipped on the engines of his F-14 Tomcat, the 2,000 or so people sitting nearby jumped to their feet. Some trotted across ...
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This $30,000 RC F-14 Tomcat Has Two Real Jet Turbine Engines and It’s Absolutely Wild

YouTuber Kevin Talbot made the trip from the Isle of Man to the Weston Park International Model Air Show in Staffordshire expecting to find impressive RC aircraft. What he didn't expect was to come ...